You could use as small a big ring as low a 42 if you want with a 38, 4 teeth differences are about half gears. Sometimes having overlapping gears is favored, sometimes many distinct ones. The ways are endless ! Gear charts are helpful too if it matters to you.
On Friday, March 20, 2020 at 9:40:17 AM UTC-4, Bones wrote: > > Thanks for the input. Makes me wonder if I should try to use the Sugino > crank after all. The limiting factor is that it’s 130bcd, and as far as I > can tell that limits me to a 38t inner. Maybe that’s good enough. Then the > question is what to use for a big ring. Is 46t too close? 50t seems maybe > too big for me, but maybe not. And I’ve seen those IRD cranks before, they > are beautiful indeed. And if I end up looking at a new crank I will > strongly consider those. I’m a sucker for aesthetics. > > Thanks again, > Bones > > On Friday, March 20, 2020 at 7:02:38 AM UTC-4, Garth wrote: >> >> >> If you want to spend a lot other people will show you those. Myself I >> found that there are many nice crank arms for not a whole lot. I ride a >> set of these Origin8 cranks, they are 110 BCD doubles, though often sold as >> SS. They can take two rings, just like any other double crank. Shiny silver >> or black, both look nice. If you can fit your gears into a 110 double >> platform you will like them, which without much for hills should be just >> fine. My road bike that I use this crank on has a 13-32 7sp FW with 36/46 >> rings and I live amidst some very steep hills and all is well. There's so >> many ways to play with ring combos too. I like doubles and triples, whether >> the rings are spaced out or close together, you can always get a good >> chainline. I have 24/36/44 rings on my other bike with 14-32 7 cogs and I >> love the 44t big ring it's very ride-able across a broad range. I had not >> planned on using the 44t ring, but I had one lying around unused, so >> thought I'd try it and it's awesome. I'd use a 44t big ring on my other >> bike too when/if the 46 needs replaced. >> >> >> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AO7O8M/ref=twister_B00R6R3ZPM?th=1&psc=1 >> >> >> >> >> On Friday, March 20, 2020 at 1:20:51 AM UTC-4, Bones wrote: >>> >>> I could use some input on what type of crank would work best for me >>> here. I will be using the bike as a sporty, zip around the river bike. No >>> club rides or racing or anything like that. I live in south Jersey, so no >>> hills to speak of, just wind. The wide/lows on my Appaloosa and Clem are >>> perfect, and I don't spend much time on the big ring on my Sam's triple. >>> I'd like to keep the gearing minimal but functional, and of course it has >>> to look handsome on the Roadini. I have an extra RD2 crank from a single >>> speed lying around, maybe I can do something with that? I'm not opposed to >>> getting something new... >>> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d4e44503-124f-46fc-a5ca-c3b1e58f5827%40googlegroups.com.
