Originally Posted by
fourfa
Curious, what is compact about this? It’s literally the least compact combo available. Not throwing shade, in fact my most-ridden touring bike came with these ratios - though I swapped the 30 for a 24 and was glad I did. But someone could read this and get confused what “compact” means
i didn’t name it, just specified what it’s always been called in my world. My guess it’s compact because of the closer chainring sizes than what may be conventional. Whatever that is. Now, if you took your 30 out and replaced it with a 24, I couldn’t call it compact anymore because of the huge difference between 39 and 24. And does that even work?! Holy smoke that seems a lot to ask a chain to negotiate during a gear change. I’m no mechanic, but wow! And really, I wonder if the word compact is even relevant anymore when it comes to cranks? Just my 2cents.