Yeah, on the 7spd cog choice... They seem to go to a lot of trouble to have
only 9 distinct cogs for the 7spd FW line instead of 10. That 17-21 jump is
weird on the non-"mega" 13-32 7spd FW.
Yours,
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I do wonder what SRAM did with the Sachs tooling for their awesome
freewheels when they bought them out. I have about a dozen Sachs FW's
and can find no fault with them. I pretty much use 13-32 7speed's ..
though I have some 12 and 13-28's and a 24 or 26. I live in very
hilly terrain though . .
I also am using an IRD 13-28 (mine's a 7spd). I have a 24-36-46 Sugino. I
have all the gears I've ever wanted. Which doesn't mean much, really, since
I live and ride *almost* exclusively in the flat parts of Illinois. But the
few times I've been to exotic places with these things called "hills",
On Tue, 2011-07-12 at 20:54 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> Tell me where I can find IGHs that will give me 50-60-and 70" gears
> and I'll buy out the entire stock!
Back years ago, Sturmey Archer made some narrow range 3 speeds. The AM
comes very close to what you want, giving 115.55, 100 and 86.54
Actually I just visited Sheldon Browns gear calculator and with a 40
tooth chain ring an 18 tooth sprocket and a SA wide ratio hub you
would get 45,60 and 80 inches using 700x35 tires. I'm not sure if this
is the correct ratio possible on the sprocket chain ring combo or if
one needs a particular r
I see what you mean.. maybe an 8 speed IGH would be better.
Actually the 39,53.70 is about what my SO has now or could have with
one more gear on the flip side so not so far off, at least for me.
Okay revisedapprox. 40,50,70 then ; )
On Jul 12, 7:54 pm, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> Tell me wher
I guess I fall into the same window as most everyone. I like a 12 at the top
end for long downhills in a 48 or 50t big ring and a 30 at the bottom for
those long climbs at the end o' the day in the 24-28 granny. I like to spin
on the climbs so I'm a triple rider for life in my preferred mountai
Tell me where I can find IGHs that will give me 50-60-and 70" gears
and I'll buy out the entire stock!
Here is what you get with an AW:
If your 70" gear is the middle or direct drive, your high will be a
useless 93", your low an excessively far away 53".
If your high is 70", your middle will be
After having 'SimpleOned it' I don't see the need for much above a mid
70's gear I am fine riding on various terrain with a mid 60's gear.
Hills can't be comfortably pedaled down much faster than about 35 mph
even in a 100+ inch gear and I usually coast just as fast if I tuck in
a little. Those old
I've scored a stash of half a dozen 14-28 5 speeds (the Herse has a
Stronglight 99 with 42/32 rings on it and the 42/17 #2 cog is the
ideal cruising gear for the Herse at 67") and the rest is gravy. The
13-15-17-20-24-28 Ultra six on it now is even better since the 42/15
is a nice tailwind or "feel
that is the biggest problem with trying to please everybody.
Example:
I have been happily using 14-28 5 and 6 speed freewheels for a few
years now, then recent failures led back down the garden path of
vintage. I had found a 14-16-19-22-26-30 in a pile of junk at out
local swap meet, it had been
So there is no dominant consensus among this group. 5, 6 and 7 would all be
welcomed, it seems. 12-14 on the small end up to 26-30 on the large end.
That's over a dozen different models already, most likely.
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On Jul 11, 2:54 pm, William wrote:
> Some of us still run freewheels on a subset of our bikes. It's pretty much
> a unanimous opinion that today's production freewheels are not as good as
> they used to be. I see a lot of mess
I've fiddled with this question forever & keep coming back to
13-15-17-19-21-24-28 as the basis for all my gearing, regardless of
how many cogs. When ordering my Atlantis & we got to the gearing
question, I told them the above was fine but since I was getting an
extra gear, gimme something bigger
H, I have a NOS Regina six speed 13-23 on a bike I never rideI
think I better save it for the future.
On Jul 11, 5:39 pm, EricP wrote:
> Agreed that a nicer version of the Shimanopore would be good. The 7sp
> 13-28 works well on my Sam Hillborne. But not sure I'd spend a lot of
> money
Agreed that a nicer version of the Shimanopore would be good. The 7sp
13-28 works well on my Sam Hillborne. But not sure I'd spend a lot of
money for one. If the price got much over $100, would probably just
build a new wheel for the SH with a Deore rear cassette hub. The
later SunTour design w
I'm currently using an IRD 13--28 FW paired with VO 50.3 BCD cranks
with 46/30 rings. I seem to have every gear I need. I'd love to have
something more dependable than the IRD. I'd consider buying a White
Industries FW for $100 to $150.
--mike
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