Mine is also set up like Matt and Rays. I love the versatility. I rode across NC with this set up.
On Mar 22, 9:14 am, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > 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 > athttp://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.
