Re: [RBW] 1400 front derailers

2022-05-20 Thread Bill Lindsay
Garth said the skeleton key front derailer looks awful. Awful looks are in the eye of the beholder, HAHA. I like the look of it very much. I especially like the compact and simple cage. The clamp material looks like it would be fun to modify and personalize. $32 and available are also very

Re: [RBW] 1400 front derailers

2022-05-20 Thread Garth
So it's here and I must say it looks awful ! laughing ) While I recognize it from the Microshift catalog, at least they don't need to be worrying over FD supply anytime soon, so three cheers for that ! On Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 9:46:34 PM UTC-4 Michael Baquerizo wrote: > gra

Re: [RBW] 1400 front derailers

2022-04-27 Thread Michael Baquerizo
grant did mention that aesthetically theyre nothing to write home about so...don't get your hopes up. On Monday, April 25, 2022 at 7:42:56 PM UTC-4 hinton...@gmail.com wrote: > Made by MicroShift but no model mention: > https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/grant-petersens-blog/early-april > > On Mond

Re: [RBW] 1400 front derailers

2022-04-25 Thread Johnny Alien
Yeah the IRD Alpina is a solid bet. On Monday, April 25, 2022 at 7:04:44 PM UTC-4 E. Ricky Creek wrote: > > It is probably some version of the IRD sub compact. > > My last apartment had a side door that took a skeleton key. I had a box of > old keys and one worked on that door. I found another

Re: [RBW] 1400 front derailers

2022-04-25 Thread TP H
Made by MicroShift but no model mention: https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/grant-petersens-blog/early-april On Monday, April 25, 2022 at 4:04:44 PM UTC-7 E. Ricky Creek wrote: > > It is probably some version of the IRD sub compact. > > My last apartment had a side door that took a skeleton key. I h

Re: [RBW] 1400 front derailers

2022-04-25 Thread E. Ricky Creek
It is probably some version of the IRD sub compact. My last apartment had a side door that took a skeleton key. I had a box of old keys and one worked on that door. I found another similar key and filed it down to work, too. So that became the door we always used, because why wouldn't I? This

Re: [RBW] 1400 front derailers

2022-04-25 Thread Garth
The reference of a "skeleton key" derailleur is a figure of speech, dontcha know ? You betcha it is . Referring to "one derailleur suitable for everything" . like a master key to open any lock, so to speak. The "everything" in this case refers to the bikes Riv designs, contracts, and c

Re: [RBW] 1400 front derailers

2022-04-25 Thread Bill Lindsay
I would bet a dollar that it is an actual cable-actuated front derailer. :-) Sticks grow on trees. Front derailers do not. BL in EC On Monday, April 25, 2022 at 12:53:31 PM UTC-7 captaincon...@gmail.com wrote: > It's probably an actual skeleton key similar to the stick shift method > they

Re: [RBW] 1400 front derailers

2022-04-25 Thread Conway Bennett
It's probably an actual skeleton key similar to the stick shift method they used to espouse. Fair winds, Captain Conway Bennett 239.877.4119 On Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 2:24 PM Joe Mullins wrote: > I’m not sure if I missed it but does anyone know what these derailleurs > look like? > > Thanks, > >

Re: [RBW] 1400 front derailers

2022-04-25 Thread Bill Lindsay
I have no idea what the skeleton key front derailer looks like. For whatever that's worth. BL in EC On Monday, April 25, 2022 at 12:24:43 PM UTC-7 jmlmu...@gmail.com wrote: > I’m not sure if I missed it but does anyone know what these derailleurs > look like? > > Thanks, > > Joe in Los Ange

Re: [RBW] 1400 front derailers

2022-04-25 Thread Joe Mullins
I’m not sure if I missed it but does anyone know what these derailleurs look like? Thanks, Joe in Los Angeles > On Apr 25, 2022, at 12:10 PM, Conway Bennett > wrote: > > I find front derailleurs tedious to setup, and I rarely need them. Advent X > is the best solution in my opinion. But I

[RBW] 1400 front derailers

2022-04-25 Thread Bill Lindsay
On the March 18th email update, Rivendell reported that the container full of frames would also contain *1400 Front Derailers*. They indicated this model will work with all their bikes, but they didn't say exactly what it is, giving it the nickname "skeleton key". I wonder how much space 1,400