Agree with the others, that is a nice bike. LIving here in the Chicago area I also agree with your statement about the triple - it is way overkill. A lot of the folks on blogs like this one live in very hilly or even mountainous terrain where I could see the triple as necessary, but around here the steepest climbs are probably those along the Fox River valley and they're maybe 1/4 mile long at the most with maybe a max 9%-12% grade.
I'm curious about your Noodle bar comment, too. I've ridden with Noodles on one of my bikes for about 8 years now and although I like the fact that I can position the brake levers in such a way that the upper bend on the bars is close to being even with the brake hoods. But I do not care too much for the "randonneur" bend along the top flats. After riding for a while that slight upward bend seems to bother my wrists. Wonder if you've had a similar experience. On Thursday, March 20, 2014 12:47:20 PM UTC-5, David Banzer wrote: > > Yup. Buncha Suntour XC Pro parts on it. The crank is indeed beautiful, but > a triple is overkill for me here in Chicago. Even on rides far out of the > city, there is really no need for more than a single chainring setup with a > wide range freewheel/cassette. Feeling like my final build will head in > this direction. > David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
