IGH vs. Derailer
04-18-11 | 03:54 PM
#151
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Suffered a serious back injury and have permanent / partial nerve damage which affects my lower back, hip, and left leg... it works intermittently and can be a little ****zy as the signals are messed up so my right leg does most of the heavy lifting.
Cycling has been very good therapy and my physio and doctor say that aside from the not being able to feel my left foot and the whole chronic pain thing I am in pretty great shape... my physician and physiotherapist are both cyclists and my doctor jokes that he would not be able to keep up to me on a bike. My physiotherapist is a tri-guy so I get to rag on him about not really being a cyclist and he always picks my brain for tips on how to ride faster and get more out of his bike.
Cycling has been very good therapy and my physio and doctor say that aside from the not being able to feel my left foot and the whole chronic pain thing I am in pretty great shape... my physician and physiotherapist are both cyclists and my doctor jokes that he would not be able to keep up to me on a bike. My physiotherapist is a tri-guy so I get to rag on him about not really being a cyclist and he always picks my brain for tips on how to ride faster and get more out of his bike.
Well, sorry to hear about your nerve issues anyway.
12-27-11 | 10:20 PM
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Opinions vary greatly of course but my own opinion is that the best two setups for commuting bikes are the IGH or the 8-speed mountain derailleur with a single cog up front and a friction shifter. Same effect with both but one is obviously cheaper. Just my opinion, I know some people feel comfortable commuting on time trial bikes and that's cool too...
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12-27-11 | 11:25 PM
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sixty fiver said,
back in the era of the Kennedy admin, I put together my 3 cubed 27 speed,
finding a snap-ring fitted solid slug of steel, with 3 cogs, to fit on the AW3
and a cottered steel triple crank, I rode around the county,
coping with 3 downtube friction levers , each making 3 gear selections.
Guess I could run a double and a front derailleur if I wanted a 12 speed that incorporated an IGH but then my head would explode trying to run three shifters.
finding a snap-ring fitted solid slug of steel, with 3 cogs, to fit on the AW3
and a cottered steel triple crank, I rode around the county,
coping with 3 downtube friction levers , each making 3 gear selections.
12-30-11 | 02:43 PM
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