Bah Humbug

What are your chainrings? And do you need the 30t?

bampilot06

Not sure on the chain rings, I would imagine with my rides up to this point and in the future I would not need a 30T chain ring. I would like to plan a trip to Roanoke Virginia and do some climbing, but realistically that’s not anything that is going to happen anytime soon.

Bah Humbug

Well and a cassette change is hardly something you get married to. You could try an 11-28, which would help with the steps towards the easy end. There are also 11-25 and 12-25 options, which tighten things up considerably if you can skip your current last two cogs. I don't understand why the 12-27 was cancelled in the move to 11-speed, but it was.

You can play around with a gearing calculator and see how options compare to what you currently have. Your chainrings should be marked with what they are; probably 50/34, 52/36, or (unlikely) 46/36.

WhyFi

Well, it was boring at the outset, then my fat ass hit the hills, after which I was thankful that I'd taken it so easy early on. I did have a nice little second wind after a re-upping snacks/drinks about an hour away from home, though.

I really wanted to do a double metric today - the route I had planned is flatter and, pacing as I did, I certainly would have had the legs for it, probably at a little faster clip.

WhyFi

I imagine that you've got a 50/34 up front. With that chain ring combo, I really like having the 12-25 cassette - the spacing is great and I don't miss >25t or the 11t, given my terrain, which is more hilly than what you have to contend with. Just not sure when you say that you find yourself cross-chaining. If you are cross-chaining, going with narrower spacing isn't necessarily going to help.

datlas 

Mrs datlas gave me a COVID19 haircut.

Now she can’t stop laughing at me.

WhyFi

poidh and you know this, man!

phrantic09

I went and got one from my barber shop, they had chairs 10 feet apart and bla bla bla, when I was finishing up another barber came in with no mask and started cutting a customer that didn’t have one on either. I like my barber, but they lost my business permanently.

Bah Humbug

I took an inch off of AG's this morning.

My own is getting buzzed to a few mm again one of these days as well.

phrantic09

It was pouring here at 5AM so I didn’t get to go out. Taking the girls kayaking tomorrow so only have time for about 30 in the AM. Deeply disappointed in my lack of mileage this week

WhyFi

Hair clippers finally came back in stock at my local Target. Picked up a set and gave the boy a much-need cut the other day. He slept much better without the equivalent of a cat sitting on his head during the warm stretch.

bampilot06

Its 50/34. The cross chaining I am referring too, When I am on the big ring it seems that I am favoring the larger side of the cassette. Number 5 through 9 when I am on the smaller chain ring I almost always end up on the smallest cassette.

bampilot06

Ill make it up for you tomorrow.

bampilot06

My wife has been buzzing my hair since before we got married. Figured it saves me roughly 40 bucks a month. She doesn’t do a bad job, I’ve paid for hair cuts that have ended up crooked.

WhyFi

So you're often in the cogs in the ~15-25t region? That's not necessarily a problem. Hell, being in the big-big isn't necessarily a problem. Yeah, it'll decrease the mileage that you'll get out of some of your drivetrain parts, but whatever.

LAJ

In my opinion, you need to learn your bike a bit. Every ride need not be a hammerfest, or a competition within yourself to bump up the average speed. Learn the big and little chain ring when you have time to absorb what's actually happening. Experiment. See what happens when you swap gears and chain rings at the same speed. Just stuff....

abshipp 

That's where I live most of the time on the Trek, although with a 46t big ring.

Sometime soon I'm going to go with a ~6​​​​mm narrower BB so that my chainline is a bit better.
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WhyFi

It's time for second dinner.

rjones28 

Have you looked in a mirror?

rjones28 

Mrs. rjones28 sheared me the other day, when it hit 100 degrees.

rjones28 

Use your front derailleur more.

datlas 

The front/sides actually look ok. Apparently the back is the funny part, and I am too askeered to look for myself.

#OutOfSightOutOfMind

rjones28 

That sounds like a lot of hair cuts.

bampilot06

I waved at two different sets of walkers this morning. Even said good morning to both of them, I got no response. Not even a nod.

Elitist walkers? They weren’t on my fly by.

bampilot06

Married 6 been together for 12. A lot of hair cuts.