101SCC Posted December 27, 2008 Share AL, 11 for me is just right, I have a cassette that has an 11-19 with no gaps and then two climbing gears for the steepr climbs 21 & 23. I've climbed some of the biggest pyranees and Alpes on a 39 /23 so I'm satisfied with eleven speed. I love it. Now where is campag with my 11-23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted December 27, 2008 Share guys in just looking at this and my two bikes - does in the increase in the number of sprokets mean you can have more "larger" sprokets to get up hills easier - or smaller ones to go faster ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Bornman Posted December 27, 2008 Share guys in just looking at this and my two bikes - does in the increase in the number of sprokets mean you can have more "larger" sprokets to get up hills easier - or smaller ones to go faster ? Neither. It simply means that some gaps between numbers can be filled. Your maximum and minimum tooth sprockets are determined by the overall technology, 11 being the smallest and 25 the largest (an approximation for a short-cage derailer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big H Posted December 27, 2008 Share I reckon the same wailing went up when the first multi geared bicycles became the vogue. They were essentially a normal one speed wheel with another cog with different teeth mounted on the other side. When climbing the rider would stop, flip open the quick release (developed by old man Tulio Campagnolo methinks) switch the the wheel around and proceed to climb. I am sure the one cogger die hard cyclists bemoaned the fact that these novaeu cyclists were ruining the sport. My question is, where will it end???? Will things now go internal and external untill a refined internal "gearbox" is developed?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yang Posted December 27, 2008 Share The splurb in the Campag manual says that the 11 speed allows for smoother transitions between sprockets. My bikes have 11-23, and since I train on flat all the time (where I live in Mozambique is like a snooker table), I find myself looking for a bigger sprocket when I'm climbing in a race or training in SA- and I'm already in the 23. SO there's one reason I want 11 speed. It gives me all the options I have now, PLUS the missing sprocket that I always look for when I'm suffering up a climb. The other reason I'm getting the 11 Speed Chorus, and this is the more important one, is because I can. If I have to go climb up the radar mast hill in central Moz (the steepest hill I have ever seen), I will change to my emergency cassette with the 27T sprocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted December 27, 2008 Share ...PLUS the missing sprocket that I always look for when I'm suffering up a climb... johan, that's the problem i see it solving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted December 27, 2008 Share "I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft... As for me, give me a fixed gear!" -- Henri Desgrange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted December 27, 2008 Share "I still feel that variable <SPAN =highlightedSearchTerm><FONT style=": #feff82">gears</SPAN> are only for people over forty-five. Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft... As for me' date=' give me a fixed gear!" -- Henri Desgrange [/quote'] you gotta fixie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted December 27, 2008 Share No but 'Aanri' aparently did ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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