> On Jan 27, 3:30 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...
I'm not a QB owner, but i had a bike set up with a 3-cog/SS setup ala Lon Haldeman for over a year, so i thought about the gear changing thing quite a bit. The bike was set up with a 42t ring, and 16-18-20t cogs in the rear. It was a Surly Crosscheck, and the dropouts handled that spread with no problem, even the brake adjustment was fine. Anyway, i probably changed gears less than a half-dozen times over the year: once from the 20 to the 16 in the spring, then to the 18 for most of the summer when i wanted to spin more. A couple of times for trailer hauling, then maybe once again for cyclocross season. I never changed mid-ride, just changed when the intended conditions or usage seemed to warrant it. That bike now has a standard flip/flop wheel; both sides same cog side, just the choice to coast or not now. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
