| Re: Skip the front derailer?
jthomas@northwestern.edu (Jeff) wrote:
>I live in a flat area (Chicago) and use my bike for
>exercise rides of 15-40 miles. I have a hybrid type
>bike and I have sort of run out of gears. The gear I
>use most lets me go 18.5 mph at my preferred cadence.
>I'd like to push it up a bit, but the next gear has a big
>jump of 2.5 mph to 21mph and I just can't push that
>one. So I am thinking of changing chainring and/or
>cassette to get closer spacing.
>
>I really don't need more than 7 or 8 gears, if they are
>the right gears (in fact I only use 3 at the moment, not
>counting the one I can't push). Is it possible to buy a
>single chain ring and position it so that there is an
>acceptable chain angle to all of the gears in the cassette?
>Or is this too "non-standard" to be an option?
You can do that, but leave the front derailleur on the bike to keep
the chain from derailling.
Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $695 ti frame
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