I also run my Quickbeam fixed with the stock rear hub and a BB lockring, no problems.
I had the brake levers changed to Cane Creek prior to dellivery of the bike (they work better with large hands IMHO). I changed the brakes to Mafac cantilevers (similar geometry to Paul's Neo-Retros). I recently changed the crankset to an older Mavic model to reduced the "Q" factor. Angus On Nov 29, 10:28 pm, "i.e." <ien...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello RBW owners, > > After several years of visits to RBW headquarters, drooling over the > Readers, and a couple of Riv-ish bike builds, I'm proud to say that > I'll be a Quickbeam owner by the end of the week! > > I've managed to score an orange QB frameset and I'm having the folks > at Rivendell build it up for me. I was planning to go with a stock > build (I really like and want to honor the original concept), plus a > front rack, basket, and fenders. I do have a couple of questions to > put to the group, though, before I go through with my plans: > > 1) Have any of you ridden with a fixed cog on flip side of the stock > hub? Is it safe without a lockring and with the quick release? Have > you experienced any slippage? I wouldn't be doing any skid or skip > stops with two brakes, but I would probably be doing some back-pedal > braking when riding fixed. > > 2) Seeing as this a build-up project, I have the opportunity to tweak > the stock build as much as I like (or can afford). Is there anything > you modified later that you wish had come on the stock bike? Any tips > appreciated. > > Thanks in advance for any responses. It's great to be able to join > this group! > > i.e. -- 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-bu...@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.
