ah, that's a pretty bike :) On 9 August 2011 09:50, jandrews_nyc <jasonaschwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I finally finished the build of my SimpleOne after the frameset sat in the > repair stand for the last two weeks at my work. I was waiting on wheels and > then got busy so when I had a chance to build it up, I may have skipped a > few step that I really wanted to do. But, ..I am planning a minor rebuild > next week and am happy to have finally gotten the bike on the road. I > didn't framesaver it, which I'm not too worried about now and I also built > it up without adjusters in either the front or rear brake cable hangers. > > I am planning on remedying both soon. > > I've only put a couple of hours in the saddle on this bike and it's been > amazing. It's very different from my Hillborne in that it feels so fast and > zippy but so comfortable. > > I have the bars pretty high up and they may actually go down a bit. I'm > hoping to get at least a half day of riding in today and feel that I will be > comfortable the whole time. I've done a few 60-80 mile rides on my > Hillborne and it's been great as far as comfort. That bike is now set up in > camper mode and the SimpleOne is my commuter and light/fast ride. I had the > frameset shipped with the "Quickbeam" Sugino crankset with the 40t/32t > double. I also purchased a beautiful single speed wheelset from Anthony at > Longleaf. Other than that I had all the various parts needed to finish the > build. (except adjustable cable hangers..which are in the mail) > > > The wheels are built with the Paul high-flange hubs which have funny > chainline values, 44mm for fixed side and 47mm for freewheel side. I added > two bottom bracket spacers to get the 40t chainring on the crankset out to ~ > 47mm from the center of the seat tube... so with the White Industries 16t > freewheel it's a pretty perfect chainline. > > I think that 16t might be the lowest one can go with this frameset and > still use the 40t/32t upfront because when I'm in the 32t chainring the hub > is right at the opening of the dropout and when I'm in the 40t chainring the > hub is at the opposite end of the dropout. It seems fine but I wasn't > expecting such an extreme in wheelbase when switching between high and low. > I'll mostly be in the 40t (67.8 gear inches) since I'm in New York City > which is somewhat hilly but certainly nothing extreme. I do want to be able > to take the bike out of the city and having the ability to shift down on > longer climbs would be totally necessary for say, riding in the Palisades > along the Hudson...something I've done quite often on the Hillborne. > > The brakes are beautiful and shinny Bruce Gorrdon cantilever's. I've set > the up well without any adjusters but feel like they could be fine tuned > further. I've never ridden a bike with a linkwire system. They feel strong > and snappy but ultimately not that different from my Tektro 720's on the > Hillborne which use a straddle cable. > > I am also planning on installing fenders and have both the VO 48 flutted > aluminum and the SKS longboard's...unsure which to use. I am waiting until > the drivetrain is totally dialed in to put fenders on as I know the fender > line is hard to maintain with the wheelbase shrinking and growing. For now > it's hot and sunny here so I'll go fenderless. I will take some photos > today and report back with more assessments of the ride. > > For now, I have this poor, blurry iPhone photo: > > *http://tinyurl.com/4xsahdd* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/eca-kJwPhVQJ. > 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. > -- lyle f bogart dpt 156 bradford rd wiscasset, me 04578 207.882.6494 206.794.6937 -- 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.
