I'm with you on most of that.........I'd love a Simple One if the tubing were thick enough (similar to the Hillborne) I have all the parts for one except for the wheels. While not a fan of cantilever brakes they would suffice. I also wouldn't mind something like a Hilsen design, which if you ask me, is simply the best on paper, (mostly road) riding design out in bikeland. While I enjoy the ability to carry heavy loads on a bike I admit that more than 90% of my riding involves a small saddle bag and rides that can be done in a day, whether commuting or exploring. A Simple One intrigues me due to the long term maintenance benefits. My own two speed, while not ideal, has quite a few miles on it but not a wide enough gearing range to suit me. For the higher mileage rider less is more........sometimes.
On Sep 25, 3:05 am, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> wrote: > 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.
