Re: [RBW] "We’ll have “classic” single speed frames again...."

2017-11-14 Thread M G
If for a single speed, why not also have it versatile enough for fixed gear? IE horizontal dropouts. Of course the White Eno eccentric hub is a game changer. Becuase of a temporary move to a flattish town, i converted my Boulder rando bike to a fixed gear, and with the eccentric hub / vertica

Re: [RBW] "We’ll have “classic” single speed frames again...."

2017-11-09 Thread Clayton.sf
This is silly. It is a single speed or a manual shifter bike. For single speed you need an EBB, sliders, or horizontatal drops. Adding a "dangler" to it is like saying "I am not shifting my derailer bike so it is a single speed". regarding vertical drops, yes better, but not as good as through

Re: [RBW] "We’ll have “classic” single speed frames again...."

2017-11-09 Thread George Cline
Sorry, but why on Earth are vertical dropouts preferable on a single speed? That makes a chain tensioner, eccentric bottom bracket or rear hub mandatory. No thanks. George in NoCal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubs

Re: [RBW] "We’ll have “classic” single speed frames again...."

2017-11-09 Thread Christopher Murray
Is this BLUG a response to the “3-Speed MTBing Resources?” thread? It seems too much of a coincidence. Cheers, Chris -- 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

Re: [RBW] "We’ll have “classic” single speed frames again...."

2017-11-09 Thread Patrick Moore
We’ll have “classic” single speed frames again—but if you ride dirt and carry stuff and climb super steep hills and don’t have a bike-purist hang up, get a frame with vertical drop outs and set it up like the picture above. Is this said by way of opposition, so that the "classic" single speed fram

[RBW] "We’ll have “classic” single speed frames again...."

2017-11-09 Thread tc
...says Will in the November 9th (today) Blug post. -- 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