Now I feel like I actually use all of the chainring combinations that are out there. Before unless it was a downhill gradient or I was sprinting I'd be somewhere in the big ring. Now with a 50/34 I'm able to go up and down rollers with ease, all while staying in the big ring and even am able to punch up some small hills still in the big ring. Overall makes the riding and shifting experience way smoother.
I guess the downside is that it doesn't take much of a downhill gradient to "get past" the 50/12 combination and I end up freewheeling a lot more. Then again on longer downhill stretches I'd end up freewheeling pretty regularly even with a 53/11. One of these days my legs will catch up and I'll be able to climb easily with a 39/25 but for right now I like the nice granny gear of a 34/25.
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