The white panels are a nice touch. Hopefully the head badge is still around somewhere?
dougP On Sunday, December 9, 2012 8:38:28 PM UTC-8, René wrote: > > It's been several long months since I updated the group on my fork update > for my Atlantis and my Hunqapillar. I sent the Atlantis to be repainted > (with its new fork) in August, and it was around October when I was finally > able to get it back. I decided to wait the recommended 30 days before > waxing the paint, but with a very hectic travel and work schedule, it > wasn't until now that I was able to rebuild it. > > While I still need to put the Berthoud steel fenders back on, the basic > build is finished. Rear rack needs to be installed as well, but rack > decisions are always hard... > > I have always liked the original Atlantis color so much, that I decided to > go with it again, but add a distinguishing touch to the paint scheme to > make it a bit unique. You can see it on the 3 photos I've posted: * > http://tinyurl.com/ae3gj5q* > ** > Since I still have the original fork, I compared colors and as expected (I > wouldn't have thought so before) the colors are similar but not quite > identical. The new pain is brighter and more vivid, which I actually like a > lot. > > Aside form a couple of rides in my patio to make sure everything is > working OK, I still haven't taken a rear ride on the new configuration (low > trail fork) to be able to report anything. So far, I've kept riding my > Hunqapillar with its low trail fork and keep loving it. In the coming weeks > I will report on my impressions with the low trail fork on the Atlantis, as > well as whether the annoying shimmy it always had when loaded has > dissappeared or not. > > René > -- 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/-/gd852OYrJ3sJ. 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.
