Doug: There are all sorts of reasons to buy the RH crank, foremost among which is its beauty. But if you want a cheaper, more utilitarian way to get the same result, consider converting the homely Sugino by removing the 46 and replacing it with a guard (https://bbgbashguard.com), swapping the 36 for a 42, and considering whether you need to swap the 24 for a 26; but if you decide that you do, this is easy.
Then you can hold an interior debate about the cogs you need to change in the rear. The *upshot* is that you can leave the bb spindle and even the front derailleur strictly alone. Some years ago I changed the 46-36-24 on my Fargo, long since sold, to a BBBashGuard/38/24 on the same Sugino XD2. I swapped the 7 cogs on the Shimano LX freehub for 9 different ones; IIRC, I simply bought 9-sp spacers and built a cassette from the cogs in my Big Box. Note this carefully: I *did not* change the bb assembly, I kept the same LX triple front derailleur, *and I didn't even** lower the front derailleur.* I simply adjusted the fd outer throw adjustment screw. It all worked fine. Again, I did not lower the fd; just left it hanging with a huge gap over the outer, formerly middle, ring. But once again, the RH crank is indeed very pretty, and I am tempted to buy one myself simply for prettiness. Oh, On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 1:53 PM Doug Williams <salguod3791willi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4393d6e3-1581-431a-93b9-9fb2de0abaa2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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/CALuTfgtZXQhsU2_Yis7kC3xnjXd%3DdTvfUo5iXn2wFQsBBJ1tPQ%40mail.gmail.com.
