I wasn’t sure this was going to work but I knocked an old XT cassette down to just a 34,20,13. With a 34 chainring and a roadlink this is the most fun gearing I have on any of my bikes. Was worried about shifting performance but with a friction shifter it works really well.
by UsualAssociation4879
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Where’s the review? lol. I guess I can just look at the pictures 2x…
Wacky, does look fun tho. What is at the handlebar end?
But why?
So cool I’m doing this… you just left those three on the cassette and set the limit appropriately on the derailleur and slapped frictions shifters on it? any tips?!
Is that a bomb on the front? Oddity fork?
I remember building a 3 speed bike when I was working at a co-op in FL. Roughly the same thing. Three gears in a broken apart cassette and a DT shifter. Worked fine for commuting and bar hopping. Didn’t need anything crazy for climbing, just kinda the meat of the range.
Cool bike! I dig it!
I might give this a try, thanks for the inspiration!
Friction shifters fix so many weird builds
Has anyone tried a 3 speed from the crank end?
One step closer to getting a 3-speed Sturmey Archer or Nexus
Incredibly cool build man!
How did you modify the cassette exactly ?
Neat !
What’s the dropper model and diameter?
If you already only had 3 speeds then why not just go internal hub?
This is great 👏
Used a roadlink for a 34t. LMFAO.
A Lawwill Leader fork in the wild!
Mert Lawwill recently passed. A motorcycle racing badass whose suspension designs were revolutionary in the early days of mountain biking. Linkage fixes so many problems with telescoping forks. No one will buy them.
The movie On Any Sunday features Mert for the dirt track segment.
How does the fork ride?