[RBW] Re: Doesn't anyone make a 5 speed cassette anymore?

2012-08-11 Thread dougP
The answer to your question is no. I believe cassettes started at 6 speed somewhere in the early 80s. 7 speed cassettes are still readily available in a decent variety of combinations. A favorite of mine is 13-28 and 13-34 is not hard to find either. While I agree with your general

[RBW] Re: Doesn't anyone make a 5 speed cassette anymore?

2012-08-10 Thread Matthew J
Five?? Three cogs is plenty, and 640k of RAM ought to be enough as well. Not at all an apt comparison. High data web content and software capability grow faster than computer speed. On the other hand, riding terrain remains fairly the same. The hills and dales our parents cycled with

[RBW] Re: Doesn't anyone make a 5 speed cassette anymore?

2012-08-10 Thread ted
Back when bikes had freewheels, and freewheels had 5 cogs on em I bought a bike with a 14-18 straight block and 44 52 chainrings. I was skeptical about the gears, but the guy said something along the lines of sometimes its nice to be able to hit just exactly the gear you want, and I decided to

[RBW] Re: Doesn't anyone make a 5 speed cassette anymore?

2012-08-10 Thread Nick Worthington
They made 5 speed cassettes for Uniglide hubs [I have one] but you'd have to do a lot of futzing to make it work on a Hyperglide one. Nick W. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit

Re: [RBW] Re: Doesn't anyone make a 5 speed cassette anymore?

2012-08-10 Thread PATRICK MOORE
IIRC, Uniglide cogs will slip right on to HG bodies, so all you'd need to do would be to shim as needed and adjust the rd travel stops. Patrick do less with more Moore! On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Nick Worthington mrnouveauw...@gmail.com wrote: They made 5 speed cassettes for Uniglide

[RBW] Re: Doesn't anyone make a 5 speed cassette anymore?

2012-08-09 Thread Leslie
On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 11:03:02 PM UTC-4, lungimsam wrote: I have a 10 speed cassette. I use my shifter in friction mode for the silence, smoothness, and jumpin' cogability. I often shift like 2,3,4 cogs at a time. I kinda ride the areas of the cassette, instead of shifting thru each

[RBW] Re: Doesn't anyone make a 5 speed cassette anymore?

2012-08-09 Thread pb
Five?? Three cogs is plenty, and 640k of RAM ought to be enough as well. Peter (Really, really likes compact 2x10) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit

Re: [RBW] Re: Doesn't anyone make a 5 speed cassette anymore?

2012-08-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Three? We don't need no stinkin' multispeed freewheels; hell, we don't even need any stinkin' freewheels. Single speed fixed is the answer. On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:29 AM, pb pbridge...@aol.com wrote: Five?? Three cogs is plenty, and 640k of RAM ought to be enough as well. Peter (Really,