double or triple ?

RandG

Whats best then ? Double or triple chainring or is it just a personal choice ?

Chunkers1980

Triple.

Dick Scruttock

Whichever suits your riding style and terrain best imho.

70\ʹspenguin

Has nothing to do with choice!

All to do with which school of cool you belong to.

Single - Sartorially Elegant.
Double - Council Chav double buggy pusher.
Triple - Homeless McDonalds eating Tramp.

Some idiots will tell you it depends on the type of terrain and your style of riding- ignore them, they are simply just slaves to rational reason and thought. Fekkin idiots.

Get something with bright coloured bolts and make sure you can clearly see the manufacturer's name and you will be riding like a god!

MountainMonster

70\'sPenguin wrote:

Has nothing to do with choice!

All to do with which school of cool you belong to.

Single - Sartorially Elegant.
Double - Council Chav double buggy pusher.
Triple - Homeless McDonalds eating Tramp.

Some idiots will tell you it depends on the type of terrain and your style of riding- ignore them, they are simply just slaves to rational reason and thought. Fekkin idiots.

Get something with bright coloured bolts and make sure you can clearly see the manufacturer's name and you will be riding like a god!

Very much this.

Not.

I love triples, but there isn't need for one in the uk. In Austria and the alpsyes, but here no.

cat_with_no_tail

MountainMonster wrote:

70\'sPenguin wrote:

Has nothing to do with choice!

All to do with which school of cool you belong to.

Single - Sartorially Elegant.
Double - Council Chav double buggy pusher.
Triple - Homeless McDonalds eating Tramp.

Some idiots will tell you it depends on the type of terrain and your style of riding- ignore them, they are simply just slaves to rational reason and thought. Fekkin idiots.

Get something with bright coloured bolts and make sure you can clearly see the manufacturer's name and you will be riding like a god!

Very much this.

Not.

I love triples, but there isn't need for one in the uk. In Austria and the alpsyes, but here no.

Maybe not in Cambridge

MountainMonster

Cat With No Tail wrote:

MountainMonster wrote:

70\'sPenguin wrote:

Has nothing to do with choice!

All to do with which school of cool you belong to.

Single - Sartorially Elegant.
Double - Council Chav double buggy pusher.
Triple - Homeless McDonalds eating Tramp.

Some idiots will tell you it depends on the type of terrain and your style of riding- ignore them, they are simply just slaves to rational reason and thought. Fekkin idiots.

Get something with bright coloured bolts and make sure you can clearly see the manufacturer's name and you will be riding like a god!

Very much this.

Not.

I love triples, but there isn't need for one in the uk. In Austria and the alpsyes, but here no.

Maybe not in Cambridge

Not in Cambridge, or anywhere in the uk. Even the mountainous areas are mere hills compared to the alps where a triple is needed.

Chunkers1980

You don't need mountains or hill for grannys. A mere slope and mine is used, and would not be without it.

cooldad

I love my granny but lost the big ring just because I bought a bash on a whim. As you do.

Torres

MountainMonster wrote:

I love triples, but there isn't need for one in the uk. In Austria and the alpsyes, but here no.

Disagree. Lower gears are needed as hills get steeper, not longer. There's plenty of steep climbs about where you can't get a run up to carry speed, so your only option is to stick it in the granny and spin your way up.

If you ride your bike on the road then a big ring is a godsend too, so in conclusion: triples are alive and well in the UK.

tarbot18

ditto cooldad
my full suss doesnt get used on the road just at trail centres and in the lakes wales etc .After a month or 2 of not using the the big ring and seeing a priddy bash ring i removed the big ring so i still have my granny which frequently gets used

The Rookie

Back to the OP's question.....

1/ Depends on gear range at the back, an 11-32 leaves you more likley to need a triple, 11-34 less likely, 11-36 even less likley....
2/ Where you ride....I found I never used anything but the 32ring but could do (I thought) with more gears so went to a 36T larger ringed double _ I didn't so now am going 32T single ring (11-34 rear).

snoopsmydogg

personal choice really i would say OP.

