Nice! That would be a great winter bike here in the snow lands! Did you sharpie out the name on the down tube?
Robert Alan Ohio On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 3:32:18 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > I want to compare the ineffable beauty of my new Monocog with that of > Leah's Platypus. Mine wins by a mile. I'm really serious. > > I traded this for the 2003 26" wheel Curt Riv Road custom, so it's on > topic. > > Seriousness aside, I just had the original rear tire replaced -- I swear, > 5 lb; the casing felt and looked like a car tire! -- so that both f and r > are WTB Rangers set up tubeless. The bike lost 2 lb from the tubes and that > massively heavy tire, this with the sealant in the new setup. > > I also cut the bar from 76 cm to 57 cm, raised the saddle and shoved it > back, and flipped the stem "up". Far more comfortable, far easier to pedal > -- on the inaugural ride it felt like a 90" gear with a 135 mm crank on > flat tires with brakes dragging. > > It's now fun to ride, though only if you keep "just ride" in mind; it's > not a bike to try to go fast on. > > Off for bosque ride. > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/eb86810f-d1b6-4587-9ff1-b569772d9d59n%40googlegroups.com.
