I know, I did a couple searches already and most responses on this topic was 10+ years old, likely when spinning up hills was not as popular. There were recommendations of 53/39 and 11/25 or up to a 27 as sufficient. I am running 53/39 up front due to powermeter BCD 130 compatibility. So no compact cranks for this race. I did this race a few years ago on a 10 speed with 11/28 cassette and my cadence was 40-50 rpms for the 5 minutes up the first big climb with the 39/28. I recently upgraded to 11 speed and able to fit up to a 32 on the rear. Should I go for 11/30, 11/32, or stick with an 11/28 and just grind up at 40-50 rpms again? My power was 220-240 during that climb and my FTP was at 241 for that race. My current FTP is 251. I do remember people with compact cranks spinning past me as I was out of the saddle grinding.
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Re: Oceanside 70.3 gearing [Jimbotri]
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I would at least put a 11/30 on. The difference between an 11/30 cassette and 11/28 is just the spacing of the 3 largest cogs. They jump by 3 opposed to 2. So you'll still have the same options in the middle of your cassette.
Re: Oceanside 70.3 gearing [Jimbotri]
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Piggybacking on this thread.
Anyone running 1x or run it previous years for this race? What do you recommend? Currently have option of 48 and 10-33 or 50 and 10-33.
Anyone running 1x or run it previous years for this race? What do you recommend? Currently have option of 48 and 10-33 or 50 and 10-33.
Re: Oceanside 70.3 gearing [Jimbotri]
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I ran a 53/39 11-28 on 165mm cranks with an FTP that wasn't much higher than yours and was fine on all the hills.
I'd be more worried about my long term power production, ie, have I done the training to sit at xx % of watts for 2.5h with 3 surges of 3-6 min at 102-104% FTP.
That's the real question imo
Brian Stover USAT LII
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I'd be more worried about my long term power production, ie, have I done the training to sit at xx % of watts for 2.5h with 3 surges of 3-6 min at 102-104% FTP.
That's the real question imo
Brian Stover USAT LII
Accelerate3 Coaching
Insta
Re: Oceanside 70.3 gearing [bearlyfinish]
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bearlyfinish wrote:
I would at least put a 11/30 on. The difference between an 11/30 cassette and 11/28 is just the spacing of the 3 largest cogs. They jump by 3 opposed to 2. So you'll still have the same options in the middle of your cassette.Echoing this...I’ve done Oside 4 or 5 times...2 years ago did it with 52/36 and 11-25 and it was a griiiind. Last year 50/34 and 11-28 and that was fine but I’m going with the 11/30 too. Having that last gear going up heartbreak hill will be nice to keep the legs spinning and like Brian alluded to, keeps your overall power expenditure in check.
Re: Oceanside 70.3 gearing [anthonypat]
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anthonypat wrote:
bearlyfinish wrote:
I would at least put a 11/30 on. The difference between an 11/30 cassette and 11/28 is just the spacing of the 3 largest cogs. They jump by 3 opposed to 2. So you'll still have the same options in the middle of your cassette.Echoing this...I’ve done Oside 4 or 5 times...2 years ago did it with 52/36 and 11-25 and it was a griiiind. Last year 50/34 and 11-28 and that was fine but I’m going with the 11/30 too. Having that last gear going up heartbreak hill will be nice to keep the legs spinning and like Brian alluded to, keeps your overall power expenditure in check.
I did Oceanside once and used 52/36 with 11-28. At the time FTP was hovering around 4W per kilo and it was just right. Today I am more like 3.5 and would be better off with a 50/34 minimally with the same cluster.
Re: Oceanside 70.3 gearing [desert dude]
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desert dude wrote:
I ran a 53/39 11-28 on 165mm cranks with an FTP that wasn't much higher than yours and was fine on all the hills. I'd be more worried about my long term power production, ie, have I done the training to sit at xx % of watts for 2.5h with 3 surges of 3-6 min at 102-104% FTP.
That's the real question imo
I was on 165 cranks last time and now I am back to 172.5s. I'm hoping that extra leverage may help some this year.
Re: Oceanside 70.3 gearing [Jimbotri]
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How will the 172.5mm crank arms affect your fit/position?
Re: Oceanside 70.3 gearing [jimatbeyond]
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jimatbeyond wrote:
How will the 172.5mm crank arms affect your fit/position?I got refitted with the 172.5 cranks and that position suits me better than with the shorter cranks.
Re: Oceanside 70.3 gearing [Jimbotri]
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That's unusual.
Re: Oceanside 70.3 gearing [Jimbotri]
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I ran a 1x11. 50T in the front. 11x30 in the back.
It worked out fine for me. 270 ftp. 165 lbs. YMMV.
It worked out fine for me. 270 ftp. 165 lbs. YMMV.