[RBW] Re: Our Green Sam Hillborne Shop Bike

2009-12-19 Thread Forrest
Very sharp-looking! I just got a green one in the same size, and I am very impressed with the quality -- and the looks! Setting mine up as a commuter, trail/gravel, or touring bike, with Nitto large rear rack and Schwalbe XR 700x40 tires (which fit nicely with room to spare.) -- Forrest On Dec 17,

[RBW] Re: Our Green Sam Hillborne Shop Bike

2009-12-18 Thread Bryan @ Renaissance Bicycles
Yes, you are correct sir -- Pletscher ESGE Zoom I really like two qualities of the kickstand: (1) The easy setup (2) It is surprisingly light -- at least as compared to most kickstands. The downside is that it seems to hang a little too low off the chainstay for my liking. This may not be appar

[RBW] Re: Our Green Sam Hillborne Shop Bike

2009-12-18 Thread JoelMatthews
That is the Zoom kickstand. It is branded as either Pletscher or ESGE. Nice set up with mulitple adjustments. It uses the big old top bolt on traditional ESGEs, so you need a fair amount of space behind the downtube. On Dec 17, 10:52 pm, Rene Sterental wrote: > Great build! I like the kickstan

[RBW] Re: Our Green Sam Hillborne Shop Bike

2009-12-18 Thread EricP
Very nice look. Much more "sporty" than mine. The brifters give a nice clean set of lines to that bike. Also agree with Rene - cool choice of kickstand. Kinda hard to wrap, twine and shellac, though. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Dec 17, 9:24 pm, "Bryan @ Renaissance Bicycles" wrote: > Sorry th