I totally approve of black, in the right ensemble. This one is ACES! On Friday, February 24, 2012 3:12:43 PM UTC-8, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery 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 > >
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