Big tires are in the eye of the beholder. 28mm for some. 75mm for others Narrow Q is in the eye of the beholder. 130mm for some. 165mm for others Good shifting is in the eye of the beholder. Doesn't chain suck for some. Doesn't make a sound for others Wide range gearing is in the eye of the beholder. 50-95 inches on a double for some. 18-110 inches on a triple for others Difficult is in the eye of the beholder. "Can be done by a top builder" for some. "Is done by mass producers" for others
On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 1:19:22 PM UTC-7, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > I lot of us don't consider 42 mm tires to be especially large. > > On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 1:24:53 PM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote: >> >> On 09/24/2014 01:36 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: >> > It's difficult to have a narrow Q-factor and still have big tires and >> > good shifting and a wide range of gears. >> >> A friend of mine has a Jeff Lyon L'Avecaise equipped with 650Bx42 Hetres >> and a Rene Herse crank. Big tires, good shifting and wide range, and >> low Q. It can definitely be done. >> >> >> >> >> -- 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 email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
