Call Gary...I'm sending these back, I must have a defective set .......these things are ROUND! --at least they feel that way!!!
O.K. all kidding aside, I am quickly becoming a convert! I started with them in the suggested #3 setting and rode with a few folks I know who are scary fast cyclists....held my own....comfortably....at what seemed like a lower average cadence....nice, steady power throughout the entire pedal stroke. After riding with the gang a bit I headed off the try some hills and some TT intervals for kicks.....on the hills....I need to be a better climber to really judge but even on a steeper hill I was able to keep exerting power without losing momentum. I think once I get used to the gearing, I will improve here.
As for my TT efforts....holy cow! I was able to maintain a really nice steady hard effort without the feelings that as the interval wore on I was less able to turn that gearing. And accelerating was a gas...instant response! And on any slight little rises I would just power up easily where in the past I would have at least condsidered shifting....
The jury says I am going to ride like this for a few more rides....might need to adjust my rear der. settings since I think under the load of climbing it (the rear der. guide wheel) is touching the rear cluster....then I am going to try the #4 on the big ring. Plan to ride Gulf Coast that way and will give feedback on time results...one note from a local podium athlete, "dude, those are the easiest 20 watts I ever purchased"....seems he wasn't sharing his "Q-rings secret" with his training buddies! Thanks, Tim!!
My .02,
Paul
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O.K. all kidding aside, I am quickly becoming a convert! I started with them in the suggested #3 setting and rode with a few folks I know who are scary fast cyclists....held my own....comfortably....at what seemed like a lower average cadence....nice, steady power throughout the entire pedal stroke. After riding with the gang a bit I headed off the try some hills and some TT intervals for kicks.....on the hills....I need to be a better climber to really judge but even on a steeper hill I was able to keep exerting power without losing momentum. I think once I get used to the gearing, I will improve here.
As for my TT efforts....holy cow! I was able to maintain a really nice steady hard effort without the feelings that as the interval wore on I was less able to turn that gearing. And accelerating was a gas...instant response! And on any slight little rises I would just power up easily where in the past I would have at least condsidered shifting....
The jury says I am going to ride like this for a few more rides....might need to adjust my rear der. settings since I think under the load of climbing it (the rear der. guide wheel) is touching the rear cluster....then I am going to try the #4 on the big ring. Plan to ride Gulf Coast that way and will give feedback on time results...one note from a local podium athlete, "dude, those are the easiest 20 watts I ever purchased"....seems he wasn't sharing his "Q-rings secret" with his training buddies! Thanks, Tim!!
My .02,
Paul
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Sponsored by RUDY PROJECT...check out http://www.e-rudy.com
Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker.
"What does not destroy me, makes me stronger."
-Friedrich Nietzsche, Götzen-Dämmerung (1899)