Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
(Also note how I didn't lower the LX fd when I stopped using the 46 outer. It shifts between 38 and 24 just fine.) On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Here is a photo of the bbgBashguard. I ordered a 42 or 44 on sale and should have used a 40 or so, but it's not too bad. I think it looks better than the Sugino and at half the price and Made In the People's Republic of Portland it's a good deal. -- *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, Bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
Actually TA do make a 33t. I think it would be great if RBW would add a 110 33t option to the collection of SILVER rings. On Saturday, August 16, 2014 6:41:25 PM UTC-7, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: Simple bashtype guard: https://www.rivbike.com/product-p/chrg.htm Also, I've been running the XD2 without the small ring, but I think couldn't get down below a 34T inner ring for the 110 circle. - J / cyclofiend.com -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
On Sunday, August 17, 2014 1:12:40 PM UTC-7, ted wrote: Actually TA do make a 33t. I think it would be great if RBW would add a 110 33t option to the collection of SILVER rings. Silver rings are made by Vuelta who also makes rings under a variety of other brand names - Salsa, Dimension, Willow, Engagement, etc. However, the 33t is only made by TA. I talked to Vuelta a few years ago and there is no demand for a 33t by any mfr, so they're not interested in making one. TA is your only source. The best place to get one is Peter White Cycles. Good Luck! On Saturday, August 16, 2014 6:41:25 PM UTC-7, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: Simple bashtype guard: https://www.rivbike.com/product-p/chrg.htm Also, I've been running the XD2 without the small ring, but I think couldn't get down below a 34T inner ring for the 110 circle. - J / cyclofiend.com -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
Did they say there was demand for a 43? The TA 33 is available from Harris cyclery too. -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
I agree with what you say in theory, but triples are a lot more cost effective. I bought my XD600 for $88 on ebikestop.com. If someone can point out where I can get a wide-low double for that kind of loot, I'd be happy to buy one. I have no interest in forking over $400+ for one of Jan's Rene Herse doubles, or one of the many TA reproductions for $200+. Just my POV, and YMMV. Jim On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Ron Mc bulldog...@gmail.com wrote: with 8, 9 or 10 in the rear, a compact crank is everything you need, 11 to 34 should cover everything, and you'll spend most of your time on the big ring. When you get down to 5, 6 or 7 in the rear, a triple is an advantage, and 12 or 13 to 28 or 30 covers all your needs. This why I like my Cyclotouriste triple, half-steps cuts the cliffs between rear cogs in half. The triple is also so narrow it works with a venerable road double FD, and chain suck doesn't exist. On Friday, August 15, 2014 7:07:18 AM UTC-5, Michael Hechmer wrote: I use the White Ind VBC crank on the Ram. It looks and works great for less $$ than the Compass. I also use the DaVinci crank, which is made by White. It too gives a lot of flexibility along with standard 110 rings. Michael On Friday, August 15, 2014 1:33:19 AM UTC-4, lungimsam wrote: So sounds like its doable if I wanna play with it one day. But costly, as I'll need new derailers and cranks, maybe bb and custom toothed rings. Maybe something to prepare as the wallet allows for future try out. Compass cycles Rene Herse cranks would be cool because you can change the rings without having to remove the crank arm, if I remember right, which would be great for an un-mechanic like myself. -- 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. -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
Take one Sugino triple. Remove outer ring, replace with guard -- or don't. Voila: a compact double. Pretty cost effective in my book, even though I paid $20 shipped for the guard and $30 or so for a 38 to replace the 36 -- tho' I made $ back when I flipped the 36. Used same bb and same fd. Net cost was less than $30 with postage. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with what you say in theory, but triples are a lot more cost effective. I bought my XD600 for $88 on ebikestop.com. If someone can point out where I can get a wide-low double for that kind of loot, I'd be happy to buy one. I have no interest in forking over $400+ for one of Jan's Rene Herse doubles, or one of the many TA reproductions for $200+. Just my POV, and YMMV. Jim -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
Where do you get an attractive bash guard to replace the big ring? I have yet to find one that I like. On Aug 16, 2014 1:56 PM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Take one Sugino triple. Remove outer ring, replace with guard -- or don't. Voila: a compact double. Pretty cost effective in my book, even though I paid $20 shipped for the guard and $30 or so for a 38 to replace the 36 -- tho' I made $ back when I flipped the 36. Used same bb and same fd. Net cost was less than $30 with postage. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with what you say in theory, but triples are a lot more cost effective. I bought my XD600 for $88 on ebikestop.com. If someone can point out where I can get a wide-low double for that kind of loot, I'd be happy to buy one. I have no interest in forking over $400+ for one of Jan's Rene Herse doubles, or one of the many TA reproductions for $200+. Just my POV, and YMMV. Jim -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- 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. -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
