Originally Posted by
danders
Thanks, I agree: Rode my 3x9 Fuji yesterday and I still like 3X, Got the Vaya for the disc brakes.
Looking to go 3X10, Will see if Sram X5 22/33/44 with FD is a option, Trusting bike shop on this,
Prefer bar ends so micro shift in friction at first with the 11-32 Sram on there now.
In the future I would have the option to go lower 11-34 or 11-36 with shimano mountain RD and micro shift BS-M10
Shimano has 22/30/40 cranks but the 30 middle seems too low for the flats?
I ride a 44/32/22 on a 26in bike, so lower gearing a bit overall compared to 700, and I find the 32 a bit low, but as its ok as I generally ride this bike loaded and so the mtb setup works great loaded. Yes a slightly bigger mid ring would be nice, but sometimes its about compromise, and again, loaded up and in hilly terrain its a great setup. I can still pedal along up to about 50kph so its all good.