Hmmm... the Aug28 SampleOne may or may not have the dropout, from my reading of the text in the PDF. He was reviewing SimpleOnes generally, not describing the one in the brochure per se. But in any case, I'm not *sure* what the dropout is like on the 56 that's been for sale for a while. I just remember reading something about it. And to me the picture on the web-site of the 56cm SampleOne looks like its rear dropouts are angled differently than the ones in on the Quickbeam's picture on the web-site.
Perhaps we'll all know for sure soon enough... it appears to be sold! As to the new ones now available on the site (58,60,62), I have no idea about the dropouts on those. I like the idea of having a single-speed more than I used to. I live in FlatWorld. And I'm more fit than I used to be. I could probably now enjoy a 50-mile light and local ride on a single-speed. But it'd be a specialized bike, as far as I'm concerned, even if it were really a manual multi-speed. I can't imagine choosing it to go on a family camping trip or commuting (on which I often carry 10-20 pounds). It's moot for me. I'm not buying any new bikes soon. And I can't say that having a single-speed (or manual-two- or even manual-four-) is high on my list. Gotta think about Foys and (non-RBW-alert!) Fridays first. *Then* maybe hunqas or simples. Or, dare I dream, a Custom?! If I live to 60? Ahh... slightly up-sloping double-top-tube (2-degree, maybe? parallel to each other, please; no diaga!), the best strongest between- Hillborne-and-Hunqa-stout tubing, 71-degree seat-tube (imagine *not* pushing my saddle back all the way!), 72-degree head-tube with RBW extension, eyelets and hourglasses and bottle-bosses everywhere, downtube shifter bosses, canti studs, clearance for 42s with fenders (but not for 50s!), an earthy-toned Joe Bell paint (no lining of lugs, thank you very much!), understated decals, a wonderful RBW headbadge.... perhaps I'll have to work 'til 70. By which time my DreamCustom may be a mixte. Or a trike. Well, at that time GP'll be 80; perhaps RBW'll make trikes then. In meantime, I am loving the hell out of my Hillborne, which in theory seems a substantial compromise from my DreamCustom but in practice comes very close!. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Sep 24, 6:00 pm, cm <chrispmur...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Not sure if the one on the site has the magic dropouts, but the > complete sample that came in a few weeks ago did. > > "Same neat-unique Quickbeam dropout that allows that." > > http://www.rivbike.com/assets/payloads/352/original_aug28knothole.pdf > > Cheers! > cm -- 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-bu...@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.
