Hi! Yes, I've already chopped over 40mm off. It could probably stand to be another 10-15mm shorter. But I want to have some margin for uneven surfaces. I don't know; I'm going to be chopping the rear rack stays while I still have a friend's dremel-ish rotary tool (fun and scary to use). Perhaps I'll lop off someorr kickstand while I'm at it. I have a spare. And if I go just a litle too far then I'm sure some 650B- or 26"-wheel rider on this list wouldn't mind having a "customized" kickstand for cheap! Isn't the smallest Hunqa going to be a 26"-er? :)
Keep those tweak ideas comin'i Thanks! Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Jul 19, 2010, at 3:52 AM, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Lovely. > > May I suggest a tweak? Shorten the kickstand (a simple hacksaw will > do). But don't cut it too short. If you want to run wider tires at > some point, leave it long enough so it will work with the widest tires > that fit. Another way to shorten the kickstand for your medium tires > if you don't want to take a saw to it is to take off the kick stand's > rubber feet and put them in a safe place at home so you don't have to > lift the bike as high to get it onto the stand. That's what I do with > my Sam and my JB Greens. If I mount my big fat knobby 42mms, I put the > rubber foot back on. > > Cheers, > > Gernot > > > On Jul 19, 9:14 am, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> All over but the shouting. Now the only things left to do are to cut >> the rear rack stays and to put on the reel lights. Oh, and mount a new >> rear brake. Then.... ...let the tweaking begin! >> >> http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/7568778/1/Samuel%20Hillborne%205?h=f99605 >> >> Yours, >> Thomas Lynn Skean >> >> On Jul 11, 5:02 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> First real ride of the build! >> >>> iPhone (3G, unfortunately), so not particularly stunning. But they >>> wouldn't be anyway, given that I'm handling the camera. >> >>> http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/7568778/1/Samuel%20Hillborne%204%20-%2... >> >>> Yours, >>> Thoams Lynn Skean >> >>> On Jul 4, 7:42 am, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> >>> wrote: >> >>>> More quantity, probably no more quality. It is now ride-able (and is >>>> really nice to ride!). But obviously many things are yet to be done. >> >>>> http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/7568778/1/Samuel%20Hillborne%202?h=29474f >> >>>> Previously thought unthinkable, I have discovered that there are in >>>> fact non-weird bikes with Handlebars That Are Too High. Which is truly >>>> great! I'll lower them later. More build pics after fleshing out >>>> stuff... >> >>>> Yours, >>>> Thomas Lynn Skean- Hide quoted text - >> >>> - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
