So I'm aware of Sheldon Brown's website but honestly never fully wrapped my head around all of it - at high level I get it and as an engineer pretty slack that I don't understand it better...
Anyways - I put my road bike to a 1x setup just for fun. I'm running 52/11-32 SRAM Etap wifli. I live in Florida. That 32 is actually way too much spread for down here but no worries.
My question is for the Hincapie Gran Fondo do I change to a traditional 2x setup? I've done the course before and have climbed on my tri bike using 42/28 gearing and road bike using 36/28. What I'm trying to get a feel for is how much of a difference am I really going to feel using 52/32 over 42/28?
If I went to a 2x setup, I'd use 53/39 rings so I'd be looking at 39/32 - which would actually be quite a bit different from what I've done before.
Knowing that I did it in 42/28 and didn't die or fall over, should I be fine at 52/32 or should I play it safe and add the 2x?
Thanks for the input.
Anyways - I put my road bike to a 1x setup just for fun. I'm running 52/11-32 SRAM Etap wifli. I live in Florida. That 32 is actually way too much spread for down here but no worries.
My question is for the Hincapie Gran Fondo do I change to a traditional 2x setup? I've done the course before and have climbed on my tri bike using 42/28 gearing and road bike using 36/28. What I'm trying to get a feel for is how much of a difference am I really going to feel using 52/32 over 42/28?
If I went to a 2x setup, I'd use 53/39 rings so I'd be looking at 39/32 - which would actually be quite a bit different from what I've done before.
Knowing that I did it in 42/28 and didn't die or fall over, should I be fine at 52/32 or should I play it safe and add the 2x?
Thanks for the input.