After you have had a chance to us them some more, I would be interested in hearing how you like the brakes. They look like a good design, but the price looks to good to be true.
Michael On Feb 15, 3:46 pm, neurodrum <neurod...@gmail.com> wrote: > happy NBD to me :) just unpacked my first Rivendell, an orange Sam i > mentioned on the list a couple weeks ago. > > slapped it together and took it for a ride around the block to adjust > things like seat, stem, etc. > > it's a 56cm.. and i don't really have more than 1cm of standover (in > street shoes) but the cockpit is about as small as i can take (i'm > 5'11 with a PBH of about 84.5 - all torso). > > here are some low-rez pics i took with my > iphonehttp://paradigmpusher.com/Cycling/Sam_Hillborne.html > > so far it feels great - lighter and much snappier than i expected, > rather similar to the XO-1 that i sold to Mitch a couple weeks ago, to > fund this, but bigger/sturdier/smoother on the 700C Schwalbes. > > the only issue at the moment is the saddle just isn't quite far enough > back.. i could use another cm or two, but the Flyer Special is back as > far as it goes.. look like i'll be ordering a new seatpost shortly. > the bars are also adjusted all the way up to the max height line, but > they feel pretty good there. > > thanks to Grant and Jay for all the advice on sizing, parts, etc.. my > dream bike made it into reality :) > > now i just gotta get some racks and setback seatpost, i think. > > cheers, > andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
