Very nice. What gearing? And how much weight can you carry in that rando bag before the handling goes wonky?
On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 12:30 PM Andrew Stevens <[email protected]> wrote: > Just finished this old Panasonic QB > > 58cm Boscos > Phil high flange front and rear to 36h Dyads and a Phil bb > Paul Neo-Retros and levers with salmon Kool-Stop pads (naturally) > 48mm Supple Vitesse in the 50mm dimpled stays > White Industry dingle-cog > Nitto rack with Tall Acorn VO bag > and an old 2-nut CK headset that I'm going to replace with a gold IRD or > an old Shimano 105 (I like contrast) > > ATMO this bike doesnt get the same cultish praise as other Rivs, but is > contextually the pinnacle of GPs unique design/fabrication, in league with > the XOs and his early 650b bikes. Track bike spacing but with dimpled > chainstays, proprietary dropouts to accommodate brake placement when > changing gears mid-ride: he was solving problems no one knew we had. > Granted, they were problems he created, but the reverse engineering is what > makes some of his bikes so unique. > > Regardless, I've wanted one of these since I was a 21 year old fixie kid > in 2007, and truly for the first time ever, a bike lives up to all of the > expectations I placed on it. It's found it's forever home. > > Andrew in Austin > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ece7155b-06a0-48a7-975b-fe40e2b44e6an%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ece7155b-06a0-48a7-975b-fe40e2b44e6an%40googlegroups.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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtHE6DjE1iqz5PaRDxxt92T4t%3DMFYt7fCMT9TXrJ6MjZA%40mail.gmail.com.
