normal vs compact cranks

[hagar]

Afternoon all

 

I just been sitting here and wondering what is the diffrence between the two ?? what are the amount of teeth on the big blade and the small of a normal crank and that of a compact set.

 

My hill climbing sucks and i really struggle going up   Would it benifit me to get compact cranks in any way ??? I have a Ultegra groupset but for the life of me i dont know if they are compact or not

 

Ta muchley

 

[bored girl]

wasn't there a topic on this the other day?

[bored girl]

https://www.bikehub.co.za/forum_posts.asp?TID=31848&KW=compact

[hagar]

thanks must have missed it !!! was probably busy working again 

[Gobbo]

Hi There

My new bike came witha compact 34/50 with a 11-23 at the back.

Up the hills is really easy now.

Apparently most bikes these days are coming out with compacts as standard so u dont have to grind big gears.

 

Look at your front blade and there should be a number on it somewhere.

if it is a 53 then it is not a compact.

 

Safe cycling

[SwissVan]

thanks must have missed it !!! was probably busy working again 

 

And dont believe all that crappa about girls... it takes a real cyclist not to be afraid of riding with a compact group set

 

 

[hagar]

thanks gobbo i will check it out when i get home just now !!!!

[NotSoBigBen]

[bored girl]

Please don't be mistaken......It won't be like a WOW difference. I changed from 175mm normal cranks to 170mm compacts.....do I feel a difference? Um.....besides the fact that I felt a bit lower, not really. I still suffer on hills. I didn't do it cos I wanted help on the hills, we were looking for the right size lenght and it happened that the ones we found were compact and carbon....

[bored girl]

thanks must have missed it !!! was probably busy working again 

 

And dont believe all that crappa about girls... it takes a real cyclist not to be afraid of riding with a compact group set

 

 

 

Are you gonna tell him to get a tripple next?

[NotSoBigBen]

thanks must have missed it !!! was probably busy working again 

 

And dont believe all that crappa about girls... it takes a real cyclist not to be afraid of riding with a compact group set

 

 

 

Are you gonna tell him to get a tripple next?

 

A triple compact

[bored girl]

BB, your 2009 kit looks awesome!

[NotSoBigBen]

BB' date=' your 2009 kit looks awesome! [/quote']

 

Fanks! Gonna slay em all ........

[turtlek]

Please don't be mistaken......It won't be like a WOW difference. I changed from 175mm normal cranks to 170mm compacts.....do I feel a difference? Um.....besides the fact that I felt a bit lower' date=' not really. I still suffer on hills. I didn't do it cos I wanted help on the hills, we were looking for the right size lenght and it happened that the ones we found were compact and carbon....

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and now they look pretty dont they bored girl?????????

 

 

 

i changed from compacts because i just dont have the leg speed for them while racing in the elite bunch and the cranks were too short for me

[SwissVan]

 

 

"Real men aren't afraid to wear pink"

Is that your riding frock BB?

 

 

[turtlek]

thanks must have missed it !!! was probably busy working again?

 

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And dont believe all that crappa about girls... it takes a real cyclist not to be afraid of riding with?a compact group set

 

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Are you gonna tell him to get a tripple next?

 

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A triple compact

 

 

 

dont be surprised i was shocked last week when i built up my friends scott it came with a 105 triple compact i thought OMG this is just murderous how can they do such a thing