You might need a White Eccentric ENO hub. I ride 40x15 by preference on the Quickbeam, with a dingle cog for 40x21 or 32x21 when I have a second ring.
Philip www.biketinker.com On Sunday, September 8, 2013 7:17:15 PM UTC-7, Robert Barr wrote: > > David - you have me looking at bikes. I have been riding 40x16 for close > to a year. I shift every few months to make sure the RD still works, but > those other gears never get used. Bob (I almost bought a Simpleone) > Indianapolis > > > On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 10:30 PM, cyclotourist > <cyclot...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Heeeeeellllllllllloooooooooooooooooo... >> >> Amazing how adaptable the engine is! >> >> On 9/7/13, Cyclofiend Jim <cyclo...@earthlink.net <javascript:>> wrote: >> > Welcome Back, CT, me and the other Ents have missed you! >> > >> > - Jim / cyclofiend.com >> > >> > On Saturday, September 7, 2013 5:42:04 PM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.comwrote: >> >> >> >> Follow up: Today was my first significant ride on the new Quickbeam. >> >> About 25 miles. Bit of climbing, long, mild descent, some flatish >> >> singletrack. My favorite Saturday morning loop in other words! >> >> >> >> And I must say, the Quickbeam performed FLAWLESSLY. Up the hills >> >> kinda' slowly in 40X18, standing now and then. Followed by coasting >> >> down the steeper portions where I was out of gear, and moving to 40X16 >> >> on the White Dos freewheel to spin up on the rolling downhill part. >> >> Then back to 40X18 for the singletrack and roads home. All this before >> >> 9:00! >> >> >> >> Riding this fantastic bike makes me wonder why I have gears on the >> other >> >> ones! >> >> (I tend to remember why when I hit a steep hill) >> >> >> >> Today's ride on top: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist >> >> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> > To post to this group, send email to >> > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> David >> >> "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- 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.
