Seeing your Roaduno made me envious and excited in anticipation of mine shipping.
Like clockwork, I just now received the shipping notification. On my birthday, of all days! -tio On Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 12:20:57 PM UTC-4 Bill Lindsay wrote: > After a think last night I plowed ahead this morning with the 2x7 > configuration, which requires a 10speed chain, which I had on-hand. Turns > out a single chain was long enough, which was a pleasant surprise. It's > all done and I rode it around the block. It's new bike day. I've added a > bunch of photos to the Flickr album: > > https://flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72177720319657823/ > > here's the whole bike in 2x7 configuration: > > https://flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/53936231269/in/album-72177720319657823 > > Now I'll get the racks on and it'll be ready to go. Will's "At Least One > Maniac" challenge is complete > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Monday, August 19, 2024 at 9:41:19 PM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote: > >> I went to Riv HQ and picked up my 58cm Complete RoadUno. I picked up the >> bike in the box to do the build myself. I also splurged on an extra 250mm >> length Nitto S83 seat post. >> >> I did pretty much the whole build this afternoon, except I neglected to >> secure a chain. I thought I had plenty of chain-stock on hand, but it >> turns out I only had 10sp chains, which I'm not prepared to deploy just >> yet. >> >> The setup was straightforward, but I did completely disassemble >> everything that was pre-assembled in the complete. The frame set is not >> light: 5.83 pounds for the 58cm frame with headset cups, 2.18 pounds for >> the fork with enormously long steerer. The new svelte Silver 3 cranks are >> roughly 25% lighter than the Silver 1 cranks. >> >> Thread chasing was necessary on the RD hanger, but it was aligned >> perfectly. Most but not all of the H2O bolt and fender bolt bosses were >> already chased. It was all straightforward prep for a mechanic. There was >> no BB cable guide included, but I had those on-hand. I installed a Shimano >> CX70 front der and a White Industries DOS ENO 16/19 freewheel. I installed >> a Suntour Sprint down tube shifter on the shifter boss, with my own custom >> machined stop that causes it to sit proud of the down tube in the >> small-ring position. >> >> With the faceplater stem pretty much slammed, and the saddle at my >> height, I'm happy at the silhouette of the bike. I'm eager to get a chain >> on it and start riding it. >> >> Have a look: >> https://flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72177720319657823 >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> > -- 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/1d5d49c2-55f8-48e1-9bc0-c47bd1261aa6n%40googlegroups.com.
