That should have been off list of course. I am sorry. Should not be emailing at this late hour.
-jb On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 11:08 PM, John Blish <jbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > I have followed this thread and I don't know the answer to your question > about why it feels twitchy, but I know what twitchy feels like from another > bike I used to have. It does not provide a confident feeling in situations > where confidence is helpful. > > I am writing because I have a 58 QuickBeam that I might want to trade. > Just to let you know I am thinking about it. I would not have any decision > for at least a couple of days and my guess is that I probably should keep my > QuickBeam. Also, my QuickBeam is green - one of the original ones, but in > excellent shape. The reason I need a couple of days is because I need to > put different tires on the QB and ride it a bit to make a decision. Until I > do that I won't have any decision. > > If I get closer to wanting to trade I will send current pics of the QB. > For now, there is an old one attached. The bike is in excellent condition > with a green Brooks B17 Special and all original except for new brake pads. > When I change the tires it will have its original size 700 x 32 Pasela > Panaracers on it but not the original tires. I have Pasela 35s on it now as > an experiment. I had fenders on it at one time but there are no fenders > now. It has the Nitto Noodle drop bars that came with it. It is not > twitchy for me. I am kind of the opposite of what I think you said you > are. I have long legs and a relatively short torso and am about your height > - maybe just a bit shorter, like less than an inch difference. > > Don't mean to mislead you or give false hope but I am thinking about it. > If green is not your thing please let me know. I see you specified the > other QB colors. > > John > > On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:05 PM, andrew hill <neurod...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Ok.. I've tried the bars high, low, etc.. i think i'm just built wrong for >> this bike. >> >> iIt's a 59cm and i'm 5'11, but with a phb of only about 84. >> and i'm north of 200lbs, so the whole setup remains a bit top and forward >> heavy, which contributes to the twitchfactor. >> >> i have another set of bullmooses, but that'd pretty much just duplicate my >> Sam, if a wee bit diff with the 650Bs. >> before i start swapping out various quills, and bars to find a good fit >> that doesn't just overlap the SH... anyone got a silver or red Quickbeam >> about the same size they want to trade for? or a Bomba? :) >> >> lots of pics here: >> http://salamander.net/stage/Bleriot/ >> >> the thing is immaculate, and has noodle bars, brooks / nitto rack, stem, >> etc, as one would expect. >> only problems is a streaky shellac job. :) >> >> cheers, >> andrew >> (in Los Angeles) >> >> >> >> -- >> 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > John Blish > Minneapolis MN USA > > > -- John Blish Minneapolis MN USA -- 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.
