by Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 19, 2008 at 06:26 PM
Chalo Colina wrote:
> Tom Sherman wrote:
>> ChaloColina wrote:
>>> Adam Kadlubek wrote:
>>>> Sugino XD 152mm length, 110 BCD with custom rings (61 TASpecialities,
>>>> 46 ****mano and 34 Stronglight). Long bolts to keep it all together.
>>> Perhaps you'd be better able to "gear down" with your legs (instead of
>>> an umpteen-speed cluster) if you used adult-sized cranks.
>> And perhaps Adam would hurt his knees if he used "adult-sized cranks".
>> Do not assume that just because longer cranks and a lower cadence works
>> well on an upright, the same is true for a re***bent - the evidence so
>> far indicates the opposite.
>
> That sounds like another shortcoming of tried-and-rejected bike
> layout.
>
Pun intended?
Why would shorter cranks (for a given rider) being ideal on a re***bent
compared to an upright be a shortcoming?
> For what it's worth, I use 127mm cranks on my fixed-gear 'bent.
> That's to make up for the naturally short gearing:
>
> http://chalo.org
>
I liked the picture of the big wheel with the fluffy kitty in the seat
better.
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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
