On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 13:52, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > If gearing choices don't matter to you, fine; and if you happen to be a > real genuine fan of 14-28 Alpine, then God bless you - some long > winter's evening maybe you can explain to me how the shifting pattern > works, and who knows, long about the 4th or 5th hot toddy I might > actually get it. Otherwise, you are so out of luck.
You have outlined a pretty weird drinking game there. Actually I do like the 14-28 five-speed - you can make a nice halfstep with it and it has a good range, but I also have found from my recent experience with half-step that I don't need the fine steps between gears that halfstep provides. I would rather have more substantial jumps between gears, especially after riding fixed gear for a long time, the fine gear steps seem irrelevant as I am willing and able to pedal at different cadences. Also, bottom feeding - by that I mean that I have boxes of take-off bike parts from the several UJBs I have purchased over the years, including old wheelsets and various barely used 14-28 five-speed freewheels. They aren't garbage, they work fine. But on my last wheelbuild, I messed around with freewheels because it was a direct way to get a multi-gear drivetrain with some elegant high flange hubs on a bike with 126mm dropout spacing. And I would do it again! When I put that rSogn together, on the other hand, I will use NOS Shimano Deore DX freehubs with a 7-speed hyperglide cassette. James Black Los Angeles, CA -- 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-bunch@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.
