PS I haven't had any problems using the big (middle) ring across all the cogs, but tend to prefer shifting down to the small ring when on the biggest 2 cogs.
On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 9:36:41 AM UTC-4, Mike wrote: > > > On Apr 18, 12:14 am, newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been using the quickbeam crank on my bombadil for years, and have > been > > slowly updating my other bikes with the same. The big ring on a > triple > > has only ever been a dysfunctional, pant-leg eating guard for me > > anyway. Might as well have a real guard there :) > > > > Matt > > > More and more this set-up is making sense to me. I have a pair of VO > 50.4 BCD cranks on my rando bike and while I love the 46/30 rings I > just don't like the cranks. Set-up is a bit tricky as it's much easier > to have issues with chainline and the crank arms hitting the chain due > to the design. Why they didn't update the design a bit, like Rene > Herse did, rather than just make a straight copy of the TA crank is > beyond me. Also, I don't know that I'm a van of the super low q- > factor. > > I sold my QB a while back but kept the cranks. I may use them on my > Hilsen with an 8-spd 11-32 cassette. Two questions: > > 1) What derailer do I use? Double? Triple? > > 2) Are there any issues I need to be aware of when using the big > (middle) ring and the lowest or highest gear? > > I guess I have a third question, how do I determine chain length, just > wrap the chain around the big (middle) ring and lowest gear? > > Thanks! > > --mike > > -- 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/-/7YRbAfdElTwJ. 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.
