> lighter stays and fork than the 'lantis, I meant, not lighter than RamRom. -joe in pdx
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Joe Broach <joebro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe Riv will chime in, but it's fun to just make stuff up in the > meantime! My memory says the 'beam was slotted more between Atlantis & > Ram/Rom with 9-6-9 main tubes (vs 8-5-8 on Ram/Rom) but lighter stays and > fork. Clearances were also in between. The 'beam was also unique in being > built by Panasonic instead of Toyo. > > A friend carried some impressive loads on his 'beam, though the frame > eventually protested (Riv took care of him). It's just a strangely > versatile frame. > > Best, > joe broach > portland, or > > > On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Larry Powers <lapower...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >> Owning one I don't believe it is the second lightest tube set. It is >> pretty heavy for what it is (still its my most ridden bike). Maybe it is >> the set up I have on it that makes me believe that, 32 mm tires, generator >> hub, fenders and a rack. Still, I think my Rambouillet is lighter and for >> sure the Roddeo is lighter and probably the Legolas as well. >> >> Larry Powers >> >> Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain >> >> >> > Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 13:07:41 -0700 >> > From: philip.william...@gmail.com >> > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com >> > Subject: [RBW] Quickbeam's Pedigree... >> >> > >> > I'd say Sheldon Brown was the godfather of the Quickbeam, and all the >> Country Bikes were its descendants. >> > >> > I think it has the second lightest tubeset of any Rivendell frame? >> > >> > Philip >> > www.biketinker.com >> > >> > -- >> > 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/d/optout. >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > -- 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/d/optout.
