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
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
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
