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lesley gilotti · May 4, 2010 5:39PM

so i am doing LP and have got some questions regarding gearing. I have a 53/39 and 25/12 and i am a pretty weak cyclist. It will likely take me 7:30. Should I be changing out my cassettes. I am 'bike challenged' so you can't speak too simply in your response

Also I am considering buying a powertap. I think I would just buy the one on the wheel already. Would changing my gears affect what powertap equipment I buy??

mattsull · May 4, 2010 5:42PM

I would recommend swapping your 53/39 crank for a compact 50/34, at the very least. You may also want to put more gears on the cassette too, maybe a 12/27. I would think a compact crank and a 12/27 would be enough. I have never ridden the course though.

If you purchased a PowerTap wheel you would need to have the cassette swapped onto it. That's it.

Norton · May 4, 2010 8:17PM

What Matt said; believe it.

Cary Blanco · May 4, 2010 8:38PM

Welcome to EN Lesley, if you're here to execute the race the EN way (I'm sure you are), you'll definitely want to do what Matt recommends above. If you get a Power meter, once you spend some time with it, you'll learn why you really want to spin as easily as possible on those LP hills.

lesley gilotti · May 5, 2010 5:29AM

Thanks guys!

Coach Rich · May 5, 2010 9:54AM

Lesley, you may want to go over to our old EN 3.0 Forum and do a search for compact cranks. You'll see a ton of discussion on the subject.

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