The conventional wisdom is that 34 teeth is the smallest inner chainring on 110mm bolt circle. This gave a 27 inch low gear with a 34 tooth freewheel and 27 inch wheels back in the day, which was considered fine for loaded touring. Anyone else remember shifting a 5 speed 14-34 tooth freewheel? Your cadence went from sewing machine to pile driver with one pull of the rear derailleur lever. Aah, memories--
Tom Adams
Manhattan, KS
From: David Kulcinski <dkulcinski@yahoo.com> Subject: [CR] Sugino Inner Chainring To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 6:33 PM
Can anyone tell me what might be the SMALLEST inner chainring that I could use on my Maxy? It has a 110 BCD, 52T outer and using a Shimano 600 front derailleur.
Thank you,
David Kulcinski
Orange, CA