I think one key thing will be the dropout design. The draft copy says it can handle a six tooth gap. That's what my Surly Cross Check could do with careful gear selection, and it's forward facing horizontal dropouts are much easier to live with than the rear facing track ends of the Quickbeam.
Eric On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 10:08 PM Robert Gardner < robert.harris.gard...@gmail.com> wrote: > Was there a picture I missed? I am super excited as a QB > owner....clearance for 50s!!!!! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 11, 2020, at 8:33 PM, Berkeleyan <ashtab...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > How will it be different than a QuickBeam? That's more of a rhetorical > question, maybe just asking what was there to improve on a QB that a R1 > will get right? My 66cm QuickBeam (Orange) already has *adjustable* wheel > base, is fully lugged, and has proved versatile enough for a loaded S24O, a > 55 mile Brevet, all my local grocery shopping and restaurant dinner takeout > pickup. I know, it's just the RBW "way" for bike models (apart from > Atlantis) to have limited runs, frames that carry their cachet for > years/decades beyond their end-of-run date. I'm never letting go of my QB, > but I hope the R1 is an awesome frame that sells like begeezus. > > - Andrew, Berkeley > > p.s. It took me a while to get the new sticker - "nothing" is greater than > a bicycle! > > On Friday, December 11, 2020 at 5:01:25 PM UTC-8 Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY > wrote: > >> Fingers crossed that they'll make a big one... >> ..any color will do >> -Kai >> >> On Friday, December 11, 2020 at 6:03:18 PM UTC-5 Nathan F wrote: >> >>> From today's BLAHG: >>> >>> "1. *RoadUno,* a onespeed derailerless country-kind of bike (not >>> modeled after a track bike). For pavement, town, commutes. It's not a trail >>> bike. You can ride it on dirt and gravel roads, but it's kind of rude to >>> ride it on hilly and rough trails. More on it way below." >>> >>> Sounds great. I'm praying for purple (no grey or RBW Blue, please--sorry >>> but they use 'em too much) and v-brakes. Based on the name I think the >>> latter is unlikely : ( >>> >>> - Nathan in PDX >>> >> -- > 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/ae7ea727-3928-491d-9f81-ca57096a7aban%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ae7ea727-3928-491d-9f81-ca57096a7aban%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > 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/1D08C6E3-3EE7-4177-AD69-96AB088172B8%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1D08C6E3-3EE7-4177-AD69-96AB088172B8%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAHFNW5DqRNba1%3DN6BgAjOp50LeU2eYj19EaMaRTG%3DSLyJM3vJA%40mail.gmail.com.
