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11-28-2007, 11:15 AM
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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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11-28-2007, 12:08 PM
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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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11-28-2007, 12:36 PM
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clap...clap...clap
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11-28-2007, 01:23 PM
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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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11-28-2007, 01:30 PM
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Hmmm. I know that I wouldn't have asked for this cog arrangement/chain rest but, as Steve notes, it's one of those French things and they are easy to understand once you use "French" as an adjective.
I'm not speakin' for Curt or anything but I bet he did it because it's a harmless thing that the customer asked for. If it were a colossally stupid thing we can all be rest assured Curt wouldn't have done it. I like the low seatpost but I'd done without the riser stem and just built that into the overall. But again, it's a preference almost certainly in the customer's taste and it's just fine. This is a greatfriggin'bike as well as a friggin'greatbike. dbrk
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11-28-2007, 01:32 PM
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11-28-2007, 01:40 PM
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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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11-28-2007, 01:42 PM
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About the same as 52 x 14 -g
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