Not really. It’s ditching a little bit of low and high gear range.
An Eagle 12spd cassette is 10-12-14-16-18-21-24-28-32-36-42-52. Most bikes are shipping with 32t rings with that setup. Some 27” rigs with 34t rings! Some 29” rigs with 30t rings.
I mean, some bikes I see certainly folks are in the 52t all the time, but I treat that as a bailout gear (and encourage everyone to optimize their chainring to do the same). So, with 11-39t and optimizing the front ring we’re not exactly pushing single-speeding here.
I promise I don’t have Jesse’s fitness by half.
Oct. 23, 2023, 9:39 a.m. - Andrew Major
Not really. It’s ditching a little bit of low and high gear range. An Eagle 12spd cassette is 10-12-14-16-18-21-24-28-32-36-42-52. Most bikes are shipping with 32t rings with that setup. Some 27” rigs with 34t rings! Some 29” rigs with 30t rings. I mean, some bikes I see certainly folks are in the 52t all the time, but I treat that as a bailout gear (and encourage everyone to optimize their chainring to do the same). So, with 11-39t and optimizing the front ring we’re not exactly pushing single-speeding here. I promise I don’t have Jesse’s fitness by half.