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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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Bikes: 2015 Charge Plug, 2007 Dahon Boardwalk, 1997 Nishiki Blazer, 1984 Nishiki International, 2006 Felt F65, 1989 Dahon Getaway V
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Got the crank adapter $14. Went to the bike co-op and picked up a 130 BCD square taper crank plus a square taper narrow-tube sealed cartridge bearing for $10 (!). The largest chainring they had was 53, only one tooth bigger than what I have now. So I found a 130BCD 60T chainring on Ali Express for $18 including shipping.
I'm at 64 gear inches now with the 13-28 gear cluster. So for about $45 bucks I will increase top gear to 79 gear inches. And then I will test it out and see if somehow it will work with the 11-32. And if it does, it would be 92 gear inches which is just under the 95 of the boardwalk. But that would mean another $50 for another cluster since I need the 11-32 for the Boardwalk. And maybe 79 gear inches will be good enough for this bike, since I'm not sure how fast I want to go on it anyway.
I probably won't get to this until after new years, so I hope to have an update by February 2024.