Many thanks to everyone on the list who helped me pick out some of the bits. This is the 71cm double top tube A. Homer Hilson for a 6'7" rider (me).
It arrived safe and sound earlier this week packed just like the rivbike YouTube video shows. My first impression after (re) assembly was OMG, this is the biggest frickin bike I've ever seen! I was seriously worried that I wouldn't be able to get on the thing. Of course I needn't have worried - with big tires and bare footed wearing jeans, my, umm, soft tissues just graze the top tube. It is very weird not to need a special long seat post or a special long stem. It is weird not to need to push the seat really far back. It is weird not to need to do funky things to put the bars in a comfortable spot. It is really weird to have a bike that fits. And fit it does, at least based on my quick test rides. I won't be able (or at least willing) to really put it through it's paces for a while - it is ten degrees F as I write this. Here is how the build ended up: Velocity Dyad rims with Phill Wood hubs, 40 spokes in the back and 36 in the front. Phil Wood bottom bracket Shimano 9-sp cassette, 12-36 180mm Carmina cranks with a 50-36-28 triple ring and Grip King pedals B-67 saddle in brown Albatross bars with cork grips and thumbie shifters SKS fenders, a Mark's rack, basket, xs Saddlesack, and a brass bell. David -- 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.
