I hope you can visit. My shop is more of an eccentric mechanic's science lab than a droolworthy bike museum. At the very least, you can go run over stuff on my Moonlander.
On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 3:22:05 PM UTC-5, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > Today was a major transition day. I trimmed and mounted the bedroom > doors, thus bringing an end to a renovation project that has occupied me > since new years; cleaned my shop; put in an order for vegetable seeds; and > took the new to me Saluki for an hour and half shake down cruise. Given > temps in the hi 30s, I skipped the screaming down hill test. > > It is with very mixed emotions that I have to report that this bike is in > much better condition than I am! > > The bike came to me with the 600 HS, PW bottom bracket, Riv wheels & Pari > Moto tires, Mafac levers, as well as a beautiful, classic Specialized > crank, VO AL. fenders and racks Unfortunately, I needed to replace the > Nitto Pearl stem with something shorter and decided to try a Mark's Bar. ( > the jury is still out on the latter) I swapped out a nice pair of classic > pedals for my White Ind & Bruce Gordon clips, replaced a hi polish tektro > brakes with my neo-retros, and Deore detailers for older campy Centaur & > Mirage. Early, Selle Anatomica saddle. > > As I was headed out, it occurred to me I should take some pics before this > dog rolled in mud. My quick photography doesn't do it justice but the > slide show comes closest to capturing the nice paint job. I think I will > rewrap the bars with something more mellow, in cloth. > > > https://plus.google.com/photos/110692344592863063357/albums/5859744561306659185?gpinv=AMIXal9g7EErBUEyUYKaPP0wgSM6C9TiKHn9Ni94wEiDyjh8RMWDjfgGWcn720PAA0GPAYPthzVhg3mwJy6o8itISEf6eD3NAZcYRv_LMkVKt8hCyyXWRU0&cfem=1&authkey=CM-RtYmyvOKvxAE > > Next I'm off on a road trip, alas without a bike. Hope to be in St Paul > for a conference by the 11th. Jim, if time permits, I'll come by your shop > and drool on something! > > Michael > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
