Bill-
I thought about a sprung saddle - I've always been intrigued by the B72
actually - but I'm quite surprised/happy with how much extra spring the
bike has now with the slightly larger, slightly lower pressure, and more
compliant (can't say supple any more!) Paselas, compared to the JB's.
Very glad your problem is largely solved. It would have indeed been sad if
a bike as lovely (by all accounts) as the QB were to feel awkward and slow.
Photos, please ?
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Peter Pesce petepe...@gmail.com wrote:
I just wanted to close out this mystery and thank
Just one phone pic at the moment. (Apologies for the busy background.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ppesce/6775321708/in/photostream
-Pete
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Thanks, Peter -- makes me nostalgic for another ss/fixed ride: God willing,
tomorrow. Today was windy and I was tired from yesterday whose 29 mile
round of errands ended at almost 9 pm with 4-5 miles of climbing into a
stiff headwind in a 72 gear -- another prodding to convert one of my Riv
fixies
hehehe, I was right! tires are an answer, if not *the *answer. A good
reason to have many bikes is to ride in different natural positions and for
different natural reasons. Consider a sprung saddle, such as the Brooks
Champion, for your silver steed, or...
Great pic.
If you lay a straight edge over the top of the chain you could measure the
static sag and provide a very good rule-of-thumb for setting up single
speeds. To be verified by the Park beer bottle opener test, of course!
From the photo it looks like about 1/4 - 3/8 inch?
This might be
There's a fine line between slack and super-taut that I consider optimal. I
mostly ride my single-speeds fixed-gear, and I find a loose chain unnerving
when I'm transitioning from forward pedaling to back-pressuring and back to
forward pedaling again. With a freewheel, I'd probably run a bit
] Re: Not So Quick Beam
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Jeremy Till
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Found a picture of one of Sheldon's (RIP) old fixed gears, which in my mind
demonstrates just the proper amount of tension.
http://sheldonbrown.org/images/ral-int-nospox
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 5:02 PM, lexm alexei.marc...@gmail.com wrote:
Lurker here (who has a SimpleOne frame on order).
This three-minute Park Tool instruction video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9la5VTbeQHofeature=youtube_gdata_player
is nominally focused on the SRAM Torpedo fixed/free
Jeremy,
Thanks. I read your email to my SS RedLine Monocog. It nodded its stem
and bars in agreement, winked a brake lever at me and then responded by
showing just that amount of chain slack as you have described. I caught it
in a photo and I agree with you completely on not running a SS chain
This is really great, helpful, info for a SS newbie! Thanks all.
I was REALLY running my chain too tight! I might even loosen it some more
for the commute home.
-Pete in CT
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Found a picture of one of Sheldon's (RIP) old fixed gears, which in my mind
demonstrates just the proper amount of tension.
http://sheldonbrown.org/images/ral-int-nospox-big.gif
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On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Jeremy Till jeremy.t...@gmail.com wrote:
Found a picture of one of Sheldon's (RIP) old fixed gears, which in my
mind demonstrates just the proper amount of tension.
http://sheldonbrown.org/images/ral-int-nospox-big.gif
Question for the group: Does a sagging
My 66cm QuickBeam is the first single-speed I've had in a long, long time.
I'm riding it in a fixed-gear (40/16) with JackBrown Blues (85 psi) and I
would not say it's slow or sluggish at all - in fact, just the opposite,
and a delight to ride in every way. One thing that *could* make a bike feel
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