comfy road bike but is 16 speed enough ?

ellerino
ellerino Posts: 37
edited February 2014 in Road buying advice
Considering a Giant Revolt 2 as a comfy road bike. Change the tyres for 28's from the 32mm nobbly's and i should have a pretty quick and pretty comfortable bike, but its only a 16 speed bike so wondering if thats enough of a range of gears ? as opposed to most 18s and 20s :?

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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    16 is plenty if you have the right ratios which match your fitness levels....
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    Number of gears is irrelevant, as long as you have a short enough gear ratio to get you up the hills you want to go up
    left the forum March 2023
  • ellerino
    ellerino Posts: 37
    50/34 chainrings 11-32 casette
  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    I have bike with 12 gear ratio's that's enough. I found a single speed enough once.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    ellerino wrote:
    50/34 chainrings 11-32 casette

    That's a massive range of gears. Which may mean you occasionally find yourself looking for a gear you don't have. In which case practice pedalling faster...
  • kajjal
    kajjal Posts: 3,380
    More gears just mean you can get closer to the ideal gear in any situation. It does make things easier but for most riders it is not a big difference. I have a ten speed compact road bike and ride an old eight speed MTB when visiting my wife's parents abroad. The eight speed bike works well and I rarely get stuck between gears.
  • bobones
    bobones Posts: 1,215
    You could save yourself some cash and get this instead http://www.wiggle.co.uk/felt-z95-sora-wiggle-exclusive/

    OK so it has rim brakes and will probably only take 25s, but it's an upgrade in group set to 9 speed Sora and it's a stunner in the flesh: looks much more expensive than it is.

    If your feeling flush then the carbon big brother is worth a look too http://www.wiggle.co.uk/felt-z6-tiagra-2013/ but limited sizes.

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