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Quintana Roo : Te Quilo What Year and Frame Size?

Old 04-28-22, 03:56 PM
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Quintana Roo : Te Quilo What Year and Frame Size?

Hi I am an avid cyclist. Mostly road and during the fall months MTB. Bike trips are always planned around climbing; the longer and steeper the better.
I recently picked up a Quintana Roo Te Quilo , a brand I had never heard of before . I found it while perusing a local online classified site and it intrigued me.
The frame size looked about right I am 5 foot 6 and the price was reasonable ( $75 CAD) for the group set it had .

After a deep clean and a good tune up I took it out for a spin. It rides really nice. Smooth quick shifting and with the aero bars and positioning it tackles the strong head winds we are having lately nicely
Gearing is a bit weird or not what I am use to but it seems to work with the 650c wheels.

I am trying to pin point a year for the bike and the frame size (I attached some center to center dimensions which are in centimetres)
The last 4 digits of the serial number are 1095 so I am thinking maybe it was made in Oct 1995?

Any recommendations , suggestions and/or comments much appreciated Wheel size 650c Deep V

Derailures : Dura-Ace

Crank Arms are Dura-Ace with : 55/39

Cassette : 11-21 ( 11-12-13-14-15-17-19-21 )

Brakes ia Compe BRS 200

Seat :Adamo Road Full Gel


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This looks to be the same size as my brother's 650C QR Kilo which is a 53. He is also 5'6". Triathlon bikes often use a "dropped" top tube to get the handlebars lower for a better aero position and the frame is usually measured center-to-top of seat lug.

Looks like a nice ride. If it were mine, I'd re-route the shift cables over the top of the base bar between the armrests. That angle on the rear shift cable housing at the downtube cable adjuster just looks wrong.
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Thanks for the comments...when you say a frame is usually usually measured center-to-top of seat lug you mean center of BB to top of seat lug....if so I have 50 cm frame.
It is a bit tight in the cock pit right now....In normal riding position hands on the base bar near brake
levers I can easily see the front wheel axel 3 inches in front of me.
I currently have a 90mm stem and now trying to source a 130mm stem. Not easy to find for 1 inch bars.
And yes the rear derailleur cable needs to be re-route it works well but is not right.
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Old 05-11-22, 08:54 AM
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I can’t find it now, but somewhere on Sheldon Brown there’s a page dedicated to locating and deciphering frame serial numbers to identify when and where a frame was made.

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