Re: [RBW] Your lockable commuter thread

2020-09-22 Thread Patrick Moore
Good to know. Are you using a S3X hub? On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 12:10 PM 'Eric Norris' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Patrick: > > Patrick: > > The Motobecane stills sees regular use, now as a three-speed weekend > rider. Rode it last night, as a matter of fact.

Re: [RBW] Your lockable commuter thread

2020-09-22 Thread 'Eric Norris' via RBW Owners Bunch
Patrick: Patrick: The Motobecane stills sees regular use, now as a three-speed weekend rider. Rode it last night, as a matter of fact. There is indeed something about that bike that makes it a bunch of fun to ride. I’m sure the Reynolds 531 tubing has a lot to do with that—I’ve never been di

Re: [RBW] Your lockable commuter thread

2020-09-14 Thread Jason Fuller
Ray - ha, that is pretty interesting, and time will tell if I feel the same! I'll keep the Clem for a bit while I get to know the XO-2 for sure. But for me, I want something zippy enough that I'm not labouring to keep up with friends on road bikes but still comfortable enough for mixed surface comm

Re: [RBW] Your lockable commuter thread

2020-09-14 Thread Ray
Hey Jason, This is really interesting to me because I feel like you and I kind of moved in opposite directions. I recently bought an XO-2 for this exact purpose, but I found that I didn't really like the way that it carried a load and I needed a commuter that could carry a fair amount day-to-da

Re: [RBW] Your lockable commuter thread

2020-09-14 Thread ascpgh
Steve, I had that same frame as a warranty replacement of my '89 Mark's magenta/DiNucci green StumpJumper. Jason, I used my '93 XO-2 (purple, lugged) to commute. I found it to ride harshly because of its targeted use range and was too small for me in its biggest size as someone earlier pointed

Re: [RBW] Your lockable commuter thread

2020-09-13 Thread Patrick Moore
XO2, not XO1, you are right -- my mistake, sorry. On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 7:31 PM Jason Fuller wrote: > Steven - I adore your bike with the heavily patina'd fenders. That's > really the spirit of this thread. > Lucky - I know that feeling. Heck, that's me with my '71 Raleigh folding > bike. I us

Re: [RBW] Your lockable commuter thread

2020-09-13 Thread kim young
Yeah! Really love those ratt fenders, too. On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 6:31 PM Jason Fuller wrote: > Steven - I adore your bike with the heavily patina'd fenders. That's > really the spirit of this thread. > Lucky - I know that feeling. Heck, that's me with my '71 Raleigh folding > bike. I use it

Re: [RBW] Your lockable commuter thread

2020-09-13 Thread Jason Fuller
Steven - I adore your bike with the heavily patina'd fenders. That's really the spirit of this thread. Lucky - I know that feeling. Heck, that's me with my '71 Raleigh folding bike. I use it almost exclusively for locking up where I don't feel comfortable locking any other bike up, yet I am hig

Re: [RBW] Your lockable commuter thread

2020-09-12 Thread Sky Coulter
Looks pretty sweet! Sky in new west > On Sep 12, 2020, at 3:50 PM, Jason Fuller wrote: > > Hey friends, this is a thinly veiled excuse to post my recent acquisition: a > '92 XO-2. I had a '92 XO-1 (also white) as some of you've seen, which I > dialed in pretty nice but ultimately didn't ha