Yes, it holds the Sackville. It fits just the same, just not covered higher
on the sides as the full 137 basket. Hobbit sized at 68.5. I have used
brass clasps to hold it in place on the 137. Never any issues w/ it, if
clasped down. With the racing basket, even with clasping it down, it will
Scott! I'm glad you finally got your hands on a Quickbeam.
Some quick observations on gearing: you and I ride similar speeds and
distances. I find with the original Quickbeam gearing, I have no problem
maintaining those speeds. Most of the climbing I do on my QB are short,
punchy, 200-ft, 8% cl
Great advice--especially about the gravity defying properties of your bike.
I'm with you on the RRL levers--by far my favorite and the levers that
generally prevent me from switching to brifters.
Question about the racer Wald--does it hold a Sackville sack and what size
basket did you get?
O
Thanks Drew,
That is helpful to know what the QBs shipped with. I'm wondering now if I
should abandon the Campy crank idea and try to find a Sugino like the OEM
spec. Riv doesn't offer a 32-40 sets currently. The closest thing they have
is the 30-42 clipper, and it is only available in black ri
Robert--I'll have to look into the Sackville/wald combo. Wally has me
eyeing the racing basket now for extra speed. haha. Will the sackville stay
put in the lower basket?
Re: honjos--I'm down to one bike with fenders now, and in the desert that
is plenty. I love the way honjos look, but in Tucs
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>- What would the original Sugino crankset gearing look like? What
>would Grant's preferred set up be?
>- What about rear cog(s)? 16t, 17t?
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> My orange QB came with 32-40-chainguard on the Sugino cranks, and that's
what's still on there. The chain guard is quite nice.
Thanks for all the thoughtful replies and excellent QB photos.
Ginz--I'm leaning toward NOT re-spacing the frame back to 120mm. I don't
care about riding fixed (on this bike) and nd, I have more 130mm wheelsets
that will work at the ready. I'll just buy that Surly spacer kit. I like
the sound
Thoughts on "shifting" a single speed/fixed. The only reason to do this
I've encountered, in broadest terms, is mountains and trails or roads that
may as well be trails. I've done century rides on my QB on roads in the
mountains that never needed the lower gear. But ride in high gear to the
tra
I will echo what Scott here said. I've converted a few bikes to single
speed / fixed gear, and simplicity has been key. I personally rarely
flipped the wheels or switched to a different chainring mid-ride – it sort
of defeated the purpose of the whole thing for me. That said, maybe my
conversio
I'd suggest keeping it as simple as you possible can. I have a SimpleOne,
which I do love. This past spring I commissioned my LBS to build a high end
wheel set, Paul track hubs, Cliffhanger rims, Compass Hurricane Pass tires.
There's a White Industries 16/19 in the back, Sugino 40/32 up front. F
I think you'd be better off not re-spacing the frame.
The crankset and BB you have, do you know what chainline you get with that
bottom bracket? You may have to install it and find out. I'm guessing
somewhere around 45mm but 110mm BB sounds wide for a Campy crankset (to
me). Trying to achiev
Congratulations, Scott! I may have missed some details, so apologies in
advance if a suggestion is off.
I love my bullmoose bars on my QB. They shine on all routes and especially
so on singletrack or technical dirt roads. Albastache bars are excellent,
but on technical descents, the brakes are
I have the same QB and run a Marks rack with Wald large basket up front. Added
a sackville and it is what I use to grocery shop.
I also added a carradice bagman and swift zeitgeist under the saddle and that
works for my work/gym stuff.
I also recommend honjos — they look awful nice on the sil
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On Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 6:00:05 PM UTC-7, Scott Calhoun wrote:
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> And by pimp I mean, "make into a functional and kinda handsome bicycle." I
> always wanted a Quickbeam, and I've just missed a few for sale here. Last
> week a friend alerted
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