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Anyone tow one of these??? Just bought one. The bike I have it hooked up to currently has 52 & 42 front chainrings, and a 12-21 7 speed rear cluster. First ride found this to be woefully inadeqate. I normally dont use less than the 19 on normal road riding. I dont want to spend much money (its a pretty old road bike). What are some opions. Would a cluster going to 28 be enough? Paul |
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Katharine & Paul wrote:
Hello all! Anyone tow one of these??? Just bought one. The bike I have it hooked up to currently has 52 & 42 front chainrings, and a 12-21 7 speed rear cluster. First ride found this to be woefully inadeqate. I normally dont use less than the 19 on normal road riding. I dont want to spend much money (its a pretty old road bike). What are some opions. Would a cluster going to 28 be enough? Paul Depends on the terrain you're in, but around my house it's pretty hilly and most rides with the trailer bike I get at least some use out of the 28 (front) 26 (rear) combo, especially if my daughter is being lazy. DaveB |
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Katharine & Paul wrote:
Hello all! Anyone tow one of these??? Just bought one. The bike I have it hooked up to currently has 52 & 42 front chainrings, and a 12-21 7 speed rear cluster. The correct gear is determined by your speed, since legs like a constant cadence of around 80rpm. Bottom gear means hill-climbing, where speed is directly proportional to weight, so if 19 is OK normally, 28 should be plenty with the trailer. Does trailer plus toddler add 50% weight? HTH. |
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On 2006-10-23, Katharine & Paul wrote:
Hello all! Anyone tow one of these??? Just bought one. The bike I have it hooked up to currently has 52 & 42 front chainrings, and a 12-21 7 speed rear cluster. First ride found this to be woefully inadeqate. I normally dont use less than the 19 on normal road riding. I dont want to spend much money (its a pretty old road bike). What are some opions. Would a cluster going to 28 be enough? Paul Probably, if it's not you might be able to swap the inner chainring for a 39 which would give you a large range of low gears, if you're in Melbourne the CERES bicycle re-cycle shed provide the parts and know-how to do this much cheaper then a bike store. Cheers Joel |
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Katharine & Paul Wrote: Hello all! Anyone tow one of these??? Just bought one. The bike I have it hooked up to currently has 52 & 42 front chainrings, and a 12-21 7 speed rear cluster. First ride found this to be woefully inadeqate. I normally dont use less than the 19 on normal road riding. I dont want to spend much money (its a pretty old road bike). What are some opions. Would a cluster going to 28 be enough? Paul Depends on the engine and the terrain really. I use a MTB for mine but there are no really long big hills where I take it. A big hill into a strong headwind would have me looking for something lower than 42-28. Adam -- adam85 |
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adam85 wrote: Katharine & Paul Wrote: Hello all! Anyone tow one of these??? Just bought one. The bike I have it hooked up to currently has 52 & 42 front chainrings, and a 12-21 7 speed rear cluster. First ride found this to be woefully inadeqate. I normally dont use less than the 19 on normal road riding. I dont want to spend much money (its a pretty old road bike). What are some opions. Would a cluster going to 28 be enough? Paul Depends on the engine and the terrain really. I use a MTB for mine but there are no really long big hills where I take it. A big hill into a strong headwind would have me looking for something lower than 42-28. Adam -- adam85 |
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Probably, if it's not you might be able to swap the inner chainring for a 39 which would give you a large range of low gears, if you're in Melbourne the CERES bicycle re-cycle shed provide the parts and know-how to do this much cheaper then a bike store. In Warwick - no where near Melbourne unfortunately Cheers Joel |
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Does trailer plus toddler add 50% weight? HTH. It would actually. I'm about 61kg. The Toddler is about 12kg at the moment. Trailer about 15kg |
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