You parallelaterra zealots see flat drops wherever you look. Mine are not. My handlebars are adjusted to fit the rider, not the fantasy of a horizon. I'd estimate -3 degrees.
On Apr 23, 4:53 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Pretty bike, and I note with satisfaction that you've got the ends of > the hooks parallel to terra firma as God commanded us. (I recently > said unto myself, "tilt them down just *wee* bit," and so I did and > immediately felt the pain in the heel of my left palm; back to > horizontality and righteousness it was.) > > 42/21 used to be a pretty standard racing bike low back in the days of > 5.6.7 speeds; my > 89 Falcon had a 13-21 7 sp Uniglide freewheel. > > Patrick "now my low is 70" -- and so's my high" Moore > > > > On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 11:56 AM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And the build is complete. The clincher wheelset isn't ready yet, but > > I did one shake-down ride on the tubulars, and was satisfied enough > > with the fit to wrap twine and shellac the bars. It's ready to ride! > > I'm amazed how un-low this bike was geared to start with. 42x21 was > > the lowest gear. I have it all the way down to a 34x24 granny and > > it's still barely rideable in the East Bay Hills. > > > Photos on my flickr > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/5646425361/in/photostream/ > > > On Apr 19, 1:01 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm well on my way to converting a 1984 Trek 770 into a retro-modern > >> all road bike. Two shortcomings of my current road bike (a Davidson > >> Signature) were that it doesn't take a tire wider than 700x25, and > >> that it fits like a racing bike. I had it custom built in my youth, > >> and so now to get the bars up I had to use a Technomic Deluxe which is > >> excellent but I think it looks a little less than ideal to have a ton > >> of seatpost and a ton of stem showing. It makes the frame look too > >> small. > > >> Anyway, this Trek is a couple cm taller than my Davidson, so I hope to > >> get a similar fit with a regular proportioned stem. I finished > >> stripping the bike down, and I'll start selling off a lot of the Campy > >> Super Record parts through the normal channels. I got my compact > >> double crankset, and I've secured a few freewheels for various gearing > >> options. The recent highlight is that I've confirmed that a > >> 700x27RolyPolywill fit (no fender). I'm thrilled about that, and it was > >> something that I wasn't sure would work out. If the bike turns out as > >> well as I hope, I might get it powdercoated. I bought some > >> Resurrectio stickers from Riv on that chance. > > >> Riv content: Higher bars, fearlessly riding a 30 year old lugged > >> steel MUSA frameset,RolyPolytires bought from Riv, not being retro > >> for retros sake. > > >> Pics on my flickr: > > >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/sets/72157626511175478/ > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW, Ph.D., MBA, and much, much more! > patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com > > A billion stars go spinning through the night > Blazing high above your head; > But in you is the Presence that will be > When all the stars are dead. > (Rilke, Buddha in Glory) -- 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.
