I have a 58cm 650b A. Homer Hilsen that I purchased from Riv in 2014. I have been loving it ever since! It has the Sugino Triple Crank 46-36-24 and I run it all friction shifting with bar end silvers, 8 speed with a 11-32 cassette. The front derailer is Shimano Claris Triple. The bottom bracket is bbc110.
So...I'm getting older and I notice I don't use the 46 ring much, at least not with the higher gears in the back. I am definitely an "UnRacer" anyway. I am thinking of getting the Rene Herse double cranks with 42-26 rings. If I go with the 8 speed megarange 11-34 cassette in the back, I would give up almost nothing in the lower gears and lose just some high gears that I rarely use anyway. So two questions: 1. Is my bottom bracket compatible with the Rene Herse cranks? I think so, but I'm not sure. Would now be a good time to replace it anyway? 2. Should I just keep my Claris triple FD and crank in the limit screw or go with something like the Shimano CX70 or some other double FD that works well with compact 42-26 rings? Any other comments or suggestions would be welcome. Doug -- 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/4393d6e3-1581-431a-93b9-9fb2de0abaa2n%40googlegroups.com.
