RE: Perfect gearing, was Dear LBS

Yes, there was a board for Shimano cassette, another for FW: then each of
the other mfgs, depending on how many brands the shop supported.  And of
course FW bodies, since they didn't last forever.  

I thought the Uni-Glide cassette cogs simplified things over FWs.  In
addition to being able to be used in any position (excepting the threaded
one), the cogs can be flipped over when worn & use the other side.  

One rider's perfect gearing is someone else's monstrosity.  Individual cogs
do allow for personalizing one's gearing, compared to simply accepting
whatever the product planner decided to provide.  I sometimes wonder if
these people ride bikes or just do it all on the computer.  

There's also the issue of tossing away an entire cassette when only 2-3 cogs
are worn.  It may be economically efficient but it feels wasteful.  But I
admit I'm definitely in the minority on this issue.  

dougP

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Lees
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 10:48 AM
To: Olof Stroh
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Perfect gearing, was Dear LBS

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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