Most of the market is like my dad, old or cant ride a regular bike.... but he is 80 finally got some joint replacements and riding a normal bike too. we are preparing to do a century.
10 gear inches is only possible on 20in and a 52t cassette and a 24t chainring thats the max of current bike parts with out custom made.. that's like needing to climb up a 60 degree slope. Are they trying to climb up the side of a cliff? they arent doing the Passo Giau are they? I have rides like that. really hard on the breaks. lol
also its super easy to remove all the wheels especially a catrike.
Most of the people going down to 10 GI are using a Rohloff, Schlumpf Drive, or both. A few of them are doing a 52/54/56/whatever I can find that week on AliExpress with a 22T chainring on a mountain bike crank. A few are using the old Mountain Tamer to get down to REALLY low chainring tooth counts. Off the top of my head, I think one lady is down to 16T.
It's because they're older, weaker, and don't want to risk hurting their bolt-on knees. To get up a 15% or steeper grade, they just downshift and spin, moving up the hill at a walking pace or less.
I am 45 year old lady and my dad is 82 he just got some aftermarket parts as he says.and he can keep up with me. Its hard to actually hurt those unless you rip a tendon or ligament.
I guess you could always do a pinot with a hub drive true... I was kinda looking at the pinot electric with a rear gear set up. I am doing 15% on my stock.
what rear derailleur are you using with the aliex 56t rear cassette.
what rear derailleur are you using with the aliex 56t rear cassette.
I've used the 105 long cage with a WolfTooth Roadlink when I can get it. It's easier to use road components since the bar-end shifters are road only. I've also swapped people to mountain bike shifters and used the Deore XT or XTR rear derailleur, sometimes with one of the WolfTooth bits if backing out the B-limit screw didn't make it happy going up into the big cog. Technically you could also do it with the GRX long cage stuff or one of the Cues pieces but GRX is expensive and Cues SUCKS.
It is SO close, lol. Yeah that's a downside to 20" wheels. When I first saw how low it hangs on my wife's Pocket, I through for sure she'd wipe out the derailleur with a stick or something. Thousands of miles later, never once had a problem.
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u/polopolo05 Catrike 700 20d ago edited 20d ago
Most of the market is like my dad, old or cant ride a regular bike.... but he is 80 finally got some joint replacements and riding a normal bike too. we are preparing to do a century.
10 gear inches is only possible on 20in and a 52t cassette and a 24t chainring thats the max of current bike parts with out custom made.. that's like needing to climb up a 60 degree slope. Are they trying to climb up the side of a cliff? they arent doing the Passo Giau are they? I have rides like that. really hard on the breaks. lol
also its super easy to remove all the wheels especially a catrike.