I agree. I'd be happy with 7, or 6, or 5. Segmenting further makes sense if you are riding a pace-line with the club, but fror recreational, or commuting cycling, not so much. It would be wonderful to go back to less complex, intelligently spaced, cassettes. This new business of 1x11 suggests that simplifying the drivetrain is a consumer desire. I'd like a 2 ring front and a 5-6-7 cassette in back. Actually, I'd be happy with a 5 speed internal hub.
On Monday, August 10, 2015 at 7:06:06 AM UTC-5, Garth wrote: > > 1. and 2. > 5 speed ? Maybe , but 6 , definitely. I like others here still recall > when 5 and 6 speed was the "normal" freewheel . I never felt out of gears > then , nor today. I have right now on my Bombadil a Sachs 13-28 6-speed FW > with a 24/36/48 crank. Even with some the steep hills around here , I > rarely if ever even shift into the 24 ring . > > 3. The Compass CS are nothing special and to a bit overpriced for what > they are . Anyone can make up a custom CS to as many or few cogs as they > like . > > If someone made a 135mm CS hub for 6 or 7 speed I'd certainly be > interested . I have no use for 8sp , just too much shifting . Yes, you > can use a spacer blah blah blah, but it's not the same thing. I'm not one > who needs a gear every 5 inches as I find varying cadence and intensity > instead of shifting all the time very refreshing . I'm not a damn machine > ! > > On Monday, August 10, 2015 at 12:35:14 AM UTC-4, 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? >> >> 2. Was anyone riding 30+t cogs back in the day? Seems like sub30 was the >> standard. >> >> 3. Could I use Compass Cycles' 5 and 6 speed cassettes on my Rivendells >> with enough spacers on the freehub to make up for the extra space? > > > On Monday, August 10, 2015 at 12:35:14 AM UTC-4, 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? >> >> 2. Was anyone riding 30+t cogs back in the day? Seems like sub30 was the >> standard. >> >> 3. Could I use Compass Cycles' 5 and 6 speed cassettes on my Rivendells >> with enough spacers on the freehub to make up for the extra space? > > -- 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.
