Yes, I'm suspecting the same. The m-bars are moving to Hilo next time I go and once there will probably be there until that bike moves back to Honolulu (which may be a while).
Of course I have a set Boscos here as well I'd planned to put on something….might need a new bike for that. :-) Aloha, Bob -- Robert Harrison Honolulu, HI statrix.com On Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Minh wrote: > Bob, > My QB came with moustache bars and i loved them, felt very responsive in > traffic and could climb like crazy, figured i would go back to them after > putting on some alba bars, but dang if those alba didn't win me over, can get > similiar jack-rabbit acceleration with the albas and can lean back and cruise > when i don't want that. a little less manuevarable in traffic, but need to > ride more relaxed anyway! > > i predict this could be a permanent change. > > On Sunday, January 27, 2013 2:26:40 AM UTC-5, Statrixbob wrote: > > My lovely silver 66cm Quickbeam had been sitting pretty much unused since > > last October when I took delivery of my new 62cm Hunqapillar. There was > > nothing wrong with it, but somehow it gets hard to get off a new bike. > > > > But it wasn't right. I still loved the QB. I just needed a good excuse. > > > > It finally came to me. The QB had ended up being set up with a Platrack up > > front which often sported a big Wald. It was great for shopping and hauling > > stuff around, but I was getting the feeling that my QB might want to run a > > wee bit lighter. After all a Hunq can carry pretty much anything you can > > throw at it so why have to two bikes set up more or less the same wa? > > > > I'm a January birthday boy and after purchasing the Hunq I had a decent > > amount of rebate due so I decided a cockpit change was in order for the QB. > > I'd fallen in love with Albatross bars so I decided I'd move from Moustache > > bars to Albas on the QB as well. I'm not giving up on the Moustache bars, > > they'll be going to Hilo to replace the drops on the RB-1 I keep there. I'm > > not a big drop fan so it'll mean I'll probably ride more when I'm in Hilo. > > > > This was also a good time to replace the cables and housing on my QB. I > > ordered new Albas, a new Tallux 13cm stem (big guy, 66cm QB, big stem - > > it's perfect), new Shimano brake levers, and cabling to boot. I also > > ordered a set of Portuguese cork grips. That meant I had to mix up a batch > > of shellac. I use so little of the stuff that buying a pint isn't really a > > deal as most of goes to waste after a couple of years. I find mixing up a > > couple of ounces at a time from flakes a better deal - besides it's fun. > > > > The rebuild itself was almost very smooth. I always forget my bikes are big > > enough I need extra long cables to reach the rear of the bike - I had to > > run out and get a tandem cable once I realized this. I also needed to > > replace my front barrel adjuster - but luckily I figured this all out in > > time such that I only had to make one trip to the LBS. > > > > Everything went pretty well after that. I had no trouble and in a couple of > > hours (lots of breaks) I had a brand new bike - sort of. :-) I did have to > > wait for the shellac to mix so I rode for one day with some cheap rubber > > grips I had laying around. Worked fine, ugly though. > > > > Then disaster struck. When putting on one of the cork grips I managed to > > break the darn thing. Luckily it was pretty clean break and I didn't lose > > any material. I was bemoaning the fact that I'd have to order another set > > when I realized that once they were on my bike both ends of the break would > > push together and be pretty much unnoticeable. Beausage of different sort I > > guess. Ultimately it turns out you can tell if you look at it up close but > > I can't feel any difference and a little imperfection never really bothers > > me so until they wear out completely I'm good. > > > > I did a few good coats of shellac, let it dry and voila...time to ride. > > > > Yesterday I went out for 20 mile jaunt after work and stopped to take some > > not so great photos with my camera phone. I'll have to get out with a > > decent camera at some point, but some aren't too bad at smaller sizes. > > There are also a couple of shots of the bike with the ugly rubber grips, > > though at larger sizes you can they blur a bit. > > > > All in all I'm thrilled. Now I have a Hunq that can carry anything and a > > relatively lighter Quickbeam. > > > > Good stuff. > > > > Here's a few shots of the whole deal... > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgps-bob/sets/72157632587418243/ > > > > Aloha, > > > > Bob > > > > -- > > Robert Harrison > > Honolulu, HI > > rfhar...@gmail.com (javascript:) > > statrix.com (http://statrix.com) > -- > 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 > (mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > (mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com). > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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