dbrk
03-29-2005, 04:38 PM
It's a good time of year to ride fixed or singler. As far as I can tell, anytime is a good time. To that end the last run of somewhat paint-deficient Kogswells is gone (I believe...), the proprietor Mr Grimm having decided to blow them out because of his own dissatisfaction with the paint. Kogswell makes a wonderful bike with track ends (they are, after all, not dropouts, of course). Rivendell will likely order 100 more Quickbeams which are, as complete bikes, an incredible spec and value, though folks should expect to pay a bit more than $1300. However, this was the message today from Grant:
"Probably no changes to the frame itself--it seems perfect, and can do
everything it needs to do. Maybe a color change, just to throw some life
into the new batch, although we here love that green.
Probably a price increase, but we'll keep it minimal. At $1300 Quickbeam
broke all records for unprofitability. We'll see how that goes.
Anyway, it's unlikely that anybody reading this DOESN'T have one, but if
that's the case, and you WANT one, please, please get your name on the list,
put down $100 non-refundable...so we can place the order without fear of
getting stuck with too many of them."
The QB, ime, is the most versatile singler ever built: clearances, eyelets, details, details...
Most would like to get into fixed/singlespeed riding for cheap and there are a million ways to do great conversions (see sheldonbrown.com, et.al.) and plenty of curbside finds but it would be hard indeed to match a complete bike this beautifully made at this price.
So this was just a head's up to all good folk who are interested in such things. My QB is in a funky periwinkle color and I should post pictures. It's not the Nagasawa for beauty (pictures soon!!!) but it has a million times more clearance for tires and fenders (not that you would do that to the Nag, which was not so conceived). Anyway, just a thought.
See ya'all later. I'm goin' to teach me some Sanskrit...
dbrk
"Probably no changes to the frame itself--it seems perfect, and can do
everything it needs to do. Maybe a color change, just to throw some life
into the new batch, although we here love that green.
Probably a price increase, but we'll keep it minimal. At $1300 Quickbeam
broke all records for unprofitability. We'll see how that goes.
Anyway, it's unlikely that anybody reading this DOESN'T have one, but if
that's the case, and you WANT one, please, please get your name on the list,
put down $100 non-refundable...so we can place the order without fear of
getting stuck with too many of them."
The QB, ime, is the most versatile singler ever built: clearances, eyelets, details, details...
Most would like to get into fixed/singlespeed riding for cheap and there are a million ways to do great conversions (see sheldonbrown.com, et.al.) and plenty of curbside finds but it would be hard indeed to match a complete bike this beautifully made at this price.
So this was just a head's up to all good folk who are interested in such things. My QB is in a funky periwinkle color and I should post pictures. It's not the Nagasawa for beauty (pictures soon!!!) but it has a million times more clearance for tires and fenders (not that you would do that to the Nag, which was not so conceived). Anyway, just a thought.
See ya'all later. I'm goin' to teach me some Sanskrit...
dbrk