Half step is great gearing for commuting, imo. Your 5 speed fw ought to work fine: just adjust the derailleur travel limit screws. After all, if the rd can handle 7 or more, it can handle a 5-er that fits within the inward and outward limits of one of those cogsets.
I used to run a half-step plus bailouts on my erstwhile '95 Riv custom: something like a 46/49 or 47/50 with a 13-15-17-19-22-26-32, halfstepping the middle five cogs. Cruising gears, for most of my riding, were on the 17: 71" and 67" with 559X32 mm Pasela; just flip the left lever back and forth: perfect indexing! I used Kelly Take-Offs with old Record shifters. I used the 13/94" with the 49 as a downhill gear and the 32/36" as a lazy-load-wind-hill gear with the 46. Hell, fiddling with gear ratios is almost as fun as riding them! Patrick Moore, who just lugged 20 lb home in the new Sackville in a 72" gear. On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 6:38 AM, John L <johnlimo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have in interest in trying out a drivetrain based a used shimano 600 half > step - granny crankset I picked up on Ebay. I'd like to mate it to an IRD > 13-32 hub, but the gear spacing works out much cleaner and with less > duplication I use the 5 speed as opposed to 7 speed hub. But this would be > on a bike w/ 135mm dropout spacing, and I'd like to use the Rivy hub. Could > I make a 5 speed freewheel work with some spacers? > > -- > 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/-/8MUBmbD7ceUJ. > 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. -- Vote early, vote often, vote Rhinoceros! http://tinyurl.com/d7muj2t ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- 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.
