Originally Posted by
Bandera
'74 Raleigh International now set-up as a town bike.
The hybrid AW/Cyclo 3 cog derail set-up gives a reasonable range & the ability to shift when stopped.
Need to add a dynamo lighting system.
-Bandera
Another vote here for hybrid gearing --
As a UCLA student I enjoyed commuting on an old Armstrong 3-speed with drop bars and a 4-speed Cyclo conversion kit. The 40/14-16-18-20 derailleur gears coupled with the standard Sturmey Archer AW 0.75/1.0/1.33 progression gave me the ratiometric equivalent of 53-40-30/14-16-18-20, a 39 to 99 gear-inch range on 26" wheels. That was one of the most fun bike transmission I ever owned.
My current transportation bikes are the Schwinn Project KOM-10 mountain bike and the Peugeot UO-8. with its 45-42/13-26 12-speed half-step gearing, which has a very practical range of 43 to 93 gear-inches.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069