Lum - Yes, indeed we do. The glorious summers and early autumns make all the gray, drizzly month a lot easier. Hope you get to ride out here one of these days. Sequim is a *really* beautiful place.
Patrick & Patrick - These are 35c Delta Cruisers, so a very supple 38 like the Barlow Pass sounds promising if the QB stays with me a while longer. Clearance will be tight but I can picture it working. Just mildly concerned about puncture protection. It has a 17/19 DOS ENO, by the way. Gear-inches fall in the high-50s and mid-60s, if memory serves. On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 10:18:29 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > From the photos, the surfaces and the bike look like very good > combination. Do you have the QB set up with a fixed or freewheel cog? > > I take it that those tires are 32s? > > Around my house, the sand pretty much makes a fixed off road bike > impractical, though I do ride my fixed, 559 X ~28 Riv Roads on some of the > firmer parts. But 50 mm seems a minimum, and 60 is better. > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 9:31 PM, Tully Lanter <tully....@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> You can't ask for better weather than late September in the Northwest. >> Unless warm, dry, and sunny isn't your cup of tea. So, with my Quickbeam >> apparently not on the verge of selling, how better to enjoy a beautiful >> afternoon than to take it on a longer, gravelly-er ride than usual? >> >> We live near a beautiful path that follows a utilities right-of-way a few >> miles before connecting with the similar but far longer Tolt Pipeline >> Trail. The road crossings are relatively few but, like most east-west >> routes in the Seattle area, the climbs are remarkably steep! >> >> Here are a few hasty photos and notes >> <https://www.flickr.com/gp/93513892@N04/KLq3a8> from the ride. >> >> The Quickbeam was a delight, and even more enjoyable than I expected on >> this sort of ride. Quite a revelation to enjoy it without my usual >> commuting load. The VO Porteur bars--necessary for a comfortable city >> riding position--were too relaxed. I found myself mostly on the curves, >> wishing for a bit more reach, even though I appreciated their height during >> the steep, twisty descents (not pictured since they're not conducive to >> stopping mid-way!). I'll revert Noodle bars with a taller stem to try to >> split the different. >> >> More tire clearance would have been nice, less for smoothness (not that >> I'd object!) than for traction on steep, loose segments. Toe overlap also >> becomes a problem during the twistier portions, especially uphill. Removing >> the fenders would help, but they're necessary during most of the year here. >> All the more so on a bike that serves first and foremost as a commuter. I >> haven't yet decided what to replace the Quickbeam with, but does seem like >> a longer 650b frame, or even 26" (if available for an ~86cm PBH), would >> suit me well. >> >> Anyhow, I plan to extend this ride significantly next weekend, and >> perhaps catch a few photos of the gorgeous forests a few miles (and a >> thousand feet of climbing) past where I ended. Not a bad little corner of >> the world! >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
