[Closed] Disc Road bikes with Triples - Do they exist?

Salsa Vaya

Trek Portland. Only they've stopped making it now.

[url= http://www.cannondale.com/nor/catalog/product/view/id/31768/s/synapse-disc-5-105/category/926/ ]Cannondale? I think I count 3 rings on this one...[/url]

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Isn't that called a mountain bike with slicks?

iirc the spesh tricross can come with a triple.

My VN Amazon. But then that's a custom build.

Surly Long Haul Disc - meant for touring

I count 3 rings on that cannondale too. It doesn't seem to be regular spec though! I did see the Tricross too, looks ok.

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Kona Sutra - touring bike and heavy but ticks the boxes...

A mate has the Kona. I can vouch that it is heavy.

I had the Kona. Lovely, comfy, not lightweight. but then it was designed as a "rough road tourer", so should really be compared to the likes of a Fargo.

Yes, Tricross comes with a triple.

Why do I want that Trek?

The Orbea Avant series bikes are offered with discs and are, in my opinion anyway, gorgeous - if I had to have a proper road bike with discs. Shame only two-ring at the front...

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Shimano GS or SRAM mid (longer cage) rear mech with a 32T rear and a compact double?

Been going over this fairly recently, a lot of people are asking for lower gears on road bikes now. Interested in people's thoughts on it.
Triple road from Shimano (52-39-30) gives a 30x30 lowest as that's the max range a GS mech can cope with, but a GS with a compact double 50-34 can cope with a 32 rear, so 34x32. We felt the number that the triple appealed to was small compared to the number put of by the less 'road'like perceptions of it (I know that's not so logical when you have discs) and the actual range is almost the same, just a few gear inches lost at the top end - no loss really for non racers. (edit to add, Sora can have a 32T with a triple, but not Tiagra or 105. Not sure why 10s mech capacity wasn't made to be the same as the 9s.)
SRAM wifli can have a 32 rear, but again only with a double I think and they don't have road-specific triples.
So triples tend to be MTB spec now and on touring biased bikes rather than lighter road bikes.

Not a 'road bike' as such, but I've a tripple on my Vaya.

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househusband - Member
The Orbea Avant series bikes are offered with discs and are, in my opinion anyway, gorgeous

You've changed , Queerhawk . 😉 😀

Kona Sutra 2014 is a Rove in touring form, not sure it will be any lighter, possibly put on a pound or so.

I run a 44-32-22 triple on my Peregrine ... (with a DIY 11-32 on the back).

Rose Xeon can be specced with triple

Genesis Equilibrium Disc frame might take a triple

A friend has a [url= http://www.ridgeback.co.uk/bike/advance-7-0 ]Ridgeback Advance 7[/url] and loves it 🙂

You've changed , Queerhawk .

Paul - still not shaved my legs, though... 😮

Interested in people's thoughts on it

compacts & larger cassettes may give you the overall range but the size of jump between big & small chainrings is a bit of a pain imo

Genesis Equilibrium Disc frame might take a triple

got a triple on my non disc Equilibrium 🙂

Jameso -

Thats good knowledge. Its not actually for me but my GF and she was convinced that she needed a triple (as we live in Norht Wales and ride around Snowdonia). I will pass this on!

Remember that you can use a road triple and a 10-speed MTB cassette as long as you fit a 9-speed MTB rear mech.

Triple road from Shimano (52-39-30) gives a 30x30 lowest as that's the max range a GS mech can cope with, but a GS with a compact double 50-34 can cope with a 32 rear, so 34x32.

Whilst that's true, it doesn't solve the horribly large jump in ratios when changing on the front. I find with a 50/34 I need to shift two gears at the back at the same time. In contrast, my triple (53/42/30) has a much nicer progression, and a 42 middle with a 12-25T cassette is a perfect set of ratios for social rides.

I've a 48 34 26 triple on my Kinesis Pro6 self build which I run with a 28 on the rear and 25mm tyres for sportive style rides (32 on rear for off road duties) - I know its time to drop to the granny when I see people getting off and lying down or starting to walk - of course its not a proper road bike though they only come with doubles and compacts are for old people who like to chat with me when we're spinning a hill passing people desperately pushing big gears*
though to be slightly more helpful with the rear 32's and 10speed I'd probably go for a compact unless carrying a full touring load

*yes the boys and girls that can really push big gears are already at the café

I was just about to send links to a couple I know about, but noticed the 2013/14 models are now shipped with double compact chainsets instead of triples. You might find that's the same with other makes now, so perhaps you might need to reconsider whether you definitely need a triple.

I am hoping not as with the gear ratios etc talked about above it should be ok especially if a 32t can be put on the back. The bike that is currently the main contender is a Specialized Secteur Disc, looks pretty good, good price and comes with a a decent range cassette!

One last question -

I have my eye on a Saracen Hack (compact chainset) Could I run a 32t lightwight MTB cassette (Sram or Shimano) on that with a 9sp SORA road mech (the SG version to give me a good range of gears?