Re: [RBW] Advice on building up a Quickbeam (+introduction)

2009-11-30 Thread Eric Daume
If you're having new wheels built up, you could consider building the rear around a fixed/free hub, rather than the stock free/free hub. That would let you use a real fixed gear lockring (it's left hand threaded, so it can't spin off), yet you can still use a freewheel on either side if you like.

[RBW] Advice on building up a Quickbeam (+introduction)

2009-11-29 Thread i.e.
Hello RBW owners, After several years of visits to RBW headquarters, drooling over the Readers, and a couple of Riv-ish bike builds, I'm proud to say that I'll be a Quickbeam owner by the end of the week! I've managed to score an orange QB frameset and I'm having the folks at Rivendell build it

RE: [RBW] Advice on building up a Quickbeam (+introduction)

2009-11-29 Thread Allingham II, Thomas J
Re 1), you can use a BB lockring on it and it works fine (or so I'm told by Rich at Riv). -Original Message- From: i.e. [mailto:ien...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 11:28 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Advice on building up a Quickbeam (+introduction) Hello RBW

Re: [RBW] Advice on building up a Quickbeam (+introduction)

2009-11-29 Thread CycloFiend
on 11/29/09 8:28 PM, i.e. at ien...@gmail.com wrote: After several years of visits to RBW headquarters, drooling over the Readers, and a couple of Riv-ish bike builds, I'm proud to say that I'll be a Quickbeam owner by the end of the week! Congratulations! The Quickbeam is a stunningly

Re: [RBW] Advice on building up a Quickbeam (+introduction)

2009-11-29 Thread cyclotourist
On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 8:28 PM, i.e. ien...@gmail.com wrote: Hello RBW owners, After several years of visits to RBW headquarters, drooling over the Readers, and a couple of Riv-ish bike builds, I'm proud to say that I'll be a Quickbeam owner by the end of the week! Yeah! 1) Have any

RE: [RBW] Advice on building up a Quickbeam (+introduction)

2009-11-29 Thread Allingham II, Thomas J
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Advice on building up a Quickbeam (+introduction) On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 8:28 PM, i.e. ien...@gmail.commailto:ien...@gmail.com wrote: Hello RBW owners, After several years of visits to RBW headquarters, drooling over the Readers, and a couple of Riv-ish bike