Fun pix! That Ritchey Breakaway ain't too shabby, either! On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 4:16 PM, William Pustow <[email protected]> wrote:
> I love the color. My boy Homer is the Rambouillet orange. Great photos, > please send us more. > Mfg aus Louisville, > Bill > On Nov 17, 2011, at 8:25 AM, NME wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I picked up my AHH back in March of this year and have been enjoying > > it ever since. I now live in Berlin, where Homer serves both as my > > daily commuter and country bike. It's mostly the standard build: bar- > > end shifters, Nitto everything. There are a couple of details that > > stand out, though: the size is 55cm (700c), which Riv offered to have > > made for me at Waterford (I was nervous about 650b on a potential > > future tour in Eastern Europe), the color is custom (similar to, but > > lighter than Imron Harvest Gold), and Mark wrapped the shifter cables > > with the handlebar tape from the top of the stem. > > > > I hadn't ridden drop bars for a decade, but after a couple of weeks of > > uncomfortable transition, I found them very comfortable. I have an > > upper back problem and thought that I would always riding with North > > Road style bars, but drop bars have proven not only more comfortable, > > but also beneficial -- they really stretch out my otherwise stiff > > thoracic spine, and the Noodles aren't hard on my neck at all. Over > > the past seven months, I've gradually lowered my stem to ever-so- > > slightly below saddle height. I'm still on a short 7cm stem, but I > > could imagine switching sometime in the future to 8 or 9. > > > > Here are some long-overdue pictures of the bike, from day and weekend > > tours around Berlin-Brandenburg, Flensburg, and the southern tip of > > Denmark. The other bike in the photos is a teeny-tiny Ritchey Break- > > away (48cm). > > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/40444853@N06/sets/72157628022952437/with/6352575641/ > > > > Needless to say, I couldn't be happier. > > > > liebe Grüße aus Berlin, > > Nicole > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA ** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
