Orange I never thought of that. That is another great suggestion! That is why I asked here. :)
I will take a photo of my clearance tonight. On Jul 13, 12:56 am, "Bill M." <bmenn...@comcast.net> wrote: > 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.
