I agree with pretty much everything Patrick M says. I had an ENO eccentric hub on my Gunnar Crosshairs many years ago. It worked well enough, pretty clever, but it had definite limitations in gearing accommodation and tire clearance. Eventually, I sold the Gunnar, bought a Surly Cross Check (with long forward facing dropouts!), de-eccentricized my ENO hub, and found that a better solution. And later, the CC morphed into a Black Mountain Monstercross, and that was better still.
So my $0.02 is that if you want to try single speed on a current frame, just a use a tensioner. If you want to try fixed gear, try for a "magic gear" combo, buy an old sport touring bike, or just bite the bullet and get a BMC Monstercross. It has 90-110% of the goodness of the QB, is readily available, and won't cost much more than a new ENO wheel. Eric On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 10:33 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'ved owned 2, and used one on a commuter, the other off road. Both worked > well, but the hub does have shortcomings. First, I could barely get a 2 > tooth difference. 2nd, the hub moves the axle and rim in a circular arc, > which means that if you do manage to get it to work with cogs of slightly > different sizes, this means that rear brake pad positioning is > problematical -- I simply got rid of the rear brake, as my cogs were fixed. > 3d, this same axle movement means that in the "gravity natural" position, > the weight of the bike tends to rotate the tire closer to the brake bridge > and reduces fender clearance; I recall one morning riding in 2-3" of snow, > getting snow packed tight between the 32 mm Pasela and the top of the > fender, and having to stop and pry it out. > > It's a rather elegant solution to ss with verticals, but it is not a > perfect solution. > > On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 6:49 PM, tc <tdc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 62cm Quickbeams and SimpleOnes are rarer than unicorns, so looking at >> options, like going the Eccentric ENO route with a Roadini, or a(nother) >> Sam. >> >> Has anyone had good/bad experiences with the ENO Eccentric? >> >> For those not familiar, see article in Reader #38, Summer 2006: >> https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2090e897f8c7f8d7170a52bbd/imag >> es/b921cb14-4563-45c9-b6c2-6e5e6eae65fe.jpg >> https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2090e897f8c7f8d7170a52bbd/_com >> presseds/0054efbc-9c92-4146-9ebe-ffd0b550f464.jpg >> >> Here's the ENO page: >> http://www.whiteind.com/eno/ >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
