William: When you say touring, are you talking about 4 bags camping / cooking gear into hills of unknown length or grade, or a 2 bag lodging setup? 30 mile days or 70 mile days? The range you mention is just OK if you're looking at less than 20 lbs extra weight but will likely be a strain if you intend to carry 40 lbs of load (surprisingly easy to get to). Heavily loaded, hills, longer days, a low gear around 20" comes in pretty handy.
dougP On Wednesday, July 3, 2013 3:12:22 PM UTC-7, William wrote: > > I have been bouncing around an IGH concept. Does anyone tour on an Alfine > 8 rear hub? The setup I am looking at would get me a low gear of about 28 > inches and a high gear of 85 inches. That looks great for commuting but > maybe not enough for touring. Does anyone tour on the Alfine? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
