Back when bikes had freewheels, and freewheels had 5 cogs on em I bought a bike with a 14-18 "straight block" and 44 52 chainrings. I was skeptical about the gears, but the guy said something along the lines of "sometimes its nice to be able to hit just exactly the gear you want", and I decided to give it a try. I really enjoyed that bike (it was fairly flat there). I still like small steps between gears. With eight or nine or even 10 cogs I get closer to the fine steps that old straight block provided while still getting the range I want (its less flat here).
On Aug 10, 6:00 am, Matthew J <matthewj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Five?? Three cogs is plenty, and 640k of RAM ought to be enough as well. > > Not at all an apt comparison. High data web content and software > capability grow faster than computer speed. On the other hand, riding > terrain remains fairly the same. The hills and dales our parents cycled > with three speeds are still the same height and pitch for us. > > I've toured Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois happily (and easily) > with a single 44 up front and 5 seed 14 - 34 Suntour freewheel. 10 and 11 > speed cassettes may make a difference for racers. For the rest of us they > are bling. If you like bling, that's cool. I like things simple. > > In fact, looking seriously at doing pretty much the same tour* with a > single speed White freewheel, White eno hub wheel. > > *High speed rail is one modern convenience I wish we did have here in the > U.S. When the most you can get off work is a week, pokey Amtrak limits the > tour launch options considerably. > > > > > > > > On Thursday, August 9, 2012 12:29:01 PM UTC-5, pb wrote: > > > Five?? Three cogs is plenty, and 640k of RAM ought to be enough as well. > > > Peter > > (Really, really likes compact 2x10) -- 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.
