I'll be cc touring in the UK on my QB this summer. I use free wheels and have several gear options, even 32x22 for the hills, although 40x16 works well most of the time.
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/England2009 On Mar 27, 1:28 pm, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > Touring on the Quickbeam? Oh, yeah. How about this: 400 miles in > four days, fixed gear touring over several mountain ranges: > > http://www.campyonly.com/mypages/2006/pre_fixe.html > > And, of course ... Paris-Brest fixed on a Quickbeam. 765 miles in > 82.5 hours > > Anything is possible on the QB if you're willing to suffer a little. > > --Eric > campyonly...@me.comwww.campyonly.comwww.wheelsnorth.org > > On Mar 27, 2009, at 11:12 AM, J. Burkhalter wrote: > > > > > > > Touring on the Quickbeam. I like it! > > > Bring on the pics of the homemade touring bags and racks! And the > > Quickbeam of course, too! > > > -Jay > > Asheville, NC > > > On Mar 27, 1:52 pm, Paul <paulr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> In anticipation of heading out on tour this summer through > >> the eastern Provinces of Canada and New England Organic > >> Farms I picked up a double kickstand for my Quickbeam. > > >> It works too well. Lash the front wheel to keep it from > >> twisting and shift away. > > >> Hadn't seen any posts on this and figured it might be useful. > > >> Cheers. > > >> (pics of homemade leather/canvas panniers, > >> box bag, dedicated camping saddlebag, and rack hack > >> based around a nitto mini front to come.......) > > --Eric > campyonly...@me.comwww.campyonly.comwww.wheelsnorth.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
