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05-16-05 | 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Patriot

How about put one ring on each side of the BB shell, the 39 on the left, the 53 on the right. Then split the cassette with the climbing gears on the left, and the higher speed gears on the right? Two chains two smaller freehubs, double chains that freewheel, and dual acting ders working together? How's that for engineering?

Now you can have even dish in your wheel. There, dish problem solved.

Interesting idea but it seems it would make your pedaling a bit jerky. Since your left side would be a one gear ratio and your right side would be at a larger gear ratio. You would be pedalling harder with your right foot because of the higher ratio on that side.

But I had a similar idea a few weeks back. Chainrings on both sides but with fewer teeth and the rear gears would have fewer teeth too. This is to get the same gear ratios as you would with the chainrings on the same side.

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