Hello Patrick, Looks like the shift from 3rd to 2nd is the same 25% reduction that I have with my two speed Bendix. I like cruising in the direct drive gear, I'm easily in it for 95% of the ride on a good day and more like 90% on a windy day or one that I'm not feeling that great. My current gearing is 42/18 with a 700c x 38mm tire, producing a 64 gear inch. The down shift is to 48. This combination works very well for the rolling hills that I ride, there are only one or two steep climbs which I can't make it up in the low gear. So maybe having a second low gear would be beneficial for me. I've been feeling pretty good on the bike so far this year and have been thinking of bumping the chain ring up to a 44 which would give me 67/50. I'm getting better at spinning my legs on down hills, less bumping up and down in the saddle and less braking.
Good luck, JohnS On Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 12:00:29 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > Jerry -- thanks, interesting description. Why did you choose 3d as a > downhill gear rather than a cruising gear? And do you notice any more drag > in 2nd than in 3d (=direct)? > > So, I gather that many run direct as a downhill gear and use 2nd as a > cruising gear. That does make sense, since, really, the gap between high > and 2nd is really too big if high is geared for flatland cruising, so that > 2nd becomes in effect a climbing gear instead of a "lower cruising gear"; > and the what is 1st for? > > So, another question to all: gear as Jerry does, or gear with 3d/direct > cruising? Eg. 76/57/48 (46 t ring, 15 t cog, 24.75" wheel), or say 90/68/56? > > Really, I'm inclined toward the former, as a 90+ inch gear is just too big > for anything practical. To get a 70" cruising gear, I'd have to gear 3d up > to 94", and that would mean using a 12 t cog (46 t ring with 24.75" wheels) > and removing a link, or swapping out the 46 for a 50+ ring and still using > a sub 15 t cog. > > I can spin comfortably down longish hills in the 76 at 25+ mph, and very > steep hills just require backpedaling or occasional braking. Thus I can use > 2d/57 as a climbing gear and 1st/48 as, well, a *low* climbing gear when > one is tired, as I will be if I ever decide to ride 50+ miles at a time. > > On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Jtrops <jerry....@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> I've been running an S3X for a few years, and it has been great. My >> gearing is 46/14 with 700x38c tires. I use the middle gear for flats, high >> for descents, and low for climbing. I played around with a few different >> ratio's, but this setup has proven to be the most generally useful. I >> don't have any trouble on club gravel rides. >> >> The only times I randomly shifted into neutral were with the original >> shifter, but I sent Sunrace/SA an email, and had a new shifter in a couple >> of days. The problem never came up again. From what I gather most of the >> problems with the early hubs came down to the shifters. >> >> I made a cable stop out of a hose clamp that goes around the head tube, >> and then a seat cluster pulley from an old 5spd shifter mount, and a delrin >> pulley. >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7E708qD_p9A/Vy4JUiOEm9I/AAAAAAAAGGY/YNSJrK8SJE0w8ilFY10hVSx2NZUaupppgCKgB/s1600/IMG_20160507_092429306.jpg> >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AqD9Iiu6_FY/Vy4JUhikETI/AAAAAAAAGGY/gwZfn8mOMAgMWqLUIpJJ_J5hoI2LY6jFwCKgB/s1600/IMG_20160507_092500878.jpg> >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mio1U1JJXjw/Vy4JUrOYO8I/AAAAAAAAGGY/Ng5nBHGRP_IHcBFdlG5NFByJ8jeWK5jRQCKgB/s1600/IMG_20160507_092523868.jpg> >> >> >> On Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 2:41:44 PM UTC-6, bertin753 wrote: >>> >>> Does anyone have one for sale or trade? 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