Congratulations on the child! And the Quickbeam. The Quickbeam may stay in the house longer than the kid... That's a great looking build. The shiny fenders over the Delta Cruisers is a nice look, and complements the clean chainguard. Thanks for bringing those PDW fender mounts to my attention, too. I have yet to cut the fender stays on my green Quickbeam after... many years, and the PDW attachment looks so clean. Might be just what I need to finish the bike.
Shame about the brakes. What kind are they? I would second the other suggestions to check the cable drag (does the lever return snappily and fully?), spring tension, symmetrical setup, etc. You might double-check that the wheel is straight in the frame, but it would probably rub the fenders if it wasn't. Philip Santa Rosa, CA On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 12:43:45 PM UTC-7, Tully Lanter wrote: > > This 58cm Quickbeam is my first personal Riv. It arrived from a list > member (thanks!) in early July, just in time to languish on the patio amid > the craziness of our first kid's birth that same week. After weeks of > sporadic tweaking and waiting on a few small parts, it's about done! > > Three commutes in, and it rides beautifully--fully up to my (high) > expectations. I'm now starting to understanding the whole "smooth yet spry" > description I've often read. Quite something! > > I'm particularly happy with how my first tape + shellac attempt turned > out. Also a fan of these tidy little PDW fender mounts (per another > member's recommendation) that let me mount the rack/basket and fenders > *cleanly* in a single eyelet, both front and rear. All that remains is to > adjust the rear brake (the arms don't retract symmetrically, so one pad > ends up dragging). I'll also experiment with Albastache bars in the next > few weeks, since more leverage and a slightly higher front end would be > helpful. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
