Whoops! Long ago, when I bothered with such things as derailleurs*, I used to indulge the conceit of running triples with short cage road derailleurs.** One example was a 26/36/48 triple with a 14-32 7 speed shifted in the rear with an 8-speed Ultegra. I was always careful to install just enough links to accommodate the big/big; this left the chain in the small/small and small/penultimate and small/ante-peunultimate cogs dangling loose, a la Velocio's dangling chain system, but then I never used those gear anyway -- except to test them, and they worked fine in smooth conditions, the bottom chain run swaying gently as you pedaled along.
* Another conceit; I have one derailleur bike that gets at least 1/3 of my miles -- the pavement/dirt fat tire'd all rounder Fargo. ** I intend to use Dura Ace 7410 f and r derailleurs on a forthcoming replacement for the pavement/dirt Fargo, God willing. Just because they're so pretty. On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Aaron Young <1ce...@gmail.com> wrote: > On the Atlantis I was switching from downtube to bar end shifters (front > derailer only) and did this during a test ride. > > http://flic.kr/p/w9Ntbb > > I swapped the cassette a while back. New one has a higher-toothed low > gear. I guess I forgot to resize the chain length. After the addition of a > link I can happily if awkwardly ride again in the big-big combo. :) > > Aaron "Awkward and Happy" Young > The Dalles, OR > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- 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/d/optout.
