I recall reading the story of 2 brothers who toured the world on custom Raleighs (I think they were Raleighs) in the early '80s; they set their bikes up with 2 chainrings but no front derailleurs, and carried strategically hooked bits of wire clipped to the bar or something which they used to shift the chain from ring to ring.
I recall building my Ken Rogers trike without a fd -- forget why; it had a Stronglight 99 wide range double. It was fun, at the time, to be able to come to a dead stop on a hill with feet still clipped in and butt in saddle, then to release right foot, backpedal with left, and push the bottom of the chain onto granny with right toe. I did have to get off at the top of the hill to shift it back onto the big ring. On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 12:44 AM, Ian A <attew...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried running without a front derailleur for a while. Stick shifting > didn't work well for me. I could never find a stick when I needed one, > sometimes overshifted by foot, and quite often ended up with greasy hand > syndrome. > > A well set-up front derailleur is a pleasure. Can be a pain to set-up, but > the payoff is well worthwhile. > > IanA > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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, New Mexico, EUA ************************************************************************** ************** *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
