If you're talking about the S3X hub, then the answer is yes--If you're riding in cruising (3rd) gear at a reasonable speed and downshift on the fly to 2nd gear, your cadence immediately increases. Basically the same as downshifting a manual transmission car--the engine revs up in the lower gear to catch up with the speed of the car. It's not quite the same as shifting a standard (freewheeling) IGH, where the ability to coast hides the abruptness of the shift.
Question is why you would downshift like that ... In my experience, the only time you'll need to downshift an S3X is because you're going slow and/or approaching an incline. Shifting to a lower gear at speed on the flats wouldn't make any sense. --Eric On Oct 17, 2012, at 9:27 PM, Montclair BobbyB <montclairbob...@gmail.com> wrote: > Philip: > > I'm curious... When you're flying along at a pretty good clip (in 3rd gear, > fixie mode) and you're wheel is spinning at, say 120+ rpm, and you downshift > to second gear, does your cadence abruptly accelerate to the point of wanting > to toss you over the bars, or is it relatively smooth? I would think that > might put an awful strain on the internal gearing... What's it like? (I > submitted a question to Sam Patterson, developer of the Metropolis crankset, > asking whether I can ride it in fixie mode... haven't received his reply yet.) > > BB -- 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.
