How many cogs in your rear?
06-23-07 | 06:08 AM
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How many cogs in your rear?
Wheel that is?
Reading another thread and a response by Rad got me thinking about drivetrain changes over time. Even a modest collection can span a large part of roadbike gearing history so to speak.
Anyways on a Motobecane Gran Jubile I've got the classic 5 speed freewheel, on 2 other bikes I have a 6 and a mid80s C'dale has a 7 speed. I don't have any of the real old 3-4 gear FWs but I think that covers the availability from the 70s to the end of the FW era pretty well.
(I know there was an 8 speed FW but I hear there's issues with running it)
My wife rides Campy Ergo 8, I have a Campy 9 at the in-laws in TX and my modern bike is Campy 10.
That covers 5-10 "speed." I do have a fixed gear so I guess that counts as a 1 speed. No internal gearing but that may change.
So how many cogs do you have back behind you?
Reading another thread and a response by Rad got me thinking about drivetrain changes over time. Even a modest collection can span a large part of roadbike gearing history so to speak.
Anyways on a Motobecane Gran Jubile I've got the classic 5 speed freewheel, on 2 other bikes I have a 6 and a mid80s C'dale has a 7 speed. I don't have any of the real old 3-4 gear FWs but I think that covers the availability from the 70s to the end of the FW era pretty well.
(I know there was an 8 speed FW but I hear there's issues with running it)
My wife rides Campy Ergo 8, I have a Campy 9 at the in-laws in TX and my modern bike is Campy 10.
That covers 5-10 "speed." I do have a fixed gear so I guess that counts as a 1 speed. No internal gearing but that may change.
So how many cogs do you have back behind you?
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06-23-07 | 06:42 AM
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Four bikes have 7, one has six.
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06-23-07 | 07:04 AM
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Bikes: 2018 Ghost Square Trekking B2.8 e-bike; 2015 MEC Cote gravel/touring bike; 1985 Boyes-Rosser tourer, now outfitted as Winter Trundle-bike
I Raleigh with 5 speed FW, one with a 6 (they are the same year), both with single chanrings. BRC touring bike, mid 80s, has 6 speed freewheel and a triple crankset. (She is getting a chain and new brakes this weekend... can't wait to take her out for a spin!)
06-23-07 | 07:29 AM
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Most of mine have one
I use internal gears
I do have a couple of multi speed dérailleur bikes. IIRC that are all 7 speed Deore LX drive train with triples in the front, and somewhere around the place I have a couple of 27" wheels with 5 speed freewheels on them, left over from the 70's. Main reason I kept them was the Wolber 58 rims.
Aaron
I use internal gears I do have a couple of multi speed dérailleur bikes. IIRC that are all 7 speed Deore LX drive train with triples in the front, and somewhere around the place I have a couple of 27" wheels with 5 speed freewheels on them, left over from the 70's. Main reason I kept them was the Wolber 58 rims.Aaron
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"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
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"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
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Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
06-23-07 | 07:33 AM
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Just to be different I once ran a 4 speed Atom FW for a while - the Atom and Regina FW bodies were really 4 speed anyway with the 5th cog overhanging on the outside. And I've had 2 and 3 cogs on Sturmey Archer AW hubs.
06-23-07 | 07:54 AM
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Single speed, and 5-6-7-8 and 9 cogs. Not counting the internal 3 speed S-A and 7 speed Shimano. Nothing with 10 cogs, I draw the line 9. At least until someone gives me one or I find a deal on CL 
06-23-07 | 08:24 AM
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As of this morning, I have 2, 3speeds; 5, 5 speeds; and 10, 6 speeds. (I gotta get rid of some bikes!)
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06-23-07 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Walter
Wheel that is?
Reading another thread and a response by Rad got me thinking about drivetrain changes over time. Even a modest collection can span a large part of roadbike gearing history so to speak.
Anyways on a Motobecane Gran Jubile I've got the classic 5 speed freewheel, on 2 other bikes I have a 6 and a mid80s C'dale has a 7 speed. I don't have any of the real old 3-4 gear FWs but I think that covers the availability from the 70s to the end of the FW era pretty well.
