More context from the Roaduno Questions page <https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news/your-roaduno-questions-answered>:
*Does the Roaduno rear wheel have a “flip-flop” hub, for a fixed gear option? * Yes, it's a flip flop hub. If you set it up fixed, use brakes, please. And careful around corners too; it's a low bottom bracket. -Dave On Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 6:08:41 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > I learn more about Riv from Bike Snob than from their website, tho' that > would easily be fixed if Grant posted more often. > > Weiss has devoted a large part of several recent posts to his new Roaduno. > He mentioned these suggestions, from Rivendell, today. > > First, "don't use your Roaduno as a fixed gear:" > [image: image.png] > Second, in the catalogue description of the Mark's Rack: > > ALWAYS use this rack with a tether between the tall tongue-loop and the > handlebar. It's a strong little rack, but people do dumb things, and the > tether is a safety measure. Make the tether out of cord or any adjustable > strap. > > I'm puzzled: first, why not use the Roaduno as a fixed gear or with a flip > flop hub? > > Second, I guess this is just extreme legal self-protection against truly > clueless idiots, but do you many users of the Mark's Rack use a strap? It > seems to me that a well-designed and well-built rack used with common-sense > caution should not need such a makeshift backup. > > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* > > *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* > > *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* > -- 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/1b4b28d5-0260-4087-92d8-37140d4283b2n%40googlegroups.com.