Forgot: look under Cyclocross, then 110 bcd. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Mine is like this one: http://www.bbgbashguard.com/images/IMG_2696.JPG Which I got for ~ $20 shipped. Home Here: http://www.bbgbashguard.com/index.html Don't know if these meet your esthetic standards, but that pictured offends not my sensibilities. Or just do without. I've run triples as compact doubles by simply ignoring the outer position. That don't look so bad (to my eyes) when installed on the bike. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote: Where do you get an attractive bash guard to replace the big ring? I have yet to find one that I like. On Aug 16, 2014 1:56 PM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Take one Sugino triple. Remove outer ring, replace with guard -- or don't. Voila: a compact double. Pretty cost effective in my book, even though I paid $20 shipped for the guard and $30 or so for a 38 to replace the 36 -- tho' I made $ back when I flipped the 36. Used same bb and same fd. Net cost was less than $30 with postage. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with what you say in theory, but triples are a lot more cost effective. I bought my XD600 for $88 on ebikestop.com. If someone can point out where I can get a wide-low double for that kind of loot, I'd be happy to buy one. I have no interest in forking over $400+ for one of Jan's Rene Herse doubles, or one of the many TA reproductions for $200+. Just my POV, and YMMV. Jim -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- 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. -- 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, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
Mine is like this one: http://www.bbgbashguard.com/images/IMG_2696.JPG Which I got for ~ $20 shipped. Home Here: http://www.bbgbashguard.com/index.html Don't know if these meet your esthetic standards, but that pictured offends not my sensibilities. Or just do without. I've run triples as compact doubles by simply ignoring the outer position. That don't look so bad (to my eyes) when installed on the bike. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote: Where do you get an attractive bash guard to replace the big ring? I have yet to find one that I like. On Aug 16, 2014 1:56 PM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Take one Sugino triple. Remove outer ring, replace with guard -- or don't. Voila: a compact double. Pretty cost effective in my book, even though I paid $20 shipped for the guard and $30 or so for a 38 to replace the 36 -- tho' I made $ back when I flipped the 36. Used same bb and same fd. Net cost was less than $30 with postage. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with what you say in theory, but triples are a lot more cost effective. I bought my XD600 for $88 on ebikestop.com. If someone can point out where I can get a wide-low double for that kind of loot, I'd be happy to buy one. I have no interest in forking over $400+ for one of Jan's Rene Herse doubles, or one of the many TA reproductions for $200+. Just my POV, and YMMV. Jim -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- 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. -- 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, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
What does it look like installed? I have an older octalink Ultegra triple gathering dust that i could try the concept with. On Aug 16, 2014 4:32 PM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Mine is like this one: http://www.bbgbashguard.com/images/IMG_2696.JPG Which I got for ~ $20 shipped. Home Here: http://www.bbgbashguard.com/index.html Don't know if these meet your esthetic standards, but that pictured offends not my sensibilities. Or just do without. I've run triples as compact doubles by simply ignoring the outer position. That don't look so bad (to my eyes) when installed on the bike. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote: Where do you get an attractive bash guard to replace the big ring? I have yet to find one that I like. On Aug 16, 2014 1:56 PM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Take one Sugino triple. Remove outer ring, replace with guard -- or don't. Voila: a compact double. Pretty cost effective in my book, even though I paid $20 shipped for the guard and $30 or so for a 38 to replace the 36 -- tho' I made $ back when I flipped the 36. Used same bb and same fd. Net cost was less than $30 with postage. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with what you say in theory, but triples are a lot more cost effective. I bought my XD600 for $88 on ebikestop.com. If someone can point out where I can get a wide-low double for that kind of loot, I'd be happy to buy one. I have no interest in forking over $400+ for one of Jan's Rene Herse doubles, or one of the many TA reproductions for $200+. Just my POV, and YMMV. Jim -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- 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. -- 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, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
