At 12:29 26/04/01, you wrote:
>In a message dated 4/26/01 4:33:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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><< The reason some (not all) people want six gears is because top gear seems
>too short. >>
>A one to one gear ratio is the same no matter how many gears it takes you to
>get there. That is my point.
Didn't I also say: "As you say, swapping the six- for the five- speed cluster is not
going to get past that problem on its own." So I'm not disagreeing with you.
My point was, why do people want six gears, and I think it's usually to have five
gears about the same as standard, plus an "overdrive" - which means they'll need to
raise the overall gearing by about the same ratio as 5th to 6th as well as swopping
the clusters.
David Thurgate http://www.uranus.co.uk/M_cycles.htm
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