Well.....I hear those belts are finicky and can be damaged if not handled properly. Carrying a spare is not such an easy task either due to how you have to maintain the shape or whatever, besides the link chain revolutionized the world and I can fix it myself. The idea of disc brakes appeals to me though since it rains here so much your rims get ground to nothing in no time.
On Jun 21, 2:48 pm, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > Jamison: > > Good for you to be in a position & have the faith to sign up. > Hopefully the first run will get scattered all over the country and > NOT concentrated around San Francisco Bay. Then the rest of us could > have a hope of seeing one in person. All this speculation is > intriguing but I predict Grant's got a few surprises in store for us. > I gotta admit the dual range crank coupled with an IGH, using a belt > drive, has a lot of merit, at least in concept. > > dougP > > On Jun 21, 8:31 am, jamison brosseau <jamison.bross...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I signed up. I know nothing though. It will b a good bike. > > > On Jun 20, 10:58 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > ....and now SEVEN of them are sold. I'm pleasantly surprised. I'm > > > waiting for a lister to speak up and say that they've put their money > > > down. > > > > On Jun 20, 7:09 pm, "Bill Gibson (III)" <bill.bgib...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > Retro-direct, anyone? > > > > > My guess is that he means it when theHSwill be a more "elegant", maybe a > > > > more "integrated" design. It may be less of a bike meant to be widely > > > > adaptable to different configurations, as many Rivendell designs are. > > > > But it > > > > won't be a single-purpose bike at all. > > > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 6:34 PM, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > Yea that looks pretty cool........off road looking which seems to be > > > > > where the Riv folks ride quite a bit. > > > > > > On Jun 20, 5:29 pm, Montclair BobbyB <montclairbob...@gmail.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Read more about it here... > > > > > > >http://tinyurl.com/3g7eyk4 > > > > > > > Could this be it??? If so, that's some pretty funky stuff... > > > > > > > On Jun 20, 8:22 pm, Montclair BobbyB <montclairbob...@gmail.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > OK folks... HERE is the solution toHS.... (And thanks Esteban for > > > > > > > giving me a clue)... It stands for Hammerschmidt... it's a 2-speed > > > > > > > crankset developed by SRAM (similar to the Schlumpf) with a > > > > > > > built-in > > > > > > > transmission (in the crank). It obviates the need for a front > > > > > > > derailleur. The question is whether this will be an all-out > > > > > > > front AND > > > > > > > rear internal transmission bike... I say yes, it will. > > > > > > > > OK, everyone can watch reality TV once again, I'm spent.... > > > > > > > > Peace, > > > > > > > BB > > > > > > > > On Jun 20, 7:47 pm, Roger <rogerdhod...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > "I'm not familiar with the SA 8-speed. Is the shifter indexed > > > > > > > > or > > > > > just > > > > > > > > the hub?" > > > > > > > > > The SA 8-speed hub isn't indexed, but it definitely wants to be > > > > > > > > centered into each gear without much feedback. Supposedly > > > > > > > > Sheldon > > > > > > > > Brown could do it, but like 99% of the things Sheldon could do, > > > > > > > > it > > > > > was > > > > > > > > beyond my skills. I miss Sheldon. > > > > > > > > > Part of the allure of the thumbshifter (which would be about > > > > > > > > equal > > > > > > > > with a barend shifter) was that I used the wheel/cable/shifter > > > > > > > > setup > > > > > > > > as a self-contained module that I could have on or off of my > > > > > > > > single > > > > > > > > speed bike in a couple of minutes with nothing but 2 or 3 > > > > > > > > zipties for > > > > > > > > the cable and tightening the shifter clamp on the bar. Except > > > > > > > > for the > > > > > > > > constant "is it in or out of gear" fiddliness and ker-chunking > > > > > > > > out of > > > > > > > > gear under load it was great. I'd like a clamp-on downtube > > > > > > > > shifter > > > > > > > > best of all for this concept. > > > > > > > > > On Jun 20, 2:53 pm, Kenneth Stagg <kenneth.st...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Roger > > > > > > > > > <rogerdhod...@gmail.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > " It would be very cool if they also made a real shifter > > > > > > > > > > for the > > > > > > > > > > Rohloff. I'm not in the market for a new bike but I'd be > > > > > > > > > > very, > > > > > very > > > > > > > > > > happy to get a bar end shifter that was setup to handle the > > > > > > > > > > extra > > > > > > > > > > throw required by the Rohloff! I'd ditch that damned twist > > > > > shifter in > > > > > > > > > > a split second." > > > > > > > > > > > I feel the same way about the SA 8-speed I have and its > > > > > > > > > > twist > > > > > shifter. > > > > > > > > > > I'm not familiar with the SA 8-speed. Is the shifter indexed > > > > > > > > > or > > > > > just > > > > > > > > > the hub? The silly thing about not offering a bar-end or > > > > > > > > > similar > > > > > for > > > > > > > > > the Rohloff is that the shifter has no indexing - it's all > > > > > > > > > handled > > > > > at > > > > > > > > > the hub - so the only issues are the dual cable setup (easy > > > > > > > > > enough) > > > > > > > > > and pulling enough cable (more work but doable.) > > > > > > > > > > -Ken > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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. > > > > > -- > > > > Bill Gibson > > > > Tempe, Arizona, USA- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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