When I ordered my 1999 Custom LongLow, I knew a few things at the time: --I wanted to be able to run 32mm tires with fenders; --I wanted long-reach side-pull brakes because I was still a young mechanic and fund them easier to adjust out on the road than cantis; --The bike would be a rear-loader.
Fast-foward ten years and now I know some new things: --I can adjust cantis just fine and find that they stop just as well as anything; --after several attempts at frontloading I don't like it enough to change my fork rake to accommodate it, so I remain a rear-load rider; --I want to run bigger tires. With fenders. It's the classic dilemma of not knowing then what I know now, and wanting to change it. My 1999 LongLow could be much more bike, and getting a framebuilder to add canti braze-ons and perhaps raise the rear brake bridge a touch would -- SHOULD -- probably cost me less than buying another bike (sorry, Grant). To that end, how much should I expect to pay for these modifications? I have another bike to ride in the meantime so I can handle a couple months' wait but probably not much more than that. Also, while I live in framebuilder-glutted Portland, the builders I know personally are all heavily booked into the next decade. Suggestions for a second-tier builder whose wait-list is shorter would be welcome. Beth Portland, OR http://bikelovejones.livejournal.com http://veloquent.blogspot.com -- 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-bu...@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.
