[CR]Was: [DR] Whassup w/ these Nervar rings, Now: 54 tooth touring ring

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Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:50:27 -0400
From: "Daniel Artley" <hydelake@verizon.net>
To: "Classic Rendezvous" <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
cc: "Artley, Dan" <dartley@baltimorecountymd.gov>
Subject: [CR]Was: [DR] Whassup w/ these Nervar rings, Now: 54 tooth touring ring

54 x 49 is half step gearing on a touring bike, and the five tooth difference typically would be a half jump between gears in the rear of a 14-32 freewheel. It wouldn't be a matter of riding the "big ring" or not. You would be constantly shifting the front for fine tuning. One of my favorite gears on my half step geared touring bike is the 53x13, which would be higher than a 54x14 perhaps of the day. Coasting down hills may be for many tourists, but I like to have a bit of pedal power going to help handling. At least it feels safer to me! Especially with the downhill speeds a loaded bike can attain.

Happy trails,

Dan Artley in Parkton, Maryland USA

"52's don't cut it!" to paraphrase John Howard, the gentleman who handed me my Campy Catalog #17 at the New York Bike show in 1974? What a dope I was for not getting it autographed!

<<<Jerry Moos wrote:>>> Archive-URL: http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10808. 0022.eml Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 16:14:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos(AT)sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [CR]What is up with these Nervar chainrings?

<<< ... Unnecessary stuff ... They (Schwinn) also made a habit of using a 54T outer ring on touring bikes, either paired with a 40T inner on a double, or as the outer on a triple. It wasn't so bad on a touring Paramount with a 54-49-36 Campy NR triple, where one probably rode the middle ring most of the time, but a 54T outer on a touring double makes no sense. The only time most tourists would use a 54T would be on a downhill steep enough they would probably coast anyway.
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    Jerry Moos
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