Ok thanks all, I have a place to start now. I suppose I’ll just slap my Sugino on there when it comes and feel it out from there.
On Friday, March 20, 2020 at 12:31:50 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > If you have a 42 already, there is little harm in trying it out. I think > chain dropping is a real thing, and a wide-narrow ring is one of several > mitigations to reduce its likelihood. Wolf tooth makes a 130BCD 42 tooth > wide narrow ring and I'm sure others do as well. > https://www.wolftoothcomponents.com/products/130-bcd-cyclocross-chainrings?variant=14782015209507 > > BL in EC > > On Friday, March 20, 2020 at 8:29:02 AM UTC-7, Bones wrote: >> >> Ya that’s a good idea too. Oddly enough the crank already has a standard >> Sugino 42t ring on it. Would that be sufficient? I’ve only ever used it >> with a single freewheel. I’ve read things in the past about chains jumping >> on 1x setups... is that even a concern with a road bike though? >> >> On Friday, March 20, 2020 at 9:42:32 AM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>> It's becoming more and more commonplace to run a 1x drivetrain. Your >>> existing XD2 with a nice narrow-wide ring, intelligently chosen, could be a >>> really smart setup. I've had very good success with a 42T ring, and an >>> 11-28 or 11-32 cassette, but I have hills to speak of. With really no >>> hills to speak of, you could go even smaller in the cassette, like 11-26. >>> If you are never pedalling over 40MPH then you likely don't need higher >>> than a 42x11. >>> >>> Bill Lindsay >>> El Cerrito, CA >>> >>> On Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 10:20:51 PM UTC-7, Bones wrote: >>>> >>>> I could use some input on what type of crank would work best for me >>>> here. I will be using the bike as a sporty, zip around the river bike. No >>>> club rides or racing or anything like that. I live in south Jersey, so no >>>> hills to speak of, just wind. The wide/lows on my Appaloosa and Clem are >>>> perfect, and I don't spend much time on the big ring on my Sam's triple. >>>> I'd like to keep the gearing minimal but functional, and of course it has >>>> to look handsome on the Roadini. I have an extra RD2 crank from a single >>>> speed lying around, maybe I can do something with that? I'm not opposed to >>>> getting something new... >>>> >>> -- 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/418ee472-59b2-43fe-a58c-ff2b513b2b3f%40googlegroups.com.
