RE: [RBW] My Quickbeam

2012-05-12 Thread Larry Powers
Atlantis - Rambouillet - Qbeam I don't know why but the Qbeam is my favorite. Over the last few years it has gotten 90% of the miles. It is my trainer, commuter and all around ride. It has had a Shimano generater hub on it for at least 5 year and it is still going strong. Other then that i

Re: [RBW] My Quickbeam is finally complete!

2011-05-27 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Coming back to a road-y bike (Herse) with multiple speeds and freewheel after so many years of nuthin'-but-fixed I must say that having even a 2X5 drivetrain (the Herse has a 42/32 X 13-28 Ultra six, in fact) is, as the man said in the Four Yorkshiremen sketch, "Loooxury!". I did an out-and-about r