I think you made the right decision, at least for now. From what I'm seeing of my particular bikes of interest in FS sections NOTHING is selling right now. I assume the price of gas and eggs has hit everybody pretty hard, plus ebikes have fully invaded the used bike market. It's tough sledding for sellers at the moment and not looking to change anytime soon.
On Friday, August 25, 2023 at 6:52:50 PM UTC-7 jasonz...@gmail.com wrote: > And as it is Friday and I took an awesome joyride around the new area, I > am calling it quits on calling it quits for this bike. I can say it is now > sold, as you all sold me on keeping it. My plan is to keep riding it more > now that I'm more confident with the climbs in the immediate area and > if/when I put on the pass n stow rack and start using it for camping, I'm > hoping to either: change the front chainring to 40t vs 48 and/or find a > 16/19 DOS for the rear. That should give me all that I need for the > terrain. For some reason the climbing isn't as bad as I initially assumed > on the 48-18 and I'll just use the bombora when I'm pulling the baby. > > Im super surprised this didn't sell, glad now that I've made my mind, but > a head scratcher for sure. > > Glad to get to know you all more, it's always a good learning opportunity. > > Cheers, > > Jason a proud old owner of a new old Quickbeam > > On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 7:03:51 PM UTC-5 Jason Zakaras wrote: > >> Indeed, super clean, it was a gem when I picked it up from you Dylan! I >> just took a small rip on it and it just glides. While I think the Rene >> Herse crank looks brilliant, the 48t is just too stout to have much fun for >> me now. I'm kicking myself for getting rid of the 40/32 crank and the >> 17/19 dos... doh! >> >> If it doesn't sell I think I'm going to change out the chainring to 36t >> and maybe put a 17/19 dos on it and see if I can have a smile again. I can >> put my pull trailer adapter on the bombora and pull the lil one with that >> too. hmmmmm.... apostasy! >> >> On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 6:08:50 PM UTC-5 dylantho...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> For what it's worth - this is my old frame and it's SUPER clean. Jason >>> did a great job in updating it since I sold it to him. >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 2:42:48 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks, Jason. I looked them up on the Wolf Tooth site and as far as I >>>> can tell they are made only for mountain bike bars; are yours a road bike >>>> bar model, or did you just force them on to the bigger bar? >>>> >>>> About that Quickbeam: I know from experience that you can list and >>>> relist a very nice bike and come away with far less than than expected; >>>> then a month later someone will post a similar bike and get a much higher >>>> price. This happened when I sold a very nice Sam Hillborne some years ago. >>>> FWIW. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 3:36 PM Jason Zakaras <jasonz...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Patrick, they are wolf tooth's silicone grips, I believe the Karv >>>>> maybe fatpaw. I recently switched all my mtbs over to them and they are >>>>> lovely. Its a nice touch when you're feeling fatigued and can drop down >>>>> into a cozy bed for yer hands. I highly recommend them. >>>> >>>> -- 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/b90a7826-f158-4237-98e4-2668280fa5b8n%40googlegroups.com.
