My response to the question, "why not keep the second ring?" was primarily aesthetic: I don't like to keep things I don't use, and I long ago discovered I don't really use that many gears -- even though, for years, I plotted and planned elaborate gear charts giving me the biggest range with the smallest jumps with the least number of rear cogs. Hell, I can still do gear charts in my head, or at least, with pencil and paper. I used to work out gear charts during boring meetings.
I remember first reading the argument of the long-ago proponent of the 3 speed hub, which was basically, "You need one for fast and easy, one for hard and slow, and one for medium." I used to think that was the utter limit of specious reasoning; but now I rather think I agree; or almost agree. After riding fixed or ss, three gears seems like a huge choice! Elegance, it's elegance, the definition of which comes down to: achieving an end with the fewest possible means. Patrick "I must be damn' elegant!" Moore --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
