on 3/21/11 5:35 PM, jandrews_nyc at [email protected] wrote: > The > page on the Riv site mentions single speed riding, but nothing about > the double chainrings up front. Is the manual 2-speed / 4-speed not > really part of this bike's design? I think I'm going to purchase a > frame-set in the next couple of days.
Every time I get back onto my Quickbeam, I'm reminded why it continues to be my favorite bicycle. Simple. Reliable. Comfortable. As the saying goes, "Everything you need, and nothing you don't..." The shifting is manual on the SimPleone, as is on the QB. However, I'll admit that's probably my least used option on the bicycle. I tend to just leave it set in fixed mode and grumble like a Tourette's-inflicted sailor from time to time as I go up hills. But, it's also made me intimately aware of momentum, angle and upcoming topography. That latter bit is really the product of any single-geared setup, whether you choose to run a coastable or fixed setup. Then, when I do flip to the flopped side of the hub, and am able to decend a curving roadway without having to keep my legs whirring away, I'm how stunningly well the bicycle behaves when aided only by gravity. The SimPleone is the only bicycle I've considered getting just to make sure I have a backup to a bicycle I already have. The doppio chainring setup allows a fair amount of options, and if you get one of the doppio freewheels or fixed sprocket options, you can get options on your options. The way I have mine set up, it has three usable gears: low freewheel, high freewheel and fixed. (With the fixed sprocket, I run out of dropout if I try to run in the small chainring.) I think everyone really has to come up with the gearing setup which works for them - the wider spacing of my setup works pretty well around these parts for my riding. Don't know if that's of any help, but I don't think you can go wrong with the QB/SO. - J -- Jim Edgar [email protected] Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Gallery updates now appear here - http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com "Nigel did some work for some of the other riders at Allied, onces who still rode metal. He hadn't liked it when Chevette had gone for a paper frame." -- William Gibson, "Virtual Light" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
