Awesome bike. I like salmon-y paint. I'm in the "I like Bombadils and Hunqs and any other Riv that fits 2" wide tires but I've only ridden an Atlantis" club. I'm almost done with my Toyo Atlantis. One of my most desired bikes. Lucky to score it from Karl on this list. Thank you for the details on the fender work. Impressive, and a reference. I fear tackling such a job, as it seems like one shot and I doubt I'd hit the nail on the head. I have a Riv bullmoose bar. It doesn't show the fillet brazing. I wish it did. But its under there. I assume there is no logical way to remove a layer or something to let it show. Thanks for sharing. -Matthew San Diego, CA
On Monday, June 28, 2021 at 7:19:50 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > 51cm gray/kidney bean Hunq for me, which makes *no *sense because my > custom has a brighter version of that paintjob and does every single thing > a Hunqapillar would do. I want one anyway! 🤣 > > > > On Monday, June 28, 2021 at 6:10:15 PM UTC-7 Jason Fuller wrote: > >> Willet - oh wow, glad I could be of help! Other than misleading you into >> thinking the 65's would fit, now you're a cautionary tale for me if I ever >> need to replace my fenders haha.. >> >> Chris - Ha, I feel that way about the 53cm 650B Hunq.. I guess the grass >> is always greener! >> >> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 5:03 PM 'WilletM' via RBW Owners Bunch < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Those fenders actually made it into the final build based on a >>> suggestion that you (Jason) gave me many months ago as I was contemplating >>> which direction to go with the frameset. I eventually decided to go "all >>> silver" or as close to it as I could possibly get, and the Flat 65's from >>> Simworks were a good match for the 29x2.1 tires that I was planning on >>> using. They ended up being perfect for the tires, and they didn't take up >>> much room vertically either. But both front and back fenders were too wide >>> for the fork blades and seat stays, so I did have to notch them pretty >>> significantly and then try to keep the notches aligned as I mounted >>> hardware to the fenders and then the fenders to the frame. Somewhat >>> shockingly, the notches fit so closely and line up so perfectly that it's >>> hard to tell they've been modified without shining a flashlight on it. >>> >>> At $167 shipped for the fenders, I was HIGHLY motivated to get it right >>> the first time! >>> >>> Thanks again for your helpful suggestions over the winter. I still have >>> the Proto-Bombadil built up and it fits my short-legs-long-torso dimensions >>> better than this one does (mostly due to a different bar/stem choice). So >>> this one is for Show and the Protovelo is for Go. I couldn't be happier or >>> more proud of both, as they were bucket list items for a number of years >>> before I somehow lucked into getting both of them as framesets within less >>> than a year of each other. >>> >>> Willet M. >>> >>> On Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:42:31 AM UTC-6 Jason Fuller wrote: >>> >>>> Wow, that thing is gorgeous. Nice build!! I love the unique color. >>>> Looks salmon to me. Still undecided whether I'll invest in a paintjob for >>>> mine! And yeah I wouldn't have even considered the threadless bullmoose >>>> despite being well aware of the existence of said adapter, and it looks as >>>> clean as a quill version would have. >>>> >>>> On Sunday, 27 June 2021 at 20:05:37 UTC-7 WilletM wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I'm happy to report that the >>>>> non-creamsicle-but-still-pretty-dang-orange-y Bombadil frame that I >>>>> bought >>>>> here last September from Jamison B. is all built up and ready to do a >>>>> little Bombadilling (thanks for that, Jason!) in the Rocky Mountains of >>>>> western Colorado. Though it's destined to be more of a show pony than a >>>>> workhorse like Jason's rig, I did do a fairly premium build on this one >>>>> that I'm sure would hold up for rigorous off-roading or even moderate >>>>> bikepacking if only my legs were a little longer. >>>>> >>>>> Particularly noteworthy on this build are the lovely fillet-and-nickel >>>>> Nitto bullmoose bars, which turned out a lot better than I was expecting >>>>> given that I used a quill-to-threadless adapter to mate the 1" threaded >>>>> steerer to the 1 1/8" threadless bar/stem combo. I also ended up pretty >>>>> thrilled with the wheelset, which Peter White built up with custom >>>>> Velocity >>>>> Cliffhangers (silver anodized with machined sidewalls) laced up to a >>>>> polished Phil Wood cassette hub in back and a special "Peter White >>>>> Cycles" >>>>> edition SONdelux Wide Body dynamo hub up front. Other parts include >>>>> Sugino >>>>> cranks and seatpost, Brooks Alpe D'Huez saddle, Schmidt Edelux2 >>>>> headlight, >>>>> SimWorks/Honjo fenders, Paul Neo-Retro's and Love Levers, etc, etc. It >>>>> was >>>>> NOT, very frankly, an inexpensive build. >>>>> >>>>> On the bright side, it did provide hours and hours and hours of >>>>> diversion during the Covid shutdowns and bike parts shortages. And I got >>>>> lots of practice using various dremel attachments and hand files and many >>>>> other specialized bike tools in order to fit the fenders under the rack >>>>> and >>>>> over the canti brakes and 29x2.1 knobby tires. In the end, having just >>>>> mostly finished it up this weekend except for a few REALLY anal tweaks, >>>>> it >>>>> did turn out better than I had ever hoped for and it is the sort of a >>>>> bike >>>>> that looks even better up close than it does far away. >>>>> >>>>> Willet M. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [image: thumbnail (11).jpg] >>>>> >>>>> [image: thumbnail (10).jpg] >>>>> >>>> -- >>> 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/Hncugnd6yWo/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/885c9d5b-cbd0-43e1-a291-105fd94a938fn%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/885c9d5b-cbd0-43e1-a291-105fd94a938fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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