"and an ENO is very useful for that. But even the ENO has its liabilities"
Both you and biketinker have attributed an opinion to me that I never stated. I am NOT recommending vertical dropouts for a singlespeed bike. I do think that vertical dropouts are the one and only sensible choice for *derailer equipped* bikes. That is my opinion, and that's what I stated. I think horizontal dropouts are the most sensible choice for a singlespeed. I am not a fan of the eccentric ENO rear hub. The hubs I have personally used that enabled rear wheel "dropping out" Chris King with their fun bolts (on a custom Independent Fabrication Planet Cross) Paul WORD (spare wheels on same Indy Fab) White Industries ENO (not eccentric) on a Bianchi San Jose Only on the Bianchi San Jose did I have fenders. When I moved to the top of a long 12% hill I divested myself of all single speed interests. On Monday, November 25, 2013 3:09:02 PM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Bill Lindsay <tape...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> [...] >> My main point is that for the everybody else who is not so lucky, the >> universal solution for getting your wheel out from a perfect fender is to >> allow your rear wheel to "drop out". That's one of the reasons why >> vertical dropouts are the thing to have on a derailer equipped bike, in my >> opinion. For bikes that cannot have vertical dropouts, you can still >> easily make your rear wheel drop-out with a rear hub with removable bolts. >> > > I very much agree, and an ENO is very useful for that. But even the ENO > has its liabilities: in my own experience, limited take-up (2 cogs max); > and crowding the brake bridge on one bike (I had to be careful to rotate > the axle downward, contrary to the way it wanted to rotate under the weight > of the bike; and, last one, making rear pad adjustment fiddly, since you > have to adjust for the slack and the tight chain positions. > > I think the ENO is a wonderful device, having used two on two different > bikes, but it too has its liabilities. > > Maybe the solution is an elastic chain! > >> >> What have your "erstwhile Honjos" become? If they used to be Honjos, did >> they become SKF's? Or perhaps you meant that they were formerly *yours*, >> not that they were formerly *Honjos*. haha ;-) >> > > They transmogrified into Longboards. Not really. They got dumped -- long > story. But they did end up in a user's hands, so not a waste. > >> >> On Monday, November 25, 2013 11:46:09 AM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >>> A good fender line is not at all impossible with horizontals. My >>> erstwhile Honjos looked perfect on the Curt and wheel removal was not a >>> problem (32 mm tires). But I have to admit that this serendipity was just >>> that -- by chance. >>> >>> -- > *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* > Certified Resume Writer > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fresumespecialties.com%2Findex.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGvfO7XcNjds72nVr2MRK3TzofP3g> > patric...@resumespecialties.com <javascript:> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fpatrickmooreresumespec%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGDq66YE8o4yymSTf2GCgueeFKsYQ> > > Albuquerque, NM > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
