Hi Bill - I was at Rivendell last week. I saw the Roaduno prototype up close.
Not sure what dropouts they are using - but I recognized the angle on the rear dropout as the same angle on the rear dropouts on my Quickbeam. For me, the angle is not as critical as I thought it would be. I rarely change gears (I have a flip/flop hub and had a double crankset). I just don't seem to need to change gears to get up the hills I ride. Your mileage may vary. Regards, Corwin On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 10:14:16 AM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote: > I had been searching for quite a while for a single speed that enabled > some derailer-less gear flexibility. On one hand I searched for a 58cm > Quickbeam or SimpleONE. On the other hand I was/am waiting on the > RoadUNO. I was/am a huge fan of Rivendells rear dropouts with the angle > that allows a significant gear change while maintaining brake adjustment. > > In an absolutely perfect world, my Size Large singlespeed would also have > been 650B (for fat tires and no TCO). While I'm sitting here in > fantasy-land, I also would have waved my magic wand to have the bike be > belt-compatible, and would allow brakes, but have a discreet way to NOT run > brakes. > > Over the last 18 months or so, I've been working with placeholders for > these things. I bought a Crust Michigan Man right when they were released > and set it up as a strictly 1-speed fixie in my office in Wayne County, > Michigan. Will at Riv also has a Michigan Man. I also managed to acquire > a 58cm Quickbeam, and that is now in my garage as a 8-speed single speed. > I slowly acquired some of the parts for a 650B custom, including a pair of > Rivendell dropouts. I even had preliminary conversations with a local > builder, and have a tentative spot on his enormous waiting list. > > Then, totally by surprise, a new contender appeared. Crust released a new > variant of their single speed Lightning Bolt. It's 650B, with clearance > for 48mm tires and contemporary Randonneur geometry. It's belt-compatible > and has removable cantilever posts and cable guides. It's almost exactly > what my custom would have been except for the Riv-style ends. > > It's 2022, and the lesson we've all learned is that if the thing you want > is available, you buy it, because it may never be available again. So, I > went ahead and bought it, and the frame should arrive today. I'm pretty > excited. > > Whether or not my new Crust will get replaced by a RoadUNO next year > remains to be seen. Will's email updates (plus simple geometry) make it > pretty clear to me that the RoadUNO will not have Riv ends. It'll have > some other svelte track ends, so easy gear changes with a rear brake won't > be part of the feature list, it seems. I'm still paying very close > attention, but the itch is getting scratched today. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6dd8a897-c140-47a4-8af1-a3a9c597343cn%40googlegroups.com.
