Yup. As I said, back in the day 46t ring was my go to and I could really push that thing, but yeah, also fell a bit short on the descents, so if it wasn't a tight, technical, steep descent, between that and the bikes weighing 10-15lbs less than mine, I'd get dropped.
These days I don't do road anymore, just commute if I'm on the road and I'm in no rush to really hammer like 10+ years ago. Back then I used to run a 38/24 ring combo and 34-15 cassette on my proper 29er MTB because I was using an SS/Trials hub and abbreviated cassette for a stronger wheel and I could crank that 38-15 gear combo up to 25mph for about a 1/2 mile if needed, which by my calcs was somewhere around 140 RPMs - man do I miss the fitness.
Also back then I'd not long moved to a bar wider than 680mm, so the width of a road drop didn't feel so bad, but these days, OMG they feel so horribly wrong, just like trying a 680mm wide MTB bar feels, so, so unstable.
March 22, 2022, 10:09 a.m. - Lynx .
Yup. As I said, back in the day 46t ring was my go to and I could really push that thing, but yeah, also fell a bit short on the descents, so if it wasn't a tight, technical, steep descent, between that and the bikes weighing 10-15lbs less than mine, I'd get dropped. These days I don't do road anymore, just commute if I'm on the road and I'm in no rush to really hammer like 10+ years ago. Back then I used to run a 38/24 ring combo and 34-15 cassette on my proper 29er MTB because I was using an SS/Trials hub and abbreviated cassette for a stronger wheel and I could crank that 38-15 gear combo up to 25mph for about a 1/2 mile if needed, which by my calcs was somewhere around 140 RPMs - man do I miss the fitness. Also back then I'd not long moved to a bar wider than 680mm, so the width of a road drop didn't feel so bad, but these days, OMG they feel so horribly wrong, just like trying a 680mm wide MTB bar feels, so, so unstable.