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06-18-16 | 06:18 AM

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John E

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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;

Yup -- 1/3 step, to be precise.

I ran 50-47-44 / 14-16-19-23-26 on the Nishiki and 49-46-43 / 13-16-19-23-26 on my first Capo. The Nishiki had 13 usable and evenly-spaced gear ratios (no cross-chaining), and the Capo had 14 (small-small crosschain OK, no large-large). I was pretty happy with both setups, although when I converted the PKN-10 to tripe, I went with a more conventional close-ratio half-step-plus-granny: 48-45-34 / 13-15-17-19-21-24.

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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

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