All those cheap bikes can be cheaply made into geared bikes, too, so why buy any Riv at all?
If that singlespeed Raleigh Competition = Quickbeam, then that Raleigh Competition with gears = Roadeo. '80s Ritchey MTB = Bombadil? It's a perspective thing. I value fixed gear bikes more highly than geared bikes, so I'd be more likely to ride a geared Centurion, and save my pennies for a Riv custom fixie than vice-versa. Philip www.biketinker.com On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 3:35:15 PM UTC-8, Peter M wrote: > > Its nice to dream but there are so many bikes here in NYC and other cities > that can be easily and cheaply converted to SS/Fixed a frame only for $1200 > is out of reach of most of the customer base, IE people looking for a easy > SS/Fixed bike. As has also been pointed out Surly et al make SS monster > bikes so that would be a hard market to cram into and would require a total > re-design for Rivendell. I love the idea of owning a Rivendell Single Speed > but my $300 total buildup Raleigh Competition is a fine riding bike. > > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 6:25 PM, sameness <same...@gmail.com <javascript:> > > wrote: > >> No more than 2 degree upslope. Biggish head tube extension to save on >> headset spacer stack. Simple lugs. A stunning lack of braze-ons (I like >> P-clamps). Single bottle mount, seat tube only. A really nice bend to the >> fork blades. >> >> 700C. Only slightly more tire clearance. Track ends. Cantis. Optimized >> for drops. >> >> Don't care a stitch for eyelets, rack mounts, provisions for fenders, >> integrated cable hanger, or a kickstand plate. >> >> Contrasting head tube (I'd really, *really* love to see the old Riv >> green 'tube on orange paint). Adhesive livery more aesthetically adjacent >> to Atlantis and Bleriot than SimpleOne and Yves, if that makes sense, i.e. >> no font that comes loaded with Windows. >> >> Basically, only slightly different to the Quickbeam, if even more pared >> back. >> >> That's me. >> >> Jeff Hagedorn >> Warragul, VIC Australia >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- 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.
