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should I just get a triple?
Yes.
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Subcompact double IMO
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The question is, should I just get a triple? I know its not en vogue but it's going to weigh 50 kilos anyway
Nothing wrong with a triple, but unless this is the one bike to rule them all, and you like to turn a big gear, I struggle to see the point in a triple over a double. If it's definitely a tourer (not just a commuter with the odd trip thrown in), and you plan on some long mountain pass descents, then maybe you'd want the big gears.
I have an old 105 triple crankset on a 26" steel "tourer", the bike weighs a ton even unladen. But it's a great town bike and with big tyres and racks can take all the luggage. I took off the 52 outer and just have a 39 and diddly inner ring. Have never wanted the bigger ring in any scenario since riding this bike that fast isn't worth the effort.
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should I just get a triple?
Probably not. In the olden days, we had 5 or 6 sprockets and the biggest one was rarely over 28T, a 2:1 range. Without even going nuts you can now have 10 sprockets with a 3:1 range (e.g. 12-36), which pretty much eliminates both credible arguments for a third chain ring.
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Going to do a super traditional tourer, the kind of bike I wanted when I was touring on a £20 mountain bike. I got my late 80s Galaxy powder coated, this speckled carbon grey which is impossible to photograph.
The question is, should I just get a triple? I know its not en vogue but it's going to weigh 50 kilos anyway
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