Originally Posted by
Frank S
I wanted to understand why my local bike mechanic insists that I can't put wider ranged gearing on my bike. If not for this poll, I would have never guessed that the practice was so common.
I interpreted your poll question pertaining to extreme cross chain angles and not about wider ranged gearing. Likewise I am getting old and not in the same shape as 20 yrs ago. Maybe I’m out of touch with present chains and it’s now ok to have extreme cross chain angles. The question seemed so general to me given the wide variety of chainstay lengths and derailleurs that it could work with no problem in some combos and not with others, like “low tire pressure” may be no problem in some situations and absolutely not doable in others.