[RBW] Re: 58 QB frame on CL (near-ish Seattle)

2013-04-26 Thread Robert Kirkpatrick
Hey gang, Thanks all for the comments and kind words. I was out on an S24O (more on that latter!) so just getting back to the list. Anyway to answer some questions that came up: Great job, Robert! The Quickbeam is an oddly addictive bicycle. What gear(s) are you running? Bryan Thanks

[RBW] Re: 58 QB frame on CL (near-ish Seattle)

2013-04-24 Thread Robert Kirkpatrick
Hey so I ended up getting this frame. Thought ya'll might want to see what I ended up doing with it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35237104136@N01/sets/72157633309416243/ and I wrote a bit about the process here: http://www.spiralcage.com/rootless/?p=3184 I was trawling CraigsList daily at the

[RBW] Re: 58 QB frame on CL (near-ish Seattle)

2013-04-24 Thread David Spranger
Very nice! and good karma to take an abused Riv and give it new life. David On Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:34:47 PM UTC-4, SpiralCage wrote: Hey so I ended up getting this frame. Thought ya'll might want to see what I ended up doing with it:

[RBW] Re: 58 QB frame on CL (near-ish Seattle)

2013-04-24 Thread Bryan
Great job, Robert! The Quickbeam is an oddly addictive bicycle. What gear(s) are you running? Bryan -- 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] Re: 58 QB frame on CL (near-ish Seattle)

2013-04-24 Thread WETH
Wow, that is a beautiful restoration! I really like the green saddle/bar tape with the orange frame. It appears the powder coating did not obscure the lug details any more than a paint job would have. Is that accurate when looking at the bike in person? I ask because I am considering powder