My setup is made easier because I am running only 7 cogs with spacers at front and back. (Segue: with a spacer just behind the lockring, you can use any size cog as the "outer". I plan to build a 18-20-22-24-27-30-34 six speed to use with a 53 t inner. Just kidding, but the 14-23 is great.) Even with 7, the chain on the 14 comes close to rubbing the cage. (But that's such a high gear (44/14X27=85") that I hardly ever use it.)
Question (serious one): how does the quality (as far as you can tell) and the look of the VO crankset compare to the Pro 5 Vis? On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > I'm running a Velo Orange Grand Cru 50.4BCD crankset with a single > chainring ( > http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/components/cranksets/grand-cru-50-4bcd-crankset-mkii.html) > on my Quickbeam, and I'm at a loss to see how it would work if there was a > derailleur in the mix. Even an old-style Campy Record "no lip" front mech > wouldn't fit in the very small gap between the chain and the crankarm. > > Mine is the first model, so perhaps they've addressed this issue in the > "MK II" version. > > --Eric Norris > campyonly...@me.com > www.campyonly.com > campyonlyguy.blogspot.com > > On Jun 3, 2013, at 3:06 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The test case for such a narrow gap is the old TA Pro 5 Vis -- I hear that > the new ones have a wider gap. I have an old one on the Ram and use an old > 7400 Dura Ace FD, which works fine. The downside, such as it is, is that, > at least with the small gap on the TA, it requires great precision in fd > adjustment to ensure, together, proper angle, proper height, and proper > throw, and, at least for me, I reached this precision only through much > experiment. Installing an old early '90s XT drivetrain, or an old > Stronglight 99 with any '80s or '90s road derailleur, on the contrary, was > always perfectly easy by comparison. > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Jeremy Till <jeremy.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It's my understanding that modern front derailleurs have relatively wide >> cages to allow for a greater range of chain angles without rubbing the >> chain, which leads to clearance issues with older, narrow-Q cranks. >> Perhaps using a vintage derailleur of some kind might help? >> >> -jeremy >> >> >> On Monday, June 3, 2013 11:45:22 AM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote: >>> >>> My new Saluki came with a classy, classic Specialized crank. But I kept >>> hearing a little clicking noise when in the big ring. Eventually I figured >>> out that the crank arm was just grazing the edge of the (Campy Triple) FD. >>> Adjusting it made it graze the chain. I went back and forth with this a >>> couple of times. Stared at it and considered raising the FD a couple of >>> mm. Then I measured the difference between the tooth and the inside of the >>> arm - 8.5mm. Raising the FD should align it next to a thinner part of the >>> arm but would also degrade shifting. >>> >>> I went around the shop measuring all the cranks on my and my wives >>> bikes. Here's what I got: >>> >>> Shimano 600 -10mm >>> Alpina 11.5 >>> Ultegra 11.5 >>> White VBC - 15mm >>> DaVinci - 15mm >>> >>> Any suggestions, short of grinding the back of the arm? >>> >>> michael >>> >>> >> -- >> 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com > > Albuquerque, NM > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com Albuquerque, NM -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
