Congrats, Paul, on the new bike. That's a very fine build. Has anyone taken Charlie Gallop on a brevet yet? Rando season starts here next month, and while I think the bike is spritely, I've never attempted a brevet on a swept back, upright style bike.
On Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 8:17:57 AM UTC-6 Paul in Dallas wrote: > Well, I'm joining up on this Riv Gallopers group this week. > > I sent in my order the previous Thursday for a green frame and the Riv > crew got it quickly shipped out. > > It arrived this past Wednesday and I built it up Thursday and Friday > finishing yesterday afternoon. > > I was able to get in an 8 mile first ride Friday evening. So, it was only > 8 days from ordering to first ride. > > The plan is a longer ride later today. > > It's a sweet ride for sure. Mine is the 57cm frame. > It's set up as a 3 x 7 drive train. > > -Handlebar is the Sunlite North Road alloy. > -Generic dirt drop style stem. > -Velocity Dyad rims on Shimano Tiagra hubs. > Gravel King SS+ 700c x 43 tires. > -Shifters are vintage Suntour on modern thumb shifter mounts. > -Specialized triple crank with 44 x 34 x 24 rings. > -S-Ride cassette 34t big cog > -Shimano derailers. > Tektro long reach brakes calipers. > - Origin8 brown saddle (close to B-17 measurements) > -American Classic seatpost. > -Ergo cork grips. > > > > There are a few tweaks I'll be doing as get more familiar with it. > > I had seen this 1956 Lincoln some months back and loved the color. > > Chip FOOSE Lincoln Continental 1956 #sema2025 #sema #restomod #ford > #classic <https://youtu.be/v-lcA2wU9nk?si=_IjbEdZfWgpq7pu8> > Chip FOOSE Lincoln Continental 1956 #sema2025 #sema #restomod #ford > #classic > > <https://youtu.be/v-lcA2wU9nk?si=_IjbEdZfWgpq7pu8> > > > I was planning on having a vintage frame I have powdercoated that color or > as close as I could get to matching it. > > I had been reading about the Charlie's on this thread and seen and ridden > Stephen's from our local Riv owners group. > > After looking closely at the green color I decided to go for it. > > A few pics from yesterday's evening first ride below. > > Safe riding to all, > > Paul Cunningham in Dallas > box_liam on Instagram > (Bought first Riv in 1999) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/af098fa9-a827-4e2b-a648-64002193ff2en%40googlegroups.com.
