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New Goodrich in BQ
The Goodrich in the new BQ is fantastic.
Curt has created a chainrest (loosely based on the old Nivex system, iirc) which occupies the position of the outermost cog. Eight cogs from a nine-speed cassette are mounted on a seven-speed hub (I hope I got that right), and the shifter lets you shift right onto the chainrest. You can remove the rear wheel without ever having to touch the chain with anything. Now that it's published, perhaps Curt can post pictures.
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Sweet looking frameset. Nice job Curt. Search the records I remeber seeing a closeup of the chain thingie. Frank
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Very Nice Curt!
JG |
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WOW!!!!
My BQ hasn't arrived yet, but this looks like a stunner! Eager to see the chainrest system. That always sounded cool... Dave |
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It's not fair to us east coasters for you west-coasters to taunt us this way...
I've been looking at the photos of that bike for awhile, though. |
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Groovy bike, Curt does beautiful work and I'm not accusing him of talking the customer into anything - but does it make sense to give up a cassette cog simply to avoid dealing with the chain when removing the rear wheel?
(I get that it's one of those goofy French things Rene Singer did back in the day that we can kinda/sorta do today - like rubber slap guards and Jan's sealed BB) Opinions? |
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I wouldn't give up my biggest cog, but would sacrifice my smallest!
But I haven't seen how this all works yet. Dave |
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And my biggest gear is 44 x 12! I don't think I've ever even shifted into that gear...
Dave |
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gawd that bike looks nice. the fork is freaking beautiful, as is the whole bike, but that fork....! i love the idea of the chain rest; wouldnt use it myself, but having the idea and the execution of it is wonderful. hear, hear.
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About the same as 52 x 14 -g |
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cheers
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cause i spend 90% of my time in that gear. fixed i roll 48x17 cause i have a hill that i need to get up. on the beater/single speed commuter, i roll 44x17 cause I just coast on the downhill becuase i'm a lazy mo-fo. -g |
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