As a Ram/Atlantis/AHH owner who is currently attempting to turn his Quickbeam into a 3x5 derailler-shifter bike, I sympathize with the people who like having multiple overlapping-function bikes. :)
-Jim W. (maybe I'm an addict) -----Original Message----- >From: Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> >Beth, > >Don't you own a green Rivendell with cantilevers...perhaps an All- >Rounder. > >Angus > >On Dec 13, 11:56 am, b hamon <periwinkle...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> 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. > > -- 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.
