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I really like a friction shifted wide range double myself.
This setup with two stainless steel rings is the dream
I really like a friction shifted wide range double myself.
This setup with two stainless steel rings is the dream
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MisterMikkel
@Browndonneur
Delivery from SJS this morning with chainrings, DT cable stops and a 8sp KMC chain.
Sounds odd but I quite like the BRANDING overload here as it'll hopefully tone down the build a little from looking too curated (he says, with a CK headset and lugged seatpost). The 104/64 duo spiders are becoming hard to come by; I managed to get this one off eBay for something like £32 after quite a bidding frenzy.
The Riv had a 30t 1x and 11-40t cassette which was perfect for last year's South Downs Overnighter (0.75 low, 2.73 high). I did a lil write-up of that experience here.
I doubt I'll ever come across hills steeper than those, so that gearing is now my benchmark and one which I want to replicate on the Bassi, but with some more high-end.
26t/38t with the same 40t cassette provides 0.65 low and 3.45 high which should be the best of both worlds? I surprised myself by winching my way up the Chapman's Pool incline during last year's BITW with a 0.80 (32t 1x and 40t) so a 0.65 should be brill.
Equivalent 1x would be a 38t chainring with a 11-48t cassette. That'd give the same high-end of 3.45 but a low of 0.79 rather than 0.65. Didn't fancy buying even more new bits though and think a 2x really suits a build of this sort.
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