Should you run larger chainrings?
May 06, 2021
3 minutes
Words Stefan Abram
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or a few years now, SRAM has offered 12-speed road groupsets which include a diminutive 10-tooth smallest sprocket. This allowed smaller chainrings to be used while still providing similarly high gears compared to standard set-ups. However, some pro teams like Trek Segafredo were reticent to move onto the smaller rings and stuck to their traditional 53/39 cranksets. In order to ensure the pros are riding publicly available components, SR AM recently released three new cranksets, with big rings
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