Re: [RBW] Re: New Rivendell "dual drive"

2010-06-10 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Aha! I missed the humor! I'm glad; I thought for a minute things were getting very strange. (Though apparently there is a way to make a derailleur fixed gear -- not fixed, exactly, but "no coasting" -- with a standard derailleur drive train on the right, another single crank and fw on the left.)

[RBW] Re: New Rivendell "dual drive"

2010-06-10 Thread Jim M.
Like William said, the totally symmetric hub will add strength, a dual drive will deliver more torque for heavy loads, and you have a redundant system in case you break a derailer in the middle of nowhere. ;-) Actually, they slapped it together with what they had lying around. I didn't ask why t

[RBW] Re: New Rivendell "dual drive" and pics of New Hunq

2010-06-10 Thread Bill M.
At first glance I thought the mid-tube was a bit low, but add a frame fit pump along the top tube and it should balance out about right. I'd prefer this to the high-mounted parallel top tubes. I only see one set of bottle bosses, on the down tube. I'd guess the mid-tube would get a second set of

[RBW] Re: New Rivendell "dual drive"

2010-06-10 Thread Johnny Alien
Wow! That looks so much better than I thought it would (the diagonal tube). On Jun 10, 7:33 pm, manueljohnacosta wrote: > sweet pictures! thanks for the pictures bikes look interesting! > > On Jun 10, 3:54 pm, "Jim M." wrote: > > > > > I wandered by RBW today to get the Bikesnob book and a new

[RBW] Re: New Rivendell "dual drive"

2010-06-10 Thread William
I gotta get me some of them dual drive bits. The totally symmetric double freehub wheel is gonna be BOMBER! On Jun 10, 3:54 pm, "Jim M." wrote: > I wandered by RBW today to get the Bikesnob book and a new > purse:http://www.rivbike.com/products/show/brand-v-grabsack/20-214 > Very nice bag, btw.

[RBW] Re: New Rivendell "dual drive"

2010-06-10 Thread manueljohnacosta
sweet pictures! thanks for the pictures bikes look interesting! On Jun 10, 3:54 pm, "Jim M." wrote: > I wandered by RBW today to get the Bikesnob book and a new > purse:http://www.rivbike.com/products/show/brand-v-grabsack/20-214 > Very nice bag, btw. > > While I was there, I got to take a spy s

[RBW] Re: New Rivendell "dual drive" and pics of New Hunq

2010-06-10 Thread Jim M.
And I should add, a pic of the whole, new, unpainted Hunq: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20986...@n04/4689448618/in/pool-1358...@n23 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googleg