Charlie Petry wrote:
Hi travelers TO THE CIRQUE things I will bring to the Cirque if you are interested - if no interest probably will be left home. <snip> TA tandem timing chainrings - 37t NEW $50 for the pair <snip> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Just a couple of notes borne of experience gained dearly: 1) If you intend to actually use these on a tandem, they may not work if the tandem currently has rings with an even number of teeth. Back in the day, R.E.W. Reynolds, our favorite off-shore supplier, and I discovered this the hard way, when he sent (43?) tooth rings for a Town & Country conversion I was doing. The eccentric didn't have enough throw to adjust properly for the odd-number rings; the boom tube length had been set for evens. Really. Moral: if you've got even, stay with even. And vice versa. 2) Sad as it might sound to break up the twins, I can't think of a reason one of these might not work as a single chainring on an old-guy town bike, for someone of comparative youth like me (65). If memory serves, the middle ring on my commmuter, the one I'm in 85% or more of the time, is a 38 or so - and I'm getting older by the day.
As usual, your mileage may vary.
harvey sachs mcLean va wishing I had time to prep for Cirque instead working on the honey-do list today and going to Colorado tomorrow. I just won't have any new Funkmeister special to bring; might have to make do with the old Alenax stair-stepper.