Ahhhh, my eyes... they hurt.... But really, why get rid of the outside position? I would put a rock guard/bash ring on there. Seems a much better options than straight doing away with the ring.
DE On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > With the popularity of 29ers, were seeing a start of some 110/74 > doubles. The are essentially a refined 110/74 triple.... just made so > you cannot put an outer ring on them. It's just as easy to not put a > outer ring on your triple and you at least have an option to go back. > Here's some from Rotor .... yeah the colors are what they > are . . .put you get the idea of what can be done. > http://www.rotorbikeusa.com/productMtbCrank.html > > Sugino showed one too...a photo shown here ...http://velo- > orange.blogspot.com/2009/03/taipei-cycle-show-update-3.html It looks > to be outboard bearing though. . . . the latest in the whirly-go- > round of engineers with too much time on their hands trying to > reinvent bike parts. LoL! > > The TA Carmina is champ of all BCD's . . . yeah it's a bit pricey > at 4 bills . . . but like many Euro things . . .the loss of the > Dollar has made it tough. But, it's not all that out of line . . . as > the Zephyr last sold with rings from Riv for $275 in 2002. Look at the > price % increases of PW FW hubs . . . . it's been soaring and > there's no exchange rate involved. It is what it is . . . .. > > > 48 or 50 isn't just for racing . . . I use a 48x13 top gear and I'm > and average cyclist who lives on very hilly terrain . . . so I use > it frequently. > > A 46 ring should be no problem on the FSA crankset as long as your > doing friction . . .it's when people do the indexing F/R that things > can get hair-pullingly specific. > > > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
