thanks John, I get many good compliments on my bike at water stops - I've had people walk around it and look at every detail on it, stand back, and look some more. The girl on the trail blurted out that my front bag (really new to me) was foppish, only she didn't say it that nicely - it was a weird encounter - my teeth were not skinned, nor my manhood. It's the NAMILs who want to call it a cruiser - seems like a defense mechanism to downplay something not understood. I honestly built it to be a 10-20-mi bike, but after I got my bars dialed in, I can ride it 65 miles with no circulation pinch anywhere. I customized the gearing to match my terrain, 23 to 95 inches in 6-7-inch steps, but most everything I need is on the big ring and narrow steps around cruising gears. Had some time this afternoon, better light, and got better photos of the bike with the new bag
<http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Viner/aaaPB160006.jpg> <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Viner/aaaPB160010.jpg> <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Viner/aaaPB160014.jpg> <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Viner/aaaPB160014.jpg> It handles wonderfully and is a genuine all-road bike. On Monday, November 16, 2015 at 3:16:25 PM UTC-6, JohnS wrote: > > ... > Hello Ron, > > I like your ride, I would call it a sport touring bike. Why is it that > non-cyclist associate upright bars with cruisers? I had a neighbor say the > same thing about an '80's Centurion road bike which I had replaced the drop > bars with Albatross bars. Kind of irked me at the time. > > John > > > -- 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.
