Compact or full on chainring

[jimboalee]

Or we could concentrate on giving advice that would be helpful and realistic.
SRAM Rival will not shift a triple, so any suggestions for getting a triple are plain daft.
Get a compact chainset - shift the front mech down a few mm if it needs it.
I'd also get a wide ratio cassette for the back - 12/28 should be fine.
Job done.

And ignore Jimbo - he has a penchant for making the simplest question ridiculously complicated. Complete range of sprockets my ar5e...

The OP might fancy building his own cassette. He can swap and change at leisure. Experiment with a 'Pinecone' or go for a 'Mega range'.

He can see what's possible and improve his bike knowledge, not just follow some sarcastic advice on a chatboard.

 

[Will1985]

Compact cranksets are clearly more suitable for many people to give them a wide choice of chainrings - nobody really needs a 53t coupled with an 11 or 12 smallest sprocket. Racing is an exception, but how many people on here actually race? I saw many compacts on show at the weekend at the BUCS and National hillclimbs to get a closer spread of gears on the inner ring. I started in 34x16 and finished in 34x21 - that's a choice of 5 gears compared to a 39t inner with 12/27 or 13/29 providing only 3 or 4 bigger steps.

FWIW my compact has a choice of 34, 36, 38, 50 and 52 rings to play with....cheaper and easier to change than having 2 different carbon UT cranks.

On the other hand, I do agree that 50/34 is not the best combination - compacts should either be sold as 48/34 or 50/36.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I changed my 53/39 for a 50/36 compact without any problems. Definitely worth doing IMO. I suspect 53/39s are for people who actually race.

 

[TheDoctor]

The OP might fancy building his own cassette. He can swap and change at leisure. Experiment with a 'Pinecone' or go for a 'Mega range'.

He can see what's possible and improve his bike knowledge, not just follow some sarcastic advice on a chatboard.

And he might also want a simple answer to a simple question. Ever considered that as a notion?

 

[jimboalee]

And he might also want a simple answer to a simple question. Ever considered that as a notion?

If that's all he wanted, why didn't he phone a bike shop, or call in for a chat about retrofitting a chainset?

Then he wouldn't get a miriad of stupid answers which one chatboard member has to correct, only making him all confused and miserable.

 

[amaferanga]

haven't seen many 52t chainrings with 110bcd

if the standard is 130bcd then yes, 38 in minimum. with 135bcd (campag) then it's 39t min.

Stronglight chainrings

 

[amaferanga]

If that's all he wanted, why didn't he phone a bike shop, or call in for a chat about retrofitting a chainset?

Then he wouldn't get a miriad of stupid answers which one chatboard member has to correct, only making him all confused and miserable.

There's only one person with a miriad of stupid answers on this forum....

 

[jimboalee]

There's only one person with a miriad of stupid answers on this forum....

Who? The guy who suggested to the OP he could build his own cassette?
Does no-one do that anymore?

Of course, with ten sprockets on the back end, cyclists can be lazy buggers and not bother learning about gearing.

Some of us only had five to play with, so building our own freewheels was the norm.

Are you telling the OP he should remain ignorant?

 

[ianrauk]

Thanks Jim for you input to what should have been a simple answer to a simple question. Thanks to you this thread has descended into complete bollocks.