Best gear combination for me (Sierra mountain region) is a 46x30 on the front and a 13-34 or 36 7 speed on the back. I get the 7 speed cassette by taking apart a 10 speed cassette and putting just 7 cogs on the hub (my rear hub is 120mm). It works great with friction, and with the 120mm hub, I get a very quiet ride and a strong wheel. My only gripe is that I am stuck with using the 11 tooth small cog.
On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 4:16 PM Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > This goes along with what I've always known is that we've long reached the > point of folly with not only bike parts but pretty much every thing we use > in our everyday living. I don't want or need a 1x geared bike as I'm > perfectly happy with "normal" triples and even doubles like a 36/46 and not > that silly granny/middle ring double and a micro cassette. Regardless of my > opinion about such setups I surely support anyone that wants to ride them. > Life thrives on variety, and it's a self-defeating blindness of > corporations like SRAM/Shimano that try to force people into using their > products by discontinuing perfectly good working parts. The quest for > control is death. Corporations are doing it with electric autos now too. > The time for relying on the big corpses has past. Now is the time for even > the seemingly smallest of operations to resurrect or continue all these > perfectly good working parts that aren't subject to the wavering > instability of change-for-changes-sake. > > I'm glad Riv is offering 7 speed stuff again as it should have never been > pushed aside in the first place.Not only is there room for everyone's > setups, it is the only "norm" that exists. > This distinct individuality is our Unity. It's inherent in/as our Being, > choiceless , changeless. We can no more fall from grace that we can return > to it. We are pure Grace ! > On Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 3:39:02 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> I see Grant's point about triples, I just don't agree with it. My custom >> runs a 36 × 11-51 11-speed and I love not messing with two shifters and the >> chain-suck/drop issues that come with front derailers. One is enough! (for >> me) >> >> Joe Bernard >> >> On Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 12:24:26 PM UTC-8 dougP wrote: >> >>> It'll be interesting to see what cog sizes the 13-42 has. I imagine the >>> 13-34 will be the same as the old Shimano (13-15-17-20-24-28-34, IIRC). >>> Matched up with a 24-36-48 triple it was an excellent, wide range, easy >>> shifting drive train. I also enjoyed his discussion of triples in the >>> latest blahg. It seems the supposed simplicity of eliminating the FD by >>> stacking more & thinner cogs in the back is really self-defeating. >>> Coupling an 11 or 12 cog cassette with a thinner chain a more sensitive RD >>> & shifter doesn't smack of simplicity. Kudos to Rivendell for also >>> resurrecting cassettes with 14 tooth small cogs. >>> >>> dougP >>> >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 10:17:46 AM UTC-8 Tim Baldwin wrote: >>> >>>> I'm also looking forward to the wide range 7 speed cassettes. I really >>>> like the idea of a 7 speed rear hub as well as it would lower the dish of >>>> the wheel. I recall the old Phil wood 7 speed freewheel hubs were dishless >>>> (never could afford one when they were available). Not sure if that would >>>> be possible on a cassette hub. This cassette with a single ring up front >>>> would be great for around town and a double (or triple) up front would have >>>> a great range for touring. >>>> Happy to see Grant continuing to come up with new and practical bike >>>> parts. >>>> >>>> On Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 11:29:25 AM UTC-6 Ray Varella wrote: >>>> >>>>> Am I one of the few who thinks this is a great option. >>>>> I applaud Merry Sales for their continued support of everyday >>>>> practical bike gear. >>>>> I will definitely get a couple. >>>>> I am just as eagerly awaiting Rivendell’s V- brake and rear derailer. >>>>> Thank you once again Grant. >>>>> >>>>> Ray >>>>> >>>> -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/03cf20dd-eba1-4d8f-a228-a8effd6bcbf9n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/03cf20dd-eba1-4d8f-a228-a8effd6bcbf9n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CADftY8gQsTUhA8%2Bw_rXEZtuNh95wR%3DrQTLoJ%3DdWLQ8MsoAXR9A%40mail.gmail.com.
