Wider Q's have been recommend to help me deal w/ IBT, but it's hard to bring myself to doing it after I've worked hard (and spent $$$) to get as narrow as possible!!! :-)
Those Ritcheys are nice. $200 doesn't sound bad for NOS considering what's out there. I don't now what the RF Trubines look like, but guessing based on what I've seen from them... On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > And the Sugino built Ritcheys. A NOS just went for $200+ on Ebay a > week ago or so. > > and I know they are a bit techo... but the RaceFace Turbines have a > fairly narrow Q. > > I guess I'm a lucky one... the wider Q works better for me. > > Even though I can rider wider Q's... I'm a bit of a old small BCD > crankset collector. I have two of the RaceFaces, a Sugino/Ritchey, a > Campy Olympus and a Stronglight 300lx all square tapers. > > > > On Mar 6, 1:33 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Let us all know 'bout that triple if you find it. The only one I know > that > > narrow (in 110bcd/square taper) is the late-great TA Zephyr. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 1:28 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Avast, heretic! This be week two (to be precise: this is the 8th day of > > > receipt) and I've put 85 miles on it -- not a lot, but work has been > busy. > > > > > I hope to swap out the egregiously wide 160 mm Sugino for a more > modestly > > > endowed 150 or so (one hopes) Q'd 110 triple. As for the 13, I'd rather > > > coast. Hell, after five or so years of almost exclusively fixed gear > riding, > > > coasting feels, well, decadent, somehow. > > > > > And, I just ordered VO's discounted 45 mm alum fenders, a > > > stem-clamp-bolt-mount decaleur for the Ostrich and a VO non-Pletscher > 2-leg > > > stand. Ordinarily I frown on kickstands, but the SH has a kickstand > plate > > > that, metaphysically, demands a stand to bolt to it. The Greenfield is > worth > > > f-all when you have loaded rear panniers. > > > > > And now I am scheming to rig up a dynolight. The Nashbar front rack > > > prevents me, mercifully, from using the ancient Sankya bottle, so I am > > > waiting to snag a good deal on a DN72. > > > > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 2:16 PM, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> > wrote: > > > > >> Patrick: > > > > >> Is this the second or third week with the new bike? We all knew you > > >> wouldn't leave things alone! I agree the 11-32 8 speed is no good for > > >> touring. At least you decided to keep the triple! I'm not qualified > > >> to get into a theological discussion with you but I'd keep the 13. A > > >> bit of tailwind, a slight downgrade. It can be handy, and will look > > >> better than another spacer :). > > > > >> dougP > > > > >> On Mar 6, 10:25 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > Today I'm taking the Sam Hill to the LBS to have the Deore rear > 8/9/10 > > >> sp > > >> > freehub body exchanged for a (scavenged; thanks Ryan) 7 sp one. And, > if > > >> I > > >> > can find a way to do so, I'll toss the present 13 outer and have a > > >> > 15-17-19-21-26-32 6 speed, with an extra spacer or two at the big > end. > > >> For > > >> > why? One, to put the 19 right in line with the outer 46, for a 68" > > >> > non-touring cruising gear (Jack Browns). I will keep the 36 since > the > > >> > remaining 67" -- 32" range will probably be nice on long uphills > with a > > >> > touring load. And there remains the 26 inner when I am tempted to > > >> despair > > >> > and give up. But for about town riding, the 46/19 X 28" wheel gives > me > > >> the > > >> > ideal, the classic, nay the ultima ratio and ne plus ultra of > > >> all-rounder > > >> > gears and, if I am feeling effete, I can get a full 85" down to 40" > on > > >> the > > >> > outer. Gad, the excess! > > > > >> > The other reason is that my mind still boggles at three (3!!!) rings > and > > >> six > > >> > (6!!!) cogs: what shall I do with this excess? I dislike, for > > >> theological > > >> > reasons, having unused cogs on my cassette, and anything north of 15 > is > > >> > pretty useless to me. If I keep the 13, it will simply be as an > annoying > > >> but > > >> > necessary spacer for the 15. > > > > >> > The original 11-32 8 speed is just, how to put it, crazy. 46X11 = > 117". > > >> Even > > >> > Eddy didn't have such a gear! The 46X13 is an overkill 99". Fausto > would > > >> > have sneered. The 15 brings things down to a merely athletic level. > > > > >> > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Dustin Sharp <paleo.v...@gmail.com> > > >> wrote: > > > > >> > > Yup, I pretty much ride mine as a 1x9 until the hills come. I'm > > >> running > > >> > > 44-30 and 12-27. I do spin out on bigger hills and occasionally > wish > > >> for > > >> > > something a bit easier for extreme grades. Maybe I should give > 44-28 a > > >> shot > > >> > > with one of SRAM's 11-28 cassettes. > > > > >> > > The other thing that makes this setup work well is having a big > ring > > >> that > > >> > > is > > >> > > positioned to let you use almost all of your gears. For me, 135 > rear > > >> > > spacing > > >> > > and using the inner two rings of a Sugino XD triple with a 113 bb > > >> makes for > > >> > > a great chainline. > > > > >> > > Dustin > > > > >> > > > IMO a workable wide-range double uses the small ring only as a > bail- > > >> > > > out for the biggest climbs, and the big ring for everything > else. > > >> > > > Something like 44/24 x 12-xx would work pretty well for me. > > > > >> > > > Bill > > > > >> > > -- > > >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >> Groups > > >> > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > >> > > To post to this group, send email to > > >> rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscrib...@googlegroups.com> > > >> <rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscrib...@googlegroups.com> > > >> > > . > > >> > > For more options, visit this group at > > >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > >> > -- > > >> > Patrick Moore > > >> > Albuquerque, NM > > >> > For professional resumes, contact > > >> > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com > > >> > (505) 227-0523- Hide quoted text - > > > > >> > - Show quoted text - > > > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscrib...@googlegroups.com> > > >> . > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > Patrick Moore > > > Albuquerque, NM > > > For professional resumes, contact > > > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com > > > (505) 227-0523 > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > . > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscrib...@googlegroups.com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > David > > Redlands, CA > > > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. 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