Hi All I own a Cannondale Supersix with 52/36 at the front and 11/30 cassette at the back. My wife owns a Specialised Diverge with 48/32 at the front and 11/32 at the back. My bike is quicker which means I can drop my wife fairly easily. So we are thinking of swapping bikes to close the gap slig…

Changing bikes isn’t going to help. Go easier.

That isn’t really helping with the question :wink:

Here is one of the many gearing calculators on the web: Graphical Gear Calculator for Bicycles The bicycle gear calculator displays graphically the gearing of derailleur gears and gear hubs. It can be used to compare different setups to find the optimal gearing for all kinds of bi…

Getting an XC bike for yourself or putting Gatorskin tires on your bike is more likely to bring the gap closer.

We had a similar question one year ago with lots of ideas: How do I Train with my Wife?

That was me asking that question lol. I applied some of the suggestions and that’s worked great but I have put a lot of time into cycling over lockdown so was now looking at the possibility of swapping bikes

LOL, Doh! Well, why the heck haven’t you solved this yet? :stuck_out_tongue:

The hills are just part of the issue. We cycle together on the flat and small slopes and on steep or long hills, we cycle at our own pace. However, the Supersix is more aero, it have better wheels and tyres and it transfers effort from the legs to the wheels better. In essence it is more efficien…

At the moment, if you are both in your lowest gears, you will travel 1.2 times further than your wife with each pedal stroke. If you swap to a 32 at the back you will travel 1.16 times further, so I would say it isn’t worth your money. I would let her climb at her own pace and wait at the top. I …

That’s very helpful. Thank you :slight_smile:

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mcneese.chad June 3, 2021, 9:02pm 6

We had a similar question one year ago with lots of ideas:

How do I Train with my Wife?

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