Eric: RIding the Wissahickon and Schuylkill tomorrow to/from the Philly Bike Expo... Will look out for your Hilsen...
Hope to see you (and others at the Expo tomorrow/Sat)!!! BB On Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 8:36:09 PM UTC-4, Eric Karnes wrote: > > Hi all- > > After six months with the commuter SimpleOne as my only bike, I decided to > build up a geared bike for longer rides into the wooded areas outside of > Center City Philadelphia. I ended up picking up a wonderful Hilsen frame > from list member Charles (to whom I had previously sold my Roadeo). While > the old 62cm Rivs are perfect for me, I went with a 61 in case I ever want > my short torso to be comfortable on a drop setup. But for now it's sporting > sweptback bars. Build-wise, I didn't have much money to spend, so my goal > on this bike was to build it up for free. So every part is either (a) from > my existing parts bin; (b) acquired via trade; or (c) purchased with funds > from parts sold here or on eBay. > > The last two weeks, I've been taking it for some long rides up into the > Wissahickon Park on the outskirts of Philly. And it's great! The low bottom > bracket makes it soooo stable, but still zippy. Fantastic. There are still > a few things I need to dial in. I was having back pain when I first started > riding it. Couldn't figure out why, as the reach and bar height was > consistent with my SimpleOne. Then I halfway through the ride today > realized I was riding the AHH in shoes with much thinner soles. Lowered the > seat a bit and that seems to have helped. I'm still on the fence about the > albatross bars, Ergon grips, and friction shifting. But I'll live with them > for a while and see if they grow on me (and to be fair, the friction > shifting issues are likely due to my mediocre mechanical skills). > > Anyways, it was a beautiful ride today. And my route out to the park > passed a major regatta on the Schuylkill River. Universities from up and > down the east coast were competing. So I took some water breaks to watch > the action. Hope all you east coasters also get some autumnal rides in this > weekend! > > Eric > > > -- 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.
