Thus my next bike which will be single speed with the option to use the Shimano Cassette modified by Jeff Jones to allow 6 speeds to work with a single speed cluster.
Nonetheless, most bikes I see here in the upper Midwest tend to have wide ranging drive trains. Frankly I think the money is better spent on higher quality frame, fork, tires and the like. On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 11:48:31 AM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On 05/07/2014 11:40 AM, Matthew J wrote: > > Mine is set up 12-36. More than wide enough for riding with largely the > same load over terrain that does not vary significantly even on multiple > day rides. > > > If the terrain does not vary then you do not need variable gears. > > > The old Campy Euclid ATB rear ders that pop up on the web for sale > regularly do a very good job shifting the range. > > On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 9:10:09 AM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote: >> >> On 05/07/2014 09:52 AM, Matthew J wrote: >> > Perhaps I am the voice in the wilderness here, but 30 gears, >> > especially for commuting, light touring is overkill to me. >> > I chose the gears on my ride range 5 speed to fit just about every >> > situation I could imagine needing. As it is, I use the three middle >> > gears 90% of the time, with the low and the high looking almost brand >> > new two years into my 5 speed experiment. >> > >> >> Most of us would find the spacing between those 5 gears far too wide. >> What's more, the range available with only 5 speeds is very small indeed. >> >> > -- 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.
