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My wife's first non-cruiser style multi-gear/range bicycle that is now being upgraded with more touring specific accessories.

Trekking bars, Brooks B67, rack, panniers, handlebar bag, Schwalbe mondials, Mavic A319's, Generator hub.... etc...

She has been bitten by the "touring bug", YAY!

Grand Cru Sabot Pedals

A pair of Velocity Atlas 700C 48H rims

One Schmidt Klassik 48h Dynamo hub

One Phil Wood CSS838 Touring Cassette 135mm, 48H.

One Phil Wood CSS838 Touring Cassette 135mm, 48H.


Also picked up 100 Wheelsmith DB14 spokes and nipples.
Jenson had the best price... Believe it or not!

talfalfa33 said:

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Just picked this up today, a 12-25 cassette to inner mix with my pre-existing 11-28 cassette. Was looking for a 15 tooth and a 17 tooth cog so I found the 12-25 set has both and it's the same brand I'm running now, so I can flip flop and in Ed change the cogs where I need them.


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i12ride said:

Running same cassette on my touring bike with 46/36/24 up front....

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I have been running 11-34 X 48/36/26 on my touring rig for 5 years now.


I like the low range ability, and with my wheel and crank setup, it is very versatile in mid range as it clusters around 3.0 gain ratio very nicely. The steps between gears is also fairly consistent at 12-14%.


This also yields a useable range of 11- 13 gears clustered in this fashion,


I have to say that I hardly ever employ the high range anymore. I opt to plod along at higher cadences and lower speeds for MUCH longer distances nowadays. This has caused me to consider changing the front chain rings and crank assembly to a Schlumpf dual range geared crank...
At least I would like to, but holy bejeebers that thing is pricey! (about $700)
http://www.schlumpf.ch/hp/schlumpf/faq.getriebe.engl.htm