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What the triple ratios? 52//?
You should be able to if you have the long cage road derailleur, but can still just use an MTB derailleur to get a wide range (11-32 even).
You'll be fine, if you commute and ride a lots, then 11-28 is perfectly doable unless you're riding with front and rear panniers.
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If you're riding fully loaded with front and rear panniers, the 52t chainring probably won't see any action except alpine descend maybe if you got good brakes.
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I'm currently looking at a nice second hand Ultegra 6700 triple groupset, but it has a 52 chainring. This means I can't use a 11-30 cassette right? Because of the capacity.
Is that definitely true? You could always switch the 52t for a 50t if the RD/chain can't take the range.
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Thanks both.
I'm currently looking at a nice second hand Ultegra 6700 triple groupset, but it has a 52 chainring. This means I can't use a 11-30 cassette right? Because of the capacity. What's the point of a triple if I can't even get a 1:1 ratio?
If I'm correct I can fit a 11-28 cassette max, but I'm wondering if that will be enough (not sure what terrain I'll be doing, but I don't want to be under geared).