Ah, I was worried you were referring to the VBC system.Apologies for the thread derailment…Carry on!P. W.~(917) 514-2207~On Oct 10, 2024, at 6:26 AM, ian m wrote:On Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 8:45:55 AM UTC-4 philip@gmail.com wrote:Why do you think this?As in: they will no longer be produc
On Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 8:45:55 AM UTC-4 philip@gmail.com
wrote:
Why do you think this?
As in: they will no longer be producing VBC rings?
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Why do you think this?As in: they will no longer be producing VBC rings?P. W.~(917) 514-2207~On Oct 9, 2024, at 5:22 PM, ian m wrote:Also looks like WI is discontinuing the double chainrings when they run out of current stock. Too bad, may have to pick one up just incase I find a deal on cranksOn
Frustration! LOL, OK thanks for playing. I think of them as usable
consumable parts. I think of the extra $12 for a DOS ENO outer ring is
like buying double the mileage before they are both worn out. That just
seems like a good deal.
Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA
On Wednesday, October 9, 2
Mostly out of curiosity Bill,
In the decades I’ve had fixed gear bikes I have yet to flip a wheel despite
having a flip flop hub.
I bought a Roaduno and I’ve been riding a lot and have debated putting a
tensioner on it and there’s the option of a dos eno.
I’ll likely stick with it as a single s
Also looks like WI is discontinuing the double chainrings when they run out
of current stock. Too bad, may have to pick one up just incase I find a
deal on cranks
On Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 7:44:28 PM UTC-4 CJ wrote:
> I have a bunch of singlespeed bicycles and a bunch more "traditionally
I loved my eno dinglespeed I had when I lived in Oakland. A nice tooling
around town gear and then switch to the inner ring and cog to climb the
Berkeley hills. Then I moved to a much hillier locale and sold it almost 10
years ago. Would love to build a budget version but doesn't seem like there
I have a bunch of singlespeed bicycles and a bunch more "traditionally"
geared bikes. Dingles, 2x1, 3x1, etc. fall into an "uncanny valley" for me.
As you know, with a singlespeed you're (almost) never in the right gear.
You make do. With a double or triple, I know I'd find myself frustrated,
a
If I ever I build a bike with a single chain ring, I'll report back. Do
you have a reason to believe why it wouldn't be quite? Or quiet? We're
talking about a 3/32" chain, aka a derailleur chain.
Bill Lindsay
On Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 9:54:35 PM UTC-7 Ray Varella wrote:
> One possibl
One possible reason is not knowing the doubles and singles use the same
body.
Up until I read this post, I was not aware the parts were interchangeable.
With a single chainring up front, is the chain line quite in both cogs?
Ray
On Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 8:49:44 PM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrot
For those following the saga, there's an update. I received a 16/18 drive
ring on warranty and bought a 17/19 to restore my worn out 18T freewheel.
Both those new freewheels are built up and ready to use.
Here's a weird pricing anomaly: A single White Industries ENO freewheel is
around $12
White Industries is a full on machine shop there in Petaluma.
They are not set up to re-work a part. Particularly not a discontinued
part. If they let me keep the bad one, I'll attempt the rework on my own.
I'm in the process of buying a 17/19 drive ring for one freewheel, and
getting a wa
Hey Bill,
Out of curiosity, do you know if WI machines the cogs in their Petaluma
shop?
If so, would it be possible to send it to them to machined into spec.
When I’ve been picking up freight Nextdoor to them, it looks like they have
a pretty well setup shop onsite.
It might be worth asking si
Front chain line on a double is the imaginary mid-point between the two
rings. You're using a 3/32" derailleur chain. As long as you are
splitting the difference you are already doing MUCH better than anybody's
derailleur bike with respect to chain line.
To MEASURE chainlink, you use a cali
General question here for the assembled geniuses: how are folks figuring
their chainlines on 2 x 1 Melvin setups? Centering the rear cog between the
two chainrings? I need to measure mine; my immediate thought is, how is one
supposed to achieve a good chainline in this sort of setup where you're
My understanding is that the Roaduno, with its horizontal dropouts, does
not allow one to slide the wheel back and forth without also requiring an
adjustment to the rear brake pads. The QB, with slanted dropouts, did not
have that same problem.
I don't have either bike, I'm only repeating what
An 8 tooth jump between chainrings does not necessarily require a tensioner.
One example of such a build is my Quickbeam as originally delivered. The
Quickbeam had 32 and 40 teeth chainrings with a 22 tooth freewheel. No need
for a chain tensioner as the dropouts supplied enough travel for the r
Ryan, I stuck with the DA.Because vibes.P. W.~(917) 514-2207~On Sep 26, 2024, at 2:53 PM, Ryan wrote:Philip after shortening chain and putting on a new 19t WI freewheel , did you use the Melvin, the Dura Ace or nothing as a tensioner?...since you're just shifting between the 2 front chainrings?On
Although I guess, with an 8-tooth jump on the front you do have to have
some kind of tensioner
On Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 4:53:09 PM UTC-5 Ryan wrote:
> Philip after shortening chain and putting on a new 19t WI freewheel , did
> you use the Melvin, the Dura Ace or nothing as a tensioner
Philip after shortening chain and putting on a new 19t WI freewheel , did
you use the Melvin, the Dura Ace or nothing as a tensioner?...since you're
just shifting between the 2 front chainrings?
On Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 4:24:35 PM UTC-5 Edwin W wrote:
> Bill,
>
> If god wanted you to
Bill,
If god wanted you to use a tensioner with a single speed, she wouldn't have
created track ends.
Seriously, I will be interested to hear how this shakes out, and what you
discover, as it is a bit baffling why a multi gear freewheel will work and
a single speed freewheel would not.
Edwi
That's interesting Bill.
While finishing mine this week I ran into the same or similar issue using
an 8pd chain, Paul Melvin and a White Industries 46/38 upfront.
The freewheel in question was old and not great, mind you.
I tried using an old Dura Ace RD instead of the Melvin. Same issue.
I rep
My first instantiation of my 58cm RoadUno was as a 14-speed, as
immortalized in Will's email update. I used my wheel set which has a
customized 120mm O.L.D. cassette hub which fits 7 cogs from a 9 speed
cassette, updated with 10-speed spacers on what was traditionally a 5-speed
spaced rear hub
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