Use a Surly or Paul chain tensioner/singleator with spacers and a cog and you're all set on the Sam for singlespeed. Unless you want fixed, when you'll need the ENO, horizontal dropouts or the magic gear.
I wouldn't operate on the Simpleone--use it as designed. Ryan On Monday, January 7, 2013 3:02:02 PM UTC-8, Trevor saxton wrote: > > So I find myself with overlapping bikes and looking for a solution to > obtain a reasonably lightweight 650b single speed. > > I have a 52cm Hillborne and a 56cm Simplone that now directly overlap with > 2 other bikes....a vo PolyValent and a vintage Bianchi that has sentimental > value, while ive commuted on the rivs I find that I prefer the PolyValent > for commuting mostly due to its unassuming and the Bianchi is now set up as > a 700c single speed road bike which will satisfy my weekend long rides > duty, and I am craving a 650b single speed as I adore single speed riding > and the 650b wheel size, > > since I did not win the lottery it looks like I have 3 options...... > > Buy a white industries eno hub wheel for the Hillborne cost about 250 > locally > Take my Simplone to a local frame builder to reposition the cantis and a > reprint, cost about 400 > Or sell both and get a custom --- hilsen roadeo mix...cost 3500 less > proceeds of sale. > > Any advice? > > -- 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/-/wuzTBRIueloJ. 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.