New Quickbeam! Pictures!

[Jeremy Till]

I got my NOS Orange Quickbeam built up a month ago, but only just now got around to taking a posting some photos.  The bike is still in flux, but nonetheless awesome. The full story:

http://handlebarchronicles.blogspot.com/2012/09/bikes-rivendell-quickbeam.html

Posted via my new blogging project, which you are welcome to check out as well.  Comments encouraged!

[BSWP]

Another Orange QuickBeam, looks great! (and I know a small bit of the story on the "found in the attic" 64cm QB). Love the Bullmoose bars. It looks like you could lose a pair of links on your chain, and still have room for the tire.

I would like a low-mounted front cable stop, like yours, but my options are limited with the Nitto rack there.

- Andrew, Berkeley
- 66cm QuickBeam
- 66cm LongLow

[James Warren]

Oh, that is sweet Jeremy! Gotta love Bullmoose QB's:

[Manuel Acosta]

Makes me sad that I can't find one my size. I always wanted to be IN with the cool people

 

[Matt Beebe]

Nice score Jeremy, quickbeams and simpleones are such a neat design.   I really like the bullmoose set up too-   I wouldn't worry about the rusting underneath the clearcoat if it isn't too bad.    By the looks of it Vince@Riv was right, the simpleone would have been way too small for you.

[Montclair BobbyB]

Nice, Jeremy!  I'm loving the bullmoose (150mm) setup on my S1... I have Ergon grips with decent-sized bar-ends... this gives me additional hand-placement options, and they're great for climbing.

Pic: Charlie Sheen S1

[Jim Mather]

Great looking QB! How do you like those tires? I bought some but haven't mounted them yet.

 

I think it's time to schedule a Bay Area QB ride (others welcome, of course).

 

jim m

wc ca

[Jeremy Till]

The tires are great, but probably a bit overkill for most of the riding this bike does (city jaunts).  Plenty of width for comfort and speed over rough but don't feel heavy.  I have taken them on dirt trails down by the Berkeley/Albany waterfront a few times, and they don't have tons of grip, but just enough to make that kind of thing not stupid.  They'd probably be great on a Hilsen or Legolas for long mixed-terrain rides.  The only annoying thing about them is that they have TONS of the little leftover molding nubs that stick out from the side knobs and the sidewall, the latter of which brush on the brake pads as they go by and make noise. 

Bay Area QB ride for sure!  It'd have to be something fairly flat to rolling (Paradise Loop?) with my current setup, but if I got a freewheel I'd be down for China Camp or Tilden or some such.

[Jim Mather]

I did Paradise Loop with a fixed-gear group that included one trip over Camino Alto. A lot of grunting on that but nonetheless a great ride.

[Marty]

+1 on the QuickMoose! Love the 150s on my 64. Debating between taking this one or my Bombadil to the Just Ride book-tour stop in Naperville on Sunday.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/7172706867/in/set-72157629123462990

Marty

[BSWP]

A BayArea QuickBeam ride would be superlative. Routes, anyone? How about Lafayette BART to RBW HQ, then out to Martinez? Or through Danville to Pleasanton BART? Reasonably flat-ish...

- Andrew "still can't get over the hill in just one gear" Johnson, Berkeley

[Philip Williamson]

ENTMOOT!

[Manuel Acosta]

Redwood road from San Leandro is always a good one. You can cut through chabot and ride to rivendell via pinehurst and so on. Always a good one on a fixed gear. 

[lungimsam]

Nice Quickbeam!!

Rivendells are awesome!

 

Wish I could handle a single speed, but alas, my knees couldn't take it! 

[Jeremy Till]

Trying some new handlebars, which has me thinking about bike fit.  Some of my musing might be heretical to Rivendell fit philosophy--be forewarned!

http://handlebarchronicles.blogspot.com/2012/10/quickbeam-updatebike-fit-musings-is.html

On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:47:14 PM UTC-7, Jeremy Till wrote:

[Joe Bernard]

A Bay Area Quickbeam ride would be swell. This might motivate me to finish my Bstone UNO (still shy about building my first wheel) and start pushing it up some hills to get a little riding shape back.

 

Joe "gettin' lazy" Bernard

Vallejo, CA.

[Eric Daume]

If bars too high is your issue, try flipped over On One Marys. They feel pretty darn good, and look sporty to boot.

Eric Daume
Dublin OH

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Joe B:  Just do it, on the wheel build; don't be shy. If I can do it, anybody can.   Just keep Sheldon's article by you side and you can't go wrong. T

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[Jim M.]

Rather than cut the fork, I'd try a stem angled down first.

looks good
jim m
wc ca