Recently I had a couple more rack mounts installed on my steel fork. Guy who does repairs, custom frames, etc., out of his garage. Recommended by my LBS. He charged me $20 for an hours work and I got to help. Found a paint match in the archives and my local model shop had it. Bit of sanding, couple of dabs with a nice brush, and voila, you can hardly see a difference. Plus I touched up a few years accumulated scratches.
Try that with CF. Doug "probably added another 1/4 lb" P -----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of charlie Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:59 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Weights in the real world Goooo! Patrick I can feel the steel and its real! Who needs to ride something as light as a Christmas turkey anyway? I want my ride to last through my clumsiness and complete disregard (when I am exhausted) for its well being. Dents, scratches be danged!!! I won't give up my steel till you pry it from my cold dead fingers!!!! I (don't) think carbon is the wave of the future. Besides I want to reduce my carbon footprint so......... I like pretty bikes and steel ones are all that and more! On Mar 26, 4:41 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Chris <fourf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'll always have a steel bike or two and I still really want an Orange > > Ram, but I'll tell you what....Carbon is the future. > > I was in a high end (and very successful, even in these thin and > piping times) bike shop last week and hefted a couple of high end > (circa $6700 sans pedals) Orbeas -- all carbon down to their crank > arms. I imagine they weigh less than 15 lbs sans pedals. (We must put > some big BMX pedals on them!) And they were GDamn ugly!!! But I felt > as if I were holding a newborn baby: "Someone help me before I break > something!" I'm quite happy with my 18 lb Riv gofast and my (I'm > guessing) 21 lb Riv commuter. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > Professional Resumes. Contact resumespecialt...@gmail.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
