Hi Leah. Did you grow while you were away? The boots you *would* grab? I'd keep 'em real close from here on out. In fact you may want to sleep in them. You are right, though, an all-out sprint from a zombie or two would render the Twofish inoperable in no time. But then, you don't want to be taking hands off the bars at a moment like that. Apocalypse bicycle equipment selection can be plain darn confusing! But the red boots, no brainer for sure (pardon the pun.)
On Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 2:25:22 PM UTC-8, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > > > 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] <javascript:>> 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]> 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 >>> : >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> > -- > 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 > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > 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. 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