I've mused about the weight difference for the two systems, taken as a total, but never bothered to go on-line and get all the weights of the bits and add them up. Heft a 12-32 8 speed steel cassette (the affordable kind). Think about multiple chainrings. Extra chain. Freehub. I wouldn't be surprised if the total system diff was less than a couple of pounds. Dunno, but it'd be a fun experiment.
dougP -----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of dpco Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 7:46 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: old Italian bike? the rohloff system is so heavy, it makes the frt' and r derailleurs systems look very efficient. if rohloff could bring the weight to somewhat, modern standards for a road bike, i would buy one in a new york minute. and by the way, i am not your sterio-typical weight weeny. i ride a blue ram. sincerely, don c. On Apr 26, 7:34 pm, "Doug Peterson" <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > When you look at a Rohloff and compare it to the Rube Goldberg of a > derailer, it kinda makes you wonder at the "modern" part. If we weren't all > used to looking at the exposed gearing, derailer systems would never be > taken seriously if introduced today. > > Let's see, an Atlantis frame is $2K, and a Rohloff is....$2K. Lot more > little precision pieces whirling about in the latter. Put the two together > and you've got....yikes! One expensive and quite elegant touring bike. > > dougP > > -----Original Message----- > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of GeorgeS > Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 6:48 PM > To: RBW Owners Bunch > Subject: [RBW] Re: old Italian bike? > > I rode a century in the Fall. In the parking lot at the start I was > pumping the tires on my Rambouillet and a teenager, 14-16, comes over > and says that his father had sent him over to see what bikes looked > like when he (the father) was a kid. My favorite line in this genre, > however, was not about the Rambouillet but concerned my commuter bike, > a tout terrain I got from Peter White. It is equipped with a Rohloff > hub. Noting the lack of derailliers, several colleagues have asked > why I can't afford a "modern" bike. I just don't have the energy to > try to explain things to these guys so I mumble something about retro > being in style and shift the conversation to the hurricane season. > GeorgeS > > On Apr 26, 7:45 pm, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Yeah, I get that sometimes too, although mostly the approving comments > about how great it looks and wistful, "I bet it's comfortable on these rough > roads too." > > > The "leather helmet" was known as a "hair net" in the day, iirc. > > > ________________________________ > > From: k5osx <k5o...@gmail.com> > > > "It is great to see an ancient bike being > > ridden in this rally... Is it Italian?" > > > Perhaps I should start dressing the part in knickers and a seer sucker > > shirt, with a leather hairnet. ;) > > > robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
