I wasn't clear, Steve. I'm referring to going up a steep hill loaded in 24t front/32t rear (my current low setup). I suspect my new 24/36 will have me falling over. I was comparing that with a potential 1x setup of 36 or 34/36, which would require walking more hills, not more tipping over for going too slow. Hopefully that's more clear.
With abandon, Patrick On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:32:14 PM UTC-6, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On 04/16/2014 04:49 PM, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Awesome, Evan! I do still toy with the simplicity of a single up front, > and the romanticism of it will always attract me. It boils down to am I > willing to walk before I fall over because I'm going so slow? > > > If you've got a grade steep enough and a load heavy enough to warrant a > super low gear, odds are you won't fall over. I used to have an 18" low > gear on my Bruce Gordon Rock 'n Road touring bike (22 front, 32 rear) and > never fell over with that. 34 front 36 rear isn't nearly that low. > Admittedly, some skill is involved; and it's a lot more difficult on a high > trail/high wheel flop bike than it is on a low trail/low flop one, and load > placement matters too -- when I used that 18" gear on the Rock 'n Road I > had loaded panniers front and rear, and loaded front panniers tend to > stabilize the front end. But it's certainly doable. > > > Because with a 34 front 12-36 rear I'd be hitting a lot of the ridable > hills (especially when bikepacking) and have to use LCG simply because my > gearing was too high. How much that circumstance actually happens is one I > plan on testing out this year. Grin. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:20:34 PM UTC-6, Evan Baird wrote: >> >> I stopped by the freewheel on Saturday and picked up a Paul chain keeper. >> It makes a huge difference. With a 34t chainring and the Riv 12-34 cassette >> I have a totally reasonable range, and no more spontaneous derailments. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
