I would think that with the prevalence of STI/Ergo/Rapidfire/Gripshifters and their lack of a lockout, it will be a significant liability when one attempts to upshift to a larger gear while pushing super hard and got...nothing but a freewheeling crank with its associated crash.
Bishop Bikes made a rando bike with an integrated portacatena: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bishopbikes/sets/72157628089348263/ I saw that in person at NAHBS-2012 and it was pure sex on wheels. On Sunday, January 13, 2013 8:07:49 PM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: > > http://campagnolo.wikispaces.com/Portacatena (Scroll down a bit.) > > And of course Eric knows about it: > http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/today-history-lesson-portacatena.html > > That's a really neat device, too -- wonder why it never became more > popular. Much better to have a chainrest and easy wheel removal instead of > another blanking cog. I wonder if I can jury rig something on the Ram I am > building up. I am using (for the moment) seven speed freewheel wheels while > the Ram has (I've been told) 132.5 OL spacing. > > -- > > ------------------------- > 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/-/ikk6-qCxLJ8J. 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.
