I recently changed from a 3x9 to a new bike that had a 2x10 with a 24 tooth small ring, and I believe a 34 big ring.
I am not sold on it.
First, I miss my super low gear I had on my 3x9. Nice to have a super low gear for technical climbs.
At first I liked the 2x10 because I never changed out of my small ring for most rides. I saw that as an advantage.
But now after several rides I am seeing it as a disadvantage. Personally I kind of liked the gear overlap of the 3x9. It allowed me to do a rapid "dump" by shifting into my granny gear when a sudden climb came up.
I find that I am not making efficient use of all of my gear range with the 2x10 set up. I am reluctant to ever shift into the larger gear because I will not have the range to downshift when I need to. It gives me the one or two higher gears I need in some rare instances, but what's the point if I will need to rapidly shift back down to the smaller ring if a hill comes up.
I think that I may end up pulling the parts off and selling them on ebay and then buying 3x9 stuff at a much lower cost.
Matt
I am not sold on it.
First, I miss my super low gear I had on my 3x9. Nice to have a super low gear for technical climbs.
At first I liked the 2x10 because I never changed out of my small ring for most rides. I saw that as an advantage.
But now after several rides I am seeing it as a disadvantage. Personally I kind of liked the gear overlap of the 3x9. It allowed me to do a rapid "dump" by shifting into my granny gear when a sudden climb came up.
I find that I am not making efficient use of all of my gear range with the 2x10 set up. I am reluctant to ever shift into the larger gear because I will not have the range to downshift when I need to. It gives me the one or two higher gears I need in some rare instances, but what's the point if I will need to rapidly shift back down to the smaller ring if a hill comes up.
I think that I may end up pulling the parts off and selling them on ebay and then buying 3x9 stuff at a much lower cost.
Matt