Edwin I do own a fixie, and it is a Crust. It's the original offering Crust Florida Man. It lives in my office in Michigan, and it's right at home there in Western Wayne County. A fixie would be a disaster for me in the SF East Bay.
BL in EC On Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 9:08:29 AM UTC-7 Edwin W wrote: > Bill, > > I have set my Roaduno up as a fixie for a couple of reasons, but only one > may apply to you: to experience a bike in a very simple form! Pedal > forward, your bike moves forward, pedal backward, your bike moves backward, > resist the forward movement of your pedals, the bike slows. > I can't say it is the "best" or the absolutely most simple, or the most > elegant way to set up a bike, but it is all of those things. When you have > a stable as grand and nuanced as yours, I think one fixed gear would fit > quite nicely. Maybe you need to get another Crust lightning bolt SS frame > for that! > > Here are a few pictures as I build it, improve it, complicate it, and move > it closer to look like my appaloosa: > https://flickr.com/photos/90785999@N06/albums/72177720319888300 > > Edwin > > On Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 12:14:17 AM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > >> "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/3711af4b-6717-4e5f-962e-0e54366acbd6n%40googlegroups.com.
