Yup, I pretty much ride mine as a 1x9 until the hills come. I'm running 44-30 and 12-27. I do spin out on bigger hills and occasionally wish for something a bit easier for extreme grades. Maybe I should give 44-28 a shot with one of SRAM's 11-28 cassettes.
The other thing that makes this setup work well is having a big ring that is positioned to let you use almost all of your gears. For me, 135 rear spacing and using the inner two rings of a Sugino XD triple with a 113 bb makes for a great chainline. Dustin > > IMO a workable wide-range double uses the small ring only as a bail- > out for the biggest climbs, and the big ring for everything else. > Something like 44/24 x 12-xx would work pretty well for me. > > Bill > -- 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.
