You change gears by swapping the front and rear wheels.
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Mostly finished up the 8yo’s new bike (need to get some different grips) It was pretty fun as both kids helped put it all together.
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shift with a stick (to hold up the rest of the bike while you remove and swap the wheels)
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they’re calling it not-so-rapid rise
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Shimano FTR
I’ve been trying to figure out how I can have a disc brake single speed with two possible gear ratios. Not gonna run a 135 spaced fork to do it tho, we’ll not yet anyways.
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Remember when people were running two cogs and two chainrings for four ultra-manual gear ratios?
Anything to not use a derder and continue to impress your aging single speeds pals.
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Yea I do and I considered it.
I’ve run two different freewheels or cogs on rim brake bikes with flip flop hubs and kept a 15mm in my fanny pack. But now I’m going back to disc brakes and can no longer flip flop to avoid using a derailleur and shifter.
Sounds like it’s derder and shifter time 4 u.
I have some if you can’t find any to buy.
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Wait why can’t you just put two cogs on a disc wheel and split the chain line? I’m sure you can get it close enough.
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I’ve got a Salsa Enabler fork you can have for shipping if you ever succumb to this temptation
I have/do run double cogs and chainrings on my SS mtb so that I can choose between two distinct gearings with perfect chainline (34/19 and 32/21) by dropping the rear wheel without adjusting chain or stay length.
I don’t change during rides, but it saves a fair chunk of time stuffing around with chain whips etc in between rides on varying terrain. Definitely doesn’t look as nice as 1x1 though
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This is the aforementioned bike set up with a 6 bolt fixed cog in lieu of rear disc/brake for a recent week long semi-desert ride. I left the cassette side cogs on as a flip-flop bail out in case I really hated fixie mode, but didn’t end up bothering with it
Milk crate basket strapped to the handlebars/fork crown was rock solid and rode really well over bumpy 4wd tracks as sprung mass with 160mm of squish working below
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Despite pears’s hateration in this dancerie, 2x2 (as pictured on my Jones) works really well and is easy to change quickly. You’re worth it.
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jesus christ.
Run a dingle speed. Just match the total teeth count on both combos. Or within a couple of teeth. I’ve done a couple. Easy as. My current one has gone back to a 3x1 tho with a locked out dangler and toe/finger change on the front.
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34 + 19 = 53
32 + 21 = 53
I did some deep crunching once. Up to 3 teeth different can work I think.
32+18=50
34+16=50
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38+19=57
42+18=60
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38+19=57
42+15=57
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38+22=60
42+18=60
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42+19=61
38+18=56
44+18=62
44+15=59
30+30=60
28+32=60
28+34=62
38+15=53
26+27=53
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