Sorry, am at Mom's while Fargo languishes at home. Mom is 91 and, while fully compos mentis -- indeed, sharp -- is physically frail and requires my frequent presence. Will try to remember to photo and post tomorrow. Immediate single word answer: Good. PAM On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote: What does it look like installed? I have an older octalink Ultegra triple gathering dust that i could try the concept with. On Aug 16, 2014 4:32 PM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Mine is like this one: http://www.bbgbashguard.com/images/IMG_2696.JPG Which I got for ~ $20 shipped. Home Here: http://www.bbgbashguard.com/index.html Don't know if these meet your esthetic standards, but that pictured offends not my sensibilities. Or just do without. I've run triples as compact doubles by simply ignoring the outer position. That don't look so bad (to my eyes) when installed on the bike. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote: Where do you get an attractive bash guard to replace the big ring? I have yet to find one that I like. On Aug 16, 2014 1:56 PM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Take one Sugino triple. Remove outer ring, replace with guard -- or don't. Voila: a compact double. Pretty cost effective in my book, even though I paid $20 shipped for the guard and $30 or so for a 38 to replace the 36 -- tho' I made $ back when I flipped the 36. Used same bb and same fd. Net cost was less than $30 with postage. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with what you say in theory, but triples are a lot more cost effective. I bought my XD600 for $88 on ebikestop.com. If someone can point out where I can get a wide-low double for that kind of loot, I'd be happy to buy one. I have no interest in forking over $400+ for one of Jan's Rene Herse doubles, or one of the many TA reproductions for $200+. Just my POV, and YMMV. Jim -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- 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. -- 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, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
Simple bashtype guard: https://www.rivbike.com/product-p/chrg.htm Also, I've been running the XD2 without the small ring, but I think couldn't get down below a 34T inner ring for the 110 circle. - J / cyclofiend.com -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
Jim: The idea is to use a 110/74 triple, toss the outer ring, install a bash guard in its place, and use the middle and inside rings, which you can get as small as 34/24. Riv's guard is $40 with shipping. bbgbashguard has the 42 tooth size (what I use to cover the 38 t big ring) for $20 shipped, and it looks better. I support Riv, but when there are better alternatives offered for much less, it would be stupid not to be disloyal. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Cyclofiend Jim cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote: Simple bashtype guard: https://www.rivbike.com/product-p/chrg.htm Also, I've been running the XD2 without the small ring, but I think couldn't get down below a 34T inner ring for the 110 circle. - J / cyclofiend.com -- 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. -- *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, Bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
Patrick - In your note you wrote meet your esthetic standards I like the look of the Sugino guard, and have two bikes with them, and am ready to order a third. I don't care for the look of the bbgbashguard products (or most other guards), and will stay with the Sugino despite the price difference. I don't know if that makes me loyal or stupid - I have been called both, but I do like the look of the smooth polished Sugino. All the best wishes for your mother, I was fortunate to be able to care for mine for the last four years. It is a remarkable journey. Best, Bob (Indianapolis). On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Jim: The idea is to use a 110/74 triple, toss the outer ring, install a bash guard in its place, and use the middle and inside rings, which you can get as small as 34/24. Riv's guard is $40 with shipping. bbgbashguard has the 42 tooth size (what I use to cover the 38 t big ring) for $20 shipped, and it looks better. I support Riv, but when there are better alternatives offered for much less, it would be stupid not to be disloyal. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Cyclofiend Jim cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote: Simple bashtype guard: https://www.rivbike.com/product-p/chrg.htm Also, I've been running the XD2 without the small ring, but I think couldn't get down below a 34T inner ring for the 110 circle. - J / cyclofiend.com -- 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. -- *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, Bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- 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. -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
