Pat Lamb <
[email protected]> wrote in
news:
[email protected]:
> I think it's more of an issue in rolling terrain. Slog up a hill,
> crest it and start down, and you may have a 15-20 mph difference in
> just a few seconds. More than three clicks, and I start wondering,
> "Are we there yet?"
>
I just recently got a new bike and went from an old "half step" gearing
setup with friction bar-end shifters to a conventional ErgoPower drive
train.
It's not so much that I need to shift through lots of gears quickly in
order to maximize my power. (I'm just not that powerful to begin with.
<grin>)
In the old setup, I could change one gear by using the front derailleur
(alone or perhaps needing to also shift once in the rear), or get a
couple of gear steps by using the rear alone.
With the new setup, the gears tend to run consecutively in the rear alone
until I get to the point where I need to switch the front and then run
the rear up or down by 3-4 cogs. For example, say I've gone from 39/15 to
39/14, the next shift would be 53/17 (or if I'm comfortable in the 39/14,
but anticipate I will spin out soon, I might want to shift to 53/19 which
gives me the same ratio as before, but leaves me with more options.) With
the ErgoPower, it's easy to press in on both handles simultaneously to
make the shift in one smooth move. The same is true going back from 53/19
to a lower gear: a long press of both the side buttons and I'm there.
Sure it wouldn't be THAT big a deal if I had to press the button multiple
times, but I like the way it works.
Cheers,
David