On Wednesday, August 24, 2011 6:16:04 PM UTC-7, Aaron Thomas wrote: > > I'd like to see Rivendell do a breakaway style bike in the spirit of the > Romulus. It seems there would be an opening in the market for a > Romulus-style breakaway. Hitherto, the only options are a Dahon touring > bike, Ritchey's Road (which accepts only up to 28mm tires), and Ritchey's > cx, which has decent clearances and nice geometry specs, but has an dreaded > (and ugly) crabon fork. > > How about a standard reach, caliper-braked, sporty road model à la the > Romulus? Sounds good to me. Who's in? >
Actually, there are several custom builders who make frames with the breakaway system. I have a Paul Taylor breakaway cross bike and it has a steel fork. It is fillet-brazed and works well. My bike has canti bosses and I run a Suntour xc pro canti brake in the rear and the tektro mini v brake in front. Btw, the tektro mini v brake works GREAT (no chatter or shuttering that I got with the front Suntor xc pro) and for $20, its a bargain! I believe Curtlo, Iglehart and several other builders will also build a frame with this system. Of course, none of these builders are Grant designed, but it is available. Good Luck! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/uXfxaaK739kJ. 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.
