Jim: Congrats on the new ride. "First new bike in 40 years...." WOW! You really like to work 'em to death? Well, no way are you going to wear this one out.
If the 2TT discussion ever comes up again, I submit the photo as Exhibit A to the question "Why?". At least for a Really Big Frame. dougP On Jan 29, 4:41 pm, Jim <jamesfek...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings: > > I've been lurking here for a while, starting when I was waiting for Riv to > send me my new A Homer Hilsen, which arrived in November. It's a 72cm, 2TT > version, which is needed to manage my 6'8", 280# frame. It is a fairly > standard Riv build (like me, built for comfort, not speed.....), though the > wheels are Velocity LX Cliffhangers and the tires are 38mm Schwalbe > Duremes, recommended for this "heavy duty" application. I took a couple > pictures during its shakedown ride after I assembled it. > > https://picasaweb.google.com/102411392699939180397/JimSAHHPhotos?auth... > > Since those were taken I added a large Sackville saddle sack and some other > commuterish items, and have been mainly riding it between home and town, a > 15 mile roundtrip, for commuting to work and shopping. I'm hoping to > explore more of the countryside as the weather improves. Home is Boulder, > CO, so there is a lot to explore! > > This is the first new bicycle I've had in 40 years, my other bike is a 1972 > Schwinn Super Sport, which I still ride. It hasn't got much use though, > since Homer arrived, which shouldn't be much of a surprise. Pics of that > bike are here if you are interested: > > https://picasaweb.google.com/102411392699939180397/SuperSport?authuse... > > I look forward to participating here and getting to know you folks. > > Jim Fekete > Boulder, CO -- 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.
