[pnj]

oh god, i'm posting in the roadie section....



a friend of mine was just given a road bike. it's an older quintana roo. I don't remember the model name....

I am trying to find out some information about this bike. what year it's from, the cost of it originally, etc.. (basicly anything about the bike)

it's silver and purple (two tone paint job)
has a one inch quill stem (that tells me it's older)
other then that, that's all I know.

I've googled it but haven't found anything....

what do you know about these bikes?

 

[DRB]

The only thing I can tell you is that Quintana Roo is mainly a bicycle built for the triathlon set. So the geometry is probably steeper than a normal road bike.

Beyond that your description is to generic for me to take a guess as to the specific model you might be talking about.

 

[pnj]

the bike was given to my friend by someone that did the iron man dealy....

it's a very nice bike even though it's pretty old. when did road bikes start using clamp on stems?

 

[sanjuro]

Good question. It took a while to make the switch over, partly due to tradition. Some road bikes even today still use 1 inch steerers, although you can use a threadless fork. And a quill stem is still the best way to get maximum handlebar height, because you have a super long stem stick straight out the steerer.

I would measure the seat tube angle because I bet it is a 75-76 angle. Q/R also used to make some hideous (maybe they still do) color schemes, although it might have just been a 90's thing.

 

[scottgo]

You might try asking on slowtwitch.com, its a triathlon site that is run by the guy that started quintana roo. And I wouldn't be surprised if the seat angle on that bike was closer to 78, QR basically pioneered the steep angle tri bike.