Originally Posted by
jonwvara
Well, you could always do the old 52-47-42 triple. Sort of a corncob front.
Been there ... done that for about 20 years. Actually, I did a 49-46-43 / 13-16-19-23-26 14-speed (large-large cross deliberately redundant w/ 43/23), as well as a 50-47-44 / 14-16-19-23-26 13-speed (both crosschains redundant). When I worked at Bikecology, we converted one chap's Nishiki to a 54-50-47 / 14-18-22-28-34, using only the 50T ring, five long stackbolts and a long spindle. I kind of like "third-step" gearing.
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