Re: [RBW] Winter Photos 2024/2025

[Jay Lonner]

Brian I’m always interested in learning more about the pedigree of these bikes and the ways in which those of us who ride them influence one another. I’m intrigued by the custom bag you’ve snuck in behind the seatpost — as I recall it was Andy at Lord’s Luggage who made it for you. For the moment I’m digging the minimalist aesthetic of my Gus, but down the road I might be tempted to copy you. Jay Lonner Bellingham, WA Sent from my Atari 400 On Feb 1, 2025, at 6:51 PM, Brian Turner <brokeb...@gmail.com> wrote:  Jay, you have the very Gus that inspired my own Gus build: <image0.jpeg> On Feb 1, 2025, at 9:14 PM, Jason M <jason.bike...@gmail.com> wrote:  @Jay Lonner - your bike is a mess lol, and those rims, yikes 🤣  .  When you get home after a ride like that do you clean the drivetrain, the whole bike?  Just curious, as I would like to become more okay with letting my bike get like that. I baby my Riv; I know, it's a bike, it's meant to be ridden and get dirty.  I do ride in any conditions, but in the winter I mainly use my Salsa Fargo with fenders, disk brakes.  Happy to get the Riv dirty in the summer, on trails and such, but avoid wet and/or salty winter roads. On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM Jason M <jason.bike...@gmail.com> wrote: Nice photos, Jason and Jay! I was out on my Fargo today, won't bother uploading another photo of it (non-Riv lol).  What caught me off guard was my, now, failed, trick to keep my hands warm with nitrile gloves (as the first layer, under thin gloves, with lobster mits on top).  On my last few rides this worked well down to -12C.  Today was very sunny, but apparently -9 and colder with a slight northerly wind.  After an hour my hands were very sweaty, and then because really cold.  I had to pull over and ditch the nitrile gloves.  Within a few minutes my hands were warm again.  Maybe it wasn't cold enough for them? On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM Jay Lonner <jay.lon...@gmail.com> wrote: The Gus continues to delight.  <image0.jpeg> Jay Lonner Bellingham, WA Sent from my Atari 400 On Feb 1, 2025, at 5:50 PM, Jason Fuller <jtf.ful...@gmail.com> wrote: It snowed overnight at lower elevations (but not in the city) so I headed out for a ~42km ride into the valley where I knew I'd encounter snow - and there was the perfect amount!  It packed into the fenders pretty good, but the wheels kept spinning (noisily). I was glad to have the fenders though because it was slushy in the transition area.  <PXL_20250201_231113223.jpg> <PXL_20250201_234226505.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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/082d0941-eb5d-40c2-9a09-e8a1632e2b09n%40googlegroups.com. <PXL_20250201_231113223.jpg> <PXL_20250201_234226505.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/w63ueD9quX4/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/D34C4B9D-92E3-419B-9BAC-3BC782712AB2%40gmail.com. -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAPceVDg5A_6hzWqYGnmMX%2BzhVXuRc7d_YWDQCoPhi4bVp3fMgw%40mail.gmail.com. -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/AE3E3A16-97EC-4F74-85A4-C53684833F65%40gmail.com. -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/82F8B219-9F5B-4E56-9AA6-3200B4956AC9%40gmail.com.