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Wielder of the Rubber Mallet
The Quest Project is coming along nicely. How many MBB can you find in this picture?
After some fiddling we got both the Quests seat angles locked in at 43deg which makes jumping between the two sizes feel about the same ergo wise.
I did need to lower the gearing on the 559 some of the trails around here necessitated a 11-34T in order to pull the 70lbs trailer up the hill. For comparison the 451 pulls the trailer up those some hills no problem. We tried the 32T, but our Daughter still had to walk a couple hills when she lost her momentum and stalled. The 34T cassette fits on ok but the shifting isn't quite as smooth, but nothing major. Changing the tire will be harder, but not a show stopper.
Next up is rehabbing the other version 1 frame. I haven't decided yet, but that one might get a N360 and possibly a schulmpf. I need to calculate the weight and the Gear Inches and make a decision soon so I can get the hubs ordered and have wheels made. That one will definitely get 451 tubeless velocity rims. Now if I just wasn't so slow at the rehabs; they are easy, but time consuming rust removal and painting takes time. I still want to finish up before the sale on new Quests ends so I'm sure which sizes to order, not sure we are going to make it. It does look like only the daughter prefers the bigger wheels so perhaps that answer the what to order question.
After some fiddling we got both the Quests seat angles locked in at 43deg which makes jumping between the two sizes feel about the same ergo wise.
I did need to lower the gearing on the 559 some of the trails around here necessitated a 11-34T in order to pull the 70lbs trailer up the hill. For comparison the 451 pulls the trailer up those some hills no problem. We tried the 32T, but our Daughter still had to walk a couple hills when she lost her momentum and stalled. The 34T cassette fits on ok but the shifting isn't quite as smooth, but nothing major. Changing the tire will be harder, but not a show stopper.
Next up is rehabbing the other version 1 frame. I haven't decided yet, but that one might get a N360 and possibly a schulmpf. I need to calculate the weight and the Gear Inches and make a decision soon so I can get the hubs ordered and have wheels made. That one will definitely get 451 tubeless velocity rims. Now if I just wasn't so slow at the rehabs; they are easy, but time consuming rust removal and painting takes time. I still want to finish up before the sale on new Quests ends so I'm sure which sizes to order, not sure we are going to make it. It does look like only the daughter prefers the bigger wheels so perhaps that answer the what to order question.
But it was fun; I managed two lake laps with the trailer in the time that the wife did 8 on the Silvio.
