In a message dated 9/22/2003 8:05:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net writes:
> I think that the consensus in regard to 52-38-28 on the Bates was that if
> the middle and outer ring have a difference of more than 10 teeth, the
> problem I experience in having to shift from the inner all the way to the
> outer, then down to the middle ring is pretty much inevitable. So one
> assumes that with a 52-40-26 you'll also have to shift from inner to middle
> by way of the outer.
>
Somewhere along the way either, in a Frank Berto or Rivendell article, was the guidance that the difference between the small cog and middle cog should be greater than the difference between large and middle cogs. i.e.; 26-44-48 is good, 26-36-54 is not. Seems to hold true.
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA