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ParticipantI think both widths have their place on this type of bike.
I like my pedals close in as possible, so I’d prefer a 68mm shell. On the other hand, as you say, a wider 73mm shell or a 68mm with spacers might help large chainrings to clear chainstays designed to fit fatter tires.
FWIW, the Elephant NFE I’m patiently waiting for has a 68mm shell, but can fit a 2.1″ wide 650b/27.5 tire. My understanding from their FAQ is that the tradeoff for getting the narrow pedal stance with such a wide tire is that the big chainring needs to be under 50t and the small ring should be 34t or smaller.
Participant@vvill 155205 wrote:
If you are going to be locking up a lot in public places and Metro stations I would consider a cheaper or used bike.
For sure. Cheap old mountain bikes make great budget commuters and “adventure bikes”, especially for overnight trips.
ParticipantI don’t think you can go wrong with any of the bikes mentioned.
For my taste, the Kona Rove ST and the Soma Wolverine (in XO-1 orange) look terrific, especially for tire clearance. The matte black Sequoia is too hormonal for my taste, but the 2×9 drivetrain is practical. I’m baffled by the Sequoia’s seat tube angle … 75.5 degrees for the 52cm frame? Too-steep seat tubes are a fact of life for shorter folks shopping for production bikes, but I must be missing something else.
On a sidenote, I wouldn’t leave any of the bikes mentioned here locked up on the street or at a Metro station for very long, regardless of lock quality. Especially if it has disc brakes, which say “this is an expensive bike” to would-be thieves.
February 15, 2017 at 7:00 pm in reply to: Going from a triple to a double – what don’t I know? #1066180Participant@TwoWheelsDC 155052 wrote:
So of course this thread got me thinking about the FD and RD situations on my gravel/commuter bike, both of which have been driving me nuts because neither will run both quietly and shift smoothly…it also reminded me that I was hoping to get a 1×11 drivetrain when I bought the bike, but was only available on much higher end bikes. Finally, it reminded me that I had some OT money to blow without risking my wife’s wrath. So…a SRAM Rival 1 set is now en route to my house. Went with a 42t chainring with 11-36 cassette, which I hope will be well-suited to my commute that has both C&O and a long ass hill…much more lower speed stuff that would’ve made a 50t overkill and necessitated a 42t cog and long cage derailleur out back. Yay impulse buys!
We’re going to need to see before and after pictures.
February 13, 2017 at 6:55 pm in reply to: Going from a triple to a double – what don’t I know? #1066018Participant@ShawnoftheDread 154928 wrote:
Just putting this out there as the voice of the boring, but why do anything? So you have a granny gear you never use. Just continue not to use it. Unless you break a brifter or a crank or FD, just leave it alone.
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A valid point. Phrased differently: “Why don’t you buy some different new thing for your bike?”
February 13, 2017 at 5:48 pm in reply to: Going from a triple to a double – what don’t I know? #1066006Participant@jrenaut 154907 wrote:
If I switched to 48 and 11-42, that would be 30 to 116.
I think a 48 tooth single speed chainring would hit your chainstay, if you tried to mount it to your current crank’s middle position. You could put it on the outside, but I think cross chaining would be pretty bad in the low gears.
There’s another option, popular with the Bicycle Quarterly crowd, a 46/30. But cranksets for that combo are uncommon and pricey. Sugino OX, White Industries, Compass, etc.
FWIW, my bike is very similar to your Volpe, same geo, 32mm tires. I’ve tried many things on it but have settled on a 46/36/26. I’m not as strong as you, but everyone can use a triple on a windy day like today.February 13, 2017 at 3:32 pm in reply to: Going from a triple to a double – what don’t I know? #1065992ParticipantI agree with Hozn, go 1×10, for the novelty and weight savings. A 52/36 will replicate the gearing you have now, except it will eliminate your hill climbing gears. A 50/39 and a 52/36 have almost the same gear range, with a 11-28 cassette, which is what I’m guessing you have.
from Sheldon’s gear calculator:
52/36: 127 gear inches, 35 gear inches
50/39: 123 gear inches, 38 gear inches
50/39/30: 123 gear inches, 30 gear inches.Hozn, could jrenaut get a cheap taste of 1×10 by just removing the big and small rings on the current crankset, and front der, and replace the middle ring with a 38t or 40t WolfTooth? Prob couldn’t go bigger that that without hitting the chainstay, but that’d still be a 100″ high gear and 40″ low.
Participant@Steve O 80764 wrote:
I bought a Schmidt hub from him about 10 years ago. My light was stolen with my bike last summer (but the wheel with the dynamo hub was safely in the shed at the time–thankfully). I bought a new Lumotech light which was an upgrade from halogen to LED. I’m very happy. Note that these lights are designed with very specific beam patterns, which Peter White has photos of on his site.
Do Schmidt products go on sale in the spring? I’d like to finally bite the bullet and get a winter wheel, a generator hub and headlamp for my commuter bike. Maybe this spring or summer I’ll pony up for one. For now, I have a Cygolite Metro 300, and for me, it’s about the bare minimum for seeing what’s up ahead. It’s fine as a “be seen” light.
Ten years ago, before LEDs were common, cheap, and decent, I hacked together a Home Depot halogen accent bulb and a heavy sealed lead-acid battery. I must have read an instructable about it. Talk about an unfocused beam!
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ParticipantSounds like sooner or later someone is going to be hurt by this bully. I’m not advocating anyone confront him. But if he’s doing this routine every day, a helmet cam video of such bad behavior, a corresponding Strava link showing his speed, and a calm conversation with law enforcement might yield at least a warning.
February 8, 2017 at 6:11 pm in reply to: Open House Regarding Capital Bikeshare Stations at Gravelly Point & Roosevelt Island #1065650ParticipantRay, thanks for the opportunity to register an opinion. I’ve long been baffled by the addition of portable toilets in that location, for reasons of safety and aesethetics. So I don’t think a Bikeshare station right next to them is a great idea, either. The north or west sides of the parking lot is where I’d like to see a Bikeshare station. And the toilets.
February 6, 2017 at 9:12 pm in reply to: Citi Bikes to start projecting lasers onto the streets #1065536ParticipantI’m holding out for a device that projects custom text/images behind me, around curves, at a distance of up to 300 feet.
ParticipantCould be. The downtube was a bit oversized, so maybe it was an aluminum frame. Rider had a subpop patch on his backpack.
ParticipantParticipantTried googling but couldn’t identify the unmarked slate blue cyclocross bike that passed me this morning on Memorial Bridge. Rider was wearing yellow Ortlieb backpack. What a great looking bike. 35cm tires? Who makes it?
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