Half step gearing- never mind "third step"- out on the road as opposed to on paper, always struck me as a bit annoying to ride as my vintage shifting kit inevitably seems to shift faster and smoother between cogs on the block compared to shifts between chainrings.
Maybe it's just me though.
Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:22:37 -0400, Peter Jon White
<lists@peterwhitecycles.com> wrote:
> Tom Sanders wrote:
>
> > Peter,
> > You sure caught my eye with that one. Never heard of a triple step
> > gearing. Can you enlighten me some?
> > Thanks,
> > Tom Sanders
>
> I should have written "third step", not triple step. Just as a half step
> gives you one half of the gear change in back, a third step would give
> you one third of the gear change that you would get in back.
>
> So, for instance, if each shift in back was a 18% change in gear inches,
> each shift in front would be about a 6% change.
>
> I'm just speculating, since I don't know what the total range he has in
> back, not do I know how many cogs he's got.
>
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