Actually, what interests me is that aside from a reasonably small subset of posters (at this time ~17 out of the 2500 on the list), this thread seem to be more about the _lack_ of complaints regarding the ideals of the Quickbeam / SimpleOne. I think that attests to its quality. The reason when I saw it first announced in a Reader, it made me think - "that's it..." (Though I will also admit that the Orange run made it perfect).
Fact is, if my Quickbeam went away, I'd want to replace it exactly. (Ok, I think I already mentioned a desire for mid-seatstay braze-ons so I wouldn't have to p-clamp a small rear rack... ) But, when I ride an Appaloosa and think - "Dang! Upright bars aren't bad and this pony seems uber-nimble" and want to replace my errand bike (The Zeus 650B Conversion project) so that I could do a fun loop on the way to the store, and spin contentedly home. Or, I look at the alluringly robust Hunqapillar and think - "Mmmm.... you slap the Quickbeam dropouts into that frame and there's nothing that could possibly rougher, tougher, all-world rambler..." It makes me realize my tastes run to the simpler setups, and it caused me to instigate this conversation thread. With the developments in knobby 650B/584 tires by the mtb folks, as well as the adoption of "29er" treads in a 700C/622 size, there are a bunch more tire options out there. All of which let you dream a bit broader for a v2.0 design. Let's you think about wider hubs - and I've always wanted a Paul WORD rear... Or think bigger - A Pugsley-type 'Beam? That may be too much of an outlier ;^) (and I've always wanted a Pug-type bike, but sadly have no realistic reason to own one here in the middle of CA.) Thanks for being a part of this conversation so far! keep the thoughts and ideas coming. - Jim / cyclofiend.com / cyclofi...@gmail.com -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
