on 5/8/11 10:05 PM, Jeremy Till at [email protected] wrote: > Been using this setup or something similar for a few years now and > really like it. Last weekend I rode it up Mt. Diablo in the 42-19 > gear, flipped to the freewheel to bomb the descent, and then back to > the 42-17 fixed at the bottom for the ride back to the BART. A good > samaritan saw me on the side of the road and asked if i was all right, > and I replied "I'm fine, just shifting gears!"
Ha! Back on my first 200K with the Quickbeam, I was stretching a bit, flipping back from coastable to proper when a couple other randonneurs eased past. On the edge of the breeze, I heard the words "...Rivendell shift." and it has forever been in my brain. - 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 "'You both ride your bike?' He held his hands out and grabbed imaginary handlebars, grinning indulgently, eyeing Tom's helmet. Double disbeleif: not one, but two grown Americans riding bicycles." -- Neal Stephenson, "Zodiac" -- 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.
