My QB is currently set with a 26/34 chain ring comb, and a 16/18 FW. I do have a 22 FW on the flip which I seldom use. My comfortable top speed on flats is only 14-16 mph. I live in SF, though, and I climb lots of hills of varying degrees of grade. I like the current configuration.
________________________________ From: Tim Whalen <whalen...@gmail.com> To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, December 14, 2011 8:03:01 AM Subject: [RBW] Quickbeam gearing for hills and weak knee? Hi All, I love my Quickbeam but the combo of living on a hill and having a deteriorating knee that I want to avoid mashing on is limiting my riding with it. I now have 40/30 front and a 17/19 freewheel. I'd love to get it set up so I could spin home uphill and am willing to sacrifice top speed to do so, but also need to keep enough top end to ride safely on streets with cars. I'd also like to avoid flipping the wheel to get to an even lower outer freewheel. So, any thoughts about how I could modify my current gearing to favor easy climbing yet still have a bike that was geared high enough to be rideable on streets downtown? Thanks in advance. Tim Still wanting it all in Colorado Springs -- 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-bunch@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. -- 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-bunch@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.
