Is the rise and hype of 52/36 compact here to stay?

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dolophonic

Post subject: Re: Is the rise and hype of 52/36 compact here to stay?

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 2:19 pm

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maxxevv wrote:

I find it odd that the industry is so slow to do this ...

I've had it on my bike since compacts became commonly available maybe 4~5 years now... :noidea:

Me too.. Stronglight CT2 been available for ages,work really well.

What hype.. ?oh Rotor..well most everything about them is based on hype no?

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rruff

Post subject: Re: Is the rise and hype of 52/36 compact here to stay?

Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:23 am

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KWalker wrote:

I've yet to have a single issue with it shifting with 7900

The issue for me isn't shifting, but the need to shift. If you have say an 11-23 cassette, 34-50 or 36-52 leave you with a spot right around the cruising speed, where a lot of double shifting is required. With 11-25 or 11-27, it's less annoying.

The spacing between chainrings is best kept small if you have a tight cassette range. That's why I like 44-55 with an 11-21 on the TT bike. If you need a wider range, then it's fine to increase both.

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BikeTart

Post subject: Re: Is the rise and hype of 52/36 compact here to stay?

Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 1:54 pm

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dolophonic wrote:

maxxevv wrote:

I find it odd that the industry is so slow to do this ...

I've had it on my bike since compacts became commonly available maybe 4~5 years now... :noidea:

Me too.. Stronglight CT2 been available for ages,work really well.

It's been a standard option of SRAM Red since it first came out! :roll:

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