Hi Patrick, Thinking out loud here: Is there a problem with chain stretch on your drive train? Perhaps most of your riding is 34T and chain+drive train wears down a bit. You then encounter situation when you need 24T and install (new) 10T chain. Most of your chain is partially worn and you have 10 links of new chain. Will that amount of difference cause a level or low or not-so-low vibration (or grinding?) that might negatively impact your proprioception?
Good luck! shoji Arlington MA On Friday, February 15, 2019 at 12:58:32 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Och, Erl! It is a head scratcher, aye? The plan is to use WolfTooth’s > RapidLink chaintool to add/remove the needed chain trailside. So, with the > default Silver triple of 24/34/44t, I’d have the base length of chain for > the 24t ring, add 10t of chain for the 34t ring, add 10t more for the 44t > chain, carrying the WolfTooth tool and bits of chain to swap accordingly > trail-side. This is obviously more involved “shifting” than the set-up of > my QB and Hunqabeam, which is only loosten and/or remove the rear hub, > shift gears (to the other dingle cog or flip the wheel), reinstall, and > tension the chain in the horizontal dropouts. Thus, I would ride all my > regular routes in the 50-55” gear, and bikepacking ride it for 90% of the > milage, changing gears only once I got to the longer sections of trail that > require a 40” gear or have mountain road descents of 10 miles or so (pretty > common) and need the 70” gear. > > With abandon, > Patrick -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