(I know there was an 8 speed FW but I hear there's issues with running it)
My wife rides Campy Ergo 8, I have a Campy 9 at the in-laws in TX and my modern bike is Campy 10.
That covers 5-10 "speed." I do have a fixed gear so I guess that counts as a 1 speed. No internal gearing but that may change.
So how many cogs do you have back behind you?
Reading another thread and a response by Rad got me thinking about drivetrain changes over time. Even a modest collection can span a large part of roadbike gearing history so to speak.
Anyways on a Motobecane Gran Jubile I've got the classic 5 speed freewheel, on 2 other bikes I have a 6 and a mid80s C'dale has a 7 speed. I don't have any of the real old 3-4 gear FWs but I think that covers the availability from the 70s to the end of the FW era pretty well.
(I know there was an 8 speed FW but I hear there's issues with running it)
My wife rides Campy Ergo 8, I have a Campy 9 at the in-laws in TX and my modern bike is Campy 10.
That covers 5-10 "speed." I do have a fixed gear so I guess that counts as a 1 speed. No internal gearing but that may change.
So how many cogs do you have back behind you?
Mondonico: 7, but it's getting upgraded to Campy 10 eventualy
Woodrup: 7, with a triple in front
Trek 610: 7 speed megarange FW
While the mondo is a vintage 1985 or so frame, it's the fastest and least collectible, so it's the best candidate for modernizing. The Masi is collectible and the Woodrup is nice as a fendered distance bike. The Trek is ok, but I'm still not getting used to the steering. I think I need trail like the racy bikes have.
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06-23-07 | 12:07 PM
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No more than seven.
No less than one.
No less than one.
06-23-07 | 12:46 PM
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1 (S-A 3 spd), 5, 6, 6
Unlike premium beverages, 6 is my limit. All my frames are from the 70's with rear spacing designed for 5-speeds. The two 6-speeds are Suntour FW's designed to replace a 5-speed.
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Unlike premium beverages, 6 is my limit. All my frames are from the 70's with rear spacing designed for 5-speeds. The two 6-speeds are Suntour FW's designed to replace a 5-speed.
Best Wishes!
06-23-07 | 12:51 PM
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I have only two bikes at the moment with rear clusters, one 6 speed and one 5 speed. Everything else is single speed or 3/4 internal gears. However, I'm waiting on a couple of frames to arrive soon that'll be set up with six or seven in the rear (one with a double crank and one with a triple). They'll both be 135mm spacing, so I suppose I could go gear crazy, but I never seem to use more than a couple on my rides.
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06-23-07 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by wahoonc
Most of mine have one I use internal gears I do have a couple of multi speed dérailleur bikes. IIRC that are all 7 speed Deore LX drive train with triples in the front, and somewhere around the place I have a couple of 27" wheels with 5 speed freewheels on them, left over from the 70's. Main reason I kept them was the Wolber 58 rims.
Aaron
I use internal gears I do have a couple of multi speed dérailleur bikes. IIRC that are all 7 speed Deore LX drive train with triples in the front, and somewhere around the place I have a couple of 27" wheels with 5 speed freewheels on them, left over from the 70's. Main reason I kept them was the Wolber 58 rims.Aaron
my Staiger actually has a 24 speed drive train so it has 8 in the back...Aaron
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ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
06-23-07 | 02:33 PM
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Bikes: Steve Rex, Seven Axiom, Felt Z1, Dave Moulton Fuso
Fuso - 6
Pinarello - 6
Giordana - 1, but it's hooked to 8 internal gears
Ironhorse - 9
Trek - 10
Tete - 10 (eventually)
Pinarello - 6
Giordana - 1, but it's hooked to 8 internal gears
Ironhorse - 9
Trek - 10
Tete - 10 (eventually)
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Bikes: have about 30 bikes right now
4 on an old motobicane, 8 on a miyata nine 16, 5 and 6 all over the place and a 7 cassette that I'm saving for I dont know what. Oh and 3 speed internal and a couple 1 speeds. I have too many bikes
