$200 for a shifter? You could buy a whole bike, with nice stuff, for that back when those shifters were made. The power of inflation.....
-----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 10:56 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: atlantis traveler I think it was Pereira who had something like this at the 2008 NAHBS. It was $200 and super elegant, and I was really tempted. Somehow I let my prudent side win that one. I'll add a lower gear for the trip. On Jan 27, 12:47 am, "Doug Peterson" <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > Jim: > > Do you recall the old FD shifters that were actuated by a rod mounted on the > seat tube, with a small knob to grab? IIRC correctly it was a simple > rotation to shift. That gave way to matching DT levers probably early 60s. > But was elegant & simple, and would look good on your bike, especially if > you have only occasional need for a front shift. > > In any case, I'd definitely add a granny for this trip. There's a lot of > wrinkles in the landscape out here. > > dougP > > -----Original Message----- > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Thill - Hiawatha > Cyclery > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 9:28 PM > To: RBW Owners Bunch > Subject: [RBW] Re: atlantis traveler > > At one point, I had a 26t inner chainring, featuring derailleur-less > manual shifting. I will probably reinstall a granny before I come to > CA, just in case we/I do Palomar observatory or some other grinding > climbs. > > On Jan 26, 4:54 pm, Dustin Sharp <dsh...@runbox.com> wrote: > > It does indeed look pretty cool, though I think 1x9 would be tough for the > > Palomar observatory mountain climb I did this weekend. > > > (but that might have been a tough sell for the group ride anyway. > Seriously > > though‹it¹s conveniently located between Oceanside, SD, and OC! And really > > beautiful!) > > > Dustin > > > From: David Estes <cyclotour...@gmail.com> > > Reply-To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:47:18 -0800 > > To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > Subject: [RBW] Re: atlantis traveler > > > Looks about perfect! What's the cassette range? > > > 2 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thought some of you may be interested in seeing photos of my Atlantis, > > > which has a somewhat atypical configuration. This is the bike I'll be > > > bringing for the SoCal RBW Owners ride in March: > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/tags/travelbike/ > > > -- > > Cheers, > > David > > Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
