I bought the bike four or so years back from another list member. At first, I was so-so on the color. Over time I have come to really appreciate this color, to the point that I am now convinced that when I give the bike it's inevitable repaint, I will be keeping the exact same purple with cream headtube/lug cutouts paint scheme.
On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 12:32:15 PM UTC-5, George Schick wrote: > > Where did you find a Ram painted in that royal purple color? Very classy! > Also, I like the way you protected the right chain stay for chain-slap > protection. I've been wanting to do that for some time, but couldn't come > up with anything that looked decent. Is that leather bar tape finished off > at the ends with waxed linen cord? > > On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 1:14:46 PM UTC-6, David Spranger wrote: >> >> Bought an almost new Albastache from a list member. Thought it was >> destined for the LHT or maybe to try on the SimpleOne. A few weekends back, >> a friend who recently ordered a Homer, used my Ram on a ride. This is while >> it still had the Noodle cockpit. He commented that he liked the drop >> position on the Ram compared to the thirty year old bike he had been >> riding. I commented that I almost never got into the drops. That got me >> thinking that the new bar was really destined for the Ram. >> >> I also had recently disassembled an old Schwinn LeTour I had built up >> with all Shiny Parts, so I re-used the NOS Dura-Ace Centerpulls and the >> Velo-Orange Stainless fenders. Also changed out the VO rack for a Mark's >> Rack and topped it all off with Newbaum's burgundy bar tape and some NOS >> Modolo bronze hoods my wife bought me for Valentine's Day. >> >> Now I will probably have to find(at least) two more Albastache bars. I >> love the control that this bar gives me. It is a surprising amount of >> positive difference from the Mustache (my former favorite) on the SimpleOne >> or the Albatross (ran neck and neck to be No.2 with the Bosco on the Homer) >> on my LHT. >> >> https://flic.kr/s/aHsjF3Xuhx >> >> David >> Charlotte, NC >> > -- 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.
