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Originally Posted by bluegoose
Pride, don't listen to Arch and Q. Arch couldn't afford all three chainrings, so he had to settle for only 2 of them. If he came up here for a few rides, he'd be begging for a triple, or at the very least a compact double. 39-21 wouldn't get you over a freeway overpass around here. Maybe in the desert, but not in the mountains. Its suicide for the old knees.
Once you go triple, you never go back. 30-25 all the way for me. I have no shame (or knee pain).
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I would consider a compact or even a 12-27, something I actually own but don't use. A triple, perhaps when my grandkids are through racing.