I'm chuffed by your chuffedness, and we all chuff along. It is a nice bike.
On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 7:28 AM Patch T <ptrof...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just as chuffed for your *Approve*, Patrick :) You've pointed out my > favorite bits. Especially those bars, I've not found a *better* drop bar > for me. But I really hate to disappoint: the photo/uneven ground is > obscuring their actual ~1deg of uptilt, as I might be crazy but my hands do > like the tiniest bit of angle. But 1 is basically 0, right? Still approve? > > No, I know, it would be the coolest set up fixed. I should really throw a > 17t or 18t cog on the other side of that Suzue hub - I haven't ridden a lot > of fixed, and not in a very long time. > > They make 3/32 fixed cogs, right? > > Patch, > whose knees are already trembling in BK, NYC > On Monday, January 31, 2022 at 4:26:32 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> I highly approved this build. >> >> Signed and certified by Patrick Moore. >> >> Hermaneutic: Mr. Patch chose the ineffably nice Maes Parallel bar, the >> best bar in the universe, and he installed it properly with ends of hooks >> strictly parallel to Mother Earth. >> >> The saddle-to-drop relationship is just right. (Metric: I like it and >> would so set a bike up myself!) >> >> VO shiny fenders over plump but not obese tires. >> >> Patch: Is the drivetrain fixed or merely single speed? You can push your >> overall score from 98.3275% to well over 100% by having a fixed drivetrain. >> >> In all seriousness (no!), that's lovely. >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 7:28 AM Patch T <ptro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Bunch, >>> >>> *tl:dr - Kyle's Quickbeam was too big. Mine was maybe too small. We >>> swapped. Photos.* >>> >>> I've ridden an orange Quickbeam for about 5 years. It's seen all sorts >>> of builds, all sorts of rides, camping trips, commutes; the slow end of a >>> toxic relationship and the start of a healthy one, an engagement, a >>> cross-country move (again), a pandemic a career change... As you can >>> imagine, I'm in love with the bike. My first and only Rivendell (so far) >>> but I don't really feel the itch for another. Ok maybe a Mountain Mixte. Or >>> Roadeo. Or Saluki, maybe. I digress. >>> >>> I sold a few frames so I could purchase it, used, from an angel named >>> John who even let me pay in installments. I've learned a lot about bikes >>> and about wrenching, but also about sizing in the short 5 years since - one >>> thing I learned is that I should/could ride larger bikes than I thought. >>> >>> For a while it was my only bike. Kyle from Golden Saddle Cycles used to >>> frequently catch me outside riding the QB back when I lived in LA, or when >>> I visited his shop, and every time he would remind me he'd gladly purchase >>> that bike when I'm ready to sell. You can imagine my answer - however, he >>> never let up. >>> >>> Fast forward to cruising Instagram late last year, now living in NYC, >>> and I saw that Kyle finally got his holy grail - a silver Quickbeam - but >>> in a size too big for him. He thought he'd like to try out a French fit, >>> but it didn't work out. So I wrote him, thinking his new-to-him 56 would >>> fit me better (or, differently + nicely) than my beloved 54. He agreed, and >>> we packed and shipped each other our frames (he had me ship his to Black >>> Magic Paint!) >>> >>> I've spent the past month rebuilding; highlights include a TA crank, >>> shiny VO fenders, Compass Maes Parallel bar, Swift rando bag, dyno >>> lighting, Paul brakes (minimoto front, touring rear), 38mm Gravelking >>> slicks. >>> >>> Was it worth the $80ish in shipping? Maybe. It's not necessarily *more* >>> comfortable, but *differently* comfortable. I do like having a shorter >>> stem, and less seatpost showing than before - that feeling of being *in* >>> it, rather than *above* it. All in all - with the new color and different >>> (again) parts - it's kinda like a new bike day, for under $100. >>> >>> Patch >>> BK/NYC >>> [image: image3 (2).jpeg][image: image1 (16).jpeg] >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/30caea19-d5b3-49fd-be7a-b56506d76b97n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/30caea19-d5b3-49fd-be7a-b56506d76b97n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> -- > 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/b3c34128-9770-4045-bed7-aa2fc2724accn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b3c34128-9770-4045-bed7-aa2fc2724accn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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