I keep threatening to set one of my bikes up with this sorta wide-range double. I still have the Sugino crank from my Quickbeam with 40/32 rings. >From what I hear you can use a regular road double derailer. It makes a lot of sense for commuting, rambling and even touring.
As for rings... Surly makes nice stainless steel rings. I use one on my singlespeed commuter. Although the rings don't have ramps or pins, I still think they'd be fine for this kind of use. I guess you could combine Surly rings, a Wipperman chain and a nice cassette for a heavy duty long lasting drivetrain. mike On Monday, January 21, 2013 7:15:38 PM UTC-8, Jared Volpe wrote: > > So I want to do a 40/24 double mod with a Sugino double FD. > > Any suggestions out there? Stainless? Aluminium? More than 24t on the > granny? Lessons learned? Chainrings you are happy with? I've been talking > offline with Keven (original inspiration?), lister Jeremy (who is going to > help me out once i dial in the parts/setup) and lister Zach who made the > mod himself... but I wanted to open it up to the group. > > Thanks! > > Jared > -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
