Jim: the AM was a clubmen's (and doubtless clubwomen's) hub, with freewheel, that had medium gaps as described -- direct, + 11.55%, - 12.5%. I could set it up, for example, with a ~70" direct 2nd and have a 78" high/3d and a 61" 1st/low, an excellent spread for my riding. (SA made 3 speed hubs for time trialists that were even tighter, and gave the equivalent of a straight block, assuming your block was a 3 cog block. There were 2, whose nomenclature I forget, but if your cruising gear was, say, 80", they'd give you roughly a 85" high and a 75" low.)
The smart thing would be to have Chauncey add rear brake braze ons to the gofast, but the alternative is to find a bike, or a frame, that handles pretty much like a Rivendell road model.. I could live with 126; I just want suggestions from people who know the Rivendell feel and can suggest makes and models to look out for. The more I think about this, the more it simply makes sense to spend a few hundred $$ having the gofast altered; after all, I could still ride it fixed, and that would remain its primary function. But as I age (61), I'm finding it nice to have a range of gears. (Yes, I know I could build up a derailleur bike, but I *want* a bike for the AM.) On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 8:43 PM, Jim M. <mather...@gmail.com> wrote: > I enjoy your "looking for hen's teeth" quests. Is this to be another > fixie? What's an AM hub? > > It sounds like you want some one who is familiar with the Riv ride and is > also old enough to have ridden a bunch of '70s bikes so they can recommend > one that is obscure enough not to command a vintage price. > > My favorite older bikes are a Merckx, a 3Rensho, and a Gazelle, all of > which, in my opinion, handle well and cost me less than $400 each. Of > those, Gazelle is obscure enough to be relatively inexpensive for a bike > made from 531. But my bikes are all late '70s or 'early '80s and have 126 > spacing. Your search for a 120 makes it much more difficult, especially to > find a decent one at a non-vintage price. Bertin, Gitane, RIH (another > Dutch maker), might be what you're looking for. There are the Swedish-made > Crescents, some of which are 531. I'm sure there a bunch of other obscure > brands that I don't know about too. I'd probably look for a Brit bike, > though, but finding one at a low cost from that era will be difficult. > > happy huntin' > jim m > wc, 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-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.
