on 3/21/11 7:19 PM, Lemon at davidboydle...@gmail.com wrote:

> Hello.  I have a SimpleOne with my name on it, so I'm starting to plan
> the build.  This'll be my first single-speed, and I have a question
> (or three) for those among the group who ride Quickbeams:  what's your
> freewheel preference?  Two cog or single cog?  16t?  19?  Or something
> in between?  I imagine it'd matter where one rides... in my case, Bay
> Area... mostly Oakland/SF, so if you ride your QB in and around
> similar topography, I would love to hear about your freewheel
> preference.

Excellent!

I'm set up with the stock 18T freewheel and the two standard chainrings (40T
and 32T).   I put on a 14T fixed sprocket which only really works with the
40T. I've found that climbing in fixed mode vs coastable is worth a tooth or
two.

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- J

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