On most triples, you're not going to even want opposite extreme chainlines. Even on my cyclotouriste triple, which is half-steps plus bailout (and is narrow enough to use a road double FD), my Suntour Cyclone GT RD doesn't have sufficient chain wrap to get me down to my smallest rear cog on my bailout ring - but I don't need it. Tinkering with this setup is where I modeled the compact double on my newer bike. But the compact double setup, you really do want to be able to get through all the combinations, so you want adequate chain wrap in your RD, and you want chain adjusted properly for the range.
On Monday, July 27, 2015 at 7:50:05 AM UTC-5, Kelly wrote: > > All of my bikes have triples 24/36/46 and I've had one with a 50/38/24 > ... I've never actually had problems with chain length. .. all I do is size > it to small small with the slightest tension and go with it. I don't > want to give up the big.. and I ride in the 36 or 38 most of the time up > front.. however the 24 saves me often. > A 24/36 climbing gear when fully loaded gear and otherwise. I don't get > that extreme with a compact double. Either I don't get a big enough top > end or not lough enough bottom end. When I had plastic bikes the 50/34 > was all I had for hill days so 34/27 was best I could do.. yuck.. :) So > just throwing my vote out there for the triple.. :) I love em.. :) > > I do have a 42/24 White industries double if anyone is looking :) My > wife kept running out of gear with flats and tailwinds so I got her a Rene > Herse triple. > > Now if I was in shape and strong I would totally agree with the compact > double :) > > With respect .. old fat and slow me :) > > Kelly > > On Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 5:31:29 AM UTC-5, Ron Mc wrote: >> >> fair enough - we mostly assumed you were posting the photo to laugh about >> it rather than ask. But kind of the point of having a compact double is to >> ride in those extremes. >> >> >> >> On Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 11:05:38 AM UTC-5, A. L Young wrote: >>> >>> Nah, everything's fine now after adding an extra link to the chain. I >>> don't ride in big-big or small-small combos, so I'm not concerned about >>> this happening again. >>> >>> I shared this mostly to laugh at myself a bit and as a reminder to check >>> chain length after swapping out drive train parts. >>> >>> Cheers! >>> Aaron Young >>> The Dalles, OR >>> >>>> >>>> -- 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.
