This first generation (2004) Rivendell Quickbeam is a single speed bicycle with the flexibility of up to four speeds, a result of the flip-flop rear wheel and two front chainrings.
• Lugged CrMo steel, built for Rivendell by Panasonic
• "Coleman green" paint
• 60 cm seat tube, center to top
• 58 cm top tube, center to center
• 84.9 cm standover height
• Shimano brake levers
• Nitto Albatross (sometimes w/Noodle: 46cm wide at the ends, 44cm wide at the brake hoods) handlebars with cork grips and olive green bar tape w/twine
• Nitto Technomic Deluxe stem,100mm
• Tange headset
• Shimano cantilever brakes
• Sugino XD forged cranks, 170, with two chain rings: 40 and 32
• Suzue high-flange cartridge-bearing hubs, silver and shiny
• Flip-flop rear hub with Shimano 18t freewheel on one side, ACS 22t freewheel on the other
• Back wheel is Araya TX310F aluminum rims, 32 spokes each; front wheel is new Dyad Velocity rim Shimano Dyno hub
• Compass 700C x 44 Snoqualmie Pass (Ultra Light) tires w/tan sidewalls
• Silver Schmidt Edelux II dyno light mounted under front rack
• Brooks Professional saddle
• Nitto S65 Crystal Fellow seat post
• Shimano pedals with SPD on one side, platform on the other
The Araya and Dayna/velocity labels on the rims have been taken off
(for more info on the Rivendell Quickbeam, type "Sheldon Brown's Quickbeam Bicycle" and "Cyclofiend:
http://www.cyclofiend.com/Images/pdf/quickbeam_geometry.pdf). Bike previously had: Panaracer Pasela non-Tourguard tires, 700x32.
