Nice to see a Rambouillet take on modern kit. Bar end shifter 1x, spoked wheels with rim brakes, 1" threaded steerer and a pump!
Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 1:59:08 PM UTC-5 Andreas wrote: > Ram 56. > Same setup since 2019. 1x11, rival rd, bar ends, ritchey logic 42t > wolftooth, 12x42 cassette. > Bartape, tires, saddle are different now. > Pump got lost on a rowdy descent and I could not find it, Zefal HPX now. > Berthoud (rails are too short) is replaced with a cambium. > Perspective is a bit weird. Saddle tilt is flat, stem is 120. > > It is a very good bike. > Riding it more and more. > But it has 148,000 miles to go to catch my most ridden frame, good chance > it will make it unless I am too tempted by a Roaduno or Hillborne. > > [image: ram2.jpg] > > On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 1:53:38 PM UTC-5 Jeremy Till wrote: > >> Here's my new-to-me first-gen (circa 2011?) 62cm Hunqapillar. I had >> always lusted after these when they came out but ended up with a Quickbeam, >> and was poor enough back then that two Rivendells wasn't in the cards. Fast >> forward 9-10 years and a couple of careers, and I had just gotten a >> promotion when this popped up on the list...couldn't help myself. >> [image: 50689104596_307c4e5401_k.jpg] >> I got it built up initially in September when toxic smoke was blanketing >> CA so it's been a slow process of dialing over the past couple of months. >> Being a first gen model it doesn't have the tire clearance of later >> generations or my Clem. 2.2 knobbies would only fit on relatively narrow >> rims (Atlases) and even then I had to nip some of the side knobs off for >> clearance. However, "29x2" Big Bens (they run narrow) fit great on the >> prototype Silver hub/Cliffhanger wheelset pilfered from my Clem, and leave >> plenty of room for the 63mm VO fluted fenders, which I think look great. I >> anxiously awaited the release of the Nitto 31.8mm faceplate stems, the 80mm >> version got the Jones bars in just the right spot. Thomson seatpost because >> I needed a zero offset one and Nitto doesn't make their zero offset post in >> 26.8mm. WTB saddles have a lot of setback built into the rails so when I >> put it on the S83 that came with the frame it was just too far back. >> >> Enjoying rambling around humming Bonnie Prince Billy to myself.... >> >> -Jeremy Till >> Sacramento, CA >> >> On Sunday, November 15, 2020 at 5:03:11 PM UTC-8 David Person wrote: >> >>> David Baldi, congrats - gotta love those big black and cream >>> Hillbornes. I built mine in 2015. Also sporting my first wheel build, >>> done last month. Definitely a rewarding endeavor. >>> >>> David P. - Thousand Oaks, CA >>> >>> [image: Nov 12th (#3) copy.jpg] >>> >> -- 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/6d7ee068-348f-4c36-9f45-f351377c3a06n%40googlegroups.com.
