Not sure what your concern is, Ed?
― Mark C, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 21:09 (sixteen years ago)
I want an 11-28 cassette that goes up in increments of 1 tooth the whole way. Seriously.
― Mark C, Thursday, 7 August 2008 10:44 (sixteen years ago)
Isn't that the same website that did the April Fool's article about a home-application kit for carbon fiber in which the bike weighed LESS afterward than before?
― Laurel, Thursday, 7 August 2008 15:17 (sixteen years ago)
want an 11-28 cassette that goes up in increments of 1 tooth the whole way. Seriously.
-- Mark C, Thursday, 7 August 2008 10:44 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Link
If you wait about a decade, you will probably get this. I don't know what Ed's beef is with this, mine would be that it's a needless extra complication that will be of no benefit whatsoever to any user who isn't a competition road cyclist. In addition, it will likely result in yet another "standard" in chain pitch/width, and will almost certainly need a matching set of chain/chainset/gears to go with the ziggurat-like sprocket cluster.
This goes on the list along with Shimano's stupid electronic Dura-Ace shifter set, Shimano, Campag and Sram's stacking of extra sprockets on the block past 7 over the last couple of decades, the multiplicity of non-interchangeable bottom-bracket "standards", the several hundred disc-brake-pad "standards" currently on the market, a bunch of stupid crap that's taken one of the best things about a pedal cycle - that it's a simple, efficient machine that can be fixed by any competent home mechanic, and ruined it beyond repair. I cannot express how much I hate these companies and what they've done. Universal standards that work are a GOOD THING, this is obvious, isn't it. Multiple competing proprietary standards are a fucking mess.
― Pashmina, Thursday, 7 August 2008 15:27 (sixteen years ago)
thirded.
from a durability, functionality, and utility standpoint, i havent seen much upside beyond 8 speeds.
i also think compact makes for consistently bad chainlines.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:35 (sixteen years ago)
why bother pouring time and energy into this shit when they could just make internally geared hubs lighter/better?
― gbx, Saturday, 9 August 2008 16:21 (sixteen years ago)
I know it's an obvious thing to say but it is so blatantly all about "product differentiation" isn't it?
― wilter, Sunday, 10 August 2008 07:42 (sixteen years ago)
there is a huge ass parade going right down arapahoe, the route of my commute home. i cant get my bike outta the parking garage.
does anyone want some obama shit?
― Hunt3r, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 23:26 (sixteen years ago)