a handsome frame. ironic I just posted about taking my qbeam to bilenky for a repaint to accentuate the lugwork. seeing your pix makes me optimistic I did the right thing.
and while I do a 40 16 on my bike, it's all on pavement and mostly flat. 40/20 probably won't be far off what you need. On Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 12:30:44 PM UTC-4, j.schwartz wrote: > > I just received my SimpleOne I purchased new as a pre-sale from Bilenky > after having the seat tube repaired. I had accidentally dented the seat > tube by over tightening a front derailleur on it when doing some geared > SimpleOne experiments. > > > Planning on running it the way it was intended ...as a manually shifted > 2-speed with an 8-tooth spread up front and a single freewheel in the back > > The bike will be a trail and road bike. Will be fenderless wearing 700x43 > Bruce Gordon RnR's. There are a lot of hills where I live so I'll need to > be careful where I take it. Fortunately the rail trails around here are > plentiful and mostly flat. > > I already have a White Ind 20t freewheel which is a few teeth bigger than > most run on their QB's/ SO's ..and I don't really want to buy another > freewheel. > So, my question is ... > Any thoughts as to a front combo that would play nicely with the 20t in > the rear? > > I think the standard-ish 40/32 may be too low with that 20t , but given > that the bike will be mostly trail riding and using large tires, maybe it's > fine. > > > > Any suggestions ? > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/328020f6-83de-4876-9c17-425b4a1d2542%40googlegroups.com.
