Agree with Bill on all points. Rivendell' recommended components work'n'play well together. To your concern about using the 34 cog only with the 24 ring, you may be favorably impressed with how well the 8 tooth jump from the 26 to 34 works. A 36 middle ring with a 34 cog will get you up a lot of hills. I wouldn't hesitate to make that shift.
dougP On Thursday, December 11, 2014 1:49:22 PM UTC-8, Doug Williams wrote: > > I’m looking at getting a Hilsen soon (probably 58cm 650b) and I want to go > friction only shifting with Silver Shifter bar ends (probably on Albas). I > decided on Riv’s Sugino 46-36-24 triple up front. From everything I have > read, 8 speed is the way to go for friction, and 8 is enough for me. I’m > not a racer so I don’t need to precisely match the cadence of the peloton. > More important for me is to have a wide range of gears. So for the rear, > I’m looking at the Shimano Acera HG41 8 Speed MTB Cassette, > 11-13-15-17-20-23-26-34T. I like the 11T for fun downhill runs (I admit > that I don’t really NEED it). The 34T is so I can get my old body up over > the hill. I would only use it with the 24 up front for when I climb a > really nasty hill. The 8 tooth jump between 26 and 34 probably makes the 34 > less than desirable for normal use, but that’s fine as I’ll reserve the 34T > for use only with the 24T front chainring as an “emergency wimp-out granny > gear”. > > > > For the front derailer I’m looking at the Riv recommended Shimano Deore XT > front derailer (FD-M781X6) – 17160 (Shimano's part number FD-M781X6 or > M781AX6L or M781AX6S). For the rear, I’m planning on the Riv recommended > Shimano Deore rear derailer – 17138, (RD M591 SGS). > > > > 1st Question: Are these the best derailer picks for my application, or > should I look at something else? > > > > 2nd Question: I read that swapping the rear derailer pulleys is a good > thing for friction shifting because the wobble designed into the top pulley > (to make index shifting work) has a negative impact on friction shifting. > But then…I would be putting a wobbly pulley in the lower position (when a > non-wobbly pulley is called for). Should I just spring for another set of > pulleys (about $10) so I could put “lower pulleys” in both positions? Would > this avoid potential problems, or would I just be wasting money? > > > > Thanks, > > Doug Williams > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
