Re: [RBW] Re: QB drivetrain questions

2010-01-31 Thread CycloFiend
on 1/31/10 10:59 AM, Mike at mjawn...@gmail.com wrote: > One of my more humbling moments... > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/archivalclothing/3587741363/ > > But there have been others that have been far worse, just not > digitally captured. Good thing I'd had my coffee... Great image. And,

Re: [RBW] Re: QB drivetrain questions

2010-01-31 Thread CycloFiend
on 1/31/10 8:01 AM, Esteban at proto...@gmail.com wrote: >> Ha! Haven't posted the ride report yet, wherein I'm pretty much crying my >> way up Camino Alto at about 3 mph on the way back to SF... > > An good example of humility. I have a lot to be humble about... ;^) -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@ea

Re: [RBW] Re: QB drivetrain questions

2010-01-31 Thread CycloFiend
on 1/31/10 7:08 AM, Mike at mjawn...@gmail.com wrote: >> Ha! Haven't posted the ride report yet, wherein I'm pretty much crying my >> way up Camino Alto at about 3 mph on the way back to SF... >> >> - Jim > > I should have said, after viewing your flickr page and some of your > comments. Wasn't

Re: [RBW] Re: QB drivetrain questions

2010-01-30 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 1:20 PM, CycloFiend wrote: > > The only thing I'll add is that 1/8" can run a little noisily on a 3/32" > setup. > > Not my experience; usually the contrary. 1/8" runs quieter on everything -- perhaps for irrelevant reasons. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professi

Re: [RBW] Re: QB drivetrain questions

2010-01-30 Thread PATRICK MOORE
The original deraileurs shifted 1/8" chain, if I remember correctly what I read in The Dancing Chain. You need more space between cogs, of course. My bastard (or hybrid) AW/16-18/Benelux rd drivetrain, age 16, ran a 1/8" chain. Patrick "not a bike mechanic either, tho' I play one on TV" Moore On

Re: [RBW] Re: QB drivetrain questions

2010-01-30 Thread CycloFiend
The only thing I'll add is that 1/8" can run a little noisily on a 3/32" setup. There's a little more noise in a QB drivetrain because the chainline is not absolutely straight - thank goodness for a lot of rock 'n roll concerts in my youth, so it doesn't really bother me... It's minimal though.