Quoting EricP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Three of my four bikes have single chainrings up front. (Two of them > are internal gears.) In fact, the only one that doesn't is the > Atlantis. No problems with mine. Works out well for all the riding > I'm doing at present. One has a 38t up front and 11-32 in back. The > gearing works for everything I've asked the bike to do so far. Not > sure I'd be able to handle a fully loaded tour with that setup. But > that is an issue of the engine, not the bike. > > Did have to work a bit to get the chainline where I wanted. But > otherwise no trouble with shifting or anything else.
One or two things puzzle me about this. Why do you all want to do this? Is it a matter of having a single chain ring crank in stock and wanting to find a use for it? A perception that a double crank is somehow fussier or more difficult or more complicated? I can certainly understand in the case of a single-speed, fixed gear or internal gear. I can even understand buying such a crank specially for one of those applications. But why a 1x8 or 1x9? I don't think you save anything on the cost of the crank, and if what I read is correct, in many cases - obviously not all - you end up needing to put a front derailleur on it just to stop chain throw. You certainly don't win anything in terms of chain line, if such things matter to you. And even employing super wide range cassettes, there's no way to match the range or spacing of a double. You do get to use some very pretty chain guards that you couldn't use if a derailleur were in the way. Is that it? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
