Hmmm... I'll have to check on the the tubing, it's whatever Grant thought would work best for my weight and size of the frame. I figured out the bar tape wrap after seeing photos of it in RR, and it's pretty satisfying to get it right, with the careful tucks and folds along the way. It helped to practice on a spare pipe.
- Andrew, Berkeley On Oct 10, 10:36 am, Roger <rogerdhod...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > Your bike is exactly what I wanted but didn't think I could afford (or > wait for...) in 1999! > That was just before the Atlantis was announced, and at that time > there were only the Joe and Curt builts. > > I first built up my Longlow-ish bike as a 6-speed, halfstep + granny, > moustache-barred bike. I even had a similar bar tape wrap, except mine > formed small diamonds along the top ridge. It would be interesting to > meet up sometime to compare two bikes that were built to the same > intentions - Rivendell and Mercian. Workmanship, clearances, style, > and tubing stiffnesses (mine is 531C, standard diameters, I believe > yours has OS diameters) would all be subtly different, I'd think. > > Roger, Berkeley-ish > -- 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.
