You will be surpised at how little you need a 50, or even a 46. I am running two bikes with a 28/42 ultra compact double up front, with an 11-34 cassette in the back. While this combo may sound wierd, it gives a completely usable range of gears from 22 to 100 inches. The bikes in question are a Gunnar Cyclocross and a Pereira Custom, both built up in a manner fitting a good steel, Riv-ish bike.
For cranks, on the Pereira I am using a WHite Industries two speed. On the Gunnar, a Campy Racing triple, with the outer ring discarded. The front derailleurs are garden variety double / compact cages. These bikes generally shift as well or better than my bikes that have 24-36-46 triples. My Legolas runs with a single 34 tooth chainring, and an 11-34 in the back, also quite serviceable. http://www.cyclofiend.com/cx/2009/cx049-maxie0309.html regards Two Ton Maxie On Sep 1, 12:35 pm, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the input. I totally agree with both of the Steves, that > the gearing is baffling but that it's designed for racers. Still, I > think most folks would be pleasantly surprised at how well a 46 suits > their needs. My Hilsen has a triple that's like 46/36/26 and I love > the 46 outer. > > There was talk a while back about VO doing a crank with something like > 46/30 gearing. That would be good. > > I'm going to order up a 46 outer today. > > --mike > > On Sep 1, 11:05 am, Ryan Watson <rswat...@nyx.net> wrote: > > > > > On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:50, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 10:17 -0700, Steve Park wrote: > > >> It baffles me that compact double cranksets usually come as 50/36 or > > >> maybe 48/34; maybe this is a limitation of typical 110BCD bolt > > >> diameter. > > > > 34T is the smallest you can get on the 110mm bolt circle. > > > 33T actually. > > Not sure if anyone besides TA makes 'em, though. > > > Ryan- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
