While it may sound crazy, I often find myself in the highest gear on
most of my bikes. I'm not a racer, but I really do enjoy a lower
cadence mash on the flats and downhills and the occasional low grade
hill. I also like being able to overtake the SF fixie riders who pedal
at insanely high cadences while I'm smiling and grinding at a moderate
pace. :) For reference the higher gearing I'm referring to is:
700C x 32mm: 46x12 (Romulus)
700C x 27mm: 53x13 (RB-1)
650B x 36mm: 50x11 (650B Sequoia)
…though I admit the last one is too high and impractical, especially
so for an upright city hauler bike. ;)
-nathan
On Mar 6, 2010, at 10:25 AM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote:
Today I'm taking the Sam Hill to the LBS to have the Deore rear
8/9/10 sp freehub body exchanged for a (scavenged; thanks Ryan) 7 sp
one. And, if I can find a way to do so, I'll toss the present 13
outer and have a 15-17-19-21-26-32 6 speed, with an extra spacer or
two at the big end. For why? One, to put the 19 right in line with
the outer 46, for a 68" non-touring cruising gear (Jack Browns). I
will keep the 36 since the remaining 67" -- 32" range will probably
be nice on long uphills with a touring load. And there remains the
26 inner when I am tempted to despair and give up. But for about
town riding, the 46/19 X 28" wheel gives me the ideal, the classic,
nay the ultima ratio and ne plus ultra of all-rounder gears and, if
I am feeling effete, I can get a full 85" down to 40" on the outer.
Gad, the excess!
The other reason is that my mind still boggles at three (3!!!) rings
and six (6!!!) cogs: what shall I do with this excess? I dislike,
for theological reasons, having unused cogs on my cassette, and
anything north of 15 is pretty useless to me. If I keep the 13, it
will simply be as an annoying but necessary spacer for the 15.
The original 11-32 8 speed is just, how to put it, crazy. 46X11 =
117". Even Eddy didn't have such a gear! The 46X13 is an overkill
99". Fausto would have sneered. The 15 brings things down to a
merely athletic level.
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Dustin Sharp <paleo.v...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Yup, I pretty much ride mine as a 1x9 until the hills come. I'm
running
44-30 and 12-27. I do spin out on bigger hills and occasionally wish
for
something a bit easier for extreme grades. Maybe I should give 44-28
a shot
with one of SRAM's 11-28 cassettes.
The other thing that makes this setup work well is having a big ring
that is
positioned to let you use almost all of your gears. For me, 135 rear
spacing
and using the inner two rings of a Sugino XD triple with a 113 bb
makes for
a great chainline.
Dustin
>
> IMO a workable wide-range double uses the small ring only as a bail-
> out for the biggest climbs, and the big ring for everything else.
> Something like 44/24 x 12-xx would work pretty well for me.
>
> Bill
>
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