I recently sold my SimpleOne. I truly, deeply, honestly loved that bike. For a few reasons, related to wheel size (I don't like the feeling of fat 35+ tires on 700c) and wedding funds, I have made peace with the sale. Will I create a SingleSpeed bike from a 650b Riv in the future? Cheviot? My Saluki? Yes, almost definitely. I think that Grant's designs make beautiful "set it and forget it" bikes that a SS/Fixed setup embodies.
-J On Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 6:25:55 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > I'm at a keyboard and can respond more fully now. Mine is my country bike, > with my Hunqapillar as my trail and bikepacking bike. There is a > contemplative flow to the single speed, and I suspect more specifically to > the Quickbeam due to Grant's gifts of design, that makes every ride on it a > dream of soaring delight. I live in the Colorado mountains and would never > have considered a single speed for this area, but with the gearing I have, > I happy take on any road ride and many trails too. Naturally, I ride trails > differently with the QB than the Hunqapillar and both are a blast, but the > QB is underbiking at it's glorious best on trails. If something is too > steep for my to ride up, I always have LCG (lowest common gear) with me and > hoof it to the top. Grin. > > I will voice my minority opinion that my QB is not the last bike I would > sell. That would be my Hunqapillar as I bikepack too much. There are, > however, many other things I would sell before letting go my beloved QB. > > With abandon, > Patrick > -- 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.
