I have a Rivendell Silver 173mm crankset on my Quickbeam with a 68x103mm Tange BB unit. There are two chain rings and they are 38/35. On my Phil flip-flop rear track hub I am running two White Industries DOS ENO freewheels. A 16/18 on one side and a 20/22 on the other. I avoid using the 35x16 and the 38x22, but will use the other six combos a lot.
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 6:01:37 AM UTC-7 George Schick wrote: > Bill - you say the Quickbeam is setup as "a 8-speed single speed," so I'm > assuming an IGH? If so, what kind? A Shimano Nexus 8? Also, again > assuming an IGH, how did you do the cable routing? I have a Surly 1x1 and > I've been fantasizing turning it into an IGH, but I'd have to change bars > and figure out how to route the shifting cable. > George > > > On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 12:14:16 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > >> I had been searching for quite a while for a single speed that enabled >> some derailer-less gear flexibility. On one hand I searched for a 58cm >> Quickbeam or SimpleONE. On the other hand I was/am waiting on the >> RoadUNO. I was/am a huge fan of Rivendells rear dropouts with the angle >> that allows a significant gear change while maintaining brake adjustment. >> >> In an absolutely perfect world, my Size Large singlespeed would also have >> been 650B (for fat tires and no TCO). While I'm sitting here in >> fantasy-land, I also would have waved my magic wand to have the bike be >> belt-compatible, and would allow brakes, but have a discreet way to NOT run >> brakes. >> >> Over the last 18 months or so, I've been working with placeholders for >> these things. I bought a Crust Michigan Man right when they were released >> and set it up as a strictly 1-speed fixie in my office in Wayne County, >> Michigan. Will at Riv also has a Michigan Man. I also managed to acquire >> a 58cm Quickbeam, and that is now in my garage as a 8-speed single speed. >> I slowly acquired some of the parts for a 650B custom, including a pair of >> Rivendell dropouts. I even had preliminary conversations with a local >> builder, and have a tentative spot on his enormous waiting list. >> >> Then, totally by surprise, a new contender appeared. Crust released a >> new variant of their single speed Lightning Bolt. It's 650B, with >> clearance for 48mm tires and contemporary Randonneur geometry. It's >> belt-compatible and has removable cantilever posts and cable guides. It's >> almost exactly what my custom would have been except for the Riv-style >> ends. >> >> It's 2022, and the lesson we've all learned is that if the thing you want >> is available, you buy it, because it may never be available again. So, I >> went ahead and bought it, and the frame should arrive today. I'm pretty >> excited. >> >> Whether or not my new Crust will get replaced by a RoadUNO next year >> remains to be seen. Will's email updates (plus simple geometry) make it >> pretty clear to me that the RoadUNO will not have Riv ends. It'll have >> some other svelte track ends, so easy gear changes with a rear brake won't >> be part of the feature list, it seems. I'm still paying very close >> attention, but the itch is getting scratched today. >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/cde500ad-f42b-4db5-824d-52fd5cc03b37n%40googlegroups.com.
