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grasshopper gear Standard Rando Complete Bike (GRASSHOPPER) – Twin SixIf you have any questions about the bikes, or if you are seeing additional shipping fees at checkout, please contact brent@twinsix. com. The Standard Rando comes equipped with our new T6 Middle Finger dropout system, flat mount disc brake spec, 12mm front and rear thru axles, 44mm head tube, optional color matched carbon fork, mounts for whatever you may want to carry and more. We have designed it to move you comfortably across town, across the finish
If you have any questions about the bikes, or if you are seeing additional shipping fees at checkout, please contact [email protected].
The Standard Rando comes equipped with our new T6 Middle Finger dropout system, flat mount disc brake spec, 12mm front and rear thru axles, 44mm head tube, optional color-matched carbon fork, mounts for whatever you may want to carry and more. We have designed it to move you comfortably across town, across the finish line, and across the country.
Twin Six Standard Rando complete build options are carefully curated component sets including all the parts necessary to get your freedom machine rolling. Our build kit options compliment the function and aesthetic of the frame set and have value unsurpassed by the competition. Twin Six build kits are ideal for anyone out there who wants to skip the guesswork, take parts gathering out of the equation and just concentrate on the road ahead. Forever Forward.
All Twin Six bikes are assembled, packed and shipped from our warehouse.
STANDARD RANDO FRAMESET DETAILS
- T6 Standard 4130 butted chromoly steel tubing
- Brass plated head badge
- Collared 44mm inner diameter headtube
- Collared 46mm x 68mm PF30 bottom bracket
- Wishbone seat stay design
- T6 Middle Finger dropout system
- Replaceable derailleur hanger
- Flat mount disc brake compatible
- Front and rear thru axles included
- 12mm x 142mm rear spacing
- 12mm x 100mm front spacing
- Uni-crown triple mount steel fork with tapered 1.125–1.5" steerer tube
- Frame clearance for up to 700c x 43mm and 650b x 48mm tires
- Fender clearance for 700c x 35mm or 650b x 47mm slicks
- and 700c x 33mm or 650b x 44mm knobby tires
- T6 Standard low profile black anodized downtube cable clips
- Frame uses full length, external cable housing
- Compatible with 140mm and 160mm rotors
- 27.2mm diameter seat post
- 29.8mm Twin Six Standard seatpost clamp included
- Rack and fender eyelets on steel fork
- Optional color-matched or black fender set
- Undercarriage water bottle mount on frame 55cm and up
- Three main triangle water bottle mounts on frame 55cm and up
- Color-matched painted carbon fork available
Sizing and geometry chart located on the last image
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STANDARD RANDO BUILD SPECIFICATIONS
Headset
- Cane Creek 40 Series
Wheelset and Tire Options
- Velocity Aileron 650b 6-bolt disc
- WTB Horizon or Venture 650b x 47mm in black or tan wall
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- Stan's NoTubes Grail MK3 700c 6-bolt disc
- WTB Expanse 700 x 32mm or Nano or Venture 700 x 40mm in black or tan wall
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HED Emporia Performance Gravel CLD 650b or 700c
- WTB Horizon or Venture 650b x 47mm in black or tan wall
- WTB Expanse 700 x 32mm or Nano or Venture 700 x 40mm in black or tan wall
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- *** NEW: Have it both ways! *** Orders with "Both! - Stan's Grail MK3 700c + Velocity Aileron 650b Wheelsets" or "Both! - HED Emporia GA Performance 700c and 650b Wheelsets" selected are shipped with two fully equipped wheelsets. Both wheelsets include rotors, cassette to match your chosen build and tires as selected in both 650b and 700c tire dropdowns. All components are installed before your Standard Rando ships to make for easy initial set up and easier wheel swaps. Shred it right then shred it twice.
Fizik Cyrano R5 or Zipp Service Course Cockpit
- 400mm bar: 75mm reach / 125 mm drop. 420mm and wider: 80mm reach / 130mm drop
- +/- 7º stem, see geometry chart for stem length by frame size
- 27.2 x 330mm seatpost w/ 25 mm setback
- Fizik Vento Tack bar tape or similar
- Optional Fizik and WTB saddle options
*Final cockpit specification determined by component manufacturer availability.
