Re: Perfect gearing, was Dear LBS

Great shop! And, I approve too :-)

Diane

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Chuck Davis <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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Diane B. Lees
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