Guys listen, you don't even need a front derailleur to shift on the front end. Just dismount and move the chain with your hands. Slow yes but certainly way faster than changing ratios on the Simple One/ Quickbeam. I wouldn't get all hung up on that anyway. I rode today with just a 51 and 66 inch gear on hills that I normally find my self pedaling up in a 27 inch or lower gear. For most urban riding or even open road stuff something from about 30 to 80 inches is plenty. If you had no front derailleur and had a real gut busting steep climb ahead simply jumping off and manually shifting to a smaller front ring would just give you time to eat or drink a little before embarking. Heck a 1x5 would be good enough.
On Jun 19, 6:08 pm, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > It might if the tube for the hand grip is right where a front derailer > might go. That would be somethin'. Then an aftermarket braze-on > would be required. > > However, believe a 1x9 (or 8 or less) would be good. Finding that a > 39 with a 12-36 gives a pretty impressive range on my Cross Check. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Jun 19, 6:36 pm, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > True. I'm guessing that nothing is impossible, and the statement "you can't > > use a front derailleur on this bike" probably means that the design of the > > bike precludes the use of a front derailleur, but someone who has a will > > would find a way, and in this case, that way would be to get a bolt-on > > hanger. > > > On Jun 19, 2011, at 4:30 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 16:20 -0700, James Warren wrote: > > > >> Lack of cable stop wouldn't make it impossible. Clamps available. I > > >> use a front shifter on my QB. > > > >> Lack of rear derailleur hanger is the only thing I can think of. > > > > There used to be plenty of bolt-on derailleur hangers on Bike Boom > > > bikes. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
