My experiment with a multi-speed Quickbeam has ended, and I'm switching back to my first love (fixed gear) and selling a complete 8-speed Sturmey Archer setup to convert your Quickbeam (or any other bike) to an internally geared machine.
Offered for sale is a Sturmey Archer 8-speed hub with a 25-tooth 1/8" cog, built up with DT spokes and a silver Velocity Aerohead rim (the rear-specific design with offset spoke holes for a stronger wheel). Info on the hub is available here: http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/sturmey-archer-hubs.html The wheel I'm selling is set up for 120mm spacing, but the hub can easily be adapted to fit dropout spacing of up to 135mm by adding more locknuts on the non-drive side (and re-centering the rim). This setup will work with *any* Rivendell bike. The wheel was built by Myke at Velo City in Winters, CA--my personal favorite wheelbuilder. His wheels run strong and true (a 28h rear wheel he built for me has thousands of miles on it with nary a touch of a spoke wrench). In place of the stock grip shifter (which I no longer have), I'm including the special bar-end shifter from J-tek Engineering. It's a very nice setup that works perfectly and looks great on drop bars. Info here: http://jtekengineering.com/jtek_bar-end_shifter.htm I will also include an almost new SRAM 1/8" chain and the cable clamps needed to hold the shifter housing to the downtube. Photos of the complete setup on my Quickbeam are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35176...@n03/sets/72157622384321375/ Price is $400, including shipping. Also included is my personal telephone tech support should you need it. You'll get the complete instructions from Sturmey Archer and J-tek and the original packaging that came with the hub. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the setup--I just found that I like fixed-gear riding more. As a longtime fixie rider, I've also been subject to incessant ribbing about "going soft." --Eric campyonly...@me.com www.campyonly.com www.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-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.