Where does one purchase the Sugino guard? On Aug 16, 2014 9:52 PM, Robert Barr rcba...@gmail.com wrote: Patrick - In your note you wrote meet your esthetic standards I like the look of the Sugino guard, and have two bikes with them, and am ready to order a third. I don't care for the look of the bbgbashguard products (or most other guards), and will stay with the Sugino despite the price difference. I don't know if that makes me loyal or stupid - I have been called both, but I do like the look of the smooth polished Sugino. All the best wishes for your mother, I was fortunate to be able to care for mine for the last four years. It is a remarkable journey. Best, Bob (Indianapolis). On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Jim: The idea is to use a 110/74 triple, toss the outer ring, install a bash guard in its place, and use the middle and inside rings, which you can get as small as 34/24. Riv's guard is $40 with shipping. bbgbashguard has the 42 tooth size (what I use to cover the 38 t big ring) for $20 shipped, and it looks better. I support Riv, but when there are better alternatives offered for much less, it would be stupid not to be disloyal. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Cyclofiend Jim cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote: Simple bashtype guard: https://www.rivbike.com/product-p/chrg.htm Also, I've been running the XD2 without the small ring, but I think couldn't get down below a 34T inner ring for the 110 circle. - J / cyclofiend.com -- 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. -- *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, Bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- 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. -- 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. -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
I suspect there are a number of places to buy the Sugino guard - I would buy it here: https://www.rivbike.com/product-p/chrg.htm. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 11:01 PM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote: Where does one purchase the Sugino guard? On Aug 16, 2014 9:52 PM, Robert Barr rcba...@gmail.com wrote: Patrick - In your note you wrote meet your esthetic standards I like the look of the Sugino guard, and have two bikes with them, and am ready to order a third. I don't care for the look of the bbgbashguard products (or most other guards), and will stay with the Sugino despite the price difference. I don't know if that makes me loyal or stupid - I have been called both, but I do like the look of the smooth polished Sugino. All the best wishes for your mother, I was fortunate to be able to care for mine for the last four years. It is a remarkable journey. Best, Bob (Indianapolis). On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Jim: The idea is to use a 110/74 triple, toss the outer ring, install a bash guard in its place, and use the middle and inside rings, which you can get as small as 34/24. Riv's guard is $40 with shipping. bbgbashguard has the 42 tooth size (what I use to cover the 38 t big ring) for $20 shipped, and it looks better. I support Riv, but when there are better alternatives offered for much less, it would be stupid not to be disloyal. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Cyclofiend Jim cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote: Simple bashtype guard: https://www.rivbike.com/product-p/chrg.htm Also, I've been running the XD2 without the small ring, but I think couldn't get down below a 34T inner ring for the 110 circle. - J / cyclofiend.com -- 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. -- *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, Bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- You received
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
My sub compact double (38-24) uses the same XD2 and LX fd as the prior triple (46-36-24). I didn't even move the fd. Patrick Moore iPhone On Aug 14, 2014, at 11:33 PM, lungimsam john11.2...@gmail.com wrote: So sounds like its doable if I wanna play with it one day. But costly, as I'll need new derailers and cranks, maybe bb and custom toothed rings. Maybe something to prepare as the wallet allows for future try out. Compass cycles Rene Herse cranks would be cool because you can change the rings without having to remove the crank arm, if I remember right, which would be great for an un-mechanic like myself. -- 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. -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
I always set up my drivetrains so that the cruising cruising cogs are as much as possible lined up with the cruising ring. Since I also like close steps in the cruising range, I sometimes give up high and low gears to achieve this, but that's fine with me. When my cruising gear was the outer 46 of a 46/36/24 triple and the middle cog (20) of a 16-34 7, I moved the crankset inward a bit and felt comfortable using the 46 with all 7 cogs. (I later swapped the triple for a 38/24, putting the 38 in the middle position and moving the bb back outward. Now a 13-27 9 speed.) This obsession with a straight chain directly contradicts what I think is, in reality, a good rule of thumb: if your chain is the right length, and, when you backpedal fast, your chain doesn't slip off the cog or ring, and doesn't make odd noises, you are probably safe at least for moderate use. Patrick consistency etc Moore On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 10:06:27 PM UTC-7, lungimsam