Thanks for the excellent information and antidotes Patrick and David... I appreciate the details and after crunching some numbers, it might be a good plan to flip my 48t chainring to a 40 and feel the difference from the current 74" to a more dialed back 61". Then, if I need more or less I can pick up a different cog or play from there. I was debating back and forth to drop to either my options of 40 or 36 and felt like 36 made more sense but I think I might find a better feel with a 40 and not cut back so far that it takes a lot to bring it closer... smaller tweaks vs giant swings maybe? a 36t would put me at mid 55" which might be good but I could make more tweaks with the 40t and still have the speed that I do enjoy.
Thanks again, I am fully aware that there is a bunch of value I'd be walking away from, but more importantly I absolutely love this Riv out of the entire lineup and if there were one LOTR races I loved the most it's the Ents (and that matters, to me) xo On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 9:15:54 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > I have to say that I personally would keep that QB and ride it, at least > until the market improves. > > The old single speed mtb standard gear was ~50-55". Personally I find that > far too low not to get irritated on the flats. I don't know what your hills > are like, but I preferred 60" to 65" and walking to a lower gear. > > Long ago I built a fixed gear mountain bike and decided I preferred a gear > no lower than about 60" or 62" (175 mm cranks) because, while I don't mind > getting off and walking, I absolutely hate going downhill or before > headwinds in a tiny gear. My hills were sometimes steep and often sandy but > not that long (half a mile at longest). > > After a bit I decided I preferred multiple gears for real hills and turned > the mtb (nice top model Diamond Back) into a fixed gear allrounder with 60 > mm Big Apples, a 64" gear and 170 mm cranks. > > A bit later I set up a 2010 Monocog 29er with a single 63" gear (170 mm > cranks) which was fine for all around sandy road/trail riding and modest > hills as well as flat pavement. > > My current (2012) Monocog has a single 65" gear and 175 mm cranks for > sometimes deepish sand (but 72 mm tires at 13 psi) but I don't often face > hills on that bike. > > If I were faced with more hills I'd want at least a second, much lower > climbing gear. I've toyed with the idea of a kickback hub for a ~46" direct > and a 64" overdrive (1.38) but so far I've preferred the simplicity of a > single gear. But if I were faced with more hills I might do this. Or I > might try to find a way to get a 19 t and the current 15 t cog on one side > of the hub that with the 32 t ring (30.5" wheel) would give a 51" low and a > 65" high, and use a QR hub for easy swapping. > > OTOH, when I briefly put 42 mm (39 mm actual on the 19 mm OW rims) Naches > Passes on my 1999 Joe Starck road custom, I rode it on some of our firmer > sand with a SA 2 speed fixed hub giving 57" and 76" gears, and it was great > fun but I didn't like getting my "pretty bike" all dirty. > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 6:11 PM Jason Zakaras <jasonz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So as its been posted, I'm selling my Quickbeam, but even with "too low" >> prices, its still not moving. I also have options to figured out how to >> tow my newest addition and I can make space/have the space so who cares. >> The big concern for me is riding it and I don't find myself jumping on it >> as often as I'd like. Partially due to the epic mtn bike scene immediately >> around me and my newly rebuilt bombora that I absolutely love. That said, >> It would be fun to hit the trails on a QB and I have a pass&stow rack and >> some bags I'd like to use to do some camping with my twin boys (7) and the >> SS would be a nice way to enjoy the trip out to the woods with them. >> >> The question I pose is what gear options do you all enjoy. I've dug into >> the internets and I'm sure there is a post or 100 on this here already but >> I figured with the upcoming roduno and its many possibilities, this might >> be a fun chat to dig into. >> >> I'm currently at 48-18 and its great climbing around rural gravel roads >> in the midwest but now I'm in steeper hills its a bear-cat. >> >> Thanks xo >> Jason Cheap QB For Sale. >> >> -- >> > 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/cb594c96-61ff-4577-bb47-bcdc2ebf4a52n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/cb594c96-61ff-4577-bb47-bcdc2ebf4a52n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, > > and other less well defined but still important writing services. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage,* > > *Know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like* > > *A thing most brutish, I endowed thy purposes* > > *With words that made them known.* > > Tempest Act 1 Scene 2 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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