BMC Monstercross but it’s not specifically SS. -J
On Dec 14, 2017, 10:15 AM -0800, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com>, wrote: > Is there any "good" production bicycle available on planet Earth that is: > > 1. Designed specifically to be a single speed > 2. Designed with forward facing rear dropouts > > The only bikes I know of that are designed to be single speed and designed > with forward facing rear dropouts are beach cruisers. Are there any 'good' > bikes designed that way? > > I approve of Deacon Patrick's general plan to trust Riv and trust Nobilette. > I also approve of DP's specific plan to run QB-style track ends. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 2:48:24 AM UTC-8, Eric Daume wrote: > > My Karate Monkey has rear facing track ends. Changing the wheel ranges from > > a hassle (single speed) to very frustrating (geared) to probably howling > > anger (gears + fenders, though I've never used this setup). On the KM, it's > > sort of worthwhile for the short chainstays. That's not a concern on the > > Hunq. > > > > > > Eric > > > > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 11:37 PM, Philip Williamson > > > <philip.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I can see that if the stays allow the room to exit fat tires easily, > > > > then there’s no downside to front facing dropouts over rear facing > > > > track ends (my bike does not, so I’m biased). What are the downsides of > > > > rear facing track ends with fat tires? I’ve never encountered any. > > > > > > > > Philip > > > > Santa Rosa, 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. > > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@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 a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/ws3w9Xz1M2Q/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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.
