I'd like to add my 2 cents in on the S & S addition. I had it done on my Bleriot in 2005. It cost under $400 and included the cable spliters and coupler wrench. To get that price I agreed to give frame builder just the frame pre-prepped. That meant I had to strip the paint at the places where the cuts were to be made. He didn't want to inhale the fumes during the cutting process. It is a gut wrenching experience to watch your new frame's paint bubble and the ugly mess that follows. After it got done (the couplers installed), I brought it to my local auto body shop and they repainted the two tubes with a PERFECT PAINT MATCH!. We are talking about a turqoise blue. They charged me $100. Auto body shops are wizards at paint matching and if you get the bid in beforehand, you can save some money. Another trivial point, the Bleriot has non standard tube sizes, which wasn't realized until after the cut was made. Fortunately, this frame builder had the patience to get the job done. Final point, both the frame builder and auto body shop were very professional and not one decal was disturbed. Bottom line is you can get the job done and it doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg.
cheers, Chris On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:41 PM, AJ <flyfisherman.cad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Howdy folks, > > I'd like to take my Rambo along with me on trips, it looks like S&S > couplers are the way to go. Interested hearing from the group whose > gone through the retrofitting process i.e. coupler installers, paint > option chosen, decal replacement etc. > > Many thanks in advance. > AJ > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
