Your right, of course. I've been using the derailler for chain tension with 1 cog for the last few months. It's a clumsy solution though. I'm constantly hitting the bar end shifter on something and knowing the chain off the cog. And I must be missing out on some of the efficiency benefit of a shorter chain with fewer bends. The Melvin would have solved these issues, but left me without a multi-speed bike when I want one. Having the eccentric will hopefully give me the best of both. Or maybe it's just an excuse to upgrade my rear wheel :) Jay
On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 3:27:56 AM UTC+3, Philip Williamson wrote: > I see you don't need the Melvin with the eccentric, but why would you need > an eccentric hub if you'll leave the derailleur on? You could pop off the > cassette, pop on the spacers and cog and go, all without the cost of > another wheel, tire, tube, etc. If your rims are different widths, changing > the cassette is faster than switching wheels and adjusting brakes. > > I think you'll end up going full singlespeed and make my puzzlement moot. > > Philip > www.biketinker.com > > > > On Tuesday, May 6, 2014 8:29:12 AM UTC-7, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: >> >> Thanks for all the input, everyone. >> I just got off the phone with Anthony at Longleaf. >> He confirmed my idea of leaving the derailler on and switching back and >> forth occasionally between single speed and cassette wheels, so I went >> ahead and placed the order. >> >> Hub - WI Eno Eccentric >> Rim - A23, 32 holes >> Spokes - Wheelsmith DB14 >> >> I suppose I jumped the gun a little, since it will be delivered to my >> inlaws in NH and I won't get it until I visit in July. >> >> The upshot of all this is that I won't be needing the Paul Melvin >> tensioner I bought on this list and never installed. The guy who sold it to >> me described it as "Installed, maybe a few miles on it. Excellent. " >> It's waiting for me in NH too (really jumped the gun on that one) so I >> haven't seen it myself. So, >> >> FS Paul Melvin chain tensioner. $50 shipped >> http://www.paulcomp.com/melvin.html >> >> Jay >> >> >> >> >> -- 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/d/optout.
