When I'm out on my QB I get a lot of puzzled stares from other cyclists. They can't see any derailleurs, yet it still has 2 chainrings......scratching of heads all round. When I show them the "digital" shift mechanism they love it. I have mine with a 16/18 double freewheel on one side and a 22t freewheel on the other as I credit card tour on it and need a bail out gear for the hills. The angled rear drop outs are genius.
A mixte with a hub gear would be a nice city bike. On Apr 23, 10:41 pm, Mojo <gjtra...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Doesn't the Quickbeam beg for innovation? I ran it fixed initially, > freecog this last cold season. At one point I actually bought a > Shimano internal 7-speed hub to put on it, but then decided the Q > would become just another city bike. So I sold the wheel without using > it. > > I have decided to keep the Q in manual multi-gear mode, because that > is what makes it unique and interesting for me. When I feel the urge > to monkey with it, I change free-to-fixed-to-free, a bag, or tires. > Hey, maybe its time to put on some knobbies for mixed surface riding. > > On Apr 23, 7:49 pm, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > I'd buy one of those in a heart beat. The 120 spacing on my 'beam precludes > > rigging with an internal 8 without respacing the chainstays. > > > Sent From My iPhone > > > On Apr 23, 2009, at 6:08 PM, William Henderson > > <william.c.hender...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I love the quickbeam. Anyone else hoping they'll add one with an 8- > > speed internal hub? Perfect city bike! > > > wc. > > > On Apr 23, 3:50 pm, Dustin Sharp <dsh...@runbox.com> wrote: > > The Quickbeams will always be cool, but orange was definitely my favorite. > > > From: cm <chrispmur...@hotmail.com> > > Reply-To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:33:09 -0700 (PDT) > > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > Subject: [RBW] Quickbeams are here > > > Just noticed this on the site: > > > Sneak peak can be found here. We are building and shipping them AQAP. > > >http://www.rivbike.com/products/list/bicycle_models#product=50-150 > > > Cheers! > > cm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
