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Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:In its day, it was the bees knees. (Ancient American idiom.) Half step gearing is less obvious to use. (One dear friend from my early cycling days claimed "Women can never figure it out." That was before such comments were forbidden.) With 5 or 6 cog systems, it was a way of getting a very wide range with acceptably close gaps. My "granny" chainring is used only when climbing steep hills with very heavy loads.Oh, it's ancient technology! I'm using "half step plus granny" cranks,Seems a slightly odd set up that with the 44/48T chain rings, and the bail
48-44-24 (Sugino) and SunTour freewheels. The Cannondale's rear hub is a
sealed bearing unit, and apparently due to a lack of stress riser
threads, it's never broken an axle (unlike other bikes I've had). Years
ago when a local bike shop closed, I inherited a huge collection of
SunTour cogs, and I'm still using those. My touring bike has five cogs,
13 - 34. (On my wife's identical bike, I put six cogs.) I'm apparently
more tolerant of cadence changes than some cyclists. The biggest
difficulty I have is having to notice whether I'm in the 48 or the 44
when I feel the need for a half-step change.
out gear.
Fair gear range though! It’s about the same as modern 1by systems certainlyNo, and that too has been discussed here frequently. In top gear at just 100 crank rpm, I'd be doing about 30 mph. I'm not sure I can still do that at all on the flat, although I used to. But on any hill where a higher gear would make sense, it's better to just tuck in and coast.
MTB and Gravel set ups, if with less jumps, I’d of thought you’d run out of
gears?
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