Re: Rivendell Quickbeam.

[Cyclofiend Jim]

The Rivendell Quickbeam was originally announced in Summer 2002 as a Joe / Curt built frameset which would help keep some volume going through.  It changed into a Panasonic-built "production" bicycle before becoming available to order in January 2004.  The first two runs were the "Coleman Green" and the bicycle was available as a frameset or finished bicycle.  I'm not sure if there were two runs of 100 bicycles in green, or if the second run was only 50.  Following that were two runs of 50 each in orange, then the final run of 70 in silver.

More here:  http://cyclofiend.com/rbw/quickbeam/

- Jim

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On Monday, August 27, 2012 12:42:24 PM UTC-7, tragicallyaverage wrote:

Howdy. New to this group.
I bought a first generation Quickbeam (green, canti) and was wondering if this was originally sold as a separate frame or a complete package - if a complete bike, which parts did it originally come equipped with?
Thanks!

[Jeremy Till]

The original parts package on the QB was the standard Riv built list: Nitto Noodle bars, Technomic stem, and Crystal Fellow seatpost.  The unique parts were the wheels:  a special Suzue hubset based on their Promax track hubs, but quick-release rather than bolt on and with singlespeed freewheel threading on both sides of the hub rather than the common fixed/free or fixed/fixed configurations, laced to Mavic MA3 rims (?).  The crankset was the normal sugino XD triple but setup with 32 and 40 tooth chainrings and a chain guard in the outermost position.  Brakes were old-style Shimano canti's with smooth-post pads. 

Congrats on the QB.  I just built up a NOS second-run (orange) QB and I love it!

[Jim Mather]

When I bought mine, Riv offered me my choice of bars -- noodle,
mustache or albatross. I chose mustache. My rims were Mavic but it
wouldn't surprise me if they used Araya also at some point. Are you
looking for authenticity?

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:38 AM, tragicallyaverage <daba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the info. Mine came with the Suzue hubs laced to Araya rims.
> Would this have been a Riv offering or do think the hubs were rebuilt on
> different rims? The hubs are the quick release type.

[Cyclofiend]

On Aug 28, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Jeremy Till wrote:

Congrats on the QB.  I just built up a NOS second-run (orange) QB and I love it!

Welcome to the QB gang, Jeremy - congrats on finding that!

- J

[Marc Schwartz]

The 32h Suzues laced to Arayas are indeed the original Riv build. My green Quickbeem had them also.
Marc
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Thanks for the info. Mine came with the Suzue hubs laced to Araya rims. Would this have been a Riv offering or do think the hubs were rebuilt on different rims? The hubs are the quick release type.

On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 1:29:22 PM UTC-5, Jeremy Till wrote:

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[Allingham II, Thomas J]

Mine has Velocity rims, but it was a frame special, so I could spec whatever I wanted.

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[Cyclofiend]

Mine (orange first run) was definitely Mavic rims.

RIP Rear: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclofiend/4391039675/in/photostream/

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[frank_a]

First run greens had the Araya rims.
- Frank

On Aug 28, 6:45 pm, Cyclofiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Mine (orange first run) was definitely Mavic rims.
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> RIP Rear:http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclofiend/4391039675/in/photostream/
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> On Aug 28, 2012, at 3:33 PM, Jim Mather wrote:
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> > When I bought mine, Riv offered me my choice of bars -- noodle,
> > mustache or albatross. I chose mustache. My rims were Mavic but it
> > wouldn't surprise me if they used Araya also at some point. Are you
> > looking for authenticity?
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> > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:38 AM, tragicallyaverage <daban...@gmail.com

[James Warren]

Yes, sounds exactly like my green stock QB from 2004. Front wheel's been very good. Rear was destroyed in a collision with a car, and I have since replaced it so I can't report much about the rear.

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[Steven Frederick]

Shoot, that's mainly cosmetic, right?

[John Speare]

Copy that. I must've had a first-run Orange then. Mine had Mavics and I still have the front wheel, on which I just busted the axel recently...

 

No fault of Riv/Suzue -- it was in a wonky fork for a while (Legolas actually) -- that has since been straightened.

 

Those QBs are fun bikes. I sold mine years ago. Here's a pic/write up from aught six... before I learned that if you have your saddle at the right height, you don't have to fuss with the saddle tilt: http://johndogfood.com/john/qb.html