Hi All, The simple one for sale got me to thinking about doing something similar with a fixie frame I made at United Bicycle Institute a few years ago. IIRC you can put 2 closely spaced chainrings up front. Then in the rear with flip flop hub, you can use a double freewheel on one side and even a double fixed cog on the other. Is this right? How close do the chainrings and cogs need to be to avoid having to change the chain length? Can you use a "crossover" gear, i.e. one chainring with either of the cogs in the rear (FW or fixed), or do they need to be in the same plane? Will it work with a standard track dropout or was there something unique on the simple one/quickbeam?
Can someone give me examples of the gearing they use? What double crank works or do I have to make a custom one? My frame was originally built with a 120 rear but I respaced it to 126...will that work? Are flip flop wheels available with quick release, and is it OK for fixed gear riding? I'm wondering how often I would change the gears if I needed a wrench for the axle nut. Lots of questions, sorry, but I'm thinking it would make an interesting project. Thanks in advance, Alan NYC -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
