I'm really close to where you are at, Philip. On my touring bike, I'm currently running 44/28 with a 12-30, but I'm converting to a mountain rear der so I can swap back and forth between an 11-32 and an 11-36. I'll move the 12-30 and the road derailer over to a roadier bike.
44x11 will be plenty for top end, and 28x36 ought to be low enough for the kinds of loaded touring I intend to do. If that turns out not to be the case, I might drop to 42/26. 16-teeth of spread is the max that I ever do. Even that is a humongous jump, requiring lots of double shifting. The 20-tooth jump that the OP recommends is further than I'm willing to go, but I like the general concept, and the assertion that you can do everything you need to do with 2 rings, if you are willing to work with it. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 11:58:29 AM UTC-7, Philip Kim wrote: > > 10 speed works fine for me. > > running 40/26, 11-34 right now, its pretty sufficient. once things wear > out, gonna go 44/26 and 11-40 for extended climbing with load, while > getting more on the top end. i like the power ratchet shifting on the > silver shifters, but the plastic washer broke on me after a year of > commuting use. i'm not the only one. for the same price, i'd rather get > shimano bar ends. currently run microshift 10 spd mtb bar ends on > gevenalles - index as well as shimano, but friction shifting is not as > smooth and a bit stiff. > -- 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.