wrote: Where are you supposed to cruise on your front rings and rear cassette if you have a cc? In the big ring while in the middle of the cassette? If so, then according to the Sheldon calculator, based on my cruising area of my XD2 triple/9-speed cassette setup's gear inches, I would need a 30/42 compact crankset to cruise in the middle area of the big ring of a cc and then use the 30 ring for me little gears. Staying in the big one would minimize front shifting, too. I don't need more than 100 inches, so 42 x 11 would be fine as my big inches combo. I don't think I would spin out of it. Is this how I should do it? Just wundrin' if I ever want to give it a try. I had a used bike once with a 34-50/ 12-28 (I think) that didn't work well because I had to live on the small ring, and still didn't have anything small enough for the steep stuff. Where do you cruise in your cc setup? -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
I think Patrick nailed it - good chainline is good for a lot of reasons - one of them is just peace and quiet. On Thursday, August 14, 2014 2:26:01 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: I always set up my drivetrains so that the cruising cruising cogs are as much as possible lined up with the cruising ring. Since I also like close steps in the cruising range, I sometimes give up high and low gears to achieve this, but that's fine with me. When my cruising gear was the outer 46 of a 46/36/24 triple and the middle cog (20) of a 16-34 7, I moved the crankset inward a bit and felt comfortable using the 46 with all 7 cogs. (I later swapped the triple for a 38/24, putting the 38 in the middle position and moving the bb back outward. Now a 13-27 9 speed.) This obsession with a straight chain directly contradicts what I think is, in reality, a good rule of thumb: if your chain is the right length, and, when you backpedal fast, your chain doesn't slip off the cog or ring, and doesn't make odd noises, you are probably safe at least for moderate use. Patrick consistency etc Moore On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 10:06:27 PM UTC-7, lungimsam wrote: Where are you supposed to cruise on your front rings and rear cassette if you have a cc? In the big ring while in the middle of the cassette? If so, then according to the Sheldon calculator, based on my cruising area of my XD2 triple/9-speed cassette setup's gear inches, I would need a 30/42 compact crankset to cruise in the middle area of the big ring of a cc and then use the 30 ring for me little gears. Staying in the big one would minimize front shifting, too. I don't need more than 100 inches, so 42 x 11 would be fine as my big inches combo. I don't think I would spin out of it. Is this how I should do it? Just wundrin' if I ever want to give it a try. I had a used bike once with a 34-50/ 12-28 (I think) that didn't work well because I had to live on the small ring, and still didn't have anything small enough for the steep stuff. Where do you cruise in your cc setup? -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Un-racer compact crankset question.
On one bike I am playing with 46/28 and the Riv-spec'd 8 speed IRD 12-34. According to Sheldon that gives a range of 99.7 - 35.2 on the big ring. I am treating the small ring as a bailout - which comes in handy in Marin for the over 50 crowd. No issues on either ring across the cassette. Which is a nice change from using using a triple up front. And shifting to the small ring for a stop has been a good technique. A couple of times I have thought that having 11 on the cassette would be nice - usually when I am spun out and a racer-type blows past pedaling strong. But it probably better to tuck at that point. Cranks are Suntour XCD with TA rings. Dan On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Jayme Frye jayme.f...@gmail.com wrote: I'm very fond of a Wide-Low arrangement and run a 40-26 chainring with a 12-27. I have also experimented with 13-28 and 11-25 and have found the 12-27 is a good fit for me (over 40 crowd), the terrain I ride (rolling gravel roads of the Midwest) and the people I ride with (non racers). I'm able to push the big ring 80% of the time even on the rollers and generally only need the bailout when I get deep into 100+ mile day or the grade and/or lack of traction require it. Cheers Jayme Frye On Thursday, August 14, 2014 12:06:27 AM UTC-5, lungimsam wrote: Where are you supposed to cruise on your front rings and rear cassette if you have a cc? In the big ring while in the middle of the cassette? If so, then according to the Sheldon calculator, based on my cruising area of my XD2 triple/9-speed cassette setup's gear inches, I would need a 30/42 compact crankset to cruise in the middle area of the big ring of a cc and then use the 30 ring for me little gears. Staying in the big one would minimize front shifting, too. I don't need more than 100 inches, so 42 x 11 would be fine as my big inches combo. I don't think I would spin out of it. Is this how I should do it? Just wundrin' if I ever want to give it a try. I had a used bike once with a 34-50/ 12-28 (I think) that didn't work well because I had to live on the small ring, and still didn't have anything small enough for the steep stuff. Where do you cruise in your cc setup? -- 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. -- 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.
