My QB is set up like Matt's. I rarely use the flip-side 22. I like to climb Mt. Tam. I ride from SF to Mill Valley in the 40x18. I flip the wheel then ride up in the 22. At the peak, I flip back and ride home in the 40x16. I have, however, made the climb several times in the 32x18. I could probably get by without the flip-side 22, truth be known.
One other set-up point. I had drops on the QB for the longest time, then last season switched to Alba bars. That's OK for around the city, but not for longer rides on the QB as I am so often required to stand and pedal. I'm switching back to drops soon. ________________________________ From: newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com> To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 3:37 AM Subject: [RBW] Re: What's your freewheel preference? Just remembered I also have a 22t fw on the other side, which is great for when you need to ride up the occasional wall. On Mar 22, 6:35 am, newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a white industries Dos Eno freewheel, and the stock 32/40t > crankset on my Quickbeam. The only time I usually shift is at the > bottom of a long & otherwise grueling hill near my work, and I go from > 40/16 to 32/19, which is great for the hill. But shifting lower is > also great for riding the trails around here. You can order the Dos > Eno FW at rivendell's site: > > http://www.rivbike.com/products/show/white-industries-freewheel/13-082 > > -Matt > > On Mar 22, 3:01 am, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > on 3/21/11 7:19 PM, Lemon at davidboydle...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Hello. I have a SimpleOne with my name on it, so I'm starting to plan > > > the build. This'll be my first single-speed, and I have a question > > > (or three) for those among the group who ride Quickbeams: what's your > > > freewheel preference? Two cog or single cog? 16t? 19? Or something > > > in between? I imagine it'd matter where one rides... in my case, Bay > > > Area... mostly Oakland/SF, so if you ride your QB in and around > > > similar topography, I would love to hear about your freewheel > > > preference. > > > Excellent! > > > I'm set up with the stock 18T freewheel and the two standard chainrings (40T > > and 32T). I put on a 14T fixed sprocket which only really works with the > > 40T. I've found that climbing in fixed mode vs coastable is worth a tooth or > > two. > > >http://cyclofiend.com/ssg/2007/ssg017r3-cyclofiend0107.html > > > - J > > > -- > > Jim Edgar > > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > > Gallery updates now appear here -http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com > > > "Maybe a bike, once discarded, pines away year after year for the first hand > > that steered it, and as it grows old it dreams, in its bike way, of the > > young roads." > > > -- Robert McCammon, "Boy's Life" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