TWIN SIX HOUSE BUILD
- Rival 1 crankset w/ 42 tooth chain ring
- Rival 22 wifli medium cage rear derailleur
- Rival 22 right dual control lever
- Rival left brake lever
- Tektro MD-C550 dual-piston, cable actuated flat mount disc calipers
- Sram CenterLine or PaceLine 160 mm rotors w/ rounded edge
- Sram PG1130 11-32 tooth cassette
- Sram PC1110 11-speed chain
- Sram PF30 bottom bracket w/ stainless steel bearings
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SRAM RIVAL 1 Hydraulic
- Rival 1 crankset w/ 42 tooth chain ring
- Rival 1 Type 3 medium cage, roller clutch rear derailleur
- Rival 22 flat mount, hydraulic rear dual control lever
- Rival 1 flat mount, hydraulic front brake lever
- Sram CenterLine or PaceLine 160 mm rotors w/ rounded edge
- Sram PG1130 11-36 tooth cassette
- Sram PC1130 11-speed chain
- Sram PF30 bottom bracket w/ stainless steel bearings
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SRAM FORCE 1 Hydraulic
- Force 1 carbon crankset w/ 42 tooth chain ring
- Force 1 Type 3 long cage, roller clutch rear derailleur
- Force 22 flat mount, hydraulic rear dual control lever
- Force 1 flat mount, hydraulic front brake lever
- Sram CenterLine or PaceLine 160 mm rotors w/ rounded edge
- Sram PG1130 11-36 tooth cassette
- Sram PC1130 11-speed chain
- Sram PF30 bottom bracket w/ stainless steel bearings
Wide range PG1130 11-42 tooth cassettes available upon request.
Pedals are not included with complete builds.
Please email [email protected] if you would like to add any non stock components to your order. Specialty builds are available upon request.
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★★★★★ 5
Really nice
Format: Paperback
Great read and gift
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Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2026
★★★★★ 4
Classic, but a bit disappointed
I’ve always wanted to read this book. Heard a lot about it and it’s importance in the science fiction genre. But I didn’t care for Heinlein’s style of writing. There was a lot of subtle humor in it that was enjoyable, and I suspect he meant for it to be a caricature of humanity. I enjoyed the analysis of human nature throughout the story. But I was disappointed in the direction the story took toward the end. It seemed like a cheap way to develop the possibilities that had been laid out in the rest of the book. I want to believe human beings would value the opportunity and show up in a better way if such a thing really happened. I felt like the main character was so rich and unique in the beginning, but in the end, he felt flat and inscrutable. Having said all of that, maybe if I hadn’t been swayed by my own expectations, I would have enjoyed the story more. I’ll have to try some of his other books and see what I think!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2024
★★★★★ 5
Great story!
Format: Mass Market Paperback
I read this book as a teenager, in the 1960s, and just, now, finished rereading it, at age 65. I see that I missed many of the author's ideas (due to my youthful lusts, antics, and ignorance of life and of the Bible). "Stranger in a Strange Land" struggles with boundaries of self, morality, and what may constitute/govern a normal healthy society. The author pokes at our spiritual needs, ideas, or rituals upon which we all depend to order our lives, whether we be atheistic, pantheistic, or monotheistic. By minimizing God and godhood to the level of individual understanding and growth, the Heinlein's story posits that all philosophical views need not be antagonistic toward one another; that, by default, truth is and should be relative, given our potentially reformed natural self-interests. Whether a `religious' or irreligious person or organization is primitive, civilized, or `who-cares', Heinlein poses that, despite our ideologies that distinguish us from others, or unite us, only a growing constructive self-awareness is really important, not whether God really exists or whether we will face a final judgment. The author's trick to redemption is how we decide to get along with ourselves and our neighbors, within a `fly right, or mess up and go back to the beginning' scenario, in contrast to the biblical one-life-one-chance view. By design or default, in this story, Heinlein relegates God below human self-actualization, and allows no room for absolute truth. Heinlein's self-fulfilling self-actualization is entirely at odds with biblical Christianity and biblical Judaism, yet quite at home with most religions and faiths that rely on salvation by personal works, and reincarnation-based religions. Maybe that was part of the author's point in telling the story.
When it comes to putting a halt to abusive powers, I have to chuckle at how Heinlein has Smith frustrate the overbearing powers-that-be. A thought struck me about twenty years ago that those who have power or understanding have a God-given responsibility to exercise discipline and restraint with those who lack power or understanding. Having more power or understanding than someone or something else does not obviate one's responsibility to exercise that power or understanding to better the world in which we live, nor does it entitle one to do ought but to treat others with love, respect, and decency, which, for the betterment of society and our world, may require that one's power or understanding be exercised to identify or destroy evil. Though this philosophy is exercised by the lead character within the story, the clarity of this comes late to Valentine Michael Smith, yet, sadly, such clarity does not move him to embrace an absolute God, absolute truth, nor his own existence as a created being that is not God, leaving Heinlein's view of life and after-life harshly in contrast to the biblical viewpoint, hence at odds with God. Martian or human, in the end, Heinlein simply does a shell game with his characters, when the issue of death arises, leaving readers to guess in what level the author will eventually hide them, to avoid a final judgment, leaving each soul's story to continue ad infinitum, ad nauseam, without any ultimate accountability.
