Originally Posted by
Bill Kapaun
...and made a- 13-14-15-16-18-21-26.
I expect I'll "tweak it" when the warmer weather arrives and my joints & muscles are in better shape. I'll probably change the 3 largest cogs to 17, 19 & 24. ...
It is always great to hear from a fellow gear head!
Some of you guys have seen my gearing before. For road bikes, I favor very close ratios between 50 and 90 gear-inches (1st and 3rd on an old English 3-speed), where I spend most of my time, with bottom gears in the 40s and top gears in the 90s:
Bianchi: 50-42 / 14-16-18-20-23-26
Capo #2: 49-46 / 14-16-18-21-24-26
Peugeot: 45-42 / 13-15-17-20-23-26
Schwinn mountain bike: 48-40-28 (or 48-40-24) / 13-15-17-19-22-24-26
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069