Easton “gravel sized” chainrings for doubles

runrideski wrote:Personally, my wish is that they would develop a cassette with narrower gaps between the most-frequently 'middle' used gears (i.e., the middle cogs in the range) and leave the larger (ex. 3+) gaps at the ends of the range,

runrideski wrote:Personally, my wish is that they would develop a cassette with narrower gaps between the most-frequently 'middle' used gears (i.e., the middle cogs in the range) and leave the larger (ex. 3+) gaps at the ends of the range, particularly the smaller cogs.

The 11-12-13-14 cog combinations that typify all Shimano and SRAM road cassettes between 11-23 & 11- 32T just don't make sense to me.  Especially if you're then stuck with 3-cog jumps in the 'more useable' (at least for me) gears (ex. 21-24-27 in 11-30 and 22-25-28 in 11-32) .  I'd much prefer 11-13-15 in the small cogs and then 2-cog jumps in the middle range of Shimano's 11-34 cassette.

For this reason alone, it surprises me that the 11-34 is not the go-to cassette for gravel applications (provided it can give you an easy enough low gear).

You can get a 14-28 cassette for small jumps.  Or if you want to be like me, you can spend even more money and buy both a 14-28 and 11-34 to make a 14-34 then have a weird 11-28 leftover that no one wants to buy.

Rusty Frame wrote:I'm old (71), heavy (250) but still love to ride. I swapped the Shimano 105 cassette on my Felt V-85 for a SRAM 11-36 and could climb most hills.  I swapped the 105 compact crankset for a FSA 46-30 crankset (the shop gave me credit for the 105).  Now I climb anything around hilly Kansas City.  Still don't need the 11 tooth cog (or the 12 for that matter).

ridemagnetic wrote:White Industries MR30 cranks fit 68mm bb's, road, gravel and mtn q factors. And their VBC rings come in all the right tooth counts.
Expensive but worth it. I own 2.

cheamhale wrote:You need to think of gearing n terms of percent change not absolute number of teeth. 11-12 jump is 9%. 25-27 is also about 9%

runrideski wrote:Personally, my wish is that they would develop a cassette with narrower gaps between the most-frequently 'middle' used gears (i.e., the middle cogs in the range) and leave the larger (ex. 3+) gaps at the ends of the range, particularly the smaller cogs.

The 11-12-13-14 cog combinations that typify all Shimano and SRAM road cassettes between 11-23 & 11- 32T just don't make sense to me.  Especially if you're then stuck with 3-cog jumps in the 'more useable' (at least for me) gears (ex. 21-24-27 in 11-30 and 22-25-28 in 11-32) .  I'd much prefer 11-13-15 in the small cogs and then 2-cog jumps in the middle range of Shimano's 11-34 cassette.