Re: [CR] The Alex Singer on French Ebay

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From: "Kai Hilbertz" <khilbertz@googlemail.com>
To: Jan Heine <heine94@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <a062309c3c5a054136c04@[192.168.1.33]>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:37:48 +0100
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Cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] The Alex Singer on French Ebay


Jan. 24, 09

Hello Jan, cc List,

do you personally prefer 48/32, as stated? That would mean a BCD of 94 (or smaller), and then you could go smaller with the inner chainring. Or were you referring to 48/33 or 48/34 with a BCD of 110? What do you use in the rear?

Greets

Kai Hilbertz Munich, Germany
> My Alex Singer was designed for a different rider who specified a
> 52-42-32 triple, but I prefer a 48-32 compact double,

On 24.01.2009, at 06:28, Jan Heine wrote:
> Just as a by the way, you still can change the front chainring size
> by 2-4 teeth without problems, because the diameter of those rings
> doesn't vary that much. (4 teeth out of 50 is only 8%.) Considering
> that most Singers were originally set up for 50-tooth or 48-tooth
> chainrings, it appears unlikely that you'd need to change them by
> much more than that.
>
> Jan Heine
> Editor
> Bicycle Quarterly
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