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 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 up for me. I was planning to go with a stock build (I really like and want to honor the original concept), plus a front rack, basket, and fenders. I do have a couple of questions to put to the group, though, before I go through with my plans: 1) Have any of you ridden with a fixed cog on flip side of the stock hub? Is it safe without a lockring and with the quick release? Have you experienced any slippage? I wouldn't be doing any skid or skip stops with two brakes, but I would probably be doing some back-pedal braking when riding fixed. 2) Seeing as this a build-up project, I have the opportunity to tweak the stock build as much as I like (or can afford). Is there anything you modified later that you wish had come on the stock bike? Any tips appreciated. Thanks in advance for any responses. It's great to be able to join this group! i.e. -- 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-bu...@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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************** To ensure compliance with Treasury Department regulations, we advise you that, unless otherwise expressly indicated, any federal tax advice contained in this message was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding tax-related penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law provisions or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matters addressed herein. **************************************************** **************************************************** This email (and any attachments thereto) is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (and any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (212) 735-3000 and permanently delete the original email (and any copy of any email) and any printout thereof. Further information about the firm, a list of the Partners and their professional qualifications will be provided upon request. **************************************************** ============================================================================== -- 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-bu...@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.
