Whitey Gets His Gears Back
Posted by: Jarod at 6:52 am, November 22nd, 2009
Sick of sore knees and having to set up the gearing for each trail I visited, I splurged and bought Whitey some new running gear. The vertical drop outs meant the single speed thing never did work quite right. Oh well, I might try single speeding again at some point in the future**.
Took him for a quick spin out at Appin yesterday and despite the different style of riding needed with gears, I’m quite a happy chappy. Single speeding for the last year made me want to grab a big gear and grind up Appin’s countless pinch climbs, but eventually I’ll relearn that cadence is king (and with that remember that cardio is queen).
SRAM x.9 Front Derailleur
SRAM x.9 Rear Derailleur
PG980 Cassette & PC991 Chain
SRAM x.0 Trigger Shifters
And the obligatory drive train side photo.
** And by, some point in the future, I actually mean, in a few weeks.
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