That diagatube cluster it like what's on my Bomb.... https://www.flickr.com/photos/leslie_bright/6802019698/in/set-72157623199721925
On Friday, August 1, 2014 2:40:59 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H1A64mmv4PY/U9veYswDPFI/AAAAAAAACIQ/Sj1iN7hsOME/s1600/Appaloosa2.jpg> > I went to RBW HQ this morning to pick up some Olive HA Panniers. Grant > posted on here that they'd give me a deal that made up for the fact that I > overpaid a bit for my HA Rack. He promised I'd be happy and I am. > > While I was there, I saw two (TWO!) of the Clem prototypes hanging on > hooks. It was fun to see them. One looked like a size SMALL, and the > other looked like a size LARGE. I did not photograph them, because they > looked to me like early prototypes. The front end was definitely not > final. I have kind of a reputation with the Riv staff for taking spy > photos, and so now I generally ask permission or wait for encouragement to > do so. I will confirm the curvy seatstays were the solution so that every > size can use the Clem seat lug. Grant handed me a long time ago a lug that > looked like a napkin ring with RBW cast into it. I was happy to see that > lug as a head tube reinforcing ring on the topside of the Clem Headtube. > The bottom side was not reinforced, which is why I say the front end was > not final, and is why I didn't photograph it. It looks like a cool bike. > There was no fork in the prototypes. > > The thing that Dave at Riv did encourage me to photograph was a mature > Appaloosa Prototype. They had three sizes of the Appaloosa hanging up, all > painted and apparently build-ready. Vince mounted the headbadge on the > Medium and had me take a couple photos. The Appaloosa looks terrific. The > Biggun of the three Appaloosa even had FOUR (count em four!) sets of water > bottle braze ons, and was (is) an incredible metallic barfo green. The > Appaloosas and the Clems both had that really slick read dropout that Grant > showed off the other day. > > Anyway, locals, if you visit, they are hanging there in the showroom. > Non-locals, sorry, you'll have to keep speculating, or ask if you have > questions. > > Anyhow, here are two Appaloosa Spy shots: > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Akp1ndKoHNk/U9veMxKo18I/AAAAAAAACII/l5PcqMJ9PXw/s1600/Appaloosa1.jpg> > > Headtube and Badge, freshly installed > > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H1A64mmv4PY/U9veYswDPFI/AAAAAAAACIQ/Sj1iN7hsOME/s1600/Appaloosa2.jpg> > > Slightly evolved seat tube cluster area. Note the tentacular stays > connect in front (tigged) with a simpler lug joint at the Seat Tube. > Framed with horsey poster in the background. Note the H2O bosses on the > diagatube and the downtube > > It was definitely an entertaining visit to HQ. > > > Bill Lindsay > > El Cerrito, CA > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
