Hi Yves, welcome! How does the B-Stone work for you? Does it fill the gap you mentioned?
Glad you're on board, spread the good word :-) Cheers, David On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > About 4 years ago, I had two road bikes. One was a very light older > racing style Litespeed. I loved the way it handled, but it had no > clearance for bigger tires. My FIL bought his Romulus about the same > time and I became very curious over Riv and other older and extremely > useful bicycles. About the same time I bought a Sequoia that had > plenty of gears and tire clearance, but it handled nothing like my > Litespeed. I wish I had a bike that was the combination of the two. > > I moved to Colorado in 05 and wound up selling both road bikes. I only > road my old beat up Univega mountain bike with slicks. I put a brooks > B-17 and Suntour thumbies on it and was quite happy with it. I mainly > just ran errands on it. > > I just recently relocated back to CA and decided it was time again to > make riding a big part of my life. For some reason, I rode much less > in CO than I have anywhere else I have lived. About 3 months ago, I > began scouring CL, ebay, pawnshops, yard sales and anything else I > could think of to find an older nice steel frame. Well, just this last > week, my patience paid off. While on a business trip in AZ, I found a > Bridgestone 400 in pretty good condition with all the original > components. I bought it. > > It will immediately get my Brooks B-17, a tall Nitto stem I have > laying around, some Shimano 105 brakes or maybe just get new shoes for > the bridgestone brakes, Pasela 27inchers and Cane Creek levers. If > anyone is selling a Nitto 177 Noodle 44-46cm bar, I am very > interested :) > > For the time being, I will leave the drivetrain alone, just give > everything a good cleaning, polish and lube. I plan to commute, run > errands, and make recreational use of this bike. This bike will > improve my life on so many levels and I can't wait. > > It's nice to meet all of you. > > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
