Let us all know 'bout that triple if you find it. The only one I know that narrow (in 110bcd/square taper) is the late-great TA Zephyr.
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 1:28 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Avast, heretic! This be week two (to be precise: this is the 8th day of > receipt) and I've put 85 miles on it -- not a lot, but work has been busy. > > I hope to swap out the egregiously wide 160 mm Sugino for a more modestly > endowed 150 or so (one hopes) Q'd 110 triple. As for the 13, I'd rather > coast. Hell, after five or so years of almost exclusively fixed gear riding, > coasting feels, well, decadent, somehow. > > And, I just ordered VO's discounted 45 mm alum fenders, a > stem-clamp-bolt-mount decaleur for the Ostrich and a VO non-Pletscher 2-leg > stand. Ordinarily I frown on kickstands, but the SH has a kickstand plate > that, metaphysically, demands a stand to bolt to it. The Greenfield is worth > f-all when you have loaded rear panniers. > > And now I am scheming to rig up a dynolight. The Nashbar front rack > prevents me, mercifully, from using the ancient Sankya bottle, so I am > waiting to snag a good deal on a DN72. > > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 2:16 PM, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > >> Patrick: >> >> Is this the second or third week with the new bike? We all knew you >> wouldn't leave things alone! I agree the 11-32 8 speed is no good for >> touring. At least you decided to keep the triple! I'm not qualified >> to get into a theological discussion with you but I'd keep the 13. A >> bit of tailwind, a slight downgrade. It can be handy, and will look >> better than another spacer :). >> >> dougP >> >> On Mar 6, 10:25 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Today I'm taking the Sam Hill to the LBS to have the Deore rear 8/9/10 >> sp >> > freehub body exchanged for a (scavenged; thanks Ryan) 7 sp one. And, if >> I >> > can find a way to do so, I'll toss the present 13 outer and have a >> > 15-17-19-21-26-32 6 speed, with an extra spacer or two at the big end. >> For >> > why? One, to put the 19 right in line with the outer 46, for a 68" >> > non-touring cruising gear (Jack Browns). I will keep the 36 since the >> > remaining 67" -- 32" range will probably be nice on long uphills with a >> > touring load. And there remains the 26 inner when I am tempted to >> despair >> > and give up. But for about town riding, the 46/19 X 28" wheel gives me >> the >> > ideal, the classic, nay the ultima ratio and ne plus ultra of >> all-rounder >> > gears and, if I am feeling effete, I can get a full 85" down to 40" on >> the >> > outer. Gad, the excess! >> > >> > The other reason is that my mind still boggles at three (3!!!) rings and >> six >> > (6!!!) cogs: what shall I do with this excess? I dislike, for >> theological >> > reasons, having unused cogs on my cassette, and anything north of 15 is >> > pretty useless to me. If I keep the 13, it will simply be as an annoying >> but >> > necessary spacer for the 15. >> > >> > The original 11-32 8 speed is just, how to put it, crazy. 46X11 = 117". >> Even >> > Eddy didn't have such a gear! The 46X13 is an overkill 99". Fausto would >> > have sneered. The 15 brings things down to a merely athletic level. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Dustin Sharp <paleo.v...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@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 > > > > -- > 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. 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