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Gears and Compact Cranks - Can One Setup Do It All?

April 27th, 2008 | Features, Science of Cycling | No Comments

Gears and Compact Cranks
Can One Setup do it all?
By Dave Lieberman and Paul Kopit
As a native “flatlander”, the myriad of drive chain combinations have always intimidated me. All I knew was it was always “cooler” to have a 19 as the biggest rear cog, and 21’s were for wimps. Front chain rings were [...]

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