I currently use a 22,32,44 triple with a 12-32 cassette and rarely use the bottom 2 while in the granny or the top 2 when in the big ring. If I ever go into top in the big ring I usually find i'm dropping a couple of gears quite shortly after and I can't remember the last time i spun out in top (if ever).

I have decided to go double more for clearance than anything else and keep the granny ring just in case those bottom 2 gears are needed.

dusk

It does come down to where you ride and how you ride but in my experience of many different trail centres a triple just isn't needed, a decent range double setup has been ideal for me

njee20

Personal, I'd go for a double. 26 or 28 and 40 or 42 depending on type of bike/terrain for me.

plugp7

Got rid of my big ring cos I never used it. Fitted a bashguard that has been used.

Chinley Churner

Double 39/27 with 11-34t on XC bike and single 34 with 11-34t on winter workhorse (was a single-speed which I really enjoyed but didn't make riding in a group practical)... anyhow.. mostly ride on my local Dark Peak trails and plenty of gears.

supersonic

I use a triple on all my bikes.

rockmonkeysc

Triple if you ride on the road regularly. Double if nearly all your riding is off road. I have bent too many big rings to go back to a triple.

Northwind

The big ring's the least useful of the 3- with a standard 22/32/44 and 11-32 cassette you lose only the top 2-and-a-half gears when you discard the 44T, everything else is a duplicate. lots of folks think "I use the big ring often" but that doesn't mean you're often using the few gears that you lose, or that you'd be all that bothered. Still, lots of people have a use for it.

Granny ring is a bit harder, because it brings out a) willy waving and b) people who don't really understand that not everyone's riding is the same. I've got a 1x10 bike and there's very little I can't do on it, but last weekend I was up racing at kinlochleven and the long, draggy climb would have had me worn out and pushing. And considering the sheer amount of climbing, that would have been grim.

And the big difference is, when you're missing a gear at the top, you just go slightly slower. When you're missing a gear at the bottom, you stop. Obviously pushing still gets you to the top, but I go riding, not walking.

cooldad

Northwind wrote:

The big ring's the least useful of the 3- with a standard 22/32/44 and 11-32 cassette you lose only the top 2-and-a-half gears when you discard the 44T, everything else is a duplicate. lots of folks think "I use the big ring often" but that doesn't mean you're often using the few gears that you lose, or that you'd be all that bothered. Still, lots of people have a use for it.

Granny ring is a bit harder, because it brings out a) willy waving and b) people who don't really understand that not everyone's riding is the same. I've got a 1x10 bike and there's very little I can't do on it, but last weekend I was up racing at kinlochleven and the long, draggy climb would have had me worn out and pushing. And considering the sheer amount of climbing, that would have been grim.

And the big difference is, when you're missing a gear at the top, you just go slightly slower. When you're missing a gear at the bottom, you stop. Obviously pushing still gets you to the top, but I go riding, not walking.

This man is very sensible^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Especially when you have weeny chicken legs. I refer to myself obviously, not Northwind.

Chunkers1980

What man?
Page fail!

cooldad

Nananana^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

cloudynights

southern softies can't power a big ring and don't need a granny ring because you have no hills , the truth hurts

cooldad

cloudynights wrote:

I'm a numpty

njee20

^^^^^^
He's right.

I don't really get why some people are so desperate to go to a double, it won't work for everyone's riding style/terrain/bike/fitness. Try it - by removing either your big ring or your granny, won't cost owt. Adjust accordingly with new rings if it's too easy/hard. If you live in the middle ring, then there's no point going to 28/40 (for example) as you lose the chainring you always use.

Alibran

It's down to personal preference and the kind of terrain you're riding. I've got a 42/32/24 triple, and it works well for me. The two smaller rings get used on the climbs, and the big ring gets used on the descents. The big ring also gets used a lot on the road - I'm close enough to ride to the trails - and I do use my biggest 2 gears. Most of my riding is up and down mountains, and I think a smaller range of gears would be frustrating.

cloudynights

cooldad wrote:

cloudynights wrote:

I'm a numpty

why o wise one

Chunkers1980

Give a reason why he's not right?

cloudynights

Chunkers1980 wrote:

Give a reason why he's not right?

give one why he is kid

Chunkers1980

Because you try and patronise people by calling them kid, as you've done before.