Originally Posted by
likebike23
bud16415, i'm looking at it from the perspective of someone who is going to pay a shop to do the work. i've done things exactly like you're talking about and just dealt with the problems as they arose or abandoned the idea if it was going to cost too much to make it to work. it can be fun to tinker with things but not on shop labor rates. btw, it doesn't look that bad, i would personally remove the chainguard and ride the hell out of it.
Ha ha, ya the chain guard would have gone but the mtn ring and crank behind it isn’t a thing of beauty either.
I just looked back in my notes as I have two wheel sets for that bike and the one shown is a 13,15,16,18,20,22,24 and the rings are 44,32 so it has a low gear of 35 GI and a high of 89 set up as shown. I was surprised 89 was more than enough and if lacking a little I would rather be able to climb and then coast the big hills when I spin out than pushing it up the hill.
I don’t know what a bike shop would say to the idea around here they won’t try to do much outside of the box.
I try and do what works for me and keeps me riding but also try and pay attention to how to put it all back if I need to.
And you are correct I do ride the hell out of it. So far no one has laughed at it. At least when I was there.