Originally Posted by
ls01
Trimming the front is entirely normal. If the manufacturer made the front derailure wide enough to use all of the rear cogs without trimming then the front wouldnt work, it would be to wide to shift the chain. Besides you are not supposed to use all of the cogs in the rear from the same ring up front this is known a s cross chaining and is hard on the bikes components. do a search on cross chainingand read.
Thanks. I'm not quite sure what crosschaining was...something about the chain...and wear...and I'm just so confused.
But in all seriousness, I guess what I was getting at was I'm under the impression there is less trimming involved with a double as opposed to a triple. Is this true? I understand the reason for trim, but that's my main gripe with my triple. And I guess the way I ride, I cross chain the crap out of my 39 all the time...but it also helps to know I've got a junior gearing cassette on the rear. I haven't gotten around to changing it/I don't have the tools or experience for it.
Originally Posted by
urbanknight
One of my gay friends uses the term "hetero" to express dislike of something, to "counterbalance the use of the term gay".
I understand most people don't even think of the implications of slang words sometimes. I think I just get up in arms about this one because the slang definition in this context makes gay = bad or wrong.
Yeah, I wasn't really arguing with you as much as just adding my .02. You are absolutely correct that you could. I just pointed out the futility in it. Actually, getting a double RD because the shop is out of triples makes perfect sense to me, although I would have worried it wouldn't reach the outter ring with the wider Q factor. Apparently it wasn't an issue.
Ditto here.
Originally Posted by
chadteck
Gotta love BF's ability to stay on topic.
Page 1: Discussion about double vs. triple crankset
Page 5: Discussion about the derogatory use of the word "gay"
What else would you expect of BF? I would be sad if a thread like this stayed on topic....especially seeing it go from 2 pages to 5 overnight.