jandrews, Sweet! You're gonna love it! A few thoughts to keep in mind:
-- not sure the clearance on the S1 v QB silver, but while I could fit a 44 Snosqualmie on it there was little tire clearance in the rear axel forward gear, and that's without nobbies. -- I like your "ride whatcha got" philosophy with the 20t freewheel. Keep in mind with a freewheel you can gear lower than fixed because you can coast, which gives more effective range. But what terrain are you riding? My fixed QB has 42 x 17/21 for a go-fast allways (w/ underbiking) spirited ride, and it's delightful. So, I agree with you, 40/32 x 20 sounds low. 48 x 40 as a starting point? -- another option is to play with the rear cog sizing if you have a flip/flop (and if you have a fixed/free flip flop, give fixed a try even with a same size cog! What a blast!). Gear a lower fixed gear for trail riding, where the fixed gear really shines on stable climbs, rolling over rocks and roots, and "pushing" you up hills (still don't grasp the physics of that, but it's a real thing, at least by feel and by gearing size). -- Reading between the lines, you've not ridden the QB/S1 before? Wow, are you in for a treat! Prepare to be coached. SS and fixed are the best cycling coaches I can imagine and their first and constant lesson is humility. Grin. 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a0ea561d-1b57-4a28-b3fe-259adad015a2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
