Pardon my interrupted message earlier. Bill asked if there was any "good" production bike that was single speed only, forward facing dropouts, and not a beach cruiser.
Good is a debatable concept, but I will submit my old Novara Buzz as exhibit one: https://bikingtoplay.blogspot.com/2013/07/bike-66-intro-rei-novara-buzz-one.html No derailer hanger, 120mm spacing, and forward facing dropouts. For something that cost $200, half off of the original list of $400, it was a good enough bike that I quite enjoyed riding. Eric On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Eric Daume <ericda...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bill asked if there was any "good" production bike that was single speed > only, forward facing dropouts, and not a beach cruiser. > > Good is a debatable concept, but I will submit my old Novara Buzz as > exhibit one: > > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 1:15 PM, 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 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.
