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smegballs World Chat Champion
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Posted: 17:56 - 03 Dec 2012 Post subject: Rear dérailleur ok? |
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https://i.imgur.com/lVW0Y.jpg
Just put a megarange freewheel on my old tourer-stylee bike to help out on the hills. I read that I might need a different rear mech due the big rear sprocket. Currently it shifts up onto the 34 OK doesn't slip, just looks a bit spacky (to me at least).
Need to get a new derailleur or does it look OK? |
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Posted: 18:56 - 03 Dec 2012 Post subject: |
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Is the jockey wheel hitting the sprocket? Looks like it from here.
What was wrong with a smaller granny ring?
And how steep exactly are these hills? Assuming you have a normal sort of gear range, I'd have imagined that gear would be pretty much unuseable/irrelevant on any road I'd be comfortable physically pedalling up without it being quicker to get off and push anyway.
I'm just intreagued now. What gearing are you running at the front? What size wheels? ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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Posted: 09:30 - 04 Dec 2012 Post subject: |
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I agree with others, that's a pretty nippy "granny ring" (although does it count as a granny ring when there are only two?).
Aye, the roads in Devon and Cornwall can be pretty steep going, especially round the coast.
I've got 23/18 gears on my single speed mountain bike running 700c wheels and 175mm cranks. That gives me 34.7 gear inches and I only just made it up some of the hills without luggage (although that is on horrifically knobbly tyres that had no business being on the road). ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 11 years, 146 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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