Welcome. Isaac -- I am the proud owner of three Riv's and two lesser brands. The Beam is the bike I ride two to one over any of the others (but for my cheapo commuter bike that I ride each day to the office). I live in San Francisco, and I really like climbing hills here and in Marin. I actually have two QB crank sets. I own a stock set, and I have what I call my "touring set" that comes with a 34/26 set of chain wheels.
I also have two wheel sets. One with a 17 and 20 free wheel with meatier trail tires, the "touring" set with a White Industries Duo 16/18 on main side, a 22 free on the flip. I can't agree more with Angus and others about the beefier brakes. That's my next project and upgrade, probably with Tektro CR720s. I currently use the Nitto Mini Front rack and a bag, with a small saddle bag. I have also used a wire basket up front, and a rack in back with panniers. All or any combo seems to work quite well. It's heavy, but I also have mounted one of those tricky double kickstands. I mounted it for use with panniers, but find it so handy that I leave it on all the time now. Really handy when changing up or down or over on the drive train, or for simply parking. Enjoy the Quickbeam. Great bike. --- On Sun, 11/29/09, i.e. <ien...@gmail.com> wrote: From: i.e. <ien...@gmail.com> Subject: [RBW] Re: Advice on building up a Quickbeam (+introduction) To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 10:57 PM Thanks, everyone. I appreciate it. The Paul brakes look great and the bb lockring is a good tip--didn't know there was such a thing. I'm looking forward to riding freewheel again, but must admit that I got hooked on riding fixed while I was living in Japan (a happy accident and a long story). It would be nice to be able to do both on the beam. Thanks again, Isaac -- 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. -- 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.
