That's great! Looks perfect set up there with those fat tires & M-bars!
On 3/22/12, jinxed <hbcl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > So 2 weeks ago I got the lust for some 26" fun and hung the AHH out there > on the trade hook fishing for some Atlantis. > > As it turns out I get a snappy email off the bat asking if I might have > interest in an All Rounder? Ummmm YEP. We quickly hammered out a grocery > list trade and BOOM...off to UPS. > > Got the frame and extra bits Tuesday. Lets just put it this way...I could > not have dreamed of a more exact answer to my wishes. And the deal was made > extra pleasant having a professional, courteous, and enthusiastic person to > deal with on the other side of the computer webz. Thanks again...you know > who you are. > > Happily, we exchanged nearly identical parts as to keep from needing > additional purchase to re-build the bikes. Frames/wheels/brakes traded, > everything else swapped over. Thumbs up. > > So I got her built and took the maiden voyage as my commute to work > yesterday. I received the wheels with a 1.1" slicks that I kept on there > for the shake down, although I plan to run a fatter semi-knobby maybe like > a town and country (or group recommendation??). Basically everything came > directly off my Hilsen and swapped right over. I opted to go back to my > favorite mustache bar set up, though I may use my dirt drop stem in the > future. The only thing I didnt use from the Hilsen was the Paul Racer > brakes, which I will sell/trade to get some Neo Retro cantis. (I wanna be > like cyclotourist) ;) > > By the end of the day yesterday I rambled around for 50+ miles riding my > "long commute" home over bike path, surface streets, dirt service roads, > and single track. Truly "All Round". > > For grins today I swapped out the tires to some 2.1 MTB knobbies I had just > so I could bask in the clearance and badassery of the thing. > > Check it out. I'll keep adding to the set and follow up with impressions. > > Monster A/R <http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7267/6860650144_3fd1cbb6d8_b.jpg> > > First ride and > misc<http://www.flickr.com/photos/42027576@N00/sets/72157629645525001/with/6860650144/> > > -- > 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/-/1pcT9U7T0vcJ. > 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. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA ** “I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I love.” -- 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.
