Hey thanks everyone! Yeah this bike has been a blast to ride so far. I commuted on it this week and only got the fenders on thursday night (took about 3 hours to install). I finally got shellac on the bars yesterday afternoon and I'll add a few snaps later on with the shellac on the bars. Wow, that added to the appeal, IMHO.
I have never ridden anything bigger than a 32mm tire regularly and these Marathons at 42mm are super cushy. Not slow or detracting from the good feel of the road. Just a little more like floating over the grit on the road instead of chattering your teeth on it. Grant says they are really closer to 37.5mm but on the Dyad rims they came to 41.5mm on my digital caliper. The VO fenders are 52mm so there is just enough room for the 42s. This frame fit the fenders beautifully. First bike I've fitted them on where I didn't have to do something evil to the fender where it passes through the chain stay. As for the Cardiff saddle, it's very very nicely made. Without any wear on either the Brooks or the Cardiff they are equally well made. The Brooks has a bit better metal work in the frame (primarily where the rear stays meet the frame). We'll see how things turn out over the long run. The saddle was actually tougher than a new Brooks when I first got on it. I had to take the tie off the bottom to loosen it up a bit. Even then it was a bit tough. But now I've ridden it for a week it's starting to feel good. I way in at 230lbs so I'm likely to break this thing in faster than an average rider (and I ride every day, rain or shine). So we'll see how it goes. I do like it quite a bit, it looks fantastic, and the quality is really quite high. I love Brooks, I will buy more Brooks saddles, but I think competition is good, so I wanted to try it. I'm loving this bike! Karl On Jun 21, 4:32 am, Beardpapa <gts...@gmail.com> wrote: > Great job. I was considering the Hillbourne for a long while. The > Marathons look great. I'll bet they feel even better. > > On Jun 21, 12:55 am, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Congrats on the new bike, it looks great. A really durable and > > functional set-up you got there. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
