"With my lowish bb Riv fixie custom, back when I rode 22 mm actual 559 Michelin Pro Races (currently plump 27 mm RH Elk Passes, wish they were 30 mm, labeled 32 mm) I'd very occasionally hit a pedal in turns, but as I generally am not a demon corner-er, it was never a real problem."
It's true that somebody who takes corners exceptionally slowly may not care about BB drop. What are the reasons why you think any individual cyclist should or would prefer riding fixed on a RoadUno over riding a single speed with a freewheel? I've got like 7 or 8 reasons why I would never set up my new RoadUno as a fixie*. Do you have any reasons why I would or should set up my new RoadUno as a fixie? *In fact, I'm so convinced in my thinking, that my mind is made up that the RoadUno should have come with vertical dropouts. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 7:32:46 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > Aha, got it. My fixed gear road custom has a large bb drop (forget exactly > what, but with the fixed gear it was designed to use tires as small as 24 > real inches in diameter -- 559 X 23 mm -- and Grant was careful to ask me > about the narrowest tires I planned to use. > > Regarding previous threads on the rack -- it's this one: > https://www.rivbike.com/products/nitto-marks-rack-m1-20108: > > I didn't read the thread or threads so sorry for the repeat; but then > again, we'd lose list continuity were there not so many thread repeats. (I > read about 50% of the Boblist and of the RBW list and perhaps 17.379% of > the CR list -- seriously, about 25%.) > > David P: agree: install a front brake! All my fixed gears have a front > brake (and some even have a rear). > > With my lowish bb Riv fixie custom, back when I rode 22 mm actual 559 > Michelin Pro Races (currently plump 27 mm RH Elk Passes, wish they were 30 > mm, labeled 32 mm) I'd very occasionally hit a pedal in turns, but as I > generally am not a demon corner-er, it was never a real problem. > > Idiots overloading racks: One reason Chauncey Matthews stopped building > bikes was an instance where a rack he built for a custom frame cracked -- > which he had to replace -- when the rider was (said Chauncey) carrying a > hugely heavy toolkit on it while riding off road; my recollection of the > conversation. More about idiots: 2000 Prez election, Florida, when "hanging > chads" caused miscounts. The CEO of the voting machine on primetime news > was asked about making a more idiot-proof system. He replied: "Oh, we can > make a more idiot-proof system, but then they'd only invent bigger idiots." > > On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM Eric Daume <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Riv is concerned the bottom bracket drop (80mm IIRC) is too low for a >> fixed gear—pedal strike concern. >> >> I would run it fixed without hesitation. >> >> Eric >> > -- 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/02dbf8d8-31a2-4059-badb-aa9c739f3de7n%40googlegroups.com.
