Patrick, your trike is tempting, but I'm not in the mood to sell my "new" bike!
On Friday, February 24, 2012 5:26:34 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I wish I had the money! I think it's lovely. 559, right? Trade for a trike? > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < > thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I tried to sell this bike awhile back, with no buyers at any price: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/6221225854 >> >> The paint was the weak point. Even an impolite thought would flake off >> the lovely candy-apple red. Anyway, as I couldn't get anybody to buy the >> bike, I decided to start over. >> >> The inspiration was the brown Schwalbe 26x2.15 Big Apple tires that were >> introduced not long ago. And another brand of bikes we sell, Speedhound, >> has a color option called "nut green", which is sort of a minty pistachio. >> Anyway, as my fantasy evolved, I thought black parts might look nice. I >> settled on a SRAM X.9 2x10 group with a 42/28 crank and a 11-36 10 sp >> cassette. Hubs are disc-compatible White Industries and Schmidt (disc >> compatible for maximum versatility in my current and future bike fleet). >> Anyway, thought this might be of interest here, even though it goes against >> the polished silver aesthetic preference of many RBW types. In real life, >> it's not quite as minty as it looks in the photos from my iPhone: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/6926890797 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/fMetj9VdAPwJ. >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/WKXDLzknBYYJ. 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.
