I shift my quickbeam quite a bit, which I guess seems to be unusual among QB/SO owners when these threads come up, but I'm not really sure why. I have a White 16/19 fw, a 22t ACS on the other side, and the stock QB crank with 40/32 rings.
For riding more than 15 miles, I use 40/16, and this is mainly for going to work which is 15 or 17 miles if I go the longer way. For the riding in the city of boston, or with my significant other, I'll switch to 40/19, which takes about 5 seconds. Sometimes also use that for long rides too when I'm not in a hurry. When we go in the woods, which we do often thankfully, I flip the rear wheel and ride 40/22 to get to the trails (20 seconds), then do another 5-second change to 32/22 at the trailhead if it's a hilly, rocky, root-heavy trail, which in New England they generally are. I really enjoy the concept of the QB and feel that it works great exactly as the ad copy originally described- switching gears now and then, but benefiting from the simpleness, quietness, and one-speedness of a single speed most of the time. I have derailleured bicycles too, but riding a QB is sufficiently different and pleasant, in additional ways that I can't easily explain, to justify its design. -Matt On Monday, April 30, 2012 8:55:52 PM UTC-4, EricP wrote: > > For the folks that have one of these on their Quickbeam or SimpleOne - do > you actually swap gears that much? Am thinking of a 17/19 for my > SimpleOne. Besides worrying about clearance issues am just wondering if it > would get used enough to justify the price. There are not a lot of long > climbs in the Twin Cities, but in other parts of the state, a 2 mile or > more climb is not unheard of. Also thinking it might be good for a bail > out on a windy day. Or really steep shorter hills. As my SimpleOne has > metal fenders, this seems a more appropriate choice that flip/flop > freewheels. > > Have also considered a Dingle fixed cog setup. Not willing to try that > right now. The idea of superfast spinning on downhills just doesn't appeal. > > Thanks in advance for any opinions. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/AI9XTdJrRUEJ. 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.
