- Vince here calls it "Hyper-Speed" - I love it..it reminds of those '80s Bstones that said "for the super competitor"- or something like that - on the frame. I think Grant should keep the name: "HS" in big letters, underlined with "Hyper- Speed for a Head Start".
Joe "marketing genius" Bernard Fairfield, CA On Jun 19, 3:08 pm, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not that people can change, but there's a few things in the discussion > that are not up Grant's alley, at least up to this point: So, this is > me channeling GP: > > 1. Belt drive - "why when a chain works perfectly well and is easy to > fix?" > 2. IGH: "overly complicated - Xx9 works fine - Xx7 is great" > 3. Low trail: "my bikes don't do that." > > I'm really confounded - especially the idea of no option of a front > der. I saw this in Paris, and I'm happy to report that it looks like > it has a front der, so this is not the HS > prototype:http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671211@N02/5843048796/in/photostream > > This being said, my first inclination was to think that the ideal city > bike of my weeks in Paris is coming true - a 1x9 dedicated commuter > and city bike. So, how would a front der. be impossible - if there's > no cable stop? Some kind of weird U-frame shape like a Velib - that > seems also impossible considering GP's attraction to triangles. > > Maybe it is the RAAM bike in the photo! > > Esteban > 13 Arr., Paris France (for one more week) > > On Jun 19, 11:47 pm, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > HS must stand for "hub shift". The big clue for me is the statement that > > you can't use more than one chainring on it. At first I thought, "what, you > > can't clamp on a front derailleur?" But once "hub shift" was suggested, I > > realized that a hub shift with no rear derailleur hanger would make it hard > > to have something that would take up the slack required when switching > > between multiple chainrings. So hub shift with no rear hanger fits the > > clues given. > > > I like having a 135-rear-spacing bike that has a derailleur hanger, because > > I have the option of doing one of the new internally geared hubs and could > > still use it with multiple gears up front. > > > -Jim W. -- 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-bunch@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.
