Beam on, Reid! I just got back from Bob of Bantam Cycles. (Full disclosure: he's a friend.) He can replace the BB shell, but it would be laborious and for a non-friend, the $800-1000 labor estimate from Ti Cycles is in the ballpark. He'd cut me a deal, but here's the rub: this frame is brazed with bronze, not silver, so heating the lug to a temperature where the BB shell could be pulled will almost certainly weaken the connecting tubes. As a big and tall rider, I'm not interested in doing anything that will compromise frame strength. Instead, I'll be putting $ down on a custom Bantam.
In the meantime, if anyone has a 66cm Quickbeam they'd be willing to part with, let me know, but I'm also recognizing that it may just be time to say goodbye... Thanks y'all, Isaac in Portland OR -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8a9a17a8-2864-400b-816f-7ee7b689cb2f%40googlegroups.com.
