Originally Posted by
brawlo
I haven’t seen anything outside of Insta posts but in those some big rings are still present. I saw someone, I think Theo Bos post that Hoog was on 53/11 for the kilo. With smaller cogs being used then even though front rings may be smaller, no doubt the gears are still big, especially for the Dutch
Dude, 53 is positively tiny by recent standards! I mean, even I have a 53. These days you're not really rockin until you're over 60. Too rich for my blood. Ever priced a 60t Zen?
And I think the thinking was (outside of just big looks tough) that the bigger cog (14-15t+) caused a less acute angle on the chain and friction, physics, something-something. Guess Hoogland just proved that was ********.