[CR]WAS Modern suicide lever, now Double/Double

(Example: Framebuilders:Tubing:Columbus)

Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:07:53 -0500
From: "Wayne Bingham" <blkmktbks@gmail.com>
To: "Morgan Fletcher" <morgan@hahaha.org>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]WAS Modern suicide lever, now Double/Double

Hmmm. I guess no one remembers my Bohemian at last year's NAHBS, with a double 44/42 crankset and a flip/flop hub mounted with a two-speed BMX freewheel and a fixed cog.

Fully stop-and-change gear ratios/drive options though.

Wayne Bingham Lovettsville VA USA

On Feb 7, 2008 11:28 AM, Morgan Fletcher <morgan@hahaha.org> wrote:
> Looks like Tony Pereira of Pereira Cycles had a go at making one. The
> singlespeed mountain biking crowd has been slowly inching back toward
> the 2- and 3-speed drivetrains of the 40s. (see White Industries
> "Double/Double")
>
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2008/tech/shows/nahmbs08/index.php?id=/photos/2008/tech/shows/nahmbs08/nahmbs081/Pereira_FD
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2pqs6k
>
> Morgan Fletcher
> Oakland, CA