Yes, I mean "as far from the seat tube." Thanks for the simple: "Put the chain on the smallest combination and cut it as long as you can get away with." I presume that's how to set the wheel for the rearmost position?
With abandon, Patrick On Friday, May 16, 2014 5:58:40 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: > > D'you mean, "as far from the seat tube"? Put the chain on the smallest > combination and cut it as long as you can get away with. > > The Campy 1010s on the '03 annoyingly put the axle right in the middle of > the dropout on the smaller combo, meaning that only half the dropout length > was available for the axle's forward movement in the bigger combo -- thus > limiting the cog spread to 2 teeth. I did some energetic work with a large > rattail file and, dammit, made the thing work for at least 3 and probably 4 > teeth. (Similar work long ago on the short horizontals that were Riv's > original default, putting the chain at the back of the slot in the 46/15, > let's me *just* use a 46/20, and I daresay that the modified '03 may allow > 5 teeth now. Interesting: on the gofast, when my chain gets just about to > the replacement wear mark on a Park Chain Checker, there is no longer room > to take up all of the slack. I could fix this with a few swipes of the > file.) > > It takes *very* little metal filed off horizontally to take up > considerable chain slack. > > > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamon...@mac.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Quickbeam is due to arrive tomorrow! I’m starting with a new 8-speed >> chain with the following gearing and tire set-up: >> >> Front: 32/40 >> Rear: 16/19 (eventually a 22 will likely be added on the flip side) >> >> 700c Clement X’plor MSO 40mm (38 actual by report). >> >> The gear combination yield the following tooth counts (highlighted ones >> are the ones I would like to be able to use): >> Total teeth: >> 48: 32-16: 55" >> 51: 32-19: 46" >> 54: 32-22: 40" >> 56: 40-16: 68" >> 59: 40-19 >> >> What is your recommended method for setting chain-length so I keep the >> tire as far back from the chain stays as necessary for clearance? >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org>* >> *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.OurHolyConception.org>* >> >> -- >> 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 rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis > > ************************************* > > "In yourself right now is all the place you've got." > Flannery O'Connor > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
