I agree that verticals are better for derailleurs, but what about buyers who may want to use a ss hub or hub gear? Are they to be deprived of the cheapest Rivendell?
Note that this comes from someone who overrode Grant's suggestion of horizontals for two customs and ended up fixi-fying them: one with an ENO and one with replacement 1010s. On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Seth Vidal <[email protected]> wrote: > Heartily agreed, steve. > > -sv > > On Jul 4, 2012 1:11 PM, "Steve Palincsar" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 11:53 -0400, Peter Morgano wrote: >> > +1 on all that, especially horizontal drops >> >> Why? They're an enormous pain in the a$$ with no benefit for users of >> derailleur drive trains, and this bike is coming with a derailleur drive >> train. >> >> >> > >> > On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 11:44 AM, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > I guess that the Xmart crowd often (not always, of course) >> > spends high >> > $ on cars and big trucks a lot fancier than many listers own, >> > along >> > with big TVs, electronic junk and fancy phones/service, at >> > least to >> > judge by what I see in the parking lot and on the shelves at >> > my (as >> > rare as possible) trips to the WalMart near my mother's house. >> > >> > I hope the new bike has horizontal dropouts. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > -- > 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. -- "Push back against the age as hard as it pushes against you." Flannery O'Connor ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- 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.
