Patrick has sort of hit on my reasoning to go 1x9 on a bike. This bike isn't one I use for touring. So no need for really low gears. Don't race. No need for high gears. In fact, except when a bike is on my indoor winter trainer, I've never used the big ring on a double or triple. That's just my riding style. Am only using about 4 gears. Often times will try to ride using just one or two.
As to chain line. This bike has a decent line with the one ring up front and the fifth cog in the back. The high and low gears are not perfectly aligned. But not terrible. And with the current crank/ bottom bracket, there isn't enough room to throw in a small ring. It would hit the chainstay. And the bike gets noticed. Have been stopped by other cyclists wondering where the other rings are. And how I can actually ride something with so few gears(!) FWIW, the 38t front and 11-32 in back on a 650B bike gives me about the same gearing setup as my Nexus 8 speed internal gear bike with a 40t up front and 700C wheels. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Dec 5, 10:24�pm, "PATRICK MOORE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
