Hack your own dérailleur.

A story at Hack-A-Day by Lewin Day about a bloke who goes by “SzurkeEg,” making a clutch type derailleur for 6-9 speed rear cassette systems. This gives me hope for the pile of dead dérailleurs I have.

SunRace CSMS3 10spd 11-42

I switched out my chainring on my 1×10 setup, and realized that the largest cog that I added to increase the range of the set, was badly worn. It is disappointing that the RaceFace 32t ring and the e-Thirteen 42t were installed at the same time. While the chainring shows moderate wear, the 42t was […]

Go small to go big: Shun MTB-03 30T narrow-wide chainring.

I got old. I also quit riding for a little bit. I had a 1X10 with a 32 tooth chainring and an 11-42 cogset. More specifically, I had an e-thirteen 42 tooth with a SRAM PC-1070 11-36. I will now discuss replacing the chainring with a 30t chainring, and next post will be about a […]

A fresh start.

It has been a while since I wrote about bikes. I have several sites, but I wanted to come back to my first love, cycling. The best things about cycling are simplicity and freedom. Bikes are a simple device that multiplies the effort you put in. It is simple because, for the most part, you […]

Bigger is better.

In the spirit of added bling, I couldn’t pass up the crank set on the left. It matches the one on the right which is the stock crank from my Kingfisher 1 freeride bike. The one I bought for $20 has bash/36/24 rings while the stock crank and the set on my bike now (Race […]

My big boing bike.

My pride and joy. Gary Fisher Kingfisher 1. Seven inches of squishy goodness, front and rear. Raced, and riden at Highland. The drivetrain: SRAM X-0, except for the front deraileur which is Shimano XT. The Blackspire Stinger is my latest addition. I haven’t ridden it hard yet, but I plan to tomorrow.

The holy grail…

In the search for mad big and numerous gears this is the king: SRAM Dual Drive. It is a internal 3 speed hub with the capacity to accept an 8 or 9 speed cassete for a total max of 27 gears. When added with a standard triple on the crank you get 81 gears! Now […]

God Rest His Soul.

Sheldon Brown was the big dog. I remember pining over his collected wisdom. I found an article that was indirect inspiraton (I read it a long time ago). Here he details his 63 speed wonder: http://sheldonbrown.com/otb.html

Finishing Touch.

Vintage honecomb license.

Installation.

Pulling the crank. Note the spacers. Yet another reason to dislike shimano. Might make a good double… if we were timid. I can’t believe I used to like a 52t. 56 is what the kids are groovin’ to. Kraaaazy. The front shifter realy hates to shift up to the big ring. I didn’t add any […]