that is one heck of an experiment. and i say that in the nicest way. i am one too.
the sugino is a square taper crank and the more common approach is not bb spacers, but a different bb with a longer or shorter axle. i have tried 9 spd 12-36 cassettes with compact doubles and they worked ok, but ended up having to reverse the b screw in the rear derailleur in order to have the pully wheel clear the biggest cog. if you put the b screw in backwards then the head of the screw sticking out will push rear d back further. in the end, i have gotten rid of 12-36's in favor of 12-34's with outbound bearing triples (shimano 105) with rings of 50.39.26. my new favorite drive train config. i'm old and we have lots of hills here in the SF Bay. i used to not like the shifting hassle with STI triple shifters, but have learned how to install and adjust to where there is nearly no trimming required and all works real smooth. On Nov 20, 7:56 am, jandrews_nyc <jasonaschwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK > I'd like to put the wide range (12-36 tooth) Shimano HG61 9speed > cassette on my rear wheel and make my XD2 triple a double. Is it > better to lose the outer chainring and make it a bash-ring then losing > the tiny chainring? > I understand I'll have to move chainrings around and be mindful of the > bcd's. Is it necessary to use BB spacers when doing this to maintain > proper chainline? Thinking of doing this on my wife's bike and > turning the 48/36/24 into a 46/30. > I know this has been covered to death, but there's not so much info on > adding spacers or not. > Thanks in advance > J -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
