Or you can use one of the lovely White ENO hubs, which I've done on current Bleriot iteration
-----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Seth Vidal Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:33 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: SimpleOne 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************** To ensure compliance with Treasury Department regulations, we advise you that, unless otherwise expressly indicated, any federal tax advice contained in this message was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding tax-related penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law provisions or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matters addressed herein. **************************************************** **************************************************** This email (and any attachments thereto) is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (and any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (212) 735-3000 and permanently delete the original email (and any copy of any email) and any printout thereof. Further information about the firm, a list of the Partners and their professional qualifications will be provided upon request. **************************************************** ============================================================================== -- 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.
