My QB has a 40/32 in front and the 16/19 in the rear. It also has a solo 22 back the which does come in handy when laden down with camping gear and facing a couple of hills around here. In town I tend to run 40/19 because I can get "off the line" faster in traffic. Once out on the open road it's back to 40/16.
Not thinking about what gear I'm in is great. During the week I'm in commuter mode, on weekend it's open road mode and maybe once a quarter I camp. Aloha, Bob Sent from my iPad On May 7, 2011, at 11:00 AM, newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is a cool concept, made even cooler, IMHO, by the copious length of > the QB dropout. It's about 2". So, whereas with the WI 'double/ > double', you get to choose between front rings 3-teeth apart, the > extra length of the Rivendell dropout gives you a mind-boggling span > of 8 teeth to play with on the front rings-- and with the 16/19 in the > rear, you can make that up to 11 teeth diff up front. Dang. > > So basically, you can run a 16/19 in the rear, and a 40/32 double up > front, which comes stock with the new Simple One I believe. Then you > put a 22t ACS f/w on the other side, and suddenly derailleurs start to > look quaint.* > > -Matt > > > > *OK not really > > > > > On May 7, 4:50 pm, andrew hill <neurod...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Has anyone run a White Industries "Double/Double" drivetrain setup on their >> Quickbeam? >> Or maybe has plans to on their SimpleOne? >> >> Seems like a nice combination - rear Duo freewheel of 16/19, and front of >> either 38/35 or 34/31. >> >> They suggest the 38/35 for a 26" mtn bike, and the 38/35 for a 29'er... but >> it seems to me that the 38/35 would be best for a 700c mostly on-road riding >> bike. >> >> Am I confused? e.g. 38/16 and 35/19 seem like they would be better than >> 31/19 and 34/16... >> >> Anyone try this yet, or have a thought as to why this wouldn't be a great >> idea? :) >> >> Best, >> andrew > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
