I have a white industries Dos Eno freewheel, and the stock 32/40t crankset on my Quickbeam. The only time I usually shift is at the bottom of a long & otherwise grueling hill near my work, and I go from 40/16 to 32/19, which is great for the hill. But shifting lower is also great for riding the trails around here. You can order the Dos Eno FW at rivendell's site:
http://www.rivbike.com/products/show/white-industries-freewheel/13-082 -Matt On Mar 22, 3:01 am, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > 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. > > http://cyclofiend.com/ssg/2007/ssg017r3-cyclofiend0107.html > > - J > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > Gallery updates now appear here -http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com > > "Maybe a bike, once discarded, pines away year after year for the first hand > that steered it, and as it grows old it dreams, in its bike way, of the > young roads." > > -- Robert McCammon, "Boy's Life" -- 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-bunch@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.
