I did like my little White Industries Dos ENO freewheel when I was commuting in Santa Fe. Bigger cog for uphill going to work, and little one for a fast ride home. I just ran across it in a box of parts and may need to find a home for it. Couldn't change while moving but it worked for me at that time.
On Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 2:06:02 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > Very good point, and one I had not considered. Yes, much easier to add > rings and fd and tensioner than an IGH, and even simpler than adding 3 rear > cogs since that would in most cases also require a wheel build (unless you > find a rare 3-speed freewheel and respace and redish your rear wheel. > > Patrick Moore, very acutely realizing the benefit of 1 or 2 lower gears in > ABQ, NM. > > On Sun, Jun 18, 2023 at 3:03 PM Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think what happens is people like the bike, then gradually realize one >> or two lower gears might be nice. For most of us adding a derailer and >> tensioner is a simpler path than having the rear wheel rebuilt (folks who >> build their own wheels can disregard). >> >> On Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 1:57:29 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> There have been threads recently about 2- and 3-speeding Quickbeams and >>> SimpleOnes using multiple chainrings, front derailleur, and rear chain >>> takeup device. I'm curious why people don't use Sturmey Archer AWs? The AW >>> has (per late '90s study by the Human Powered Vehicle Association) as >>> little drag as a clean, well set up derailleur system, and an IGH preserves >>> the simplicity and clean aesthetic of a ss or fixed gear, barring a small >>> cable and shift mechanism. >>> >>> Pray, why the choice of multiple rings, fd, and rear tensioner? Is it >>> the big jumps in the AW gearing? >>> >>> Long ago (1990 IIRC) I set up a beater Schwinn 3 speed as a poor man's >>> mountain bike (my companion's Diamond Back was recent with only 6 rear >>> cogs) with a 36 to ring to give, with the 18 t AW cog, 69", 52", and 39" >>> gears, and it did good service on 1 well-remembered ride on very hilly jeep >>> tracks -- and an aside: the Ashtabula crank was a miracle of cheap and >>> durable manufacturing compared to the cottered system. >>> >>> But 69"-52"-39" is a very useful gear spread. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8c043e8e-a7df-4d2a-8e4e-d94d2939d1cdn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8c043e8e-a7df-4d2a-8e4e-d94d2939d1cdn%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/50977bbe-fe6d-4aa9-8b22-cb1a7f0d5fe9n%40googlegroups.com.
