DxMachina
Dirt Disciple
Hiya
Posting this here despite the bike pre-dating 1998 as I'm open to modern suggestions and not doing a classic restoration per se....
Recently purchased a pair of mint condition 1990s Raleigh Pioneer Classic hybrids after my wife expressed an interest in riding with me (she hadn't ridden a bike in 30 years). She's loving hers (SIS 5-speed 1992 model) but it's definitely too high-geared for her - has a regular SIS 5 speed rear cassette and a single front crankset of about 44/46 teeth (by appearance, havent counted them yet)
Being a SIS multispeed model it takes a narrow 3/32 chain. The gearing on my 10-speed SIS gents bike is about right for her if the smaller front gear is selected (36 or 38 tooth?) as she's never yet gone above 3rd gear on hers and finds 1st too high-geared (Understandably, it's comparable to about 11th on a 15-speed MTB). So obviously I need to find a smaller front crankset for a narrow chain, OR a multispeed front crankset and just fit it with the chain on the smaller chainring.
Does anyone know if original Raleigh or compatible front chainrings for narrow chains (on a typical 1990s square tapered axle) are generally available? Or could I find a multispeed one thats modular and remove some of the unnecessary chainrings?
Online searches predictably find a huge range of cranksets that are suitable for my 1980s Triumph singlespeed (eg 1/8th chains) and not much for SIS-compatible ones...
Ideally, although not necessarily, any replacement front crankset would have a plastic guard-ring on it like the original one does.
Thanks in advance for any advice
Chris
Posting this here despite the bike pre-dating 1998 as I'm open to modern suggestions and not doing a classic restoration per se....
Recently purchased a pair of mint condition 1990s Raleigh Pioneer Classic hybrids after my wife expressed an interest in riding with me (she hadn't ridden a bike in 30 years). She's loving hers (SIS 5-speed 1992 model) but it's definitely too high-geared for her - has a regular SIS 5 speed rear cassette and a single front crankset of about 44/46 teeth (by appearance, havent counted them yet)
Being a SIS multispeed model it takes a narrow 3/32 chain. The gearing on my 10-speed SIS gents bike is about right for her if the smaller front gear is selected (36 or 38 tooth?) as she's never yet gone above 3rd gear on hers and finds 1st too high-geared (Understandably, it's comparable to about 11th on a 15-speed MTB). So obviously I need to find a smaller front crankset for a narrow chain, OR a multispeed front crankset and just fit it with the chain on the smaller chainring.
Does anyone know if original Raleigh or compatible front chainrings for narrow chains (on a typical 1990s square tapered axle) are generally available? Or could I find a multispeed one thats modular and remove some of the unnecessary chainrings?
Online searches predictably find a huge range of cranksets that are suitable for my 1980s Triumph singlespeed (eg 1/8th chains) and not much for SIS-compatible ones...
Ideally, although not necessarily, any replacement front crankset would have a plastic guard-ring on it like the original one does.
Thanks in advance for any advice
Chris