Doh, my mistake: it seems the 29er triple is 22/30/40 (downsized middle and big rings).
In my defense, I live in Ohio and haven't used a tiny granny in many, many years. Eric On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 5:07 PM, Analog Cycles Frederick, MD < analogcyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Eric, point me in the direction of those 20t mtn cranks. If they can > mount a 44t big ring and have 5 bolts I'm all about it. > > -James > > > > > *Analog Cycles * > *www.analogcycles.com <http://www.analogcycles.com>* > *instagram.com/analogcycles <http://instagram.com/analogcycles>* > *analogcyc...@gmail.com <analogcyc...@gmail.com>* > *301-456-5471 <(301)%20456-5471>* > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 4:45 PM, Eric Daume <ericda...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Also, it's been a long time since mountain bikes had a 24t low on a >> triple. Most 26ers had 22t, with a 34t low (16.8 gear inches). 29ers >> started getting a 20t low, before 2x and 1x drivetrains took over. >> >> On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 4:29 PM, John Hawrylak <john.hawry...@verizon.net >> > wrote: >> >>> James >>> >>> You claim of 23% lower gearing is not exactly true. The difference is >>> 15%, since a touring bike can easily have a 24T granny vs your article >>> using a 26T granny for the touring bike and a 24T granny for TVS. So the >>> article is not a true comparison between a 26T granny/34T cog and your TVS >>> of 24T / 40T. >>> >>> The 24/34 gives 19.3 gi. The 15% difference to your TVS of 16.4 gi >>> 924/40) is 1 gear shift lower. I'm sure the 1 lower shift helps in the >>> loose, steep stuff. >>> >>> Just pointing out the facts >>> >>> John Hawrylak >>> Woodstown NJ >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/to >> pic/rbw-owners-bunch/R6-iS0HR2YM/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
