For the record, both of these have been discussed ad-nauseam in Rivendell posts. Whether it was Grant or Will or somebody else, I can't recall and don't want to spend time looking.
The reasons, I'm less sure about recalling because they didn't affect me as much. I believe they ar as follows: 1. Unlike the Quickbeam (and Simple One), the bottom bracket on the Roaduno is lower like a typical Rivendell bike. So pedaling around corners with a fixed gear is more treacherous. 2. Nitto had some issues a few years back, with idiots putting too much weight on their front racks, and breaking them - leading to a risk of locking the front wheel. I seem to recall the R-25 or M-18 had more issues than the 32-F (Campee rack originally designed aroung a Riv standard). It might even ave been around the time that Riv introduced the Mark's rak. I think perhaps Nitto even contemplated discontinuing them, but Riv convinced them to keep doing it if they were very diligent about specifying weight limits and recommending the safety strap, so Nitto keeps making them. With very conservative limits. On a related note: While composing this and trying to recall the model numbers of the various racks, I discovered a Nitto NF-22 that I haven't seen before . I wonder if that is an update to the R-25 rack that had issues, and eliminates a stress riser at the crown thruy- bolt by curving the strut. On Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 4:08:41 PM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote: I learn more about Riv from Bike Snob than from their website, tho' that would easily be fixed if Grant posted more often. Weiss has devoted a large part of several recent posts to his new Roaduno. He mentioned these suggestions, from Rivendell, today. First, "don't use your Roaduno as a fixed gear:" [image: image.png] Second, in the catalogue description of the Mark's Rack: ALWAYS use this rack with a tether between the tall tongue-loop and the handlebar. It's a strong little rack, but people do dumb things, and the tether is a safety measure. Make the tether out of cord or any adjustable strap. I'm puzzled: first, why not use the Roaduno as a fixed gear or with a flip flop hub? Second, I guess this is just extreme legal self-protection against truly clueless idiots, but do you many users of the Mark's Rack use a strap? It seems to me that a well-designed and well-built rack used with common-sense caution should not need such a makeshift backup. -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1c101e23-cf4e-428d-9202-7e126cd7c8d7n%40googlegroups.com.
