Can't answer for the others. For me, cleaner look, simplicity chain guard on one of my bikes, and the crank I wanted to use on the bikes happened to be a single. I bought a little gizmo that will keep the chain on the crank if it derailed, but I have not had an issue with that. All my bikes were built from the ground up, so I made sure to get the right spindle from the start to get the best chain line.
> And even employing super wide range cassettes, > there's no way to match the range or spacing of a double. There is the rub for me. I personally do not use all that many gears when I ride. I will ride all day on my camper with a full load in the same gear unless I come up on some real steep incline. In those situations, one or two low gears suffice for me. Perhaps competition demands a wider range of gears. I do not compete, have no plans to. Why set up the bike in a way that has no value to me? On Dec 5, 11:49 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting EricP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Three of my four bikes have single chainrings up front. (Two of them > > are internal gears.) In fact, the only one that doesn't is the > > Atlantis. No problems with mine. Works out well for all the riding > > I'm doing at present. One has a 38t up front and 11-32 in back. The > > gearing works for everything I've asked the bike to do so far. Not > > sure I'd be able to handle a fully loaded tour with that setup. But > > that is an issue of the engine, not the bike. > > > Did have to work a bit to get the chainline where I wanted. But > > otherwise no trouble with shifting or anything else. > > One or two things puzzle me about this. Why do you all want to do > this? Is it a matter of having a single chain ring crank in stock and > wanting to find a use for it? A perception that a double crank is > somehow fussier or more difficult or more complicated? > > I can certainly understand in the case of a single-speed, fixed gear > or internal gear. I can even understand buying such a crank specially > for one of those applications. > > But why a 1x8 or 1x9? > > I don't think you save anything on the cost of the crank, and if what > I read is correct, in many cases - obviously not all - you end up > needing to put a front derailleur on it just to stop chain throw. > > You certainly don't win anything in terms of chain line, if such > things matter to you. And even employing super wide range cassettes, > there's no way to match the range or spacing of a double. > > You do get to use some very pretty chain guards that you couldn't use > if a derailleur were in the way. Is that it? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
