Comments on: Life In The Big Ring

By: John

John — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:32:43 +0000

snafu…trimmed my reply -

I was going to say we can promise to get you out of the 5X tooth crank and wishing for a 12-28 cassette

By: John

John — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:26:38 +0000

Just found your blog…when are you headed to Austin? Need help finding rides here?

By: Cassi

Cassi — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:57:11 +0000

For the record, your falafel is THE BEST. I wish it would magically enable me to ride on the Big Ring all the time, but I have wimpy girl (old-lady?) legs and live in the hills…. thus, I am typically high cadence/lower gear. Thank you for making me an honorary member of your photography staff; an honor to be included here!

By: Clive Chapman

Clive Chapman — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:11:41 +0000

I started using both rings on my road bike, small ring for the hills. Now, even on the hilliest route of my commute I’m solidly in the big ring. Get in there!

My MTB rides are obviously different, the off road terrain by me is pretty steep so unashamedly I take in the benefits of every ratio my Marin has to offer!

By: Darryl

Darryl — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:18:53 +0000

Exactly.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:18:13 +0000

Thanks again for providing a great bike fit for me. It definitely has helped me become a stronger cyclist. I’m staying in the big ring, but also keeping my cadence where it was before.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:17:06 +0000

Yeah, we don’t have to talk about the rear cassette….hahahaha. It’s great to be in the big ring isn’t it?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:43:32 +0000

The past few months I have been hitting the big ring more solid as well. I focus mainly on keeping my cadence in certain ranges, but have noticed when I’m giving it my best effort hills that used to be the small cog are no longer! (we’ll leave the rear cassette alone!)

By: JuanRCM

JuanRCM — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:31:48 +0000

It’s kinda funny how NOT big the 42 big ring is on a mountain triple crank after you’ve gotten used to a 50/34 compact crank

By: Victor

Victor — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:16:04 +0000

Darryl

Its a sign you are becoming much more fit. The important thing is that you are still keeping that cadence high. The goal would be to “spin” that big ring-small cog at your high rpm.

For me I spend a lot of time in the small ring. I shift gears a lot to stay in my rpm comfort zone.

Great post