Agreed, the QB does fine in hills, it's the engine that has to be upgraded! If I ride my QB consistently, I'm very happy with it on hills. If I just throw a leg over it once a month or so (as I usually do), not so much fun.
Not mentioned, but worthwhile thought: They would make the perfect Sturmey Archer three speed conversion! Cheers, DE On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Angus <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dustin...Quickbeams work just fine in the hills! > > I purchased mine when I lived in LA (basically flat) and it worked > great. I promptly relocated to East Texas (basically hilly), thought > I wouldn't be using the Quickbeam much, and it still works great. I > ride it a lot. Pedal up hill....zoom down hill...repeat. > > The silver will look nice. :-) > > Angus > > On Jan 22, 3:58 pm, Dustin Sharp <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've always wanted on of these. Kinda hard to justify one now that I am > in > > hilly San Diego. I needs me gears! > > > > Dustin > > > > > > > > > From: Esteban <[email protected]> > > > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > > Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:52:57 -0800 (PST) > > > To: RBW Owners Bunch <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [RBW] Re: Let There Be Quickbeam (Orders). > > > > > But Ethan - its now '09! (OT - I picked up at Tikit - now iBobing > > > it.) > > > > > On Jan 22, 1:41 pm, Ethan <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Ooh. wish I could get one but I spent too much on bikes in 08 (a very > > >> well appointed Atlantis as well as a Bike Friday folder.) Just not in > > >> the budget... > > > > >> On Jan 22, 2:30 pm, John at Rivendell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >>> Shameless promotional plug from number-crunching GM: > > > > >>>http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/104- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
