but adding a useful range of gears - say a 14-32 7 speed -- and a rear derailleur would add only a lb or so. For 'round town commuting, even in rolling terrain and winds with loads, no one needs more range than 86" -- 38". Even if you need a triple, 26 lb is not at all hard.
Heck, I tour on a 1 by 5. 44 up front, 13 to 36 in back. Of course this a freewheel, so there may be a weight penalty. Don't know. Had this bike almost a year now and have never even thought to weigh it. It gets me where I want to go, whatever it weighs. On Friday, June 14, 2013 7:07:53 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I just read the Blug post. Abstracting from the good news at the end, and > tawkin' about the bulk of it, I must say that I like it and agree with > about 93.764% of it. In particular: > > I think that long chainstays make a bike more comfortable over rough > surfaces. I have continually been pleased and surprised at how well my two > 44.5 cm-stayed fixies float over bad stuff even with skinny tires. Of > course, skinny tires that are very supple (the original 559 Turbos, > Michelin Pro Races) are surprisingly comfortable, too, at least at my > weight and pressures. > > I must say that I don't really care about recycling, and I think this is > wrong: > > "a bike that weighs 25 pounds and is useful is some combination of > stripped down/obsessed over/too close to a dysfunctional edge." > > My errand Riv weighs less than that -- say 24 lb -- with Sackville > Medium, complex repair kit, full size HPX, and lights. It's a fixed gear, > of course, but adding a useful range of gears - say a 14-32 7 speed -- and > a rear derailleur would add only a lb or so. For 'round town commuting, > even in rolling terrain and winds with loads, no one needs more range than > 86" -- 38". Even if you need a triple, 26 lb is not at all hard. > > My Fargo with fat wheels comes in at about 32 lb. > > On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Dan McNamara <djmcn...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I'm guessing public announcement of the new digs mentioned in the last >> direct email. >> >> Dan >> >> On Jun 14, 2013, at 1:42 PM, Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >> This appears cryptically at the end of the latest Blug post. Appaloosa? >> Budget Riv? Spill, GP! >> >> Joe Bernard >> Vallejo, CA. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > patric...@resumespecialties.com <javascript:> > > Albuquerque, NM > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
