Also, can anyone compare this to the Velo Orange Polyvalent MKII?
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com>wrote: > I have to say that is a tempting choice for a 650b round town bike. I love > my bombadil but with a stumpjumper and a MB2 I feel I have a lot of overlap > in my stable right now. Would this be considered "livelier" than a Sam H? > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 2:49 PM, NickBull <nick.bike.b...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Garth, >> >> You are hypothesizing and coming to incorrect conclusions. >> >> On my built-up GR, the top of the seat tube is 3/4" lower than the top of >> the head tube. Plus the steerer is cut pretty long so you need a 3/4" >> stack of spacers between the top of the headset bearing race and the top >> nut. It's a threaded steerer, so there's no "uncut steerer" involved. I >> put this in front of a door in my basement that conveniently has a >> horizontal molding that provides a level that's approximately at the top of >> the head tube. >> >> I'm slightly embarassed to say that I just moved all the parts directly >> over from my current primary randonneuring bike without even cleaning them >> up. Partly that's just because I wanted to get this built up faster so I >> can start riding it, but I also consider the slight amount of dirt that >> doesn't affect function to be a form of beausage--it's a reflection of the >> thousands of miles that my '84 Trek 610 was ridden. Maybe I'll give all >> the parts a good wash some time and take snazzier photos. >> >> I went on a ride on the GR last night and it felt great. The frame >> disappeared under me and the miles melted away. Well, to be more precise, >> I rode down the block and back, it was freezing cold out and I didn't >> bother to put on gloves, jacket, or even socks. But the frame did feel >> nice :-) >> >> To add a bit of Riv content to this message: the GR is parked next to my >> orange Ram. >> >> Nick >> >> >> On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 5:13:58 PM UTC-5, Garth wrote: >>> >>> >>> Steve .... I say this with light heart .... You're missing the point I >>> made. It's not that it does not "have" a liberal HT extension. The point I >>> made was that relative to the ST top , the frame appears to have *less >>> *ST-HT differential height , making it's no better, if not worse than a >>> "classic" level TT frame with no HT extension. Most bike are a "plus" in >>> this differential , meaning the top of the HT is higher than the top of the >>> ST. Even a "classic" road frame has some "plus". This appears to have >>> "minus", and that I do find strikingly odd. Hence, the "track bike" >>> reference, where this "may" be a good quality. >>> >>> >>> -- >> 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. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
