On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Elfardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm mentally building my next bike which will have (gasp) gears and > I'm curious how many of you run single chainrings. > > The bike will be used for shorter daily rides along with centuries and > beyond. Not too worried about a lack of gears on the longer rides but > maybe the longer hilly rides. I also don't carry a whole lot of > baggage so I don't need a low touring gear until I do. > > Any thoughts and ruminations thereupon?
I had my Surly CrossCheck set up as a 1x8 for a couple of years, through daily commuting, trailer/trail-a-bike pulling and two cyclocross seasons. I liked the setup a lot, never had a chaindrop problem (outside of cyclocross), and never felt like the gearing was inadequate. I used a 42t ring and a 12-28 cassette. That bike is currently a 3-cog singlespeed, but if/when i want to shift it again it'll be a 1x8 just like before. -- Bill Connell St. Paul, MN --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
