A 24/36/46 triple will shift beautifully, and the 105 double, as long as
it's not one of the oddball current types, should work just fine. I've used
my 105 FD-5500 from 1999 on rings with 26/44/48 and 24/36/50.
I'm not a fan of adding more cogs(and the hub required) in the rear if the
desired
If you change the rear to a cassette hub, you will likely need to re-space
the drop outs. I'm guessing your current freewheel hub is 126mm.
Spacing.out to 130mm would be okay.
My opinion would be just to change the chainrings to give the higher gear.
The older 5 ans 6 speed wide range freewheel
I went to a bike swap this morning and scored 3 HG cassettes (two missing
outer cogs and lockrings) for $5 -- not bad. Brother willing to trade stock
aluminum 36 and 24 for steel ones. Ready to go!
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 7:57 AM, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> Thanks, you are right. Yes, I did a "repla
Thanks, you are right. Yes, I did a "replace all" for tire diameter and
forgot about the cogs.
This wheelset is geared for dirt, so the high and low are useful. Anyway,
riding fixed so much, I find myself "not bothering" much above 85": I can
sprint such a gear to well over 30 at need, but usually
That's a good idea. I'll probably mix and match anyway to use the cogs
I have, many of which are 7 speed. Right now the cassettes (BAs and
Kojaks) are mostly 7 speed cogs with some 9 speeds, one or two Miche
aftermarkets and mostly 9 sp spacers with two extra spacers between
the big cogs and the fr
I think the new set up actually looks like this:
36
24
*12*
87
58
*13*
80
54
*14*
75
50
*16*
65
44
*18*
58
39
*20*
52
35
*23*
45
30
*26*
40
27
*30*
35
23
*34*
31
20
I would find a hi ge
Patrick:
Since you'll be spending most of your time on a single ring, how about
one of Surly's steel ones? Also, you can probably mix'n'match 7/8/9
speed cogs with 9 speed spacers to optimize using thicker cogs for the
ones you use most & 9 speed (thinner) for the extremes. Currently I'm
using a
Patrick:
I dunno if you've achieved your goal "...to make the perfectly
accessible into something
more complicated,...".
One has 12 different gears and the other 11; doesn't seem too
meaningful a difference, as long as you've got the range you want.
Assuming you'll use the same 36T & 24T rings, a
If you you go 2x11, then it will go to 11.
On Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:15:49 PM UTC-4, William wrote:
> 24x16, 24x18, and 24x21 are not all 33 inch gears. Other than the math
> errors made by your personal assistant, I approve. 2x9 is the way to go
> for almost everybody, in my opin
24x16, 24x18, and 24x21 are not all 33 inch gears. Other than the math
errors made by your personal assistant, I approve. 2x9 is the way to go
for almost everybody, in my opinion.
On Thursday, March 29, 2012 7:39:08 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote:
>
> In a frantic attempt to make the perfectl
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 up switching to manual front shifting, then removed
the rear derailer t
I meant to add that in either I have the cruising gears (mid '60s for
pavement, low 60 or upper 50s for dirt) in the middle of the big ring.
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:39 AM, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> In a frantic attempt to make the perfectly accessible into something
> more complicated, I ask wheth
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