Comments on: The New 2016 Traitor Wander Touring Bike https://www.cyclingabout.com/2016-traitor-wander-touring-bike/ Bikepacking, Bicycle Touring, Equipment, Testing, Videos Wed, 27 Dec 2023 16:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Alee | CyclingAbout.com https://www.cyclingabout.com/2016-traitor-wander-touring-bike/#comment-2837 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 00:40:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=7722#comment-2837 In reply to David O’Brien.

Good point, David. That would give a more appropriate 22-123″ drivetrain. The only things I’d add are that a ‘chain catcher’ is a good idea with this setup due to the drop from 39t to 24t, and should you go larger than 30t on the rear cassette, you’ll exceed the Alivio rear derailleur cage capacity to use all gears.

I’ve covered low gear conversions here, if you hadn’t seen already. 🙂
https://www.cyclingabout.com/wider-gear-range-road-shifters-gears-for-easier-hill-climbing/

]]> By: David O'Brien https://www.cyclingabout.com/2016-traitor-wander-touring-bike/#comment-2836 Sun, 08 Jan 2017 23:52:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=7722#comment-2836 It doesn’t cost $200 in parts to fix the low-gear. This crank uses a standard 74BCD “granny-grear”. It is $30 for a 24T chain ring. If Shimano would get their head out of their !#^@ when they designed the new 4-arm road cranks; they would have allowed them to take a 24T like all the 5-arm 110BCD and 130BCD cranks have accepted for the past 30 years!

I don’t know why Traitor didn’t spec a 24T small chainring from FSA… it would have added less to the bike than for one to do it after purchase. For enlightened companies that produce a touring bike; too many simply follow the hurd mentality that Shimano et. al. wants. 🙁

Of course if this is a 130BCD crank, I’m sure it will be the “industry standard” crappy 50/39/30 arrangement — even though the middle ring could be 38T and a 48T or 46T large chain ring would be a better choice.

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