+ 1 for this sort of shifting. I actually enjoy the wider variety of torque and cadence required by old fashioned drivetrains (with the exception that I do prefer very close ratios in the very middle, middle defined by use/terrain/type of riding; eg, pavement, 65-70-75 gi (thus must look for Sturmey Archer AC hub; source = Sheldon:)
AC 3 Close 106.66 100 93.3 A rare model, made for club bicycles, time trials <https://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_ta-o.html#timetrial>. Tho' I may have to content myself with the AM at 1.115/1.0/0.8654 -- roughly 2-teeth differences in the middle pavement range. Of course, I don't do a lot of technical singletrack or even short, steep hilly terrain; would doubtless have second thoughts about indexing (or ss + walking??) for such uses. On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 5:02 PM Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > ... > > I love Silver Power Ratchet shifters but they do indeed belong in the > simple/fixie category of bikes you don't shift much..a thing Grant has > promoted since way back in the Bstone days. When I use them I tend to stay > in a particular gear longer and just grind it or coast down because hunting > for gears with friction can be more bother than it's worth. This works > great for me - especially on my eClem which hardly needs to be shifted - > but as masmojo says wouldn't be great on hilly dirt rides. If I bought a > Gus/Susie it would get a 1x indexed drivetrain, my custom will have one > Silver shifting two rings up front. > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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/CALuTfgueSVqp6F9VML0EVt3Op3GNzBZaJ9Egmk8Tmcamd3p8QA%40mail.gmail.com.
