Now that we've pretty thoroughly hijacked this blog thread: Patrick, if you've been building your own cassettes for 20 years, where have you been able to purchase individual cogs (and spacers) in order to assemble your own desired combination? Everything I've noticed when removing cassettes from their splined "body" for cleaning or substituting a different combo's was that several of the central cogs are riveted together (which is what I think Piaw was getting at when he said "...after cassettes were introduced you couldn't pick individual sprockets any more...")?
On Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 11:58:59 AM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > I've been home-building cassettes for 20 years at least after I got > sufficiently frustrated with stock combinations; in friction (and even > indexed) they have shifted fine. I agree about 11 sp chains; at least, I'm > using an 11 on my (custom, built with Miche cogs) 10 sp cassette and I've > never had better shifting. Have read many places that 10 sp chains ar > longer lasting than 9, 11 than 10. Perhaps will try making an 11 sp > cassette with my 10 sp Miche cogs by substituting 11 sp spacers for the 10 > sp ones and will try a 12 sp chain. > > It's really wonderful how well Barcons (and 8 sp era rd) work with 10 sp > cogs and an 11 sp chain; every time I ride the bike in question I'm > delighted. Much better, IMO, than friction 7 and 9 speed even with fully > stock cassettes and chains. > > Do you have a link to or PDF of your halfstep article? Or -- since there > are RR archives -- a publication # or date? I'm tempted to set up a half > step drivetrain on a bike with disk brakes just because ... (already have > another bike with non-aero levers and disk brakes). > > On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 8:29 AM Piaw Na <pi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I wrote an early article for the Rivendell Reader about half-step and >> granny. I works great with 7 speed freewheels where you can pick the >> sprockets. But after cassettes were introduced you couldn't pick individual >> sprockets any more so it became impractical. At that point I switched over >> to crossover + granny, especially when 11-34 cassettes were introduced. >> Despite Grant's assertions, the new 11s cassettes and chains seem to be >> quite reliable --- the 11s chain definitely lasts longer than the 9s chain >> (about 30% longer), and the 11s cassettes on a friction shifter actually >> shift better --- there's less chance that you'll get stuck in between >> sprockets when you shift and have to trim. >> >> -- >> > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/16991079-f9b3-4fbb-a510-7563d65396e6n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/16991079-f9b3-4fbb-a510-7563d65396e6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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/c730a89d-bafc-4227-8430-d470c120c7d6n%40googlegroups.com.
