A little over a hundred years ago, Paul de Vivie popularized an invention that might be useful here, he called it a derailleur. Alternatively, an epicyclic hub gear, popularized around the same time period, could keep your current drivetrain setup with only a little additional weight and complexity while solving your problem of needing different gears on the flat and on hills.
On Dec 14, 11:03 am, Tim Whalen <whalen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I love my Quickbeam but the combo of living on a hill and having a > deteriorating knee that I want to avoid mashing on is limiting my riding > with it. I now have 40/30 front and a 17/19 freewheel. I'd love to get it > set up so I could spin home uphill and am willing to sacrifice top speed to > do so, but also need to keep enough top end to ride safely on streets with > cars. I'd also like to avoid flipping the wheel to get to an even lower > outer freewheel. > > So, any thoughts about how I could modify my current gearing to favor easy > climbing yet still have a bike that was geared high enough to be rideable > on streets downtown? > > Thanks in advance. > > Tim > Still wanting it all in > Colorado Springs -- 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.
