That's a great compromise, for sure. I wanted to get my wife the easiest gearing possible she could leverage when doing 15-20% grades. She is extremely strong but now that she's experiencing heat flashes and what-not, overheats pretty easy when pushing the cranks hard
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Originally Posted by Dave
The XPLR RD lacks wrap capacity. I use both 33 and 36 tooth 2x RDs with a 10-44 cassette, by adding a wolf tooth road link and sequential mode to avoid the big/big. I hate sequential mode, so I took a step further with extended range RD cages from cycles Chinook. Now I have more than enough wrap capacity for a 46/30 and 10-44 cassette.
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