Thank you, my good man. I do enjoy it. It handles impeccably, and something -- the thin tubes? -- makes it noticeably easier to push a higher gear or maintain stroke against headwinds or up inclines.
It was rather a chore getting the builder to do it right -- he had to make a second fork, and there is still 1 more step to replace the rack, which is a silly design (Bilenky is to do this), but once that is done, the only other step will be to decide if 29 mm Elk Passes or 40 mm Naches Passes will be the default tire and, if the latter, probably have them set up tubeless. On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 5:53 PM hugh flynn <hugfly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wow! > > That's a nice ride sir. > > Hugh Flynn > Newburyport, MA > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 4:26 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Not a Rivendell, but very definitely a son of Rivendell: The new Chauncey >> Matthews Road Bike for Road* newly shod with Rene Herse Naches Pass tires >> (in place of the default Elk Passes). >> >> Since the local dirt here is too sandy for the ~40 mm Naches Pass tires, >> I'm not sure I'll keep them on. The Elk Passes make the bike more nimble >> and agile, the NPs at ~40/35 make the ride pleasantly cushioned (tho' the >> EPs, 29 mm at ~55/50 or lower are not bad either). >> >> * So named because I also have an earlier Road Bike for Dirt. >> >> >> -- >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> -- >> 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/CALuTfguBULjfnuEO4fQtXPPWoxnDJxH%2BDtkh_%2B8WKF%3DV5LN1Mg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguBULjfnuEO4fQtXPPWoxnDJxH%2BDtkh_%2B8WKF%3DV5LN1Mg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Hugh Flynn > Newburyport, MA > > -- > 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/CANn_HTaDoKeOesFRsBW15TgrY2c9T0gedSeOpbNG_t0GmwPo9Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CANn_HTaDoKeOesFRsBW15TgrY2c9T0gedSeOpbNG_t0GmwPo9Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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/CALuTfgtBmvknsubBamTjMR4RnUc0LiX%3Dwva3JUkscxLgEPEgQQ%40mail.gmail.com.
