Also haven't toured with mine (yet), but +1 for the Paul Melvin. My Alfine 8 has the standard cog, 22t?, and I run a 28/48 in front. Like it a lot.
Nick W. On Wednesday, July 3, 2013 3:15:55 PM UTC-7, Peter M wrote: > > I have an Alfine 8 setup on my Bombadil but I don't do touring. Its plenty > of gears for rolling hills around here. We do have a couple of steep ones > too. If you get a decent tensioner like a Paul Melvin you can run a compact > double up front and have 16 speeds, although there might be some overlap, I > am not a Patrickesque gearing ratio expert. I run the older Nexus 7 on my > MB2 with a triple, which voids the warranty I think due to do torque > specifications (in low gears) but have been running it for 3 years and > haven't blown it up yet. .. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
