On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tim -- please report your build progress in minute and excruciating detail. > > This episode shows that the best marketing is happy customers. All of us > have used Rivendell parts and ridden Rivendell bicycles, and this thread > shows how much we love the company and its products. > > I'll be very interested to learn how you build up your Homer and even more > about how it feels, fits, and rides. > I agree with happy customers providing great marketing. You sure this thread hasn't been excruciating enough? :) So far, the output of this thread is an assortment of notes in a text file. Once I convince Roman to start discussing the component selection, I'll create a shared build spreadsheet and post notable (minute/excruciating?) updates to the list. He mentioned RBW is reluctant to do that as they don't want to pull parts this early. If they are floating the cost of items they can no longer sell, I can't say I blame them. Maybe I can speed the process if I offer to increase my deposit to cover the cost of any part pulled or ordered. That way, the risk is on me. I would rather do as much up front as possible to reduce the risk of a potential back order preventing timely delivery. This is especially true if I have to plan for a trip to Walnut Creek. One of my ways of making that trip is planning for maintenance on my RV in Junction City, OR and driving to CA while that work is being done. I'll be out of the RV anyway. Might as well make that time productive. I would need to find a way for laying the bike in the (covered) bed of the truck in a way that reduces risk of paint damage. I think I can find a way, maybe taking of the front tire off and laying the bike on a dog bed. Of course, with these brakes, I would need to deflate the tire a bit. Hmmm. :) Still not something that would happen often, though. I can live with that. The internet mantra is, "Pics or it didn't happen." Those are a few months out yet, but will get here eventually. Tim -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
