Re: Perfect gearing, was Dear LBS

Much simpler then, I'd say

As to gearing, you'd try some combos, find what seemed to work and go ride

Today it seems ya have to post on a list for opinions, discuss, argue, etc

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Diane Lees <info-q1/[email protected]> wrote:

> We used to have several cog boards as I remember: at least one or two for
> Sun Tour and one or two for Shimano.  Then there was Regina.  So, were
> those
> days more or less complicated????
>
> Perfect gearing... maybe it's Rohloff?  dunno.
>
> Diane
> HubBub Custom Bicycles
>
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Olof Stroh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Old man Jim wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > “  "Me! Me!" I shout while bouncing in my seat and waving my hand, "I
> know
> >
> > what a cog board is and yes, I have changed cogs trying to arrive at the
> >
> > perfect gearing." But it's Rubik Cube because when you change one cog to
> > get
> >
> >
> > a spacing you like one place, it changes it somewhere else to something
> you
> >
> > don't want.
> >
> >    I finally arrived at the conclusion that there is no such thing as
> >
> > perfect gearing and one has to work with what they have.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim Foreman”
> >
> >
> >
> > Me (slightly younger) says:
> >
> >
> >
> > Of course I´ve used a cog board (and did see one at my LBS as late as
> > x-mas,
> > he is still using it!), but I´ve also found the perfect gearing; it does
> > exist. Nowadays I may use 40-36 front and 14-17-21-26-32 rear which gives
> > me
> > 10 evenly spaced perfectly usable gears almost anywhere. It´s called
> > half-step. Those of you old enough; the other hand up! Gearing is 77 to
> 30.
> > Low? I´ve read that Eddy Merckx mostly used 100,4 in competition. I don´t
> > need more than 77% of Eddy´s! I admit using 45-41 front with same rear on
> > my
> > go-fast bike and 38-33 with 14-18-23-30-38 on my camping bike.
> >
> >
> >
> > Works fine and is enough.
> >
> >
> >
> > Olof Stroh
> >
> > Nowadays in Tartu, Estonia who has been gone from the list for some time
> >
> >
> >
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