Alex Wetmore had a neat solution, described on his blog: http://alexwetmore.org/?p=596
That's the sort of solution I'm hoping can be accomplished. Clean and tidy, yes, I want to avoid the hose clamp. Thanks, eflayer and Joe for the builder suggestions, I'll check 'em out. - Andrew, Berkeley On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 2:59:08 PM UTC-8, jbu...@gmail.com wrote: > > Andrew > > Are you thinking of the coaster-brake version of the Rohloff? Or do > they all require a torque arm? Either way, I believe the dropout > triangulation is to address hub braking force and not usually the > location of attachment - that'd be more along the lines of a "slotted > tab" (if you wanted to avoid the lowly band clamp). > > Kind of a modern spin on ze classique fronch cyclo-campeur perhaps? > https://www.flickr.com/groups/2574964@N25/ > > =- Joe Bunik > Walnut Creek, CA > > On 12/10/14, eflayer <eddie....@att.net <javascript:>> wrote: > > Steve Rex in Sacramento is a master. In my experience he is also a > pretty > > great fitter. May be worth the drive. I did it. > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 2:25:20 PM UTC-8, BSWP wrote: > >> > >> Well, my preferred route to a new custom touring frame fell through. > Can > >> any in SF Bay Area suggest great builders who do lugged steel frames? > I'm > >> > >> tall enough that I don't fit most stock frames, and but also want to > >> incorporate some specific design ideas that point to a custom. Things > like > >> > >> Rohloff IGH with reinforced rear frame instead of bolt-on torque arm; > also > >> > >> braze-on centerpulls, and internal wire routing for lighting. Nothing > >> crazy... ;-) > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> - Andrew, Berkeley > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
