Re: RE: [RBW] Re: SimpleOne gearing

2011-07-07 Thread newenglandbike
P.S. S/O as in significant other, not Simple One.:D -- 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/-/DMQBPoH5fRsJ. To post to this group, send e

Re: RE: [RBW] Re: SimpleOne gearing

2011-07-07 Thread newenglandbike
It's hard to say what percentage for each gear, but they each get used.I go down to 32/22 in the woods, because we have rooty/rocky trails that go up and down, and you don't want to go super fast in there anyway, even on long descents, since you can't see very far and branches and things blo

Re: [RBW] Re: SimpleOne gearing

2011-07-07 Thread James Warren
I love the ride of the QB, but I like gears and never wanted to get off the bike to shift. So I bought my QB with schemes of somehow making it a shifter. Right now, it's a 3 speed shifted at the crank (24-36-46) with a front derailleur and only one cog in the back. (I use a friction bar-end shi

RE: [RBW] Re: SimpleOne gearing

2011-07-07 Thread Larry Powers
How often do you shift your QB? You have 3 speeds with your setup, what percentage of the time do you ride in each? I am guessing that one gets 80 or 90 percent of the use. I really like the idea of my QB having two gears. I changed gearing once on a ride just to see how quickly I could do