Thanks, Charlie - Glad to hear somebody else has done it with little fuss or muss. I thought about going with a triple, but I am hardly ever on the largest ring in front... and that Quickbeam crank is just so pretty LOL
On May 30, 11:10 am, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I had the same bike and converted it to a triple and no you won't need > a new rear or front derailleur.You will need to slide the front > derailleur down closer to the 40 tooth ring (about a chains width gap > or a little less) to account for the smaller 40 Tooth large ring. You > may however need a different bottom bracket and I would just get one > from Riv. You'll probably need either a 110mm or 113mm one. If the > old one works without rubbing and it shifts your are good to go but > the new sealed bearing units are nice and easy to install. > > On May 29, 7:35 pm, Crazy4Suki <buckyy...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Hi, I have an old Centurion Lemans in my garage with downtube > > shifters. I can manage most rides with it as is, but I'd like to be > > able to do long rides with hills so I started looking at other > > options. I ordered the Quickbeam Sugino XD2 for the Centurion as it > > has 40/32T which should help me with hills. With its current 49/39 > > setup, I never use the big chainring. > > > Does anybody know if I'll also need a new derailler for it? I wanted > > to keep the changes (and related costs) to a minimum, so did not order > > a derailer. -- 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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
