Exactly. The closest to being killed while riding a bike was a rear flat on my geared disc Karate Monkey at 11 pm on a blowing, -9°F commute home.
Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 6:14:31 PM UTC-4, Jeff wrote: > > Satan himself has clearly designed the track end- derailleur-hangered rear > on my Surly Troll. Mixed with fenders, racks and <gasp> disc brakes it is > highly functional and curse inducing. Be careful of the deal with the devil > > On Tuesday, July 26, 2016, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Oh, please don't use track ends! Use a superexcessivelylong "horizontal" >> dropout. So much easier! >> >> I had C Mathews retrofit my '03 Riv custom with a longer-than-Campy-1010 >> dropout; and the 1010 replaced the original Riv vertical. Anyway, room for >> prolly 8 teeth difference. >> >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 2:58 PM, iamkeith <keithhar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Having seen a few comments from Grant lately, to the effect of "if you >>> want a single-speed, don't shift" I'd be surprised. >>> >>> On the other hand, perhaps the "groovy thing that none of our other >>> bikes has ever had," for the contemplated Roadini, is a track end dropout >>> with a derailleur hanger attached? >>> >>> Alas, I could speculate for ever, but speculation is all it would ever >>> be. >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 2:18:24 PM UTC-6, John wrote: >>>> >>>> A friend told me they heard Riv has a fixed and/or single speed in the >>>> works for 2017. >>>> >>>> For some reason, he refused to elaborate. Perhaps he is just full of >>>> processed cow fodder. >>>> >>>> Has anyone here heard anything about this? >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>> -- >>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> ************************************* >> *************************************************** >> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >> circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and >> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu >> >> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the >> world revolves.) *Carthusian motto >> >> *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart >> >> *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle >> >> >> -- >> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
