Quickbeam came with 40/32 chainrings. The fork ends were long enough to cover the 8-t difference.
On Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 11:42:41 AM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 11:40 AM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> ... With horizontals or track ends and a good steel internal cam QR you >> could have yourself a very good time without the need for a lousy (and FWIW >> considerably less that I paid for my TF hub). A 44 X 17/20/24 would give >> you 70", 60", and 50", a good spread with relatively unobtrusive hardware >> and bulk. >> > > Well, not quite, as you'd need very long dropouts/track ends indeed to > accommodate 7 teeth: almost a good *usable* Inch of axle travel -- usable > travel is not at all the same as theoretical travel. And as for a chain > tensioner: with a single rear cog and 3 rings your tensioner would not have > to move laterally as the chain was shifted, while 2 or 3 cogs would require > chain tensioner re-alignment. So I've argued myself into agreeing with the > 3X1 idea. Only, the ideal system for 3 wide ratio gears is the IGH. > -- 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/90cc99d3-f0fe-4418-9ce9-f57fb4e85985n%40googlegroups.com.
