The Italians always do things with a certain flair; I'd like to see their design. Walnut or oak is a tough call.
At one point I'd installed a MTB triple on a racing bike with a double FD, & of course the drop onto the granny was unreliable. A simple "toe to the chain" worked well as long as I planned ahead. Not so good if in a hurry. IIRC, as a youth Marathon Lon Haldeman rode without a FD (it broke or something). He would be the expert on reliability & importance of FDs. Years ago, he did a story for the paper RR about an exploratory trip to I believe Peru & I think he set the bike up as a 1 x 7 or 8 for simplicity, reliability & because "that was good enough". dougP On Sep 23, 6:09 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > Fine Italian walnut vs. California coastal oak. Please discuss. > > On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 4:36 PM, David Yu Greenblatt < > > david.yu.greenbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I kind of like GP's original suggestion of shifting with a stick. Has > > anybody tried that yet? An article on stick selection, modification, > > on-bike carrying/storage options, shifting technique, and alternate uses > > would be great for the Riv Reader or Blug. > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > ** > "Osama Bin Laden is dead. GM is alive." -- *Joe Biden* -- 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.
