Thanks. The color (to my eyes) looks better in "real life", and I'll try to capture it with a photo in the sun. The tape does go even better with the new paint than with the old.
This is post eyelet removal, but pre-touch up (I've covered the work areas with primer). Note that Chauncey took care of the powdercoat when he did the alterations, so my removals marred this new "paint" in the work areas. It is just those areas I am touching up, with #4166 Testor's acrylic. The seat tube is 57 cm c-c. Fortunately, to my eyes too, my frames are not so tall that they make the wheels look too odd (my '03 is a 58 c-c). Next project: replace or recover or both the Flite. I think this one is my original, from about 1990, and it has been on 4 or 5 bikes over the years and must be be pushing 30K miles (I rode more 1990-2008, and rode the bikes with that saddle more, ~1990-2004). Still comfortable, though. On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 8:58 PM, Ian A <[email protected]> wrote: > Just about perfect! Is this post eyelet removal paint touch-up? I love the > proportions of a 26" wheel on a frame of this size. There's something both > aesthetically pleasing and utterly practical about it. > > Great choice on the bar tape colour too. > > IanA > > > On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 8:47:39 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> The photo is badly lit, and it shows the color closer to the original >> quasi-navy instead of the luscious lighter blue that it is. A better photo >> shortly; hope to finally send one to Will for the Blug page, in response to >> his request for a better one. Will also include a shot of the '03. >> >> I really don't like working on bikes, though I am reasonably competent >> with the technologies I'm familiar with. It's to nit-picky. But I took the >> time to rub, brush, and scratch the dirt out of the 1001 crevices and >> crannies, so that this bike has had its first complete cleaning since about >> 2001. >> >> The Tange Rollerball headset is as new; the grease was dark gray, but I >> didn't feel any grit, so I wonder if that was the color of the grease >> initally applied. At any rate, it has new grease now. Close to 15K miles on >> this thing; I may have cleaned and re-lubed it once or twice over the >> years, but only when replacing forks, which I did twice (original had the >> brake mounting hole too high; and I ran into a curb and had to replace the >> fork a few years later. >> >> New bearings in the Phil bb and, to be safe, in the hubs as well. Same >> ring since 1999. >> >> Chauncey added the dt bottle cage bosses; the long dropouts; and a nice >> little chain hook at bottom of tire bead height on the right seatstay (the >> frame also has the original Joe-added "shelf" on the chainstay). >> >> With the longer dropouts I can easily run the (17)/19 Dingle on the flip >> side; indeed, I could I am sure us a 21. But the 19 gives me a 60" gear. >> 76/67/60. >> >> With the second bottle cage and the 2-oz or so heavier Dingle on the hub >> in place of the single (and lightweight) 17, the bike has picked up about 3 >> oz, and is now 18.1 lb minus bottles and saddle wedge. Light enough. >> >> >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique >> ************************************************************ >> **************************** >> *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* >> > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique ************************************************************************** ************** *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- 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.
