That is a good looking bike. Several of those old Trek models are extremely Riv-ish
On Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 9:37:31 PM UTC-5, Joe Gates wrote: > > I thought i would share a photo of my 1985 Trek 620 along with my first > impressions of my new to me Albatross cockpit build. While not a > Rivendell, the Trek 620 is certainly Riv-ish with its smooth riding > Reynolds 531C frame, decent tire clearance and extra long 47cm chainstays. > Plus, many of the parts in the current build were sourced from this list. > Saddle and Crankset from Pondero, Saddle Bag from Alex Moll, and the most > recent addition to the build is the cockpit acquired from Richard Rios. > > I have been wanting to give the Albatross bars a try and today I had a > chance to test them out. My 6 year old learned to ride her bike without > training wheels this week (proud parent moment!) so we went to the park > along with big sister to get some practice outside of our cul de sac. We > rode about 5 miles around the park at relatively slow speeds and the bars > worked well. Every other bike i own (other than the mountain bike) has > drop bars of some variety and i love the options for hand placement. I > found the more upright riding position of the Albatross bars to be perfect > for the slow riding and frequent stopping that comes along with riding with > a young, inexperienced cyclist along a relatively crowded park path. I did > feel the bars had some give to them if i pulled on them when riding at a > faster pace. I hope to get out and test them out on open roads tomorrow to > see how I like them over a longer distance and when the riding involves a > little more climbing. > > Joe > -- 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.
