>From the intermittent availability of the QB/SO model, and the discounted blowout of the last of the SimpleOnes not long after they arrived, it seems clear that they didn't sell well enough for RBW to maintain the model. I find it odd and depressing that this is the case but so it goes. As others have noted the fixed gear / single speed market is a bit of a niche one. Like all RBW bikes these were not the lowest price option out there, and it seems those who want a ss/fixed gear mostly avail themselves of one of those other options. Personally I am glad I got one before they were gone. As best I can tell they are (or were) the only off the shelf, lugged steel ss frame with a nice fork crown, quill stem, 120 rear spacing, and no unwanted shifter bosses etc that has room for real fenders and tires larger than 25c. If I could afford it I might prefer a bike with tire clearance and geometry closer to a rodeo, vertical rear dropouts, and an eccentric BB. But I am pretty sure that would have to be a custom so factoring in cost etc. I am quite happy with my SimpleOne. Closest production bike to my fixed gear ideal that I know of. Too bad it filled a vanishingly small niche market.
On Saturday, November 23, 2013 10:43:09 AM UTC-8, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm guessing it's a pretty saturated market as well. 1,001 little > fixie/SS retailers out there, with the Crosscheck being the king of > that niche. None with lugs or the AMAZING angled rear fork-ends, but > still hard to distinguish in that crowded marketplace. > > On 11/23/13, BSWP <asht...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > I am loving my 66cm orange QuickBeam. I have a DOS ENO freewheel on one > > side, and a fixed cog on the other. With JackBrowns and Nitto BullMoose > > bars, it brings smiles to all who see it, and to me especially when I > ride > > it. But I also understand RBW's economics on this, it was an expensive > > frame, much the same price as a road frame with rear attachment point > for a > > > > derailleur. Maybe there's a future frame coming that will have an > > attachment for shifting as well as semi-horizontal rear forks to allow > for > > wheelbase adjustment. > > > > - Andrew, Berkeley > > > > -- > > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to > > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > Cheers, > David > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > -- 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.