This is an entertaining science fiction story, yet, Heinlein's ideas, in this sexual-religious-social romp, border on theological sophistry. His ideas will probably offend most established points of view. Despite his general bravado, and so bold a topic, Heinlein omits balanced discussion among the characters, fails to deal with any absolute truth or true final judgment of evil, and perfunctorily dismisses biblical views that might be germane to cogent biblical discussion. There are two upwelling truths that the author has twisted and cheapened them considerably, by his denial of absolute truth and avoiding our accountability to God's perfect righteousness. Those are self-sacrificing love and the inevitability that every soul is responsible for her/his own thoughts and actions. Though he allows watered down versions of those traditional moral elements to remain, Heinlein (who must have seen too many money-hungry medicine shows, tent meetings, and carnival acts) relies solely on human constructive self-awareness, self-discipline, and self-empowerment to pose a stab at a positive future for humanity and the afterlife. The story's quasi-moral might read, "Find any way to beat the present system and exploit it at almost any cost, so long as no one really gets hurt." Smith's earthly end-game of self-sacrifice is a corrupted shadow of Christ's. Smith's is a twisted image of self-sacrifice, a huckster's trick to work the crowd, avoiding entirely the biblical God and plan of Christ. Heinlein's bootstrap theology, in the end, can neither respect nor agree upon one God, nor save itself from its own moral meanderings and wishful unthinking of human sin.
As an author, myself, I would add that every one of our actions, gestures, and our written or spoken utterances, has its consequences, and that we are ultimately responsible, to God, for everything that we generate and utter. I believe that Heinlein's story agrees partly with my belief, except that Heinlein leaves the one true God completely out of his story. Despite Heinlein's philosophical thrust that everyone can claim "Thou art God", for self or others, I personally subscribe to the biblical view that all things and people are created by God, and that He holds us together by His Laws and will, and that there is, yet, a separation that He reserves between us and Him, that can only be bridged or reconciled through His Christ, and, furthermore, that we are the only part of His Creation that has been offered that exclusive plan of redemption. By contrast, Heinlein's story offers the carrot of constructive self-awareness as the means of possible redemption for humanity, insecurely hoping to save us from ourselves.
Craig M. Szwed
(Author, photographer, combat veteran, father, composer)
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Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2013
★★★★★ 5
A True Arthurian Legend
Format: Mass Market Paperback
The Once and Future King provides an excellent perspective into the world of Arthur, the King of England. This book is divided into four sections, each dealing with the different aspects of Arthur's life, including both the good and the bad. The first book, the Sword and the Stone, has been immortalized by countless movies, such as the one by Disney. This book deals with the upbringing of Arthur, or in this case, Wart, his childhood nickname. Here we see the trials Wart must face as he learns about the many forms of leadership, courtesy of his mentor, Merlyn.
The second book, the Queen of Air and Darkness, is a prelude to the collapse of Arthur's kingdom. The result of this book begins to brew throughout the entire novel, finally impacting at the end of the final book.
The third book, the Ill-Made Knight, is my personal favorite. This book is about Lancelot's personal quest to become the best knight in the world. This book is filled with exciting quests that Lancelot has taken up, including such things as saving a maiden from a boiling pot of water, as well as the ill-fated quest to find the Holy Grail.
The fourth and final book, the Candle in the Wind, deals with the collapse of Arthur's kingdom. Arthur's sins "come home to roost" in this book, forcing him to make decisions that could jeopardize the safety of his wife, Guenever, and his best friend, Lancelot.
This novel is truly one of the classic fantasy books that one reads and never forgets. Although there are many portrayals of the Arthurian legend, this is without a doubt one of the better ones.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2004
★★★★★ 5
A novel about all of life
I've read this novel (and listened to the excellent audio book narrated by Neville Jason) in all its different versions over several decades and every time come away with fresh admiration not only for White's fantastic prose style but also for his insight into all aspects of human character and the workings of society. I cannot over-emphasise how rich it all is.
For those who have only read The Sword in the Stone (or seen the Disney version), it is important not to write this volume off as a children's story. Each of the four or five books that make up The Once and Future King reflects a different stage in life and experience. The greatness and the tragedy of the story is something we fully recognise only as we grow older. All of the books are wonderful, but The Ill-Made Knight (the third) is an education in adulthood.
The background of the entire work from individually-published volumes is a little messy. The Kindle edition I have seems to match the Harper Voyager paperback complete edition which has the integrated four-book version (with the geese and ants integrated into The Sword in the Stone, and Madam Mim removed) and The Book of Merlyn added at the end without any changes to fix the resulting duplication. This is the form in which I am most familiar with all the parts. The Neville Jason audio book available through Audible is synchronised with the Kindle book but actually includes a different version of The Sword in the Stone (Madam Mim included). When I first listened to this, it frustrated me, because the sections on the geese and ants seem so essential. However, taking it all in its entirety, it works very well and avoids the duplication that otherwise occurs. Neville Jason's reading is of the highest quality, with clearly recognisable voices for all characters.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2014