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Originally Posted by daredevil
Somebody suggested a single cog in back with triple chain rings. Have any of you ever done that or seen a bike like that? Good idea, bad idea, stupid idea?
Someone posted a link to a bike that had a setup like that,only it had a Nexus hub on the rear. Can't remember what model,you'd have to search through the Commuter forum. Shimano makes a tesioner so you run multiple rings up front with an SS rear.

Seems to me you'd do better running a single front ring with a cassette on the rear. Just front rings are going to give you some pretty big jumps in gears.
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