I must have been thinking of the 16. 15 - 17 is not that big but since
it's right in the heart of the my riding it does sometimes feel a bit off.
The 11 - 28, which I run on both my ram tandem has much more noticeable
jumps.
On Friday, August 29, 2014 7:05:25 PM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar
Michael,
Thanks for explaining your take on this.
On Friday, August 29, 2014 3:57:16 PM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote:
I run 9 speed. My Saluki Trek have triples (48/34/26 or 24) and I run
a 12-27 cassette and that clearly gives me a better low and more closely
spaced gear choices. Why
The front shift up is a bit slower but the real issue is searching for the
next gear way at the other end of the cassette. I run an 11-28 and have a
strong preference for closely spaced gears. The jump from 13 to 15 is
already larger than I like, so I certainly wouldn't go any wider. With
Given your preference for close spacing, isn't the 11-28 anomalous? That's
a fairly wide-range cassette...I suppose it depend on how many speeds
you're running, but after a little while, I found the 11-28 8s
uncomfortable. I'm much happier with an SRAM 12-26 9s cassette.
On Friday, August
that's a worthwihile project. My buddy turned an outer chainring into a
bash guard for his wife's Univega Nexus conversion. He set the bike on a
repair stand and a grinder on a vise. He turned the crank and gradually
dialed the grinder in until the teeth were gone.
On Friday, August 29,
I use 38/24 on my mostly dirt road Fargo (29 wheels). Yes, it's lower than
I'd choose for the road, but it still gives me many useable gears in the
60 to 80 cruising range with a top gear of 84. I use a close ratio 13-27
9 speed cassette.
When I ran a TA double in my Ram I used a 44/30 and a
*Sorry,* 16-29 *9-speed.* Silver dt shifters.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
I use 38/24 on my mostly dirt road Fargo (29 wheels). Yes, it's lower
than I'd choose for the road, but it still gives me many useable gears in
the 60 to 80 cruising range
Damn! 16-26 9 speed. Over and out.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
*Sorry,* 16-29 *9-speed.* Silver dt shifters.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com
wrote:
I use 38/24 on my mostly dirt road Fargo (29 wheels). Yes,
Michael,
If you would prefer more closely spaced gears (13,14,15 vs 13,15) why don't
you use a tighter cassette and a third chainring?
Also are you using 8sp? I thought 11-18s usually went 14,16 not 13,15.
On Friday, August 29, 2014 4:31:41 AM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote:
The front shift up
I run 9 speed. My Saluki Trek have triples (48/34/26 or 24) and I run a
12-27 cassette and that clearly gives me a better low and more closely
spaced gear choices. Why 9 spd? Basically I skipped 8. I was running 7
speed freewheels well into the time 9 speed cassette were standard. Around
On 08/29/2014 06:57 PM, Michael Hechmer wrote:
I run 9 speed. My Saluki Trek have triples (48/34/26 or 24) and I
run a 12-27 cassette and that clearly gives me a better low and more
closely spaced gear choices. Why 9 spd? Basically I skipped 8. I
was running 7 speed freewheels well into
+1 for this statement. I will add: and riding/pedaling style.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Michael Hechmer mhech...@gmail.com wrote:
With gearing, everything is a trade off - top bottom; gear spacing,
shifting pattern. There not only is no one right answer, there isn't even
one perfect
I'm working on a similar conversion although I'm running the (formerly)
triple with a single chainring right now. I've got the widest bottom
bracket I can find and there still isn't room another chainring! Plus,
I'm still trying to figure out my gearing. I'm thinking maybe a 38/24 with
an
I run a similar setup with a 16t jump, 46/30, and initially I was very
unhappy with the pattern. But with the right cassette, I find it works for
me. I think that's an important part of the mix. Just switching over to
the big jump won't always do the job.
On Wednesday, August 27, 2014
I'd already switched my cassette recently and the fact that I could stay in
the big ring so much more with the 11-34 is what actually convinced me a
wide low double was right for me.
I thought about 46/30 but I was running a 26 tooth granny before and I
didn't want to jump up 4 teeth. There's a
Are you cycling offroad? 38/24 seems small for road use. You'll probably be
riding in the small cogs a lot if it's on the road. Is it the frame that
doesn't allow for an inner chain ring in a good way, or do you just need to
find a better bottom bracket?
Johan Larsson,
Sweden
On Thursday,
Looks good! That's very useful gearing. I've been running a similar setup
for a few years, and it's working so well I wouldn't want to use anything
else.
Johan Larsson,
Sweden
On Tuesday, August 26, 2014 6:12:51 AM UTC+2, Jim Bronson wrote:
Ingredients
Old Ultegra triple
BBG Bashguard
44T
No mine is 44/28. Someone else was using 38/24. I don't think I'd want to
go any lower than 44 for the kind of riding I do. With my triple the big
ring was 46 and I used the 46x11 on almost every ride. Now I've got 44x11,
hopefully my friend and fellow Rivendell owner doesn't drop me on the
So someone emailed me off list and said the link didn't work. Oops.
Try this one instead:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/23646261@N03/4GD0ew/
On Monday, August 25, 2014 11:12:51 PM UTC-5, Jim Bronson wrote:
Ingredients
Old Ultegra triple
BBG Bashguard
44T 130bcd Sugino ring
28T 74bcd Sugino
I bet that will do everything you want it to do.
On Wednesday, August 27, 2014 12:42:26 PM UTC-7, Jim Bronson wrote:
So someone emailed me off list and said the link didn't work. Oops.
Try this one instead:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/23646261@N03/4GD0ew/
On Monday, August 25, 2014
let us know how it works for you. My one experiment with a 16 tooth
difference left me unhappy with the shifting pattern. But I ride a lot of
rolling terrain where fast shifting gets rewarded, so that probably
influenced my reaction.
Michael
On Tuesday, August 26, 2014 12:12:51 AM UTC-4,
On 08/27/2014 06:17 PM, Michael Hechmer wrote:
let us know how it works for you. My one experiment with a 16 tooth
difference left me unhappy with the shifting pattern. But I ride a
lot of rolling terrain where fast shifting gets rewarded, so that
probably influenced my reaction.
Is it
I rode it 25ish miles last night and never got out of the big, er, middle
ring. I felt like when I had the XD600 triple with the 46 big ring that I
could have stayed in the big ring all the way up in the back but I was
concerned about cross chaining so I didn't go past the third one from the
top.
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