What size of chain ring and cassette re u using?

icedmind
icedmind Posts: 206
edited February 2009 in Workshop
hi everyone
i ve riding my road bike 4 abt 3months now, im still quite new to it

im running a 9 speed trigra groupset
50x34 chainring
11-28 cassette

i currently got a 11-23 cassette avilable, should i put it on and leave the 11-28 4my mtb or keep it as it is???

also whts your gears ratio on your current ride?

cheers
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  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    icedmind wrote:
    i currently got a 11-23 cassette avilable, should i put it on and leave the 11-28 4my mtb or keep it as it is???

    the best person to answer that question is you...
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    icedmind wrote:
    also whts your gears ratio on your current ride?

    50/34 with 11-25 (10spd)
    50/34 with 13-29 (10spd)
    50/36 with 12-25 (8spd)
    and 48-18 on my fixie
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  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    34/48 and a 12-27 (10spd)
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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,702
    39/53 and 13-26 (10 speed) (Best bike)
    39/52 and 12-25 (8 speed) (Commuter)
  • NaB
    NaB Posts: 105
    42/52 and 13-23 on my winter bike
    3/53 and 11-23 on my racing bike (over geared!)
  • Steve Kish
    Steve Kish Posts: 216
    Road - 50/38 with 13-14-15-16-17-19-23-28

    Road MTB - 42/32/20 with 11-12-13-14-15-17-19-21

    Off-road - 42/32/22 with 11-13-15-18-21-24-28-32
    AT MY AGE, I SHOULD KNOW BETTER !!!
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Winter: 50/34 12-25

    Race Bike: 53/39 11-23 (Although an 11-21 would have sufficed)
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

    PTP Runner Up 2015
  • rickhotrod
    rickhotrod Posts: 181
    Road 53/48 - 13,15,17,19,21,23,26,29
  • celbianchi
    celbianchi Posts: 854
    53/39 and 11/23 for all UK racing, including mountain time trials.

    I put a 12/25 on the back if I take the bike into the French Alps.
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    rickhotrod wrote:
    Road 53/48 - 13,15,17,19,21,23,26,29

    my word that's a big small ring you have sir...
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  • Wappygixer
    Wappygixer Posts: 1,396
    34/50 and 11-23 or 12-25 on my summer bike
    30/39/53 and 12-26 on my winter bike
    22/32/44 and 11-32 on my mtb
  • stoobydale
    stoobydale Posts: 535
    53/39 - 13-26 Winter bike

    53/39 - 12-25 Race bike

    50/36 - 12-25 or 13-29 Sportive bike ( and still struggle at Rydale Rumble and WRC)
  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    53, 44, 30 - 12-32 Touring Bike

    50-34 - 12-28 Road bike

    44, 30, 22 - 11-34 MTB

    (no pretence at fitness! Need to avoid more achilles trouble)
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    44 - 16 anymore and I get confused :lol:
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • moorjohn
    moorjohn Posts: 89
    48/45/30 and 14-16-18-21-24-28
  • Bhima
    Bhima Posts: 2,145
    56 / 36 Chainrings
    11-32 on the back
  • markos1963
    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    Summer bike 50/34(or 36 depends on course) 12/25
    Winter bike 53/39 14/28
    Norfolk, who nicked all the hills?

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  • Barrie_G
    Barrie_G Posts: 479
    52/39 with 12/25 10 speed
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Summer 53/39: 11/23 or when i'm feeling wimpy adn the gradient goes above 20% 12/25.

    Winter 53/39: 13/26
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  • jonty1977
    jonty1977 Posts: 63
    winter = 53/39 13-26
    racing = 53/39 11-23
    sportive = 50/34 12-25

    took me a while to adjust to it when i got rid of the compact at first but i believe it made me a stronger rider on the flat.
  • nmcgann
    nmcgann Posts: 1,780
    winter = 50/40/30, 12-23
    summer = 50/38, 12-21
    TT = 53/39, 12-21

    If I went somewhere seriously hilly in summer I'd stick the 12-27 on.

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  • andy advanced
    andy advanced Posts: 46
    Summer bike 53 - 39 / 12 - 25 10spd
    winter bike 52 - 42 - 30 / 12 - 25 9 spd
  • Steve928
    Steve928 Posts: 314
    Oh this is pointless fun..

    53/39 12-23 9s winter bike
    53/39 12-23 10s training bike
    53/39 12-23 10s race/best bike (or 13-26,12-28,13-30 as the event/terrain requires)
    55/42 11-21 10s TT bike
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    jonty1977 wrote:

    took me a while to adjust to it when i got rid of the compact at first but i believe it made me a stronger rider on the flat.

    It sounds like skewed logic but the bigger ring rolls better along the flat.
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

    PTP Runner Up 2015
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Road 50-34 & 11-21. I live on the flattest part of the earth. The major climbs around here are highway overpasses and the occasional potholes in the road.

    Dennis Noward
  • Ken Night
    Ken Night Posts: 2,005
    53/39 with 13-26 (8spd) -retro Colnago
    53/39 with 13-29 (10spd) -nice day bike
    50/36 with 13-26 (10spd)-best bike for sportives
    52-21 on the fixie
    48/34 with 12-28 (8spd) crosser/commuter
    48/36/24 with 11-28 (7 spd) beater bike-old hybrid
    46/34/22 with 11-32 (9spd) Mtb
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  • Bhima
    Bhima Posts: 2,145
    Ken Night wrote:
    53/39 with 13-26 (8spd) -retro Colnago
    53/39 with 13-29 (10spd) -nice day bike
    50/36 with 13-26 (10spd)-best bike for sportives
    52-21 on the fixie
    48/34 with 12-28 (8spd) crosser/commuter
    48/36/24 with 11-28 (7 spd) beater bike-old hybrid
    46/34/22 with 11-32 (9spd) Mtb

    Where do you keep all your bikes? :shock: Have they got their own bedroom?
  • Jonr
    Jonr Posts: 73
    depending on where I'm riding I interchange between. I don't really like the 34/50 as I find the difference to great between the two rings.

    36/50 25/11
    36/50 27/12
    34/50 27/11
    24/32/42 11/34 on MTB
    MTB
    2007 Specialized Stumpy Elite
    199? Kona Explosif Shock Mtb

    ROAD
    2008 Jamis Zenith Pro
    2008 Ribble 7005 Audax

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