Another nice tire choice if you can find them is the Vittoria Rubino Pro in 28 mm. I find them a bit livelier than the Roly-Poly's (which I rode for long time), and not particularly flat prone for a sporty tire.
IMO blue would be a conservative but classy choice, gray would be very quiet but could work well as a shade in between the silver frame and the black saddle. Want a flash of color? Go with bright orange, the complementary color to blue (opposite on the color wheel). Use clear shellac to keep the orange bright, or for even better durability and absolutely no color change try clear water based polyurethane varnish instead of shellac. I've proposed this for years, but AFAIK I'm the only guy on the planet to have tried it. It may not sound as 'natural' as shellac, but water based poly holds up really well and emits about 1/3 the VOC of shellac. Bill On Jul 12, 3:29 pm, Johnny Alien <johnnyal...@verizon.net> wrote: > Hey guys! > > Slightly off Riv topics I picked up a 91 Bridgestone RB-2. Very nice > bike and it is in amazing condition. > > Now on topic with Riv stuff. I need to get some bar tape for the > aforementioned bike. It came stock with white but I don't like white > especially with cloth tape. I plan to do cloth tape, twine and > shellac (not sure if amber or clear that depends on color). It is > silver with blue accents. I think going blue might be too obvious and > maybe overplaying the blue. I am almost thinking of going green like > celery or dark pine. Thoughts? I know some of you have very great > taste in colored bar tape. > > http://www.rivbike.com/products/show/japanese-cloth-tape/16-125 > > Secondly....I want to get some tires for the bike. Something light > and pretty fast as this is going to be my faster road bike setup. You > guys did a great job steering me towards the Pari-Motos for my Bleriot > so I figure you may be able to help me with some 700C tires. It > appears I can go pretty fat as it comes stock with 28C and seems to > have extra room. > > Here is the bike. As you can see that tape really needs some help. I > also still need to clean it up and get the bars up a bit. > > http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii31/Johnny_Alien/1991%20Bridgesto... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
