"Otto" <
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> On Fri, 23 May 2003 03:03:41 GMT,
[email protected] wrote:
>
> >> > That's not overkill. THIS is overkill:
http://www.vanillabicycles.com/vanilla_mountain.html
> >>
> >> Speaking of overkill, that bike has both horizontal fork-ends (with adjustment screws) and an
> >> eccentric in the bottom bracket, to really
allow
> >> fine adjusments in chain tension, I guess....
>
> >
> > Might want to check your monitor. The silver bike has an EBB, the gold
one
> > has horizontal fork ends.
> >
>
> What could be a legitimate reason for an eccentric bottom bracket? I've never seen one before.
Singlespeed bikes. It allows you to run the bike without another chain tensioner, as you've got the
difference in BB-dropout lengths to play with. While it is heavier and a little more complicated
than horizontal dropouts, it also lets you use disc brakes with absolutely no fuss, and even if
you're using rim brakes, if you change gear ratios, you don't have to readjust your brakes at the
same time.
They're a little heavier, but not too much, surprisingly. If I got a SS, that'd probably be the
way I went.
Jon Bond