Re: [RBW] Gearing question -

2024-05-19 Thread Patrick Moore
Even quads! -- very briefly; Mountain Tamer Quad. Too finicky, IME. On Sun, May 19, 2024 at 2:58 PM Patrick Moore wrote: > ... , but I've used singles, doubles, and triples on various 26" wheel > bikes.) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW

Re: [RBW] Gearing question -

2024-05-19 Thread Patrick Moore
If your current cogset is a freewheel it probably has no more than 7 cogs which limits the number of different gears. How many gears you need depends on your own preferences: how high a high -- you've said you want a higher one and yes, 70" is pretty low; how low a low -- with the 24/34 I assume

[RBW] Gearing question -

2024-05-19 Thread Stephen Durfee
Another list member recently asked a question "Which Front Derailleur option is best for a 38/24 front, 11-36 rear". At the time, I commented that my AR has a 38/24 front, that I often spin out on level ground and can only coast down hills, and that I have been planning to remove the chain

[RBW] Gearing question

2012-03-29 Thread PATRICK MOORE
In a frantic attempt to make the perfectly accessible into something more complicated, I ask whether the 2X9 gearing below I propose for my (very Rivish in philosophy if not Rivendellianly lugged) has any drawbacks compared to the current 3X7 setup. Current: (Big Apple wheelset, 29 diameter.)

Re: [RBW] Gearing question

2012-03-29 Thread robert zeidler
Got a lotta 33's. On Thursday, March 29, 2012, Joe Broach wrote: Looks good to me! I tried something similar for a while with a 34/22. Front derailer setup was fiddly. There was a fine line between getting it to shift to the big ring and shifting off to the outside of the big ring. I ended

Re: [RBW] Gearing question

2012-03-29 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 08:39 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: In a frantic attempt to make the perfectly accessible into something more complicated, I ask whether the 2X9 gearing below I propose for my (very Rivish in philosophy if not Rivendellianly lugged) has any drawbacks compared to the current

Re: [RBW] Gearing question

2012-03-29 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Thanks for the commentary. I like the fact that the 36 will handle 9/10 of the work with the 24 just as an occasional bailout. Do those of you who use such small rings find that the rings, cogs and chain wear much more quickly? Now I need to pick up some cogsets for disassembly and