Re: [RBW] Re: daily post ur riv

[Robert Tilley]

Nice! I like the choice of bars on that. I have a HH frame at the house and am just waiting on wheels. Once those are in the build will begin.  Robert Tilley San Diego, CA Sent from my BlackBerry - the most secure mobile device From: ernf...@gmail.com Sent: February 13, 2020 12:53 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Reply-to: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: daily post ur riv Happy New Bike Day! My wife suffers from several health problems. Her favorite exercise is to go for a bike ride. Several years ago, I hit on the idea of a tandem. We got a used Vigorelli on EBay. Had to be shipped from Cleavland (Thanks Thomas!) and modified. Spent two years riding that bike. Beautiful fillet brazing. Unfortunately, the widest tires I could fit were 38mm. Not bad - but not quite enough volume to handle the ruts and bumps of the East Bay. Thought about a Bilenky Viewpoint. Even went to the shop, rode a Counterpoint (like the Viewpoint - but an earlier model). It's a great shop in a neat area of Philadelphia. Could not convince the wife - even though she loved the idea of the stoker riding in front in a recumbent position. Then I realized she would probably be more comfortable on a Hubbuhubbuh. But I would not be able to convince her unless she could experience it first hand before the purchase. Asked Grant if we could take a ride on his tandem. He graciously agreed. After a ride around the block, she was sold. After navigating some logistical problems, we picked up the bike yesterday. It's currently featured on the Blug: https://rivbike.tumblr.com/post/190809313109/corwins-hubbuhubbuh-this-is-the-first-albastache?_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJjemVjaEBzb25pYy5uZXQiLCAia2xfY29tcGFueV9pZCI6ICJMVmI2YUMifQ%3D%3D The Blug post is incorrect - the headlight is an upside-down Edelux II. We have a Sinewave Revolution (to charge my wife's iPhone) wired to the hub via the Y-Junction featured on Peter White's website. Peter did the wiring himself. Turned out great! Thanks Peter! Just took the bike out for a shakedown ride. About seven miles, almost completely flat. Even though the Hubbuhubbuh is heavier than the old tandem, it's much more stable and I can feel power coming from the stoker with much less effort from my wife. Pretty trivial for her to mount and dismount too. Attached a picture of the old tandem and a couple pics of the new Hubbuhubbuh. Namaste, Corwin -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/dba83481-8271-4bb9-9747-ef26e1d7791a%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6c3j6brae5vqn05nhc45esub.1581632298406%40gmail.com.