I am a big fan of what you are trying to do. It works great when it is mainly flat like you describe. Not finding the right gears when the winds start dragging you is just that a drag.
I have Joe running 48/34 x 12-13-14-15-17-19-21-23-25-27 (10 Speed) on 700 x 38, and it works great, indexed bar-ends, straight no-ramp Sugino Chainrings to Miche sprockets with a SRAM chain. 34 to 109 gear inches I have Sam running 48/34 x 11-12-13-14-15-17-19-21-24-28 (10 Speed) on 700 x 35, it works great as well, but I never use the 11, indexed bar-ends, straight no-ramp TA chainrings with Smimano Ultegra sprockets with a SRAM chain. 33 to 118 gear inches. Had a Handsome Devil running 42 x 12-13-14-15-17-19-22-25-28-32 (10 Speed) on 700 x 35, which also worked well, but there were times I almost wished for finer gearing, but the simplicity of the 1x always won out, indexed down-tube shifter, straight no-ramp SAKAE chainring with SRAM sprockets and SRAM chain. 35 to 95 gear inches. All running 5700 series 105 SS rear derailers. All running drops. About to switch the Joe to uprights and plan on using 13-29 Miche cassette. And will switch the Sam to a 12-28 Miche when I can. Will stick with 12-32 on a Pass Hunter I am going 1x with. Actually have 9-Speed Miche listed on ebay, but 13-26 so tooo short for your needs. https://www.ebay.com/itm/165828075872 BTW, live in Florida, Tampa Bay Area, so only "hill" I ride is the Courtney Campbell Causeway Bridge, so mid 30 gear inches works fine for me. On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 3:42:29 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > When I have a lot of gear choices, I like very close ratios on the middle > or cruising range, with much less-considered tailwind and downhill gears > and ditto climbing gears. On my sole derailleur bike* I use a 42/28 X 13-25 > 10 speed and I'll probably one day swap the 28 for a 26 o 24, and the low > 25 t (13-20 corncob + 22 + 25) with a 26 or 27t. > > The current 42.28 X 13-25 gives me nice 1-t jumps between 95" and 50" in > the mainstream 42, and down to 33" in the 28 (29 1/2" diameter wheel). With > a 26t granny and a 26 t big cog the low would be 30"; with a 24/27 it would > be 26". I climb by low-cadence torqueing, so 26" and even 33" is far lower > than I need even in my old age for any hill I encounter in the terrain and > for the sort of riding I do. I do 99.9% of my riding in the 42 (low 50"); > terrain is either sandy flat (No-So) or rather steeply rolling with some > short and sharp and some long and gradual climbs (E-W). > > If I wanted to use a long cage instead of an 8-sp short cage rd and 11 or > 12 speeds, I could maintain the essential crusing range 6 or 7 1-t jumps > and increase the range to as much as 100" to 20". > > I've built nice-working 10-sp cassettes from a mix of 7, 8, and 9 sp > cogs + 1 or 2 Uniglides, but my 13-25 is built from Miche Shimano cogs, > outer + middle + inner, and these shift even better. Using an 11-sp chain > makes shifting the best I've ever used (as good as the Am Classic stock > 11-23 and 12-25 10s I used a decade ago) and only ceding first place to the > 7-sp Uniglide Sante drivetrain on my late 1989 Falcon. > > > *Out of 4; the other 3: fixed gear gofast with 76/67" flip flop gears, ss > mountain bike -- 65" for flatland sand, and AM hub errand road bike: > 72/65/56". > > On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 12:18 PM Adam <adam....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks everyone, >> >> Just to clarify, my goal is to add some additional steps within my >> existing range. I often find--especially longer rides with constant >> winds--that I don't have quite the gear that I'd like to sustain my pace. >> >> My plan is to just base things off my current setup and the gear >> calculator, just curious of there are other, not obvious considerations. >> >> THANKS >> >> On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 12:45:24 PM UTC-6 mike goldman wrote: >> >>> adam, >>> >>> a triple is fine. i would use a cassette with an 11t first cog so you >>> will have some low end on those flats and downhills >>> >>> mike in rhode island >>> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6e7234ae-e512-4eae-a5d7-b7c8d2f61eb1n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6e7234ae-e512-4eae-a5d7-b7c8d2f61eb1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/2ae31dd0-9336-4296-82a5-421777520d6fn%40googlegroups.com.
