The smoke-test answer is totally acceptable. My custom-cassette compact double above came from percolating the ratios of a half-step + bail-out wide-7 on another bike, that from chain-ring trials had become perfect for my rolling hills and the 400' steep climb to get home at the end of the ride.
On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 11:13:35 AM UTC-6, Grant @ Rivendell wrote: > > As designers and manufacturers, we like (and have some kind of obligation) > to try things ourselves that may or may not work on our customers' bikes. > We're often asked about parts we haven't tried, and a lot of the time have > no interest in trying---for reasons good or bad, but usually good. Keeping > in mind that, despite the furor we sometimes inspire and the price of our > bikes, we are a small and cash-poor business that can't be all things to > all riders. And, often we have friends who let us try their bikes with > something. > > It's not always a matter of "does it work?", because most things do work > in their intended limited applications, and in the right circumstances. > > The thing I LIKE about the 40, is that on my Cheviot, at least, it worked > with my $30 much beloved Altus derailer. It required a few more links of > chain--as it turned out, one more than what I put on it when I was thinking > I'd never make the goof of riding the 46 x 40 combo. Sometimes when I'm > feeling super frisky, I climb in the big ring THINKING its the middle ring, > and that's what happened here. Then it got harder or I got tireder, and > shifting up in back and broke it. It's not something I'm ashamed of, > it's just part of life on bikes. It's kind of neat being the guy who owns a > bike company but hasn't gotten beyond doing dumb stuff. It makes me feel > like a kid again, or something. > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 7:32 AM, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Or even a 1X9 or 1X10. I may go that route myself one day if a derailleur >> hangar extension will allow a 9 speed XT rd to accommodate a 40 t cog. A >> 11-13-15-17-20-23-26-30-40 X 32 might be good for steep singletrack. >> >> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 6:02 AM, Lungimsam <john1...@gmail.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> I can see 40t, 11 speed for a 1x. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> ************************************* >> *************************************************** >> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >> circumference on which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities >> revolve. *Chuang Tzu >> >> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the >> world revolves.) *Carthusian motto >> >> *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart >> >> *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/OneQSI_yAxQ/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
