Thanks Roberta! The air is clear today so I'm going to get out there and finally find out how my bike feels, I haven't even ridden it since it came to me with dropbars that were waaaay too far away to reach.
Answers to several folk's questions, hopefully I'll remember them all: The finish is clearcoat over raw steel. Riv did a run of frames this way in the late-'00s, then probably got tired of people worrying about rust forming and got out of that game. I see a few rust spots here and there but nothing alarming and the bike has been in use at least 10 years, I think it'll be fine here in sunny/fiery California. If I ride it lots and like it lots I may eventually invest in pretty paint, but it's about to get fendered, racked and bagged as a shopping bike; I'm probably better off with the "can't scratch paint that's not there" vibe. Grips are from Jones Bikes, clear is the softer of the two they make. I cut off about an inch to get them to fit the Loscos. Bag is a special "camera bag" (I don't have a camera) made by RandiJoFab for Rivelo a couple years ago. Stuff I swapped in after receiving: Shorty Sugino cranks (152), XT fd, Nitto Losco on Nitto HiRiser, Paul levers and Moon Units, Microshift thumbies reversed because I use the rear on the left for my "good" hand, dem grips, dat mirror, Paul gold skewers. The rest was there when I bought it. Oh and a new bottom bracket. JL and I both recently went through the business of removing old stuck Shimano cartridges and isn't *that *fun?! Joe Bernard On Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 2:51 AM Roberta <rchas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks nice. I didn’t realize no paint until you commented. Does it have > any type of finish? Let’s hope the fires die down soon and you can ride. > > -- > 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/cJNvNap59b0/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/c4df05d1-c35e-439d-b99f-d0812ec2490eo%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/CAJPyhWaF17TG3VMNtYLJn%3DUvXQEnvqpPQUaRk157ss7Y%2BZ_vRg%40mail.gmail.com.
