On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Imladris <dgoldberger...@gmail.com> wrote: > Whenever I get the urge to own a "fixie", I just start riding in one > gear and never stop pedaling. Then, when I hit a steep uphill or > downhill, the urge passes and I shift. ;-) > > As a practical question, why couldn't a Rambouillet (or a Roadeo) be > set up as a single speed and converted back when you need gearing? > The SimpleOne seems to be outside of the Rivendell velosophy of > practical, but beautiful, bikes. Also, once you throw brakes on a > fixie, you alienate the one demographic (in NYC, anyway) that seems to > want to ride one.
Ram or Roadeo have vertical dropouts (as do almost all rivs except for the oldest ones and the qb/so. You can single-speed a bike with vert dropouts but you need a chain tensioner and then, well, that's just like having a derailler. -sv -- 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.
