Max S asked: "I'm curious, do people with 1x2 or 2x2 "SS" or fixed-gear setups actually stop, unbolt / release the wheel, move the chain, re-tighten, and then continue up the hill?"
Yes, I do. I live up a 500ft climb in the East Bay Hills and all my multi-single-speeds have an uphill gear and a not uphill gear. The only rides where I never shift would be when I take the bike on the car rack down to someplace flat. On my regular 10 mile coffee run into Berkeley I shift exactly twice. When I did a 200k brevet with San Francisco Randonneurs on one of my two speed single speeds, I shifted 9 times. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 10:23:52 AM UTC-8 Max S wrote: > So, I've got the ol' flip-flop hub, I've got a DOS freewheel and a Dingle > cog, and I even hand the ENO double-ring crank (that I then passed on to > Bill). In all this time riding SS & fixed, I've never actually stopped > mid-ride to change the gearing. I guess my area isn't all that hilly, so > I'll suffer up the hill (or down the hill) a bit, but I don't interrupt the > ride. I'm curious, do people with 1x2 or 2x2 "SS" or fixed-gear setups > actually stop, unbolt / release the wheel, move the chain, re-tighten, and > then continue up the hill?.. > > - Max "learning to let go of overprovisioned set-ups in life" in A2 > > On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 1:09:46 PM UTC-5 Berkeleyan wrote: > >> The paint and fancier lugs on the RoadUno are beautiful, glad to see this >> coming. Still, I love my 66cm QuickBeam. I stick with a single ring up >> front and a Dos ENO 17-19 freewheel on the rear, with a 16 fixed cog on the >> other side. It gets me anywhere in Berkeley except up the steepest hills, >> and also serves as a fine S24O steed (I rode it from Ferry Building over GG >> Bridge to Corte Madera for Entmoot that one time. The thing maybe not clear >> until you ride a single is the extra body english you're going to be >> employing - I stand on the pedals a lot, and do paperboy up many slopes. >> This is fine, the delight of not ever shifting while riding is exquisite, >> and I enjoy the tighter bond with the bike. It's the "one" bike I'll never >> let go of. >> >> - Andrew, Berkeley >> >> On Friday, February 2, 2024 at 2:16:12 PM UTC-8 Edwin W wrote: >> >>> I like single speed bikes, many like single speed bikes. The simplicity, >>> the possibility of fixed gear, it is the epitome of biking for me, I think. >>> >>> I like the idea of the roaduno. So far it looks like it will have >>> 700c/622 wheel size, long reach side pull brakes. Rear facing drop outs. >>> Those are the main factors to think about, because stem length, handlebar >>> and lever type, fenders or not, dynamo or not, are flexible on most bikes. >>> >>> What is the competition, and what are they offering? >>> Crust Lightning bolt single speed. 650b wheels with anti posts. >>> >>> BMC Monstercross. 700c wheels and cantilever posts. But that has 135mm >>> rear spacing, so not exactly built for single speed. >>> >>> What else is out there that can take a 38mm (or so) tire with a fender? >>> >>> Edwin >>> >>> -- 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/06bf8792-ec07-4eb1-9280-b886129fd475n%40googlegroups.com.
