Nowadays, with the advent of "1X" gearing, the views of these ancients seems very relevant. For me, I have found the most useful gearing for the kind of terrain I encounter here in Northern California is a wide geared double, almost a 1X plus granny if you will, with a big ring in the mid 40's range and a small ring of between 26 to 30 teeth. I continue to use an 8 speed cassette on the rear, these seem to provide more than enough of a gear selection for my riding.
Nice to read quotes, re gearing, from Tim Hughes book "Adventure Cycling", circa 1978
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ReplyDeleteI have a hard copy of this story--minus the second page--pasted into my binder of old bike articles. Wonderful to find the whole thing here, as well as other Cyclist articles from back in the day. I got into cycling in 1985 at age 14 and love the tech and relative innocence of that era. Thanks so much for posting these. I
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