Originally Posted by fender1
Thanks for the reply. I think it is your fillet brazed Redcay(?) that is the inspiration for this thread. I have a line on a Super Sport for about $50 so it seemed like an interesting project. How do you have your bike geared?
The Super Sport was my touring bike until I replaced it in 2001 with my PBW Rohloff. It was a wide range hybrid gearing system (this use of the term "hybrid" predates hybrid bikes). I put two cogs on the AW hub, 18 and 21 (half-step), and a 52-48-21 triple in front (quarter-step-plus-granny). The overall range was 514%, 20 to 104 gear inches, 18 usable gears with no overlap. I used this setup, with minor variations, for close to 20 years of touring, including a 7,000 mile USA camping tour in 1987. I made the 21 tooth chainring myself, since there was nothing smaller than 26 available then. I still have the bike, but haven't ridden it for more than 5 years, and have cannibalized some of its parts.