Originally Posted by
LeeG
I'm guessing that's a freewheel and not a cassette back there ? Anywho what do you mean "better range" as that's a wide range of gears and all of them quite useful.
The challenge is finding a freewheel,,maybe someone has a 7 speed Sachs(?) freewheel out there and you can get the equivalent gears plus one bigger,,but do you need that low of a gear?
It's a good bike. I forget are the wheels 700c or 27"?
Yes, As I just learned from
Sheldon article what is on the bike now is a freewheel.
What I mean by better range is something to climb better with and I felt that the 28 to 44 was to big of a jump.
I am not sure how low of a gear I need. My plan with bike is to do a cross country loaded tour. But since I have never done one before I am not sure how low or I high I need to go.
The wheels are 700. I am liking the bike. My current derailleur is bent (as you see above) but the only way it is effecting me now is I can not get in my high and low cog and sometimes it shifts by its self when I hit pot holes or high vibrating roads. Anyway, I am enjoying the learning process I have had with it so far. I am glad I bought it over getting a new Long Haul Trucker where I would just be riding something new without knowing much about it.
Thanks for your input.