Congrats on your new bicycle and a great ride! You said "first look" - any photos?
Aaron Young Rocheser, NY On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 8:43 PM, jmac <jmcnair7...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I received my Sam about a week ago. This site and my friend Bruce > (fullylugged) convinced me that this was the bike I should buy. > > My first impression of the Sam is “Wow”! The color and graphics are > great. It really is a beautiful bike. I was worried about the fit on > the bike because of the big differences between sizes. The bike fits > me as well as my custom titanium Seven. I have raised the bar height > to 2cm above the saddle and have angled the bar about 5%. I am still > playing with these adjustments. > > I took the bike out on its maiden voyage this past Saturday. I took an > eighty mile tour through the country side, south of Montgomery. The > temperature hit 96; it was just plain “HOT”. The terrain was mostly > flat with about a twelve mile stretch of rollers ranging from three to > seven percent grade. The pavement ranged from smooth to rattle your > teeth chip and seal asphalt. > > I was having trouble with the indexed shifting in a couple of the > gears so I switched to friction shifting. I really found out I prefer > it. I stayed mostly in the 48 and occasionally in the 36. I never had > to use the 24, but I am anxious to try it. The bike road smooth as > silk. Surprisingly, I did not lose a lot of speed as compared to my > Seven. The Brooks saddle is still a little stiff, but not too bad. > The bikes front end was very steady, even with no hands riding. The > bike turned with ease, by just applying slight pressure to the handle > bars. > > I couldn’t be more pleased with the bike. Thanks again to the helpful > and passionate Rivendell owners on this site. Bruce, you need to plan > another destination ride. > > My build is as follows: > 48 Orange frame > Sugino xd2 48/36/24 crank > 9 speed 11-32 cass > Canti Tektro cr720 brakes > Nitto noodle 44 bars > Nitto technomic stem > Viva dk blue cloth tape > Dura Ace 9s bar end shifters > Campy Triple f der > Shimano xt rr long cage > Brooks B17 special honey > 650 B r36 Synergy wheels > Pacenti Pari-Moto tires > Nitto mini front rack > Nitto r14 rear rack > > Joe McNair > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@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.
