[RBW] Re: Roaduno substitute for a while...

I made one significant change to my Road Single speed. I decided that my beloved White Industries VBC-based double chainset is better suited on a wider rear OLD. The front chainline is wider than optimal, the chainring to chainstay clearance is signficant, and the resulting Q-factor is good,

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Chris That's my own home made decaleur. My handlebar bag has Ortlieb Pannier hardware bolted to it and my decaleur presents a bar for the pannier hardware to hand onto. I did not bend the stays on the 32F. The unmodified 32F fit directly on my fork, as intended. Bill Lindsay El

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Bill, Gosh this thing looks fun. Can I ask what decaleur you’re using? Looks like it clamps to the bar but I’ve never seen one like that before. Could I also ask how you bent the struts on that Nitto 32f evenly? Just a vice and some measurements, maybe a protractor? Wondering if there’s any

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Very nice...as usual. I have those Deore XT cantilevers on my AR. Never thought of them as clunky but I see your point Great color! On Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 8:58:16 AM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > My Single Speed Crust Lightning Bolt build is essentially complete now. > The same

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My Single Speed Crust Lightning Bolt build is essentially complete now. The same Flickr album has all the pictures from my Saturday activities: https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72177720302216629 On Saturday I built the wheels: -Crust 650B Rims -Sapim Double Butted Spokes

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If you forgo a derailleur, the whole point is to maintain the simplicity of a fixed gear or at least single speed drivetrain. So expect few alternative gear ratios. OTOH, fixed gear/ss aficionados with aging lungs and knees need help: solution? main, direct, cruising gear + climbing/bailout gear.

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Ooh, that's a neat idea, I'll send a PM for a couple. Mark is so smart! On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 12:29:19 PM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote: > One of the really nice details is the sexy curved seatstay bridge, with a > nice fender boss. I learned from Mark Abele that the pro way to plug

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One of the really nice details is the sexy curved seatstay bridge, with a nice fender boss. I learned from Mark Abele that the pro way to plug that boss is with a "headless" setscrew. Bridge plug | Set screw in the bridges is a good move for se… | Flickr

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Crust sure does nice work. Interesting where they decided to put the break - further up the seat stay. The break on most belt drive bikes that I've seen are at the dropout. On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 9:26:31 AM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > This is the Flickr Album where I will post all

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Bill - now I see why you like the rear dropout on that Quickbeam so much. That's a lot of moving the wheel forward or backward for gear changes. Must've be fun trying to figure what chain length you needed, though. On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 7:14:40 AM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > I

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Corwin pointed out that the existing RoadUNO prototypes have tilted rear dropouts. Yes, that was clear from the photos in Will's email update. In that same email update from Will, he indicated that he thought they look too chunky, and stated that Rivendell has selected a different, more

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This is the Flickr Album where I will post all my build photos. There are a few unboxing shots in there already. Single Speed Rando | Flickr Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 6:21:23 AM UTC-7

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As always, I very much looking forward to this Bill Lindsay build. On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 1:14:16 PM UTC-4 Bill Lindsay wrote: > I had been searching for quite a while for a single speed that enabled > some derailer-less gear flexibility. On one hand I searched for a 58cm >

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I'm running a 68x103mm bottom bracket with a Rivendell Silver crankset. My two chainrings are on the "big" and "middle" positions. Generally speaking, the BB you need depends on the crankset you have. If you think the current BB on your Quickbeam is the right length, but you want to

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I have a Rivendell Silver 173mm crankset on my Quickbeam with a 68x103mm Tange BB unit. There are two chain rings and they are 38/35. On my Phil flip-flop rear track hub I am running two White Industries DOS ENO freewheels. A 16/18 on one side and a 20/22 on the other. I avoid using the

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sorry for the thread hack... if you could stab again or perhaps another double crankset quickbeamer could answer: what bottom bracket would this run? I have a simple one running 48-18 and I have a nice skf 107 jis and would like to move it over to my double 32/42-19/17 and unfortunately don't

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Aha! Thanks! On Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 12:50:46 PM UTC-5 duh...@gmail.com wrote: > George, I'll take a stab at answering this one for Bill. > > He has a double crankset (2 gears), and some combination of double cogs > and/or freewheels in rear resulting in 4 gears out back. > > On

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George, I'll take a stab at answering this one for Bill. He has a double crankset (2 gears), and some combination of double cogs and/or freewheels in rear resulting in 4 gears out back. On Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 6:01:37 AM UTC-7 George Schick wrote: > Bill - you say the Quickbeam is

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Bill - you say the Quickbeam is setup as "a 8-speed single speed," so I'm assuming an IGH? If so, what kind? A Shimano Nexus 8? Also, again assuming an IGH, how did you do the cable routing? I have a Surly 1x1 and I've been fantasizing turning it into an IGH, but I'd have to change bars

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Hi Bill - I was at Rivendell last week. I saw the Roaduno prototype up close. Not sure what dropouts they are using - but I recognized the angle on the rear dropout as the same angle on the rear dropouts on my Quickbeam. For me, the angle is not as critical as I thought it would be. I rarely

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Purple and pink. It's awesome!  On Friday, September 16, 2022 at 8:23:56 PM UTC-7 velomann wrote: > I'm really excited by the Roaduno - a true lugged singlespeed with 120 > spacing and canti mounts that takes 700x50 tires ticks so many boxes for > me. And I too built up a Roaduno placeholder

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Oh man, and that lavender color is amazing. Here's a link for anyone interested. Can't wait to see it built up, Bill! Erik, Philly On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 1:14:16 PM UTC-4 Bill Lindsay