Two Teeth — Big Difference
10-03-07 | 12:40 PM
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Bikes: 1982 Lotus Legend (steel-frame touring bike); 1982 Fuji S10S (converted to a singlespeed: 46x16); Specialized Crossroads hybrid (the child taxi).
Two Teeth — Big Difference
On the one hand, I am happy.
My excellent LBS took back my Origin8 crankset, which was just garbage. (Crankarm kept unscrewing itself, and the aluminum was just destroyed; chainring bolts fell out or simply snapped when tightened.) They agreed that it was poor quality, and they gave me a Sugino XD to replace it, asking me only to pay the difference. Nice.
On the other hand, I am slow now.
I wouldn't have thought there'd be that much difference between a 46x16 (Origin8) and a 48x16 (Sugino). But people are just bombing past me on hills, leaving me idling at red lights.
Two teeth, big difference. I sort of prefer the old Bobby Clarke.
New, "improved."
Original flavor.
My excellent LBS took back my Origin8 crankset, which was just garbage. (Crankarm kept unscrewing itself, and the aluminum was just destroyed; chainring bolts fell out or simply snapped when tightened.) They agreed that it was poor quality, and they gave me a Sugino XD to replace it, asking me only to pay the difference. Nice.
On the other hand, I am slow now.
I wouldn't have thought there'd be that much difference between a 46x16 (Origin8) and a 48x16 (Sugino). But people are just bombing past me on hills, leaving me idling at red lights.
Two teeth, big difference. I sort of prefer the old Bobby Clarke.
New, "improved."
Original flavor.
10-03-07 | 12:56 PM
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You think? Feels like it's in my legs.
10-03-07 | 06:20 PM
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Its amazing how fast a 48x16 will go*
*After a full summer of riding 100+ miles a week, going balls to the walls, not working... or sleeping... and eating enough to build some muscle. Spinning that gear, doesn't suck.
** Whats worse is remembering that, after three months off the bike... "I swear... these aren't my legs!"
*After a full summer of riding 100+ miles a week, going balls to the walls, not working... or sleeping... and eating enough to build some muscle. Spinning that gear, doesn't suck.
** Whats worse is remembering that, after three months off the bike... "I swear... these aren't my legs!"
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10-03-07 | 07:16 PM
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10-03-07 | 07:40 PM
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Go for it. Post your hesitations, get the my-dad-is-a-high-school-football-coach-in-Texas treatment from your peers, and you won't believe how quickly you'll fly up hills. Worked for me. Thanks, guys!
10-03-07 | 09:24 PM
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10-03-07 | 09:31 PM
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10-03-07 | 09:32 PM
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I think he means slower accelerating.
But to the OP: Doesn't it feel awesome when you get up to speed in the flat stretches? You just gotta get used to mashing that stuff. I dropped a few teeth from my chainring and I hated it at first, but now I'm better at spinning and I'll just be all the faster for it if I ever go back.
But to the OP: Doesn't it feel awesome when you get up to speed in the flat stretches? You just gotta get used to mashing that stuff. I dropped a few teeth from my chainring and I hated it at first, but now I'm better at spinning and I'll just be all the faster for it if I ever go back.
10-03-07 | 10:10 PM
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I'm just surprised that I can feel such a small difference so clearly.