I went with the sage....I kinda lust after the sage Hillbornes, whereas mine is blue. This is my redemption ;-)
I just came back from coffee with friends of mine who are avid tandem riders (4! tandems in their line up). They confirmed what you mentioned, having several bikes with a 54 large chainring. That being said, they are both speed demons and have pegged their computers at the 65mph max several times!!! I know that the HUB isn't meant to be a rocket and I wouldn't characterize my riding as fast by any stretch of the imagination.... but the speed thing has me a little giddy with anticipation. Right now I'm kinda leaning toward 52-44-26 or maybe 52-42-26....on my all-rounder's a 42-28 double seem to suit me perfect (essentially the 42 for most everything on-road and the 28 for bail-out and trails. My assumption is the 52 will act as a "fun factor" ring for downhills. On Monday, December 19, 2016 at 1:55:33 PM UTC-5, Julian Westerhout wrote: > > Alex, > > I'll also go with the Silver if that's an option, triple for sure, the > lows are necessary. > > Some folks go nuts on tandem large chainring size -- 54 or 56 is not too > hard to spot at a larger tandem rally, but for me that's not needed, > especially on a bike like the HHH. Even with a 48 we'll still be going mid > 20's mph before spinning out, and that's not likely to happen for long > unless we're flying downhill. With the HHH I'm looking for more usable > range, so will likely top out at 48 max. If you're a masher or grinder or > live on a steep long hill YMMV. :) > > What color did you choose? We went with the brick orange. > > Julian Westerhout > Bloomington, IL > > > > > > On Monday, December 19, 2016 at 9:44:21 AM UTC-6, Alex Wirth- Owner, > Yellow Haus Bicycles wrote: >> >> They are TBD still, rumor is there may be a Silver crankset option...but >> that's only rumor. If that's the case I'll jump on it. If not, I may go >> with Sugino's with bare arms or go nuts and get Herse tandem cranks. >> Either of those options have room for chainrings a la carte, so I'm >> curious what experienced tandem riders default to for an "all rounder". My >> guess is a triple but I'm most interested in how big people go for the big >> chainring. > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
