20 years of riding at least 10 different bikes with horizontal drops, never an issue with slipping and again 30 seconds to set up oh and I am 240 and rode fixes with horizontal drops, again no slipping. Options are nice, especially if they want to get a broad audience. On Jul 4, 2012 1:34 PM, "PATRICK MOORE" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > -- 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.
