Philip: Usually I stick strictly to silver, but in this case I personally dig the red... I'm glad you got your project going; that encourages me to get MY butt in gear to lace up my SA 2-speed... I just need to measure and order the dang spokes.
3 speed fixie... SICK! On Mar 18, 11:04 pm, Philip Williamson <philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > "Xmas year 'round" - agh! Brain Nail! > I did think I could use the last sad spraycan dregs of Quickbeam Green > to paint it, but that's just weird. I'm already a little self- > conscious about green fenders, mudflaps, saddle, stem, cable housing, > bar tape and metal bottle. > > The top gear is 1:1, so a 40:15 gives you (me, w ~40mm tires) 46", > 55", 73" gears. Of course, Sheldon Brown's gear calculator includes an > "internal hub" setting for the S3X. I have a pretty good Quickbeam > range with a 15t and 17/21 dingle cog on a flip-flop hub and two > chainrings, and it's lighter, but this is just cool. I have to do it. > > Philip > > Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com > > On Mar 18, 5:21 pm, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > > > > red is the new black. You'll be living Xmas year 'round with that > > green QB. > > What are the equivalent cog teeth for these hubs? Do you think they > > are tuff-enuf for fireroad type stuff? Maybe, someday, I'll find a > > suitable frame ( preferably a 58 Quickbeam) and build up something to > > use this hub on. > > > ~Mike > > > On Mar 18, 1:39 pm, Philip Williamson <philip.william...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > I'm excited to build this up for the Quickbeam. > > > > It's red, which I don't love, but it was the only color 120mm 32h hubs > > > come in. The real answer was to buy a 36h rim and spokes, and a black > > > S3X, but... I just got a pair of $15 rims and $16 spoke set from IRO > > > which allowed me to swing the $120 hub. > > > I may paint the hub black before I build it, in order to make it > > > completely unsellable... :^) > > > > It also has a thumbshifter, not a bar-end shifter, but I intend to > > > mount the shifter-part to the seatstay, anyway. > > > > Philip > > > > Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com -- 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.
