[RBW] Re: Conzelman Road Redux

Nice photos. Makes me lust in my heart after a Yves Gomez. Have always liked Rivendell's interpretation of the mixte. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Dec 7, 11:51 pm, Ray Shine wrote: > Yeah, after the top wears out, I can cut the bottle into strips and lace them > through my spokes! > > __

Re: [RBW] Re: Odd New Bike: Built, Explained

No cable stretch and you'd feel like a Harley rider with a suicide shifter. Sent from my Kindle Fire _ From: Joe Bernard Sent: Wed Dec 07 20:45:05 CST 2011 To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: Odd New Bike: Built, Explained I thin

[RBW] Re: Odd New Bike: Built, Explained

The grouping I posted earlier represented the current-production diaga-bikes, but let's not forget the earliest members of the family: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbwmbn/1468660630/in/pool-1641278@N22/ (I love/want this bike!) And this custom: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32306142@N07/49358

[RBW] Re: Odd New Bike: Built, Explained

I'm also a fan of these changers, the look anyway. I had a chance to buy an old French bike several years back and passed on it. Kind of regret that. Anyway, I bet Velo Orange could develop one of these if they wanted. Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

Re: [RBW] Re: Odd New Bike: Built, Explained

On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 20:37 -0800, Ginz wrote: > Clanger, maybe, but no one is going to talk > me out of a front changer. I'm a huge MASH fan, as well. Clangers and MASH, is that what you're saying? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch

[RBW] Re: Odd New Bike: Built, Explained

"No cable stretch and you'd feel like a Harley rider with a suicide shifter." Dang. Beat me to it. On Dec 8, 6:51 am, Bruce Herbitter wrote: > No cable stretch and you'd feel like a Harley rider with a suicide shifter. > Sent from my Kindle Fire > > _

[RBW] What happened to clear powder coating

In reading Grant's latest post about the new mystery bike, I noted his comments on potential clear powder coating of the frame. That remark made me wonder what happened to clear powder coat option that was promoted heavily 3-4 years ago. My original series Bombadil was clear coated, and the finis

RE: [RBW] What happened to clear powder coating

There have been a few posts on this in the past. I have a Bomba that was originally clear powder coated. The bike lived for its first summer at my house at the Jersey shore, literally 20 yards from the saltwater Intracoastal Waterway, and after that summer I noticed that it was developing some

Re: [RBW] Re: Odd New Bike: Built, Explained

Clearly Grant is just jumping on the Pinarello asymmetrical bandwagon! ;-) I like "Slackeur" too, though it sounds like a porteur that's too lazy to carry anything... -Pete -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this disc

[RBW] Re: Odd New Bike: Built, Explained

The revisionist history at the beginning of the Wed. Blug post is amusing. It started with Grant feeling a little odd, but grateful, that someone else built the bike up for him. Now he's all super happy about it. "Hey, it's my blog, and I reserve the right to change my mind!" ;-) Joe "I wish I

[RBW] Re: Odd New Bike: Built, Explained

Marty: I see the date on the photo of the red custom is 2001. Look at how tall the head tube is; this is clearly A Big Bike. Somewhere in the back of my mind is a vague recollection of an article (in the RR??) about the challenge of building a really large frame for a really big guy (maybe pro a

Re: [RBW] Re: Going Going, Back Back, To Cali Cali :: Visiting the Bay Area!

Any schedule yet? I'm up for some bike camping. Summery, though? Not so much. Two days ago I was up on top of Montebello Road, a beautiful fire road along the ridge line between the South Bay and the Pacific. As I was riding through a shady spot, I noticed a frozen puddle. Usually frozen puddles m

[RBW] Re: Odd New Bike: Built, Explained

Doug - Can't say if that date is meaningful or not. I found the photo somewhere on the net a while back, pre-Flickr as I recall, and did not want to lose it so it's likely a screen grab. Date seems about right though, and I agree it's a great looking bike. -- You received this message because

[RBW] Verse on "Odd New Bike: Built, Explained"

Lead on Wednesday's Blug entry about the (H)ot (S)**t bike: "It makes me feel like King of all I survey." - John, as he rode it.

[RBW] Re: What happened to clear powder coating

I have a 2.5 year old Quickbeam that's accumulating some pretty good beausage, which I'm currently fine with. However, if I were to re- finish, I think the clear powder-coating would be my 1st choice. The only concern I have is what you do when a clear powder-coat gets dinged, meaning what would on

Re: [RBW] Re: What happened to clear powder coating

Mike, Couldn't you use clear nail polish for touch up, as Thomas suggested? David G Madison WI On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Mike S wrote: > I have a 2.5 year old Quickbeam that's accumulating some pretty good > beausage, which I'm currently fine with. However, if I were to re- > finish, I

[RBW] Re: Odd New Bike: Built, Explained

On Dec 7, 7:04 pm, Mike wrote: Although my hands down favorite name for a Riv bike would be > the "Ignatius J. Reilly".  I'll just shut up now. > +1. This bike will make many valves close as it lacks a certain theology and geometry held closely by the confederacy of dunces. -- You received t

[RBW] Re: What happened to clear powder coating

I've got a powdercoat idea for my next frameset, but it's not clear powder coat. I did a lot of brevets in 2011 and in 2012 I'm going to attempt stretching out to longer events which will include much more night riding. When I built up a dynamo wheelset, I got the rims powdercoated with retro

[RBW] Re: Odd New Bike: Built, Explained

And it covers the Francophilia Grant wanted to poke at, since the J stands for Jacques. "Myrna Minkoff" might make my magical mixte -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.

RE: [RBW] Re: What happened to clear powder coating

cool concept From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of William Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:51 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: What happened to clear powder coating I've got

Re: [RBW] Re: Odd New Bike: Built, Explained

Maybe if they do indeed stiffen the rear triangle, the chainstays and seatstays could be minimized a bit, lending a more elegant look to it. Not sure how that would play against the multi-tube front, but those, like wise could be ever so smaller. Sorry, GP, just thinking out loud. On Wed, Dec 7,