For a little more context, I live at the top of 84 in Woodside and I commute to work everyday (was Palo Alto, now Redwood City). This SimpleOne was my first Rivendell, but when I moved to Woodside I largely stopped riding it and purchased an Atlantis. A single speed in the mountains isn't exactly the greatest commuting option. I biked up Old La Honda once, it wasn't terribly fun. Back in early August I messed up the fork of my Atlantis so I needed a way to continue commuting. Given that I live in a tiny place, buying a third bike wasn't really enticing. This SimpleOne has lots of sentimental value at this point so selling it never really crossed my mind. I had been intrigued with a Rohloff conversion for quite some time though, and this was the perfect opportunity to try it. The past few weeks have been really great, plus I noticed my commute times have improved by 2-3 minutes. For what it's worth, my SimpleOne has a wider gearing range than my Atlantis. Crazy. Anyway, I won't be going back to a single speed anytime soon, that's for sure.
- Geoff On Thursday, September 5, 2013 8:23:14 AM UTC-7, Ron Mc wrote: > > the cold-set itself is only 1/3-inch on each side - the trick to it is > keeping the alignment. Great-looking bikes and I'm jealous - thanks for > showing them. > > On Thursday, September 5, 2013 9:56:43 AM UTC-5, Montclair BobbyB wrote: >> >> First, congratulations; that's an ambitious mod. The basic concept is >> cool (i.e. being able to switch between single-speed and internal-geared), >> except cold-setting a 120mm spaced-frame to 135mm to me is pretty extreme. >> A big part of the appeal of the S1/QB is that it IS a single speed and it >> has 120mm rear spacing. If you want gears (let alone a 14-speed Rohloff), >> why are you starting with a 120mm SS frame and (forever) altering its >> genetic structure? And how can you ever go back to SS (in good conscience) >> as a 135mm-spaced SS??? Besides, there are other gearing options without >> having to cold set. For example, you can get creative with a dual-speed >> freewheel and double crankset to at least stretch your SS into a 4-speed. >> Or you can choose a 126mm internal-geared hub (like a SRAM/Spectro P5 or >> S7; granted not a Rohloff, but a nice durable hub). I use a Patterson >> 2-speed crankset which extends my S1 to climb moderate hills. Add an S7 >> hub, and you've got formidable gear range. >> >> OK, blah blah blah... fact remains you've already created a Simple-14.. >> at the very least that's audacious, diabolical and totally Frankenbikish, >> worthy of props... so I'll give that a big Dr Evil "MBWAAAHAAAAH"!!! >> >> Peace, >> BB >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, September 4, 2013 5:55:53 PM UTC-4, Daniel Molloy wrote: >>> >>> Hi group, >>> >>> I thought I would share this Rohloff conversion we just finished at >>> Cycle Monkey. As a former Rivendell employee and current Rohloff user I'm a >>> little biased, but I think it turned out great. We cold-set the rear >>> triangle without any problems. Alex Wetmore converted his Quickbeam to a >>> Rohloff a while back, but there doesn't seem to be much info online about >>> it anymore. Fair Disclosure: I currently work at Cycle Monkey, and am only >>> posting here since I believe it counts as relevant and interesting Riv >>> Content. >>> >>> >>> http://cyclemonkeylab.blogspot.com/2013/09/rivendell-simpleone-rohloff-speedhub.html >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
