I was so excited about this bike when it was initially in the planning stages about 2 years ago. I was psyched about a true Rivendell singlespeed that would take wide-ish tires and have that smooth geometry. Was in communication with Will and Grant, got confirmation of 650b, 120 rear spacing, cantilever posts... Started buying parts (Surly hubs, Velocity rims, Paul Mini-motos and levers...)
Then things started getting weird. Derailleur hanger (Not my ideal but I could live with it) Single downtube shifter boss (I love DT shifters, but not on a singlespeed.) But they finally lost me at "Long-reach sidepull." I truly don't understand the thinking in that decision; it feels like a cost and/or labor saving decision and it really disappointed me. I hope for Riv's sake that I'm wrong, but it feels like a bike designed for an audience of about 10 people. So no, I was all in, but no longer. Mike M On Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 6:15:44 PM UTC-7 philip....@gmail.com wrote: > 🙋🏻♂️ > > Silver. Frame and fork. > > Build ready to go! > > P. W. > ~ > (917) 514-2207 > ~ > > > > > On Jun 23, 2024, at 1:59 PM, Doug H. <dhansf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The Roaduno sale begins Thursday June 27th noon Pacific time. Who is > planning to buy one? Will you buy a frameset to build up or a complete? > Color preference? > > > I'm curious as to the demand for this bike. It's not JUST a single speed > which I think is cool. And, cool is good in my lingo. What do you all think > of the stock components? > > Let's talk Roaduno!! > > Doug > > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d67e02a5-a27a-4dac-87bb-285f06f33feen%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d67e02a5-a27a-4dac-87bb-285f06f33feen%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/4022d17d-d317-4200-93f9-c1cfe232c46an%40googlegroups.com.
