Hello donavanm, Having your bike stolen sucks, hopefully you can get a new set of wheels soon. Here's a couple of suggestions for you.
High Option: If you don't come across a QB/S1 any time soon, I would recommend the 2012 Salsa Casseroll. I bought one last spring when I couldn't find a QB/S1. The Casseroll was NOS and was available at an independent bike shop that's about an hour from my house. Great bike, very similar geometry, feel and features as the QB/S1, canti brakes, chromoly frame, light touring geometry, semi-horizontal drop outs, lots of braze on mounting points for racks, fenders, three water bottles and frame peg. The Riv Little Big Bens fit, fillet brazed not lugged. I paid $700 for the frame, fork and custom front rack. I'm using it as my commuter and have it set up fixed. The QB that I bought this year came with custom wheels built up with Phil Wood hubs which are very nice. I replaced the QB rear wheel with the two speed fixed Bendix and mounted the Phil hub rear wheel on the Casseroll. I did have to change the end caps to match the Casseroll 130 OLD. The Casseroll had a limited production run and are kind of rare, so it might be just as hard to find as a QB/S1. http://salsacycles.com/bikes/archive/2012_casseroll Low Option: As you had mentioned another option would be to build up an old touring bike. I have an Azuki Elite frame/fork which I think is late '70's that I would be willing to sell for $50 plus shipping. It's 62cm chromoly lugged touring frame that was made in Japan. Semi-horizontal drop outs and eyelets for fenders, but none for racks nor water bottles. Requires center pull or side pull brakes, not canti. Rear OLD is 126mm. Red paint polished up nicely, but it does have some scratches. Azuki was make by Kawamura (Nishiki) for West Coast Cycle. I think building it up as a Frankin bike using the S1 fork and a Paul racer rear brake would be pretty cool. Let me know if you're interested, I can provide pictures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishiki_%28bicycle%29 Good luck, JohnS On Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 11:54:45 AM UTC-4, donavanm wrote: > > As the subject says, theres another stolen SimpleOne out there now. Last > Thursday night I was out at Golden Gardens in Seattle enjoying the sunset > with some friends. Bikes were parked ~15 feet away on the beach, which was > far enough for someone to make off unnoticed. They kindly left another > friends tandem and my helmet plus gloves behind. Already reported to SPD > etc, though I have little hope of recovery. > > First was my daily commuter, 62CM SimpleOne frame serial M1011115. At time > of theft included black revelate frame bag, black Haulin Colin front rack + > wald basket, Supernova light, "Velo Orange" branded SP dynamo hub, salsa > delgado rims, silver Paul cantilever brakes, schwalbe little big ben tires. > https://bikeindex.org/bikes/46199 > > Second was a friends 1993 XO-2, purple paint, 54cm frame, > serial H220098. At time of theft included silver rear rack, white bar tape, > salsa 38cm short and shallow drop bars, nitto periscopa stem, bar end > shifters, original deore 3x7 drive train, original wheelset. > https://bikeindex.org/bikes/46200 > > And now the question, suggestions for a similar single speed frame? The > SimpleOne was my favoritist bike, used for daily commuting, shenanigans, > and bike camping. Im seriously considering getting a clone custom made, but > would like a replacement in a sooner time frame. Are there any production > frames with a similar 72.5/72.5 and midlong chainstay geometry? If nothing > else I might round up an 80s steel touring frame and throw a SimpleOne fork > on it. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
