I've got a 24/42 on my utility bike. 7 speed 12-28 cassette. The front shift requires a bit of care but is not problematic. All the gear is standard issue late 80s MTB Deore stuff. Mid range bike, nothing exceptional.
dougP On Mar 5, 7:06 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I ran a 26/46 for a while; no problems, though shifting between rings, > particularly upshifts to the 46, where a bit slow but otherwise not > problematical. I later changed to a 30/44 which shifted wholly > unexceptionally. After all, the difference between the standard 39 and 53 is > the same, 14 teeth. > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:38 PM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm running Ritchey/Sugino cranks on my Hillborne and another set > > waiting for me to pay off my Bombadil. These are 94/58mm bolt circle > > cranks. I love them and would but 5 more sets in 172.5 if I could. > > They both came with 22/32/42 chainrings. I am running the Hilborne > > right now as a wider range triple: 22/34/46. The cranks that are > > going on to the Bombadil were last used as a double on a cyclocross > > bike and worked great with a 30/44 with Campy ergo brifters. I'm > > wondering what's the biggest jump on a double you've run. Kevens > > dream Bomba has a 24/40, for 16t of jump. 34/50 is standard on > > compact road cranks nowadays. I'm thinking of trying a 46/29 on these > > Ritchey arms. I've never run TA or TA-style cranks that I think allow > > even more flexibility. Has anyone ever run a 20+ tooth jump between > > two chainrings? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscrib...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com > (505) 227-0523- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
