Originally Posted by
DiegoFrogs
The bike came stock with a double up front and a 2-speed freewheel, if I recall correctly, so they figured you'd be moving the wheel a bunch.
That is interesting... The only Quickbeams I've seen have been fixed (above) or single-speed (and these are Rivendell employees'), for example:
It is neat to get an education on the history of the frame (I don't remember when it was being sold).
Originally Posted by SquidPuppet
Rivendell bikes have a bad look. And grips with tape is wrong and bad.
You are absolutely, undeniably, correct. These fools with grips and tape on literally all of their bikes should be shunned from polite society.
