People PLEASE. If Grant wants to snag some Surly/SOMA buyers with a cheaper Rivendell sold as a complete derailer bike, he's gonna use verticals like they do. If any Riv were a candidate for "eccentric dropouts", it would be the HS/Rosco/Bosco, which is not intended to have a front derailer. This not-for-big-hills cruiser is a better candidate for SS or IGH. Joe "please produce the Bosco" Bernard Vallejo, CA.
On Wednesday, July 4, 2012 11:59:55 AM UTC-7, Philip Williamson wrote: > I'm a giant fan of fixed gear bikes, but I'm tired of horizontal dropouts. > If a bike is made for derailleurs, vertical makes more sense. I might > prefer verticals all around, and use an eccentric ENO hub. Most of my > aspirational bikes come with Phil eccentric bottom brackets to get the > advantage of verticality. > > Philip > > Philip Williamson > www.biketinker.com > > On Wednesday, July 4, 2012 11:54:17 AM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: >> >> On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 11:39 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: >> > >> > * Why would you want to mar, disfigure, upset, compromise, handicap, >> > uglify and depreciate a **Rivendell** -- even the cheapest!! -- with a >> > (gawd-DAMN!!) derailleur??!! >> > >> >> You do realize the bike in question will come delivered with >> derailleurs, according to the Riv blog? >> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/Pv5Illnoy1kJ. 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.
