> The reasons for the proprietary bolt circle are simple: None of the >common bolt circles allow useful combinations like 48-32 and 46-30.
That's not exactly true as stated. Some of us run 94/58 triple cranks as compact doubles. Perhaps that doesn't qualify as common but there are at least a dozen brand names of rings I can buy. I'm running one of those cranks with a 44/30 and the other with a 46/29 on the 94mm circle. The appeal (to me) of the Herse format is that it allows you to go even smaller, like 44/28 or 42/26, or the 40/24 made popular in Riv circles by Keven. In addition, you (Jan) have made the case that five arms is just plain-old superfluous, a historical accident more than anything else. Some people think it's a contradiction or even hypocrisy that Jan is a gram-counter sometimes and a heavy-bike apologist at other times. Cripes! His new bike has a 28-hole Schmidt generator hub! I take the conflict slightly differently. While Jan says that several pounds of cargo don't make a huge qualitative difference in feel while riding, he's got a thing about carrying unnecessary weight. Add weight if and where it is needed, and nowhere else. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/G4tP8lTr2d4J. 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.
