Love the mix of modern, used and the "non-Rivish" items. Comes out great!
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 5:04 PM, reynoldslugs <be...@perrylaw.net> wrote: > Just picked this up from the LBS. Ordered this several months ago - - > multiple communications with John, Grant, and Keven, and I cannot > speak highly enough of their patience, the quality of the work, the > quality of the paint, and my very, very high level of unspeakable joy > with this bike. > > Sorry for the crummy photos - - I'm not much with a digital camera. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/41563...@n06/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/41563...@n06/sets/72157625159065507/ > > > The color - - the new gunmetal/battleship grey rolled about by > Rivendell about a year ago - - is phenomenally mellow, beautiful. I > have more than a few bicycles - - and none is more beautiful than this > little Nine Pound Hammer. > > The build is much different, much more modern than most of my other > bikes, and certainly not a typical "Riv-ish" build, to the extent that > could be characterized. But it is sweet, like ice cream and pie. > Here are the details: > > Older Campagnolo Record 10 shifters,taken from a 10 year old Colnago > Masterlight, which is now hanging nude in the rafters > FSA triple, 24-38-48. Inner rings are TA's. The mix of silver and > black actually looks ok. From the same Colnago. > Salsa Bell Laps > Selle Anatomica for Clyde > Campagnolo ten speed 12-29 Record long cage derailleur and cassette > Easton carbon post from that Colnago > Mavic Aksiums - - sure, they're just out of a box, but I use and abuse > these happily on several other bikes > Schwalbe Kojaks - sticky pillows for the lusty Sonoma County roads. > Acorn Rollup donated by an Orange Paramount > Tektro Wide Mouth brakes, from RBW > Keos > > Ride reports to follow. > > -- > 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. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- 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.
