Mine also has a sticker S/N.    If the QB fits you well and has been 
otherwise comfortable up to this point, I'd look into a SA internal gear 
hub like a fixed 3-speed, which you can just use with a freewheel.   good 
luck with it either way.



On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 8:24:24 PM UTC-4, Minh wrote:
>
> my QB only has a sticker for a SN.  
>
> IMHO, a QB (or a Rivendell in general) is not a Herse, and a QB was always 
> meant as an affordable bike so i don't see this as collectible.  Just my 
> opinion, i'd price this like all the other QBs that have floated through 
> the list and not worry too much about the provenance.
>
> On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 3:10:28 PM UTC-4, abar...@olypen.com wrote:
>>
>> I have an old Quickbeam that I am trying to get a little history on.  I 
>> purchased it used several years ago from a fellow who had an impressive 
>> stable full of spectacular bikes.  He said that he purchased it from the 
>> floor of a bicycle show some time around 2004.  He thought that it might be 
>> a prototype, but it does not have the fancy lugs that are shown on 
>> prototype examples in cyclofiend's website.  The trail grows cold here.  
>> There is no serial number stamped on the bottom bracket where I would 
>> expect to see it.  Only the name Rivendell is stamped into the shell.
>>
>> Did QB's have s/n's stamped like other Rivendell's?  Perhaps it is 
>> located in a different place?  Maybe it was on a sticker?
>>
>> I was hoping to find this information as I am considering selling this 
>> old friend as my knees aren't enjoying the ss experience like they once did 
>> and I would like to offer as much information as I can.
>>
>> Thank you, Adam.
>>
>>
>>

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