I have spent some considerable effort and money to maximize my Q gearing...that I don't use! http://tinyurl.com/43md96
Actually I use the 71 inch for most valley road riding, switch to 63inch for non-gnarly dirt. The lower gears are designed to get me up the surrounding hills here in Western Colorado especially the Monument ride: http://www.nps.gov/colm/planyourvisit/bicycling.htm But I find stopping to change gears at least 4 times for such hilly rides breaks the ride rhythm too much for my tastes. So for awhile now I haven't used the Q for this ride Also I have been free vs fixed all this cold season and loving a freecog. I seem to go thru free/fixed phases, generally following the seasons. As for gear changing, I now use my dirt lube of choice on the Q, White Lightning. Needs to be reapplied often, but keeps my chain clean in the fine dust here and my fingers clean when I change gears. One cheap, thin rubber glove in my side saddlebag pocket helps with gear changes. On Jan 27, 4:30 pm, "colin p. cummings" <colinthehip...@gmail.com> wrote: > As a survey of sorts, how many QB owners out there do much gear > changing on a regular or semi-regular basis? I just bought a used QB > frame and am wondering if a 4-gear configuration would be worth it. I > live in a pretty flat place (TX panhandle) and can only imagine > changing gears to climb out of a canyon... > > Cheers, > > Colin Cummings > Amarillo, TX --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
