Garth: For them to decline on your 13-32 combo is weird. All that is is a standard 12-32 with a 13 in place of 12. You might also check out Loose Screws:
http://www.loosescrews.com/index.cgi?nr=1&b=&c=Cassette&sc=Complete%20Shiman o&tc=&q=&s=&id=73563926457 They do custom stuff as well. For either, it's a matter of what's in stock and what they can get, and I suspect Shimano isn't as helpful on this as they could be. In the good old days (showing my age) every bike shop had this wonderful cog board of fully interchangeable cogs for Shimano Uni-Glide freehubs. No positions, no ramps, reversible, thick & long wearing. Life was simple. There's still a 13-34 7 speed cassette that's 29 and 34 in the two largest, which is pretty close to the 28 and 32. Might be worth a look. Your observation about half-step and 7 speeds is spot-on. If your off-pavement is as tame as mine, road stuff is just fine. My Atlantis gets to go anywhere I care to. dougP -----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Garth Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 6:29 AM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: New Wheels, Another Fork In The Road Thanks for the replies Doug and Steve. I do only use friction so spacing is not critical. I've contacted Harris about making cassettes other than what's listed as their 13-32 isn't exactly what I was looking for. I was declined on 13,14,16,18,21,24,28,32 as there are no single 16 or 18 cogs, from Shimano at least. I see Miche makes cogs up to the 20's, so that may offer me some relief there. I've asked them about a 13,14,15,17,20,24,28,32 also, I'm waiting on the reply. The 13,15,17,19,21 etc. would work also though. I may end up using my current FW wheels with the 13-32 for the Bombadil, and get a cassette system for the road. 13.15.17.20.24.28.32 is near perfect for me with my current 26-44-48 rings on my road bike, but it also is good with a 24-38-48 or 36-46. I must say I really like half-step style gearing.... on the road at least. I've never tried it off-road.... but my off-road these days is more like dirt trails, gravel roads and rural mystery roads laden with potholes that look like mortar shells hit them. So I may still use half-step +g. 7 gears in the cluster is all I really need. Heck, on ye old Stumpjumper I used 5, before going to 6. I was never at a loss for gears. My only real problem with cassettes is the lack of custom options. It's so simple to do... yet so few options. I don't care why as much as what to do about it today. -cheers, Garth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
