I still have several bikes with freewheels and I really love the "MegaRange" 7 speed freewheels that Rivendell occasionally has in stock. 14-16-18-20-22-24-34. The 14-24 is a close ratio 6 speed and the 34 is the emergency granny. Plus the 135mm 7 speed freewheel hubs have almost no spoke offset so the wheel is stronger (I am no lightweight). Right now I am readying a 12-27 9 speed cassette (12-13-14-15-17-19-21-24-27) with 48-34 crank for my Rosco Bubbe V1 (previously a single speed) for riding the levees. Not a lot of hills in Florida either, gears are mostly used for compensating for wind speed and direction. Less expensive cassettes with individual sprockets allow you to mix and match to build your own. I am fond of the "MegaRange" style gearing with the single large inner sprocket - I have no need of multiple low range gears here.
Laing Delray Beach FL On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 5:41:29 PM UTC-5 Garth wrote: > Even using the 36t with a 11-32 doesn't really help though combined with a > 48t big ring. If you used a 36/44 instead however, here's your gears, > https://www.gear-calculator.com/?GR=DERS&KB=44,36&RZ=11,12,14,16,18,21,24,28,32&UF=2280&TF=90&SL=2.6&UN=KMH&DV=gearInches > You have a split between every gear ! > > I look at cassette hubs as a kind of effed up thing in that the innermost > cog position is at such an angle I consider it worthless, and the outermost > not far behind. The sweet spot is the 7 in between for optimal chain angles > with 2 or more rings. So forget about the old idea about finding a smaller > range cassette for that reason. You don't need the 11 or the 32 anyways > even if you could, so leave them and ride the 12-28 7 speed in between. See > ? There's your "smaller" cassette which when combined with the 36/44 will > give you all the gears and half gears you'll need. 110 bcd 44t rings from > Origin8 are easy to find online. On my Bombadil I ride 24/36/44 with a > 12-36, though I never use and have locked out the 12 and 36. I have all the > gears and a halves I need. The straw-man argument against not using cogs is > a waste... or too heavy ..... hah hah .....ask the straw-man how much the > straw-man weighs and compared to what.... and watch a circus ensue . ..... > And if a 44/12 is considered "too small" .... hah hah again ...... Enjoy > the Ride ! > > And a Smile > > -- 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/bf8d8f49-e964-4d2b-86b3-bb75663ad318n%40googlegroups.com.
