One more question. After a lister described his ss-to-derailleur hack, I'm interested in this option too.
I've got a clamp/bolt on hangar and can easily find a medium cage rd. I'd need a second rear wheel built up like, say, this (24.75" wheel): 48 14 85 16 74 17 70 18 66 20 59 23 52 28 42 Versus the AM 69-59-51. Of course, you'd need to splice in an additional length of chain, but this can be easily done with masterlinks. Choices, choices ... On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 5:37 PM, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > What do you who have used hub gears suggest? > > For the '03 Curt, my errand bike, with a 70" fixed cruising gear: a 1956 > FM hub, with gears of .8654, 1.0, 1.1555. This hub has a freewheel. > > I think that gearing the direct drive middle gear to 59" (48X20, 24.75" > wheel), with a 69" top and a 51" low is best for this hub. Opinions? > > For the '99 Joe gofast, with a 76" fixed cruising gear, I recently found a > second-edition 32 hole S3X: direct, .75, .625. > > I think that rather than overgearing it, I'll use top/direct as a cruising > gear, again 46X15 for 76", and have 57" and a 48 in climbing gears. > > One could use an "overdrive" gear on a fixed gear hub for downhills, but I > think I'd prefer to save direct/high for cruising. > > The '03 is used for around town. The '99 would be used for longer rides. > > Opinions? > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
