Rene: Nice photo, the bike looks great. Tough choice to make in the AM: "Hunq or Atlantis?" It's nice to have to make those kinds of choices!
FWIW: I love the gray / maroon color scheme on the Hung & have thought about having my Atlantis painted similarly when it's 10th b'day comes up next year. dougP On Jan 3, 3:05 pm, René Sterental <[email protected]> wrote: > The first official work day of the year was a very foggy but not too cold > one and I couldn't help myself from capturing the moment as the train > pulled into the Palo Alto station. For some reason it all felt very dreamy, > and I tried to capture that feeling in my photo. For some reason it reminds > me of the Anna Karenina movie I saw as a teenager that had an image of the > train pulling into the train station in the fog while they said good-bye... > or something like that. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/orthie251/6629315631/ > > It shows my Hunqapillar still without the Berthoud fenders I'm in the > process of installing so I can ride it when the rains hit us. 50mm Marathon > Dureme tires, 150mm Bullmoose bars with fat Brooks leather grips, front > Pass & Stow rack (the Swift Industries black canvas Pelican Porteur rack > should be arriving any day now) and my beloved Berthoud saddle. > > I've also grown very fond of the Carradice Longflap Camper and have just > added a new front SON28 Dyad 36 wheel (new SON28 model hub) with its Edelux > light so now I can also commute on the Hunqapillar. > > Now I get to debate with myself in the evening if I'm going to commute on > the Atlantis or on the Hunqapillar... the Betty has no lights yet, although > I'm getting a helmet light (sold by RBW) which will make it feasible. When > it gets fenders, then I'll be in a real conundrum... How to choose when you > love them all? At least they don't appear to be jealous of each other! > > Happy 2012!!! > > René -- 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.
