[RBW] Re: A nice ride today, a celebration of my best bike of all time.

2012-04-04 Thread Mojo
The bars are a bit higher than they have been over the last 12 years. I am preparing for Ride the Rockies and experimenting with a 1-2cm higher handlebar. I don't think I like the higher bars But more pertinent, I may have misspoke. I took the Legolas out for an afternoon ride, and I think

[RBW] Re: A nice ride today, a celebration of my best bike of all time.

2012-04-04 Thread pb
There are bikes that I look at, and they just make sense. This is one of them. Bars a tad high for my taste, but that's my taste. Nice ride. Simple, competent, functional, pulled-together. ~pb On Apr 3, 8:29 pm, Mojo wrote: > This late winter I traded out my cockpit on my custom road standar

[RBW] Re: A nice ride today, a celebration of my best bike of all time.

2012-04-03 Thread rob markwardt
I forgot the best part. I had dropped my car off for service in the morning and biked from the dealer. On the way back I flatted a couple blocks away and was able to coast into the parking lot just as the tire was becoming unrideablehah, hah flat god! On Apr 3, 10:25 pm, rob markwardt wrote

[RBW] Re: A nice ride today, a celebration of my best bike of all time.

2012-04-03 Thread rob markwardt
Beautiful bike. I celebrated my favorite bike today by logging 30 miles in a driving rain. Rode to Mercer Island, found a beautiful green forest, took my Bleriot for a walk on the trails, got lost(on an island?), froze my butt, and had a great time. Some lousy iphone pics... http://www.flickr.c

Re: [RBW] Re: A nice ride today, a celebration of my best bike of all time.

2012-04-03 Thread James Warren
Could be my favorite too! -Original Message- From: cyclotourist Sent: Apr 3, 2012 9:25 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: A nice ride today, a celebration of my best bike of all time. And a great looker as well! On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 8:55 PM, dougP <dou

[RBW] Re: A nice ride today, a celebration of my best bike of all time.

2012-04-03 Thread dougP
That is a beautiful bike. It's good to hear that after 11 years it is still "the favorite". A few subtle changes as time marches on but fundamentally still the same bike. Thanks for sharing. dougP On Apr 3, 8:29 pm, Mojo wrote: > This late winter I traded out my cockpit on my custom road stan