Thorn Cycles Forum
Private Classified => Bikes For Sale => Topic started by: in4 on March 19, 2016, 10:49:31 AM
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Very easy on the eye too :)
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/thorn-audax-570-gunmetal-new-prod41096/
I'm sure I'd ride that bit faster on it.
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Just wondering out loud really.......Coronation Street is on and i'm bored.....
Is this the way things are going ?....Compact up front.....11 speed, 11-42 at the back ?......
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good spread of gears!!!!
Id be interested to try it!
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Is this the way things are going ?....Compact up front.....11 speed, 11-42 at the back ?......
dunno i read they are 435g's just for the cassette, so it won't be on one of my bikes
good spread of gears!!
not really, 9 speed triple is much the same, in fact bit better on the low end, but 9 speed's old hat ;) unless you like friction shifting as a back up and chains and cogs that aren't wafer thin
(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm17/parramethtrol/Screenshot%20from%202016-03-27%20210804_zpszy0weopm.png) (http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm17/parramethtrol/Screenshot%20from%202016-03-27%20202808_zpsukpgqp2v.png)
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I'm still stuck on 5- and 6-sp freewheels, 7-sp cassettes and half-step and granny gearing on my randonneur-touring bikes.
I get 13 of 15-sp, 15 of 18, and 18 of 21 all usable with no duplicates (though I avoided the extreme cross-chain combos), an almost perfectly straight chainline on my two most-used cruising gears, and equal wear between the two larger chainrings along with a near-double Q-factor for my triple, since the tiny third ring overhangs the bottom bracket and is used only with the first 3-4 cogs. Easy, simple shift sequence and great drivetrain life for me, but really hard to duplicate with today's components. I'm hoarding my old cog-board and freewheels and use a high-speed die grinder to remove any hooks on the teeth to extend them further.
Looking at those charts, I'm stunned at the high gears...and 2nd and 3rd highest. With my bad knees and fast, light "hummingbird" cadence, bystanders would have to stand clear of the shrapnel when my knees exploded. I rarely go above 80-82 gear-inches. I'd be pining for my 15-19 gear-inch lows, but it would be difficult to fit a small enough chainring to get them.
I fitted Sherpa with a 9-sp 44/32/22 x 12-36 that worked well for me as a crossover (see below). I was hot to try it as a half-step, but never did.
Makes my Nomad's 36x17, 15-80 gear-inch Rohloff setup look even more attractive....
All the best,
Dan.
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tbh i always thought mega range was a good idea, I don't need cadence on the hills around here just the lowest gear i can get, could do with a fewer higher gears, but only for belting down hill trying to get enough momentum to get up the next without having to drop the whole cassette ::) hills ::) get you fit though :)
Makes my Nomad's 36x17, 15-80 gear-inch Rohloff setup look even more attractive....
15-80 gear inch ??? I just can't get my head around that, you must pedal like a hummingbird, as i'd go into meltdown trying to pedal with 80 as my highest gear, i'd like 15" bottom end though
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you must pedal like a hummingbird
Yep. 110-120rpm all day long. Bad knees from a car wreck in my teens demands a fast, light-pressure cadence. If my cadence drops below 85rpm, I get off and push.
All the best,
Dan.