Jim, What manner of front rack is on the bike in the pic? Very stunning...
Colin On May 27, 3:55 pm, Jim Cloud <cloud...@aol.com> wrote: > I grew up in the Llano Estacado plains country of Eastern New Mexico, > in a small town that was the county seat (Lovington). This was > definitely not in the days of my active bicycling, and at that time I > was completely unaware of the canyonlands of Western Texas. The only > major surface feature that I particularly enjoyed, at the time, was > the Caprock area. > > A while ago I purchased a book, "Caprock Canyonlands" (published by > the University of Texas press) it really opened my eyes to the > magnificient canyonlands area. I'd like to visit sometime, maybe even > stop through Lovington on the way! > > On the subject of moustache bars, I've had a set on a classic > Paramount P-15 for some time. I got my bars from a local Tucson shop > in 1994, after Grant spec'd them on his iconic XO-1 Bridgestone. > Since then I've had the Paramount restored/custom painted by Cyclart > and fitted it up for a time with Nitto No. 185 bars (the precursor to > the "Dream" bars). I decided later to revert back to my moustache > bars, which I especially like for shorter rides (>20 miles) and path > riding. > > Here's a link to photos of this bike: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/37964...@n05/3494987260/ > > Jim > > On May 27, 11:44 am, "colin p. cummings" <colinthehip...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > First: Anyone heard about the "24 hours in the Canyon" event happening > > this weekend at Palo Duro Canyon near Amarillo, TX? I'll be there on > > my QB. There's a century ride starting noon on Saturday, among other > > festivities. It's a cancer research fundraiser, so very little in the > > way of competition, but should be fun. > > > Second: I'm just in love with my moustache bars. I know they're kind > > of love-em-or-hate-em for most people, and I'm definitely in the love- > > em camp. They're so comfy. Currently I'm riding them on my QB. > > > Cheers, > > > Colin Cummings > > Amarillo, TX --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
