Btw I HEAR YOU Certain Person Who's a Member Here. I have a friend who knows how many times I've bought a singlespeed then sold it cuz I can't pedal that kinda gear. I HEAR THE LAUGHTER 🙃
On Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 4:32:40 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > I hear ya. I'd take a QB or Roaduno over that forkless beater Bstone any > day. But it WAS cool. > > On Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 4:24:51 PM UTC-7 iamkeith wrote: > >> Meh, don't beat yourself up. It's neat from a historical standpoint but, >> without the correct fork, that value is sorta lost. A Quickbeam, >> SimpleOne, Frank Jones or this new one all seem nicer. As do some from >> Crust, Surly and others. >> >> FYI, if someone really likes the idea of a singlespeed, 26"-wheeled XO-1, >> the magic two-speed gear ratio (for not needing is a tensioner) is 38&35T >> chainrings with a 19&16T dos uno freewheel. I had my daughter's set up >> that way for a while. >> >> On Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 4:14:51 PM UTC-6 Joe Bernard wrote: >> >>> Yeah I messed up selling that one. I live in some hills now but at that >>> time I was at the top of a VERY steep one, the bike was literally >>> unrideable for me. Live and learn! >>> >>> On Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 3:12:15 PM UTC-7 Ryan wrote: >>> >>>> Be still my beating heart....❤ >>>> >>>> On Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 4:49:55 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ryan, it looked (and was sized like) a 52cm XO-1 with horizontal >>>>> dropouts glommed on, I suspect it used that fork. >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 2:33:58 PM UTC-7 Ryan wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Oh yeah I remember that now...wonder what the original fork looked >>>>>> like? Maybe a Tom Ritchey bi-plane one? >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyway , I'm sure the new RoadUno will be a fun bike...probably not >>>>>> fair to judge it basis the prototype version. We do know it'll have a >>>>>> generous wheelbase and tons of clearance for big tires. Thanks for >>>>>> digging >>>>>> that up, Joe. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 2:28:59 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Here's that UNO though it's no help with the headbadge, it didn't >>>>>>> have one. This is one I really should have kept, I found it as a (very >>>>>>> scratched) frame only and added the generic black unicrown fork. Really >>>>>>> nice build I put a lot of work into, including what apparently is now a >>>>>>> rare fillet-weld Bullmoose. I sold it to the Brandon mentioned in the >>>>>>> article, then he had it at on Craigslist for ages. Cool bike! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news/bridgestone-uno >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 8:55:19 AM UTC-7 Ryan wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The headbadge reminds me a little of the one on the singlespeed >>>>>>>> Bridgestone USA proposed before that particular ship sank in 1994; it >>>>>>>> was >>>>>>>> in one of the Bob Gazettes IIRC. Tried googling this (not very hard) >>>>>>>> and I >>>>>>>> didn't find it. I know someone on this list besides Addison Willhite >>>>>>>> scanned all the gazettes a few years ago but I can't find it >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I take it that purple will be one of the colors; I wonder what >>>>>>>> others they'll offer >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 10:08:47 AM UTC-5 velomann wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Also keep in mind - especially those considering internal hubs - >>>>>>>>> the Roaduno will have 120 rear spacing (confirmed in Riv email). It's >>>>>>>>> designed to be a single speed and use a single speed hub. >>>>>>>>> I'm real curious what crank Riv is going to spec on full builds. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Mike M >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Friday, August 19, 2022 at 4:16:37 PM UTC-7 Marty Gierke, >>>>>>>>> Stewartstown PA wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Today's email mentioned the upcoming Roaduno is kind of like a >>>>>>>>>> Clem H singler. I agree. It's pretty close when you overlay the two. >>>>>>>>>> (disclaiming the 5cm frame size difference.) IN the phot below, my >>>>>>>>>> Clem H >>>>>>>>>> is ghosted behind the equally ghosted Roaduno.I like running the >>>>>>>>>> Clem H as >>>>>>>>>> a uno, and would rather find another 59 Clem to use as a >>>>>>>>>> multi-geared bike >>>>>>>>>> than go for a Roaduno. Although, when he mentioned they would be >>>>>>>>>> fully >>>>>>>>>> lugged, I could be swooned into one - er, un... >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Marty >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> [image: Clemuno .jpg] >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/68b747af-e02e-481f-ab28-b83c06eec3c5n%40googlegroups.com.
