There are also 2-speed options (that don't require cold-setting or chain-tensioners):
- Sturmey Archer makes the 2-speed S2 Duomatic Kickshift hub with 120mm spacing... and provides direct drive in 1st gear and a +38% 2nd gear - This costs about $75 and comes in coaster or non-coaster, and 32/36 hole configurations. (I have one of these waiting to be laced up)... - FSA makes the Metropolis Patterson 2-speed internal geared crankset. This provides direct drive in 1st gear (28 tooth chainring) and a +57% 2nd gear (44 tooth chainring equivalent). It is a full crankset and includes the bottom bracket. It fits a standard 168mm BB shell. (I have this on my SimpleOne and love it... to me it never stops feeling like a single speed; but I have an expanded range of terrain I can now ride without dismounting) Ah, so many options... but in the end, there's nothing like the simplicity of a single speed *(he said as he pondered further.. hmmm... what would it be like to combine the Duomatic with the Patterson??? hmmmmm mbwaahhh!!!)* On Tuesday, November 20, 2012 9:53:00 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Actually I can see that a hub gear either fixed or free makes sense, given > the dropouts. I guess that cosmic voice that is continually buzzing in my > head is having at least small second thoughts. But I can't see putting a > derailleur, front or rear, on it. > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Larry Powers > <lapow...@hotmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> >> I too fall in the camp of why? This is a great single speed bike why >> change it? My answer would be sell it and buy a bike designed to be multi >> speed. >> >> Larry "don't mess with my QB" Powers >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:47:11 -0800 >> From: mkernan...@gmail.com <javascript:> >> To: rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >> Subject: [RBW] Options for making a Quickbeam a multi speed >> >> Hey group, I know a QB is an intended SS, BUT.. if you were >> contemplating making it an ON THE SADDLE, multi speed, and not an off the >> bike dingle, what are some options/ideas? Thank you in advance!! >> -Mike >> -- >> 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/-/3MfDck-5QZ4J. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> -- >> 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-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > > ------------------------- > Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA > For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > ------------------------- > > -- 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/-/UPNDqHZB1dUJ. 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.
