why do most roadbikes...?

[Smokin Joe]

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On the plus side, when you do London to Brighton you can zip up Ditchling beacon ( a very big hill right near the end if you do not know it) while all the tossers on doubles are pushing there £2,000 bikes up the hill. At that point judge who is looking "Gay".

Well, I made it up Ditchling beacon on 39*21 while hoards of people with triples were pushing their bikes, and I'm no Tour de France rider. Gears are entirely personal, just because I need a certain range of ratios doesn't mean they suit everyone else.

 

[Cooperman]

I switched to compact set up a few years ago and it solved the problem of gearing for m anyway it is a 50 / 34...

I also think theergonomics of a double are better to be honest.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Well, I made it up Ditchling beacon on 39*21 while hoards of people with triples were pushing their bikes, and I'm no Tour de France rider. Gears are entirely personal, just because I need a certain range of ratios doesn't mean they suit everyone else.

On my TCR I do Ditchling on 30*25... om my fixed I used to do it on 42*15...

 

[joebe]

On the plus side, when you do London to Brighton you can zip up Ditchling beacon ( a very big hill right near the end if you do not know it) while all the tossers on doubles are pushing there £2,000 bikes up the hill. At that point judge who is looking "Gay".

Funny that, I found I was virtually having to track stand in places on a 52/39 x 11/23, while "tossers" clogged the whole road spinning on their granny rings.

Each to their own. If you find you need a compact or triple, fine, get one. With my style of riding and the hills I come across I've not needed any thing lower than 23 x 39 so far so I'll stick with an old fogies traditional double.