I'm inclined this way, too, at least for shorter distance vehicles: have my trike set up currently as a 1X7 (the seven sp only because that's what the thing came with and it's a jolly pain to remove the freewheel: have to remove the left axle to do so. I expect I'll eventually go to a 1X5 with 100-83-70-60-50 gears; the 100 basically just a place holder. Or perhaps a slyly hidden granny that I can kick into gear with my foot -- it's amusing to slow to a crawl or even a dead stop on a hill and not fall over, and you can downshift when backpedaling.
Of course my "main" rides are fixed, so even four usable gears seems like loooxery, to quote the Yorkshireman. On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Joe Bernard <[email protected]> wrote: > Why the aversion to a front derailleur? > > > > Simplicity, clean looks, the likelihood that I'll stay in a harder gear > longer instead of downshifting, the chance to stop and stretch at > upshift/downshift points. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/ZMW6Th9_rVAJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
