[RBW] Gearing for Quickbeam

[Kainalu V.]

I had a 16/19 W.I. freewheel with 40 up front. I never used the 19.
-Kai
BK NY 

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[RBW] Gearing for Quickbeam

[Deacon Patrick]

Congratulation, Alan! First, for perspective on the numbers I’m about to give 
you, read my review of my QB (pre-fixed though it is). 
http://thegrid.ai/withabandon/quickbeam-sightings/

How, a few details and thoughts, recomendations:

1. Ride what you have. Learn. It will be hard, no matter what the gearing is. 
You’re learning to use one gear instead of 20+.
2. Ride one gear only and you will learn even more. Do this for three months.
3. Ride till you can’t, walk till you can.
4. You are always in the right gear. This is just as true as you are always in 
the wrong gear. But the countanance of joy from always being in the right gear 
greatly exceeds that of always being in the wrong gear.
5. Your 4 tooth dingle cog will give you a reasonable drop in gear. That’s all 
I use on my QB (44 x 17/22) and I ride asphalt, dirt roads, trails, rocks, 
roots, hills. My high is 71”, my low is 57”.
6. My Hunqapillar gearing will have greater range because I will have a double 
chainring and 5t spread in the rear. 34/38 x 17/22 (via a flipflop hub). This 
will give me three ridable gears for loaded bikepacking and errands of: 61”, 
47”, and 42”
7. Try fixed. Try it for a week or two. You’ll love it or hate it, but you’ll 
learn. A lot.
8. Learn to climb in slow cadance without going anaerobic. This takes time, but 
basically I view each pedal stroke as a squat. I don’t do power/speed squats, I 
do slow squats.
9. You’ll be amazed how much stronger your riding gets (on any bike) with 
consistant ss riding, and if you only ride ss for a few weeks, just how fast 
your get stronger.
10. LCG. Lowest Common Gear. Comes with every bike, standard. It is also 
biking, never failure.

Enjoy!

With abandon,
Patrick

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[RBW] Gearing for Quickbeam

[alan lavine]

Hi All,
Changing a few things on a new to me QB, and was wondering how others have them 
set up. For the rear I have a 17/21 dingle that I want to use, but haven't 
decided about the front. Single or double chainring? 
Would love to hear what others have used, and for what purpose, I.e. around 
town, touring, climbing, etc.  My use would be mostly around town, occasional 
30-40 mile rides with moderate climbs, but no off road use.  Maybe CC tours in 
the future.
Also, how often do you actually change the gears? I wonder if I'd be too lazy 
to do it often, and just use a geared bike when needed.  So maybe a single up 
front and dingle in the rear would suffice.

Thanks,
Alan
NYC

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