[RBW] Would you go back to a 5-speed cassette if you could?

2015-08-11 Thread BenG
I believe my '72 Sports Tourer has 14-34 freewheel and 54-40 rings. Each gear seems to be the right space from the last one. It feels just right. Chromed steel twin-stik shifters on the headset, 700x35 tires, centerpull brakes. Riding it makes me happy. My experience would not improve if a

[RBW] Would you go back to a 5-speed cassette if you could?

2015-08-11 Thread BenG
The original 5sp freewheel that is. -- 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

Re: [RBW] Would you go back to a 5-speed cassette if you could?

2015-08-10 Thread Patrick Moore
I've owned at least on SunTour 14-32 5 speed freewheel, and, I think SunTour even made a 5 speed with a 36 t big cog. I've no use for 5 or 6 speed cogsets. I love ss/fixed, but I'd rather have 4 or so close ratios in my cruising range, which means 1 tooth jumps, so that a decent range means at

Re: [RBW] Would you go back to a 5-speed cassette if you could?

2015-08-10 Thread Steve Palincsar
On 08/10/2015 12:35 AM, Lungimsam wrote: For those of you who rode back on the days of 39/50 and sub30T rear 5 and 6 speed cassettes: 1. Would you go back to a sub-30T 5-speed cassette if you could, now that you have ridden with 30+ T cogs in modern cassettes? Never in life. 2. Was

[RBW] Would you go back to a 5-speed cassette if you could?

2015-08-09 Thread Lungimsam
For those of you who rode back on the days of 39/50 and sub30T rear 5 and 6 speed cassettes: 1. Would you go back to a sub-30T 5-speed cassette if you could, now that you have ridden with 30+ T cogs in modern cassettes? 2. Was anyone riding 30+t cogs back in the day? Seems like sub30 was the