Howzabout a 68 Zombiebeam? (if you're familiar with Birdman's 'beam you'll know what I mean). I've got two corpses...:) -Kai On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 7:03:17 PM UTC-5 Paul Richardson wrote:
> okay, so three of us pulling for the much-larger-than-61cm frameset...is > that enough of a critical mass to convince the powers that be? > > barring that, who's holding a 68cm quickbeam and wants to free up room in > the stable? > > paul > takoma park, md. > > On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 4:40:14 PM UTC-5 Scott Calhoun wrote: > >> My Quickbeam is spaced to 130mm and I use the Surly cassette spacer and >> cog kit to get a perfect chainline. I like the 130 spacing as I can use any >> of my road wheels. Also, I run 43mm Gravel Kings on my QB no problem. I >> consider the geometry on my QB near perfect as an all around road bike, and >> it is nearly identical to the current (2019 forward) Roadeo geo (72.5 HTA, >> 72 STA in size 63cm Roadeo, same as on the 64cm 2006 QB). It'll be >> interesting to see how the RoadUno is designed. >> >> On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 10:29:47 AM UTC-7 Pete B wrote: >> >>> This bike sounds a lot like the Rosco Roads, which used SimpleOne forks, >>> but tire clearance with fenders is apparently better . My Rosco Road has >>> 130mm rear spacing and I do 700x35 to be on the safe side, but could >>> probably do 700x38. The RU is supposed to do 700x45 with fenders. I >>> wouldn't have guessed that'd be easy to do with 120mm frame spacing, but >>> the Quickbeam probably gets pretty close to that, right? I assume the frame >>> is spaced at 120, and not just the hub. >>> >>> 120mm frame spacing is desirable because it allows a larger chainring >>> (>40t) to be installed with good chainline on a 120mm hub which aren't >>> really specialty items. I've done several conversions of 120mm wheels on >>> 126mm and 130mm frames using axle spacers to make up the difference. A 120 >>> fixed or free rear hub dictates chainring choice. You basically have to run >>> what will not hit the chainstay while giving good chainline. Often that >>> means something smaller than 42t. A 42x15 is a nice combination for just >>> riding around, but if you want a bigger gear, you're out of luck. Better to >>> go with a bigger front ring like a 44 or a 46 and then you can swap out >>> freewheels and cogs to get the combo you want. If you don't care about >>> riding fixed, 130mm hub spacing is easy, because you can just use a regular >>> road cassette hub and adjust the chainline on the rear wheel using spacer >>> kits like the kind Surly makes. Then you can put a bigger chainring on the >>> outside of the spider or use a longer BB to get the ring clear of the >>> chainstay. >>> >>> On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 10:42:21 AM UTC-5 Christopher Cote wrote: >>> >>>> I expect these are sized like the more recent Rivendells such as the >>>> Sam Hillborne, etc. The 54cm would be the right size for me, and I would >>>> have ridden a 56 or 58cm Quickbeam, for example. >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 8:58:54 PM UTC-5 Berkeleyan wrote: >>>> >>>>> Okay, after reading the obscure details on the R1, I stand corrected. >>>>> Despite the shocking shortcoming of its very limited PBH range, it has >>>>> one >>>>> great advantage over the QB of yore, and THAT is support for wider tires. >>>>> I >>>>> tried running Bruce Gordon Rock 'n Roads (38mm) on my Orange QB, and they >>>>> just only barely fit. Currently I roll on 38mm Ocean Air Soma C-Lines, >>>>> which fit just fine without fenders. But if the R1 will go well into the >>>>> mid-40's, yes, that is an improvement. >>>>> >>>>> - Andrew, Berkeley >>>>> >>>> -- 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/aeaf5f85-a633-4bda-89a7-6cf3c081f735n%40googlegroups.com.
