John, Thanks for the thought, but I'm not sure that will work in my case. The more I think through the logistics, the less likely it appears I'll be able to do this. The German Shepherd in the back seat prevents putting it in the cab. The fifth wheel hitch in the middle of the truck bed prevents laying it lengthwise. To close the rolling lock cover with the bike oriented across the bed (just tried with the AWOL), I would need to remove the front wheel and maybe the fender. (I guess I could put the fenders on later.) If I wanted to get in a few short test rides to have any tweaks made, prepping it for long distance transport isn't really a match. A receiver hitch bike rack would hold it, but I'm not sure I want to expose it to all of the road grime getting home. I could possibly put a cover over it on the rack, but then I wonder if it would be sufficiently secure. Though I would like to visit RBW to get it, it might be simpler overall if I just ship it. If I could devise secure, covered, receiver hitch rack storage, that may work behind both the truck and the fifth wheel, but I have yet to investigate that possibility. I guess I should take a look at that.
Thanks. Tim On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 4:20 AM, <john.hawry...@verizon.net> wrote: > Tim > WRT protecting the AHH in your pickup truck bed, ask RBW to put the bubble > wrap around it and the foam noodels in the frame and fork, in addition to > your packing. They should be able to it a little cost, since no box or > intensive labor is needed. > John Hawrylak > Woodstown NJ > > > On 06/04/16, Tim Butterfield<timbutterfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/kXHjPAy6N3s/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
