調整はハンドル位置を遠くしたため、シフターケーブルが足りなくなって張り直しとなる。そこでついでに思いついたのがRotor Q-Ringsのアウターもこの際載せてしまうアイディア。本人は自分のSpecializedで走っていて、50x11Tではちょっとトップレシオが足りないと言っていたので、CAAD9の12Tを補う意味でも、そして彼に楕円ギアの感触を味わわせるのも一興と考えた。
しかし50/36*Tと違って、この場合は50*/34Tと歯数差が大きくなって、乗りこなしも調整もデリケートになりそうだし、信頼性が保てるだろうか？
とにかく試してみるべえ！と作業に着手、こちらもケンタウルをバラしてリングを組み替える。見た目はちょっとマニアックになったかな。膨らむリングに合わせてFDの位置を上げてワイヤーを決める。しかし案の定、チェーン落ちは出るし、シフトが決まらない場合も出るし、調整が追い込めない。
A friend of mine visits from USA, and we decided to have a long bike
ride in the weekend if the weather is fine. So I pulled out from the warehouse
my Cannondale CAAD9 that mostly slept there, and replaced the stem and the
pillar with the original Cannondale C2 components as they should better fit for
taller riders. Still my 535mm bike must be tight for my friend, but he seems
happy just having a road racer. Seriously, he came with his helmet, bike wear
and shoes in the suitcase.
The readjustment of CAAD9 put the handle further away and I had to
redo the shifting cables as they got short. If that’s the case, I thought, why
don’t we put the remaining Rotor's outer ring? He once expressed that he prefers
some more ratio beyond his 50x11T top gear and Rotor would be a compensation
for my CAAD9’s 12T top. And it offers him an opportunity to feel the oval ring
himself.
Well, 50/36*T in my case was favorable, but this is 50*/34T with
more gap. I can see the delicacy in the handling as well as the adjustment.
Will it be reliable enough?
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