Well i might as well chime in, my winter projects last month. --Take Bridgestone road-bike i found in the trash and built up as a light tourer, strip off most of the touring-ish parts and transfer to my new Sam H. turn bridgestone into a light, no rack, no bags, moustache-bar bike. It feels really quick now, very snappy, surprised at how great it rides, only possible tweak is the downtube shifters. i've never used dt shifters, and i'm still awkward getting to them.
--build up Sam H, mostly from ebay parts so built-up conservatively, very happy with the ride and comfort, but concerned i might've gone over-board with the touring stuff (full rear rack, front-rack, fenders et-al) as it's pretty heavy to get up the stairs, need to see how that develops. --comfort bike/cruiser, great old bike i bought on ebay about 10 years ago, all chrome, dove bars. swapped out rear rack (wanted nitto on Sam H), new wood grips, finally converted the front brake (from a mac- guyver drop bolt setup to long reach nexus brakes), vo chain-guard, dropped the front-der (never used it anyway) just got some schwalbe tires so will wrestle those on shortly... I only wish it would warm up so i could ride more.... -- 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-bunch@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.
