Originally Posted by
bbattle
What's the most dramatic shifting your friction shifters can do?
I've set my Paramount up with Suntour Power Ratchet shifters, Campy SR FD, SR RD, Suntour 13-23 6spd, and a 50-34 Campy Veloce crankset. I catch all the gears except for the small-small(34-13)
I've seen new bikes with triple cranks(52-39-30) and cassettes with a 34T bailout gear. That would be some kind of push on a downtube shifter to hit that gear. Or do you sacrifice hitting the higher gears in order to get the lowest one?
I have a couple that I think of as being dramatic... whether or not they actually are... I am not sure.
My Raleigh gran sport has a triple that I think is (52-48-30) and a 32 or 34 low gear in the back. The 5 speed freewheel has a 6 or 8 tooth jump right in the middle of it! Nothing a Suntour VGT luxe can't handle
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