Additional follow up ? for (Deacon) Patrick: You may have thoroughly answered this in another thread already, and I do recall you briefly discussing your conversation with Grant regarding a custom vs. Boots, though the title of that specific thread is currently escaping me, but just curious if your intention is to actually add a third, permanent alternative to your bike stable? Or is this more of an exploration of simply fine tuning your specific needs and improving upon your current QB/Hunqabeam duo (stand over clearance comes to mind.)
Once the details of the Boots were officially announced I initially/briefly considered a Boots vs. my 65cm Clem but after mentally debating it for a bit I came to the conclusion that the only true benefit/improvement for my own personal needs would be the standover. This alone wouldn't justify a change on my part and I'm unfortunately unable to justify having both at this time. I'm genuinely interested in what else, if anything, you hope to achieve with the Boots over the Hunqabeam aside from maybe the obvious additional stand-over and tire clearance considering your terrain? Thanks, Brian Cole Lawrenceville, NJ On Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 4:01:59 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: > Proof of concept: 50” gear only up and back (I’ve done this a number of > times, figured I’d repeat it today, as I know more now than any of my > previous times). Great ride. Concept I keep coming back to is while I may > spin like crazy at 25 mph, I’m what, two and a half minutes slower down a > 30 minute extended run than with a 65-70” gear? That’s a lazy gear sift, so > I make it up by not changing gears. Grin. > > Thus, option 1A with the WI proprietary cog is looking promising. Ride the > 50” gear 90% of the milage. Swap the cog, adjust chain length trail side at > the extended harder/steeper trails. For the long descents, flip/flop to the > 50” freewheel and coast like a lazy fool. Grin. This is simple and solid, > with the ability to choose a good spot to take more time to shift when I > need a wee break anyroad. Grin. > > This is the plan, unless I find a threaded fixed side, near new eccentric > ENO. I’ll likely start looking at the end of the month. > > Thanks all for your help! > > 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.
