But Mark, you don’t understand. The dream Cheviot HAS to have two bottle mounts because the Dream Cheviot is the world’s most over-prepared bike. At least according to The Book of Leah, it is. The bike would have dyno lighting and the heaviest-duty racks and giant Wald baskets and Sackville bags everywhere. Also, the Dream Cheviot would go perfectly with my red End of the World Boots - the boots I would grab if everything was falling apart. You know, like in The Walking Dead. Two bottle mounts would be mandatory if I had to outride the zombies. You can’t just have the Two-Fish thing jiggling around on the frame like that, no sir.
> On Nov 7, 2017, at 1:57 PM, 'Mark in Beacon' via RBW Owners Bunch > <[email protected]> wrote: > > How much more tire would that get you, front and rear? The specs say it can > take a 650B/45 or a 700c/50. That is a ton o' tire. If you really need more, > brake reach is listed as 65 (Tektro 559?), but if you went with Dia Compe 750 > centerpulls, would that get you more height (which I assume is the limiting > factor here?) > > Also, complaints about only one water bottle mount on the Cheviots are > popular. I have lots of bikes with none. Most of my rides I only need one > bottle, so I have some version of a clamped on holder. If I figure I will be > out all of a summer's day, I sometimes supplement with the twofish bottle > thing. Not the most elegant, but for occasional use it works just fine. Or if > all your riding is 40+ miles, you could use a clamped cage. The Zefal vintage > cages are pretty. I'm about to install one on my dress-up bike. Or go super > duper old school retro and get a handlebar mounted cage. Fun! Or ride with a > domestique or two. It's up to you. > > BTW, tip of the hat to Joe B for alerting me to the Harris Cheviot. I in turn > told my friend, and she bought it then hopped in the car and drove three > hours to pick it up. I'll be seeing it and helping her get fitted this > Friday. Looking forward to it. Of course I will need to take a bit of a test > ride! > > On Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 1:24:34 PM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote: > Joe, > This will be a cool bike. As long as you're getting the custom paint, did you > consider have canti posts added? That's the one thing I wish my Cheviot had > but doesn't. The frame has generous clearance, but tire size is limited by > the brake calipers. (It's certainly easier to spend your money than my own.) > David Sprunger > Fargo, ND > > On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 12:42 AM, Joe Bernard <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > Whelp, this started as a "let's jump on that sale" journey towards a Cheviot > frame at a pre-sale price in a nice Roadini/RBW Blue...then I lost my mind. > Someone on a Roadini thread mentioned getting a custom color and I thought, > HEY! So I chatted with Will @ Riv and determined I could get anything I > wanted (that fit the bike/decals) from Rick at D&D. I pondered on this a > while and looked at a lot of colors on the internets and decided a Candy > Apple Red Cheviot would be the cat's pajamas. Now my pre-sale bargain Chev > is..not such a bargain! Oops ;-) > > It's going to be just gorgeous with the cream contrasts, and is sort of my > shot at a poor man's custom 'cause I know I'll never buy (or need) a true > custom. It's also a bit of an homage to the Jimmy Carter bike. His was an > Atlantis and a different shade of red, but that bike is what got me thinking > about a red Riv the other night. I can't wait! > > https://www.google.com/search?q=jimmy+carter+rivendell+bike&oq=jimmy+carter+bik&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l3.16939j0j7&client=ms-android-verizon&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=vzkGNutcbKY_9M > > <https://www.google.com/search?q=jimmy+carter+rivendell+bike&oq=jimmy+carter+bik&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l3.16939j0j7&client=ms-android-verizon&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=vzkGNutcbKY_9M>: > > > -- > 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 [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > 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/yxCr4OQhX8w/unsubscribe > <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/yxCr4OQhX8w/unsubscribe>. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
