micro gearing

[lodge]

I'm old school but much prefer the look of a n/s bike with small gearing. When I look at old school bikes its the chain wheel that jumps out at me they just look huge, i rode a 44 in the nineties and was always cracking my ankle on it.

[perry]

they were always eating my jeans 

there was a time when you could tell another rider by the rip on their right leg

as im sure youl all know by now im very into old fords too and i was reading a copy of classic ford a few years ago and there was a pic of retro dave ( dave colledge ) who runs retro ford ( not the mag but converson parts for putting zetecs and duratecs into escorts and the like ) i noticed he had a ripped jean leg and insantly thought RIDER

sure enough at the classic ford show at the pod he turned up in his van with his escort on the A frame , opened the back and pulled out a hoffman taj then jumped on it and rode around the trade stands 

on more than a few occasions i would get caught and inevitably lean to the side i couldnt put my leg out 

a lot of the frames suit large rings as the height of the toptube would look huge with a 22 

about time for some pics

these frames look larger due to the tiny rings







i had a 28/10 on my blackbike years ago and really couldnt imagine smaller as the toptube is really high on those compared to the really new frames



a smallish frame makes this look huge , but still kinda cool



but this one looks just sooo right

[lodge]

Yeah, Ive been caught up in big chain rings a few times, Horrible feeling when you know your gonna crash and there's not a thing you can do coz your locked to your bike.
Some lovely bikes there.
Sean Burns runs massive chain wheel says it gives him more power!

[Lazarou]

talk about thread hijacking?

all i need now is laz or performer to start a massage onslaught


priv

I can honestly say i've never massaged a man before Greg.

[Gary72]

Just fitted this Colony 30t with a 13t at the rear on my son's Hoffman 16incher, should stop him hitting the coping was 34-14 before


My T-NEZ running 30-11

My wife's Cruiser running 33-15 was on 41-17, but I think this looks better



I run 39-14 on my race bikes, mainly because I cant afford a cass hub for the rear

[lazychubs]

i run 28 /10 used to run a shadow chain but snapped that about 6 times
now use the khe pro collaspe .never had a prob yet with it

[perry]

is it actually breaking the plates or are the plates pulling away from the pins ?

[lazychubs]

is it actually breaking the plates or are the plates pulling away from the pins ?

it was just shattering when i did feebles
i peg right side but run lhd
but the khe one is the nuts as smashed it many a times
and still strong as ever

[Flying_fox]

This is my nephew Matt's race bike I was talking about. Gearing as micro as you can get! It just wouldnt look the same with a 41 on it.





*I know the bike isnt cleaned to the 'rad standard', but he's going to use it this weekend at Burnham, so there's no point in polishing it..

[perry]

i like the "seats" on those , i bet they weigh nothing 

looks damn cool

does it need a chris king though 

[Flying_fox]

does it need a chris king though 

Yes. As much as it needs profile hubs, ti axles, xtr breaks, and so on and so on.....

Thats my nephews bike, you wait til my own son is big enough to get on a bmx.

[groover247]

your just 2 rad miles.

I've been a micro gear user on crowsers now for 5 years or so.

Never had any problems and with me using my crowser for everything, race, trails, sk8parks. no clearance issues.

25-11 is the new 41-18 for crowsers guys.

heres 1 of me old crowser:- (i'll get an up to date 1 for those interested)

sutty

[jonpaul11]

a smallish frame makes this look huge , but still kinda cool

That's just one of those bikes I love when I see them...