[RBW] Re: Orange Bombadil butched up a bit

2010-04-15 Thread William
Splattered with mud. Don't swoon on me now. But trust me, I am not the slightest bit interested in keeping this bike obsessively pristine. In my 40s, bikes are for riding. I will be spending very little time polishing the Bomba with a diaper. It will be mechanically dialed. It will not be kep

[RBW] Re: Orange Bombadil butched up a bit

2010-04-15 Thread JoelMatthews
Think that is just dirt. But even if it is scratched, the Bomb is one bike that wears battle scars well. Unless you go with Ti or Stainless for off road, paint scratches come with the territory. On Apr 15, 4:44 am, happyriding wrote: > Scratches on the underside of the down tube???!!  For the l

[RBW] Re: Orange Bombadil butched up a bit

2010-04-15 Thread happyriding
Scratches on the underside of the down tube???!! For the love of God! :( On Apr 14, 9:10 pm, William wrote: > I took the Bombdil out for a quick loop through Wildcat Canyon.  I > live right over the top of the hill from Rifle Range Road, so it's > extraordinarily easy access.  I still had the r

[RBW] Re: Orange Bombadil butched up a bit

2010-04-14 Thread Michael_S
yup those Pacenti's look just right on the Bommba... the red Hetres... well maybe not. Nice style pints on the Paul's... not sayin' I'd do it but if it works for you... ~Mike~ On Apr 14, 8:55 pm, cyclotourist wrote: > Might as well see about that trademark on it!  :-) > > Nothing wrong with

Re: [RBW] Re: Orange Bombadil butched up a bit

2010-04-14 Thread cyclotourist
Might as well see about that trademark on it! :-) Nothing wrong with that! On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:51 PM, William wrote: > The Harlequin Pauls? I bought them one at a time, to replace Neo > Retros one at a time on my cyclocross bike. I replaced the rear Neo- > Retro after I gashed my leg d

[RBW] Re: Orange Bombadil butched up a bit

2010-04-14 Thread William
The Harlequin Pauls? I bought them one at a time, to replace Neo Retros one at a time on my cyclocross bike. I replaced the rear Neo- Retro after I gashed my leg doing a dismount. I replaced the front Neo Retro when I had a persistent brake chatter issue. When I was ordering the second set, the

Re: [RBW] Re: Orange Bombadil butched up a bit

2010-04-14 Thread cyclotourist
Hey, that's the way that bike is s'posed to look... like it! so what's the story with the harlequin Pauls? :-) On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Brad Gantt wrote: > Wow. Looks great. I'm starting to think about making some room in my > stable for a 'Dil. > > -- > You received this message becau

[RBW] Re: Orange Bombadil butched up a bit

2010-04-14 Thread Brad Gantt
Wow. Looks great. I'm starting to think about making some room in my stable for a 'Dil. -- 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, s