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[black'n'yellow]

Muppet I've got 52/42 with 6 gears on the back

and your point is..?

 

[rb58]

I really fancy a 54/42/30 chain set, any ideas where i can get one?

Watch out for your knees. If you struggle up hills, I suspect you'll be doing some serious grinding on a great big gear like that, even on the flat. High speed on a descent stands for diddly squat in my book if you can't sustain it on the flat or hold a decent cadence and speed up a hill. Good luck to you if you can though.

 

[Rykard]

proportionally you will spend longer climbing and on the 'flat' than you will descending - so surely it makes more sense to try to make those areas quicker as it will offer more of a return?

 

[Peter Armstrong]

Watch out for your knees. If you struggle up hills, I suspect you'll be doing some serious grinding on a great big gear like that, even on the flat. High speed on a descent stands for diddly squat in my book if you can't sustain it on the flat or hold a decent cadence and speed up a hill. Good luck to you if you can though.

But that would have a lower gear range than my current set up 52/42

 

[roseparkk]

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