Originally Posted by
Cypress
I live in Oregon now and 7% (7.5 minutes) of my last ride was spend over 30 mph, most of it not coasting. On rolling terrain, do you have to coast down one side of a roller, then wait until you slow down enough to not be spun out before beginning to pedal up the next roller or flat area? That usually what happens to me on my gravel bike and it drives me nuts.
Not really most of the rollers I come across I don't hit 30+ on but yeah on the ones I do I coast, doesn't bother me. When I bought the absolute black 46/30 rings for my 105 cranks that was about the only good option out there to get the climbing gears I wanted for gravel without going to a wide spaced cassette which I wanted to avoid since it spends more time on the road. If I were buying today I'd swap to a GRX crankset with 48/31 gearing which would be the best of both for me.