Standalone
03-05-09, 11:24 PM
The Dahon site used to say something like 34-82, but it's now at 41-78 or something. A year old thread in the Dahon forum notes the wider spread, too. What changed?
Folding Bikes - D7HG gear inches changed?
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jur
03-06-09, 12:54 AM
The new site had may errors. Check it out for yourself using Sheldon Brown's gear calc.
JosephLMonti
03-06-09, 07:16 AM
Actually the website says 42-78 for 2009 and 34-84 for 2008. Nevertheless, I'm glad that you caught this b/c the Vitesse D7HG is on my radar screen at the moment and I was focused on the change in reach (620-640 for 2008 & 610-635 for 2009). It doesn't appear that the frame/handlepost has changed, so why the difference?
rhenning
03-06-09, 07:31 AM
Different gearing in the hub? Roger
Standalone
03-06-09, 09:05 AM
My LBS has some '08 Curves, and I think I might be able to get them to stretch out the discount they were offering in Feb. Rather than trying to track down an '08 D7HG, I guess I'll go w/ the curve, since I'll truly only be using it for bike/train commuting, not for plane travel/touring or anything else. Now that I'm not in NYC, I don't need a do-it-all folder....
And I fit on the curve! At six foot four!
And I fit on the curve! At six foot four!
Standalone
03-06-09, 01:36 PM
I looked at the 2008 archive on the Dahon site, and saw that the Vitesse D3 was 41-77. I'm guessing that they accidentally entered those in, rather than there being any change to the hub itself. Nothing else would indicate that anything changed in the production run.