I prefer LPs to CDs. On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:47 AM, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Didn't want to hijack Dave's post about his new Rodeo - > congratulations Dave; I hope it brings you a gazillion miles of joy, > even more in the riding than admiring it's beauty. BTW, I think > you'll like the fazik tape; I've been using it on my Ram for the past > 6 years and have found it quite comfortable, without the spongy feel > of some cork tapes, and extremely durable. White does get dirty > though, so just relax about that. > > I have ridden a triple on at least one of my bikes for more than > thirty years and for the past ten years pretty much exclusively. But > this summer I refitted my Ram with a 44/30 CD: > http://web.me.com/mhechmer/Mikes_Bikes/Ram_Redux.html > > here's why. > > A CD certainly isn't for everybody, and I wouldn't want to pull a > loaded tourer around Ft. Collins with one, but for an unloaded bike in > the Green Mountains where I live it makes a lot of sense. I fitted my > Ram with 44/30 rings and an HG 9 speed cassette in an 11/28 > configuration. This gives me the high gear I want, a good low gear, a > really nice shifting pattern, easy shifting and much easier cleaning. > The high end gear is 108 GI, the same as a 48/12 and the low gear. > 30/28 (29 GI) is the same as a 28/27. What motivated me was the > shifting pattern, which gives me a range of 108 all the way down to 48 > GI without a front end shift; and the small ring extends from 29 to > 62. The probability of over shifting is greatly reduced so I can > throw the left hand lever around much more briskly. I also find a > double much, much easier to keep clean. In reality, it has worked out > even better than I had hoped. My new Campy FD is so smooth that I > actually prefer shifting it when I want to jump 2-3 cogs at a time. > (Vt has lots of rolling terrain which calls for this) The only > downside I have discovered, because I have a preference for close gear > ratios, is that one of the shifts is just a bit wider than I am use > to with a 12/27. > > What's done is done, but if others are thinking about a Rodeo, or > retrofitting a nice Rondonee style bike, I strongly recommend a CD. > > Michael, moving into great Autumn riding in VT > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA -- 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.
