my best bike buddy has a quad on his Fisher MB, 18T on the small ring. He never really uses it and claims he can't quite keep his balance with it.
On Monday, June 16, 2014 12:57:57 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > This is what we all need: http://abundantadventures.com/quads.html > > In an effort to achieve perfect simplicity -- which in my case meant > having one bike that did everything perfectly -- I installed one of these; > this back circa 1990. Neither it nor the "one bike perfect for everything" > worked very well (though others seem to like the Quad). > > So in despair I went to fixed gear drivetrains. > > Seriously, Patrick is right: it's all an attempt to balance features and > simplicity. Perhaps the answer is, instead of 4 chainrings, to have 4 fixed > gear bicycles. > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Deacon Patrick <lamon...@mac.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Here's how I see it: the front derailer question is simply a specific >> expression of the quest for balance between functionality and simplicity. >> We've all chosen Rivendells, and at least some of us did so because of the >> benefits of steel and Grant's brilliance with geometry -- aka expressions >> of the balance between functionality and simplicity. >> >> Single speed/fixed is another expression of that quest. So is the front >> derailure. I'm still curious to see how I do only using my middle chain >> ring on the Hunqapillar bikepacking this summer (my broken rib has delayed >> the experiment's start till July). If the answer is "Yup, 36 front ring is >> all you need" then I'll explore the best ways to achieve that. I do find it >> bothersome having the shifter move whenever I lay down the bike. So there >> is practical simplicity in the moment to moment experience of the ride. >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis > > ************************************* > * "Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to > never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from > it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* > * "Nothing outside you can give you any place," he said. "You needn't to > look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind > it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into > somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your > daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is > all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was > any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, > because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where > in your time and your body can they be?* > * "Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you?" he cried. > "Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where > Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of > you can find it?” -- Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood * > -- 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.
