I totally agree and have no criticism for the woman who bought the bike. I have a very specific criticism of bike sellers (large or small) who misinform people about triples, who insist that low front gears have to be compromised just because front indexing is seen as indispensable. The 100/74 BCD crank exists, it's good, and countless people have few mechanical issues using this kind of triple to get very low gears (24T or 26T front). I think a lot of people are well served by this kind of gearing in areas that have the long, steep hills.
This woman was planning to ride in an area that has such hills, and I don't know the full story, but if she communicated those riding plans and said she was interested in a triple, then the shop failed her by only telling part of the story regarding triples. If he told the her that a road triple (50x40x30 in the front) often has some trouble working well with brifters and she'd be better off with a compact double with its 34F x 28R low, then so far, not such bad advice. But that doesn't complete the story. Lower gears than that are still possible (on a "road" bike) in a way that does NOT lead to mechanical headaches. We all know. Shouldn't they? They work in bikes. I don't. And it's not like you have to be totally on the fringe of the industry to know about the existence of cranks like the Sugino XD. Doesn't the Long Haul Trucker come stock with a small ring of either 24T or 26T? Wouldn't most shops be aware of this? - Jim W. p.s. Now if this shop found a simple way to set her up with a 50x34 double in front and a cassette in the rear that goes all the way to 36 so her low gear would be 34F x 36R, then I take it all back! On Feb 2, 2014, at 9:11 AM, justinaug...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm very happy someone found the means to buy a new bike that satisfies them. > My hope is that they enjoy it! > > Live, let live and just ride. > > -Justin > > -- > 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. James Warren jimcwar...@earthlink.net - 700x55 -- 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.
