How often do you shift your QB? You have 3 speeds with your setup, what percentage of the time do you ride in each? I am guessing that one gets 80 or 90 percent of the use. I really like the idea of my QB having two gears. I changed gearing once on a ride just to see how quickly I could do it. Other then that I have never needed to change the gearing for the 40x17 combination I normally use. The one situation I can see where having a lower gear would be helpful is for a head wind on a long ride. Maybe a 4 or 6 tooth different would be the right set up for me. I would not shift for steep rollers because you would need to do it at the top and bottom of each climb. I would rather walk a bit then do that. If I lived out west then a lower gear for the long grades might also be helpful. Just curious how others are using the gears on their QB.
Larry Powers Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 10:21:31 -0700 From: matthiasbe...@gmail.com To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: SimpleOne gearing No not at all- I use the 16/19 on my QB and it's very handy. Typical gears you'll use are 40/16, 40/19, or 32/19 (Or in my case 32/22 since there is a 22t f/w on the flipside), so you'd set up your chain length for that. You wouldn't want to shift from 40/19 to 32/16 even if the dropouts were long enough, since those two ratios (57" and 55") are virtually the same. You can always adjust your effective chain length to within 1/8" with a half-link but it's not necessary. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/yIqxWs4fT8cJ. 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.
