Today i used "The Granny ring"

[yello]

I do hope there's no machismo going on here. Use whatever gears are on the bike. You don't have to defend yourself to anybody.

 

[Nearly there]

Raising my G&T to you

Good man

 

[screenman]

VAT here and a nice large one at a that. Nothing wrong with using the granny ring, it is the muppets who use it as the same time as the 11 tooth on the rear that gets me.

For what it is worth I seldom ride as well in the morning as I do afternoons. For sure TT times prove that as well.

 

[PeteT]

Come and live in the middle of Dartmoor. Believe me, the granny ring will be your best friend in no time

 

[coffeejo]

Never mind the granny ring, I want to know where the great-granny gears are

 

[oldfatfool]

Tried riding fully loaded for the first time today, panniers, rack bag the full monty, hill I normally sail up had me panting in the granny gear, thinking of swapping my 26t for a 22t for my scenic alp tour next year, so that will a great-granny gear then

Oh well practice makes..............

 

[Hacienda71]

I am surprised no one has mentioned compacts giving you the same gearing as a granny ring mwoah ha ha ha ha

























Ah I might have a granny ring myself

 

[alecstilleyedye]

depends on the degree of granny gear of course. i know someone who has 32 at the back and 22 on the front that will 'climb steeples'…

 

[Garz]

A lot of it is mental, focus just ahead of the wheel - try not to look up the hill, and set yourself a good rhythm (breathing and cadence).

 

[aberal]

Ahhhh,brain of Britain here has just sussed out what indeed this Granny ring is you've all been mentioning. I believe I have one as well; that is (I think) the small cog on the inside of the crank). I'm actually only using the biggest one now. Granny ring

I see I see why now. I'll get there eventually; lie down and pills next.

Mozzy

The granny ring is the smallest chainring on a triple chainset. The smaller of the two on a double chainset isn't a granny ring. It's merely the small chainring.

 

[lulubel]

Without my granny gear I wouldn't be going no where

+1

 

[albion]

I'm 34 at the back and 24 at the front. For me, it is certainly the most important gear though possibly the least used.

 

[Nearly there]

Well ive been for a spin and feel so much better also tackled one of those hills that I struggled with yesterday without the need of the small ring

Ive gotta say the wind going from Mokerkin to Loweswater was a challenge brrrrrrrrrr

 

[Seamab]

The Pro rider that won this year's Spanish Vuelta (name escapes me) used a compact chainset with a 34 small ring and a 32 rear cog to win the steep Angiluru mountain stage.

If you like to keep a high cadence when climbing you need low gears.

 

[numbnuts]

i know someone who has 32 at the back and 22 on the front that will 'climb steeples'…

34 here & 22 on front and this is my road/touring bike