View Poll Results: What 10spd Cassette ratio(s) do you use?
Standard Crankset
36
21.82%
Compact Crankset
67
40.61%
Triple Crankset
14
8.48%
11~23
17
10.30%
11~25
19
11.52%
12~25
39
23.64%
12~27 or 12~28
52
31.52%
12~32
9
5.45%
Other
52
31.52%
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What 10 SPD Cassette Ratios Do You Use? << 10 Spd ONLY
04-28-13, 01:39 AM
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What 10 SPD Cassette Ratios Do You Use? << 10 Spd ONLY
In conjunction with the 11spd thread.
What do you use and what is the terrain like where you live?
Also, standard, compact or triple?
What do you use and what is the terrain like where you live?
Also, standard, compact or triple?
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04-28-13, 03:08 AM
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Think you may have missed a trick not including an 11-28, almost every close friend who cycles uses this setup with a compact 50-34. It reasonably floating my immediate vacinity but I ride fairly often in the Pennines near holmfirth uk (tdf 2014 takes in this area).
04-28-13, 03:16 AM
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Another obvious oversight is 11-32. Widest legal range for SRAM road shifters and de facto widest for Shimano.
04-28-13, 03:21 AM
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Yeah,
I know I missed a few. I was doing three things at once and just jotted down ratios from memory - stupid brain - I don't think it's possible to adjust the poll, is it?
I know I missed a few. I was doing three things at once and just jotted down ratios from memory - stupid brain - I don't think it's possible to adjust the poll, is it?
04-28-13, 06:35 AM
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53x39/11x23. Southern California. Terrain is flat (in the valleys), to rolling (1-2km climbs), to mountainous (10-15km climbs), with everything in between. I'll occasionally do a mountain, but I don't train on them nor go out of my way to do so.
04-28-13, 06:42 AM
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50/34, 53/39, 12-25, 11-25, 13-26
53/39 11-25 is for the trainer.
53/39 13-26 early season training varying terrain
50/34 12-25 varying terrain training/racing.
53/39 11-25 is for the trainer.
53/39 13-26 early season training varying terrain
50/34 12-25 varying terrain training/racing.
04-28-13, 06:49 AM
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regular wheels: 11-26 (OG-1090)
climbing wheels (used for terrain > ~16%): 11-28 (OG-1090)
My current crankset is 52/36.
There is a lot of flat terrain to my East, and there are big mountains to my West.
climbing wheels (used for terrain > ~16%): 11-28 (OG-1090)
My current crankset is 52/36.
There is a lot of flat terrain to my East, and there are big mountains to my West.
04-28-13, 07:12 AM
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Compact with 11-28. Rolling hills here with the occasional short very steep climb, maybe around 3 per ride on avg.
04-28-13, 07:49 AM
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50/34 - 12-25
Rolling hills, a few flatland sections. Some hills can get pretty gnarly, but nothing mountainous. Considering a second cassette, 11-25, once I get my new wheels and keep my 12-25 on my current wheels.
Rolling hills, a few flatland sections. Some hills can get pretty gnarly, but nothing mountainous. Considering a second cassette, 11-25, once I get my new wheels and keep my 12-25 on my current wheels.
04-28-13, 07:56 AM
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53/39 12/27 my next will be an 11/27.
04-28-13, 07:59 AM
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currently 50-34 w/11-25. It's mostly flat here but I do head south once in a while to some rolling terrain w/some shorter steep climbs. Would like to get a 12-27, not so much for the 27 but I think I would like the 16 in there instead of the jump from 17 to 15. I think I missed that gear yesterday cruising home. West central Ohio area.
04-28-13, 09:03 AM
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Another "other" = 50x34 + 11-28. New England rolling hills, and I am fat. I could use lower gears if I wanted to never walk up a hill, but at the point where I need them, I'm only a little slower walking (2.5 mph vs 3-4 mph). The only thing I miss about my old triple was being able to just hang in one ring almost all the time; with the compact I'm shifting the front a lot.
04-28-13, 09:15 AM
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Standard / 11-23. Floriduh, nary a hill or even mound in sight. A 12-21 would serve me much better tho.
04-28-13, 09:19 AM
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I come from a racing background and am a little surprised at the number of compacts I see so far.
04-28-13, 09:22 AM
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That's all they offer off-the-shelf anymore... Had to trade out the compact on bike #1, and took f.o.r.e.v.e.r to source an Ultegra triple for bike #2.
I can't speak for the rest of the world, but Stateside at least, the manufacturers/distributors pay absolutely no mind to geography when supplying local shops. The offering here in FL(at) is exactly the same as what they sell in Denver.
I can't speak for the rest of the world, but Stateside at least, the manufacturers/distributors pay absolutely no mind to geography when supplying local shops. The offering here in FL(at) is exactly the same as what they sell in Denver.
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04-28-13, 09:27 AM
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53-39 front. 11-23 on my race wheels (lots of crits); 12-28 on my training wheels.
04-28-13, 10:05 AM
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53-39 with a 12-23 cassette.
Phoenix AZ is super flat. I can't remember the last time I used the 39t ring.
Phoenix AZ is super flat. I can't remember the last time I used the 39t ring.
04-28-13, 11:36 AM
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see how that works out. Currently 50-34 / 11-32 and I still can think of at least three roads within a 10 mile radius (two of them 1+ mile long) that I can't climb seated even with fresh legs.
04-28-13, 03:10 PM
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50/34 x 11/26
Pick your terrain, we have it here. I have yet to get out to the real mountains in the east, but I ride just about everything else.
Pick your terrain, we have it here. I have yet to get out to the real mountains in the east, but I ride just about everything else.
04-28-13, 03:27 PM
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50/34 and 11-25 came on the the bike and I really like this setup.