Executive Summery Conclusion: Drum brakes and IGH (except Rollof and possibly a 7sp. Torpedo) are not designed for rough riding and folks who are riding IGH and/or drum brakes off pavement are always fiddling with their bikes and it is almost never a long term, reliable solution, but instead one that is always breaking and needing fixing — the fiddler’s dream! Thus, neither is the solution I seek and instead of a Tranformapillar, I will focus on the Contentapillar. Grin.
The Journey The last two days I’ve been riding the Hunqapillar in wannabe 3-speed mode. It’s been a fascinating experience — similar to the simplicity of singlespeed, but with the ability to shift to a certain point without stopping. A lot less thinking about gear shifts, so I may well incorporate it into my routine, essentially skipping two gears each shift. I spoke with Grant, who was, as ever, very generious beyond all reasonable expectations and even some unreasonable ones. He had some ideas on how to lube the pivots in my derailure to possibly encourage shifting when frozen, or at least making it easier for my hand to manually shift. All of this is the result of a very good thing — ongoing brain healing that allows me to be stupider farther out in all conditions. Grin. Thus I seek ways to maximize the liklihood of my gear not failing 30 miles from home. Grin. Thank you all for your generosity in playing with this with me. Ride with wild abandon! WIth abandon, Patrick -- 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.
