RE: [CR] Gear ratios, was: Scorcher or Potterer...

(Example: Framebuilders:Chris Pauley)

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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 08:31:33 -0800
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Jan Heine" <heine93@earthlink.net>
Subject: RE: [CR] Gear ratios, was: Scorcher or Potterer...


Lovely indeed... Interesting that today, most recreational riders "need" a high gear of 120 or more... I guess that dates me - on most courses, I could live with a bike that had both a 90 and a 65 inch gear. Only on steep hills do I need a lower gear. Higher than 90? For non-racing applications, no thanks! -- Jan Heine, Seattle Editor/Publisher Vintage Bicycle Quarterly http://www.mindspring.com/~heine/bikesite/bikesite/

Chuck,that's a great bit.Written at a time when fixed hubs were the standard,and coaster pegs were used by some.65 or 90s-- Corbin had a two speed ,sturmey was to build one 10 years later,and free wheels were "new" !

sam lingo pleasanton tx