Thanks for the tips, everyone. I am pleased to report that through the good graces of City Bikes co-op the ornery Albatross has been subdued and placed into custody: http://img.skitch.com/20091011-fbqa14hts3fjfw23adtya47g6r.jpg (I can also testify that an Albatross around your neck isn't so bad after all, though this one was technically over my shoulder.)
It was a bit spendier than Riv lists it for, but I don't mind kicking a few bucks to the old LBS from time to time. City Bikes are awesome anyway. For anyone in the Portland area, they are very helpful, and stock tons of Nitto steel and fairly gobs of really cheap used bric-a- brac. Ever closer cometh the Quickbeam... devin On Oct 8, 2009, at 7:38 PM, qwzybug wrote: > > Hello! I'm a new Rivendeller (Rivendling?), living in Portland. SF > friend Will's Reader no. 40 absolutely seduced me with its absolute > sensibility and (for lack of a better term) pure class. I arranged a > deal with my cousin in LA to trade my car for some bikebuilding funds, > picked up a 68cm Quickbeam frame on eBay, and am currently just > bleeding money trying to outfit the thing. > > Long story, but here's the upshot: I'm taken with the Albatross bars, > and Rivendell is currently out-of-stock of the steel ones. (I'm a big > dude, and I can use every cm of width and ounce of chromoly I can > get.) And, naturally, Rivendell is fresh out of 'em. > > Do any of you have a steel Albatross to spare? I'd greatly appreciate > it. If you're in Portland or Seattle (or heck, even the bay area, but > that'd postpone my first ride by precious weeks), I could even come > pick it up myself. > > I can assure you it's going to a good home, and will be blanketed in > shellac, pseudocork tape, and ding-dong bells in nothing flat. > > Thanks, > Devin > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
