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Old 03-11-19 | 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by pierro78
Would you think they have improved the gearing span ?
It doesn't look like it, from the pictures and specs I've seen.

Dahon seems enamored with this three speed derailleur set up. Now, all gearing systems involve some compromise of design. With only three gears, the designer has to trade off step size vs. total range. For the last 100 years or so, the common set up among three-speed hub manufacturers was steps of 30~35% and an overall range of ~180%.

Dahon could mimic this with their three-speed derailleur system by fitting, say, 9-12-16T cogs. Instead, they've gone with finer steps of 18~22% (9-11-13T) and an overall range of only ~144%. As near as I can tell, all their three speed derailleur models (EEZZ D3, K3, Qiz D3, Dove D3, etx.) use these narrow range cogs on proprietary, narrow OLD hubs.

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