I finally got curious enough to try removing my front shifting and trying
to go just my center 36T front ring w/ my 8 speed rear cassette. After a
full week of commuting and bopping around on my Saluki I'm a fan but there
are some things that will need to happen. Couple observations;
-My
I seem to remember Grant writing about not having a front derailer (Sheldon
Brown spelling) and manually changing the front rings by hand (or something
else). My front derailer self-destructed on a long ride so I removed the
remanents and shifted the front by using a hex key. It worked well
