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@fizzy.bleach
Hi.
I did a couple of sprint triathlons last year and might do a couple more this year as my GF got really into them over the past three years or so.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway, I did the last two on a SS Pompino which ain't really a tri bike(!) and found myself spinning out on the flats.
So that fact, coupled with my rash purchasing has landed me an old, light Cannondale 2.8 frame with some aggressive geo and I was gonna turn that into a tri bike.
Now to the question at hand: gearing.
I've read around a bit and am thinking 1x10 with 50 up front and 12-26 on the rear (or thereabouts). I might want to take the bike riding on non-tri routes so the bigger cassette cogs are for hills.
I ride 48x18 SS around town and my area - Streatham up towards Crystal Palace - has some biggish hills.
Can anyone offer any advice?