Wondering if anyone else has noticed certain frames that seem to lose power with an oval chainring.
I tried out oval a year or two ago and have since switched to oval on all my bikes when they need replacement. Recently got a new rig and found it to be an inefficient pedaller compared to my other bikes. Even others with much more travel. Switched to a round ring (same number of teeth) and it is much better. I wonder if the high point on the oval was at the right height to compress the suspension more so than on my other bikes? The weird thing is that my other bikes have 32 tooth Crings and this one is a 28 so I would have expected less suspension activation.
Anyone else find certain combo's not as good as others?