On tires (and so forth) - Schwalbe marathons again - they've become my standard tire/tyre (depending on cycle) like MKS Sylvans are my standard pedal - on everything. Most recently put them on my 82 Stumpjumper resto.
The Marathons, apart from being very confusing in variety of tires with the same name, are well made, heavy (extra exercise, tougher!), wear forever, and have the zillion-mile reflective sidewall (use a tarp if camping and want to stay hidden; I suggest Etowah, made in Missouri - http://www.etowahoutfittersultralightbackpackinggear.com/backpacking-tarps.html ). OK, another chance for me to say how GREAT the 84 Trek 830 (and 850) are, the geometry and long chainstays are perfect, plus 501 was an underrated and just cool Reynolds tubeset. Good to know a few others also realize this - they're gems. Can you tell it's my favorite bike? Mine: http://rjl.us/velo/trek830-1.htm (also a little bit about my tires there). And if anybody's interested, the Stanforth Kibo is a new frame/bike very like my 830 in geometry, made in England by Lee Cooper (who has a nice section in the "Made in England" book about English framebuilders). I'm about to zap the $$/£0£ over for one (frameset) today! http://www.stanforthbikes.co.uk/ Looks like the cost incl. shipping is £840, so extremely reasonable, esp. considering the builder (and design). They've got great 'reviews', worth a look. I'm not connected other than I think it's a great frame and Mr. Stanforth is a cool guy doing a good thing (Cooper also). -- 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.
