The RoadUno is intriguing - my wife and I briefly had matching Quickbeams, which were the ancestor of this bike, but without attachment points for chain tensioners or derailleurs. I rode mine on singletrack in the woods for a while before concluding I was better off on a converted Trek 950 26-in wheeled mtb -
These came stock with 40/32T chainrings and an 18T freewheel; I ran a 15T fixed cog on the other side of the hub, but rarely used it. The 32x18 worked pretty well on singletrack, and the 40x18 and 40x15 were okay on the road - but I found I preferred my Mercian for a variety of reasons, and my wife never really got into cycling, and the bikes were both sold on fairly soon after.
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Steel Monkey
So MRV, I'm looking at this RoadUno and wondering what's up with that front crankset? It's definitely NOT a single. So I went to their webpage and DAMN!, not only is that an informative and excellent intro to the RoadUno, but the crankset is fully integrated into the possibilities (realized easily on this bike) of what I once thought of as a "reverse tringle"
https://www.rivbike.com/products/roaduno-complete
I wanted to Frankenstein Lab such a thing when I had that free Schwinn, but here Riv has gone and done it as a feature and not a flaw
Absolutely incredible and quite the feat, imo!
Youse-a gonna LOVE this bike
(I'm
almost jealous).
I achieved much of what the Quickbeam did using two chainrings and a two-speed freewheel. I hung everything on a '73 Raleigh Competition frameset because that had clearance sufficient for 35mm cyclocross tires and long horizontal dropouts. I ran 44 and 42T chainrings with a White Industries Dos Eno 20/22T freewheel for 60-in general riding and 52-in singletrack gear choices. The other side of the hub has a 17/19T Surly Dingle fixed cog for 70-in pavement and 60-in gravel fixed gears.
Typically I'm a vintage bottom feeder / basement dweller / CraigsList Coni-sewer - so this RoadUno bike, and my GUNNAR 2019 CrossHairs are a nice departure from my natural environment.
I'll post a separate thread after I get a decent maiden voyage in this week. Probably I'll put it here in the SS subforum, but once I go 3x1, I can see how I might get evicted.
I've already got a 44t ring to replace the chain guard in the pic. A Paul Component Melvinator. A Silver DT shifter. An old Shimano 600 FD.
There will be an iteration with a 2spd KickBack wheel I had on my Miyata OneThousand.
And maybe next year there'll be pics of a drop bar iteration.
more later, gators! (i'm geeked. can't wait to go get the bike dirty)
The RoadUno looks like fun, and those are some seriously looooong chain stays! I look forward to the ride reports!