Thanks Michael! 84 trek 620 is the first vintage steel touring bike I ever owned! It rides great but I didn't like the vintage components. Sold it years ago. Still miss the beautiful pewter color under sunlight. I don't know what kind the paint they used back then. The quality feels better than many modern bikes including Riv in my opinion. Maybe because it's thicker? The paint on my hunqapillar gets chips pretty easily.
I couldn't find any bikes with a coupler in the middle of TT on the internet. So I was skeptical. I want to learn people's experience before going to a builder. Thanks for the input! I think the disconnects shouldn't be too hard to fix by swapping out cables. But the disconnect would be too far away from the cable housing stop which is not ideal? Michael Hechmer <mhech...@gmail.com> 于2020年8月9日周日 下午12:14写道： > I have two SS coupled bikes, a bilenkey tandem and an old (1984) Trek > 620. I don't think it makes any difference in the ride, but it can make a > difference in the packing. I would suggest you use a bike builder with > experience and just his/her judgement about the latter. Having two > somewhat equal sections makes it easer to stow, both in a case and in a > car. I have had more hassle with the cable disconnects, poorly positioned, > when trying to clamp a TT in a repair stand. > > Tandem's require a great deal more thought and experience. I've got that > one dialed in. > Michael > > On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 11:53:13 AM UTC-4 Yuhan Wu wrote: > >> Thanks for the suggestion! I'll probably go for the Bilenky. The 29er >> hunqapiller is definitely the most fun and comfortable bike I ever have! >> >> Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY <kaivi...@gmail.com> 于2020年8月6日周四 上午11:53写道： >> >>> I've only opinion to share, but I think it doesn't matter where you >>> split the frame, as the S&S couplers, when properly tightened, will add >>> some rigidity if anything. But that's only based off of what I've seen, not >>> experienced. Experienced coupler pros like Bilenky in Philadelphia would be >>> your best bet at an accurate assessment. >>> Enjoy that bike, wherever you decide to cut it in half! >>> -Kai >>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/563b595f-3bb7-47e7-93bf-20ac1c03de87o%40googlegroups.com >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> Yuhan >> >> >> >> -- > 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/f192c425-e22c-49f4-9232-9a6b3bb0f91dn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f192c425-e22c-49f4-9232-9a6b3bb0f91dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Yuhan -- 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/CAOkfdxSema4yLixLRqcu0MQYeqaA%3Dj711KqXTJ0Cf19Z6A8QtA%40mail.gmail.com.
