On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Paul Sanders <clown.emp...@gmail.com> wrote: > This thread reminds me of the Muppets song..."it's not easy, being green..." > :-) > > I plan on riding mine off road. For those that live in Minneapolis, I ride > to Theodore Wirth from South Minneapolis, and also to the River Bottom > singletrack trail. Mostly, it's a commuter. > > It's got a 107 BB on it for a Sugino XD2 triple crank. Rivendell installed > it. > > I've got some super beefy Sun Rhyno Lite rims with Schwalble 700x47 tires > for now. And I think I'm going with the Albatross bars for now, just because > I haven't had them for a while. I raced my 64cm Quickbeam in a mountain bike > race once running Albatross bars...my only complaint off-road with them is > that I couldn't push them out far enough on a 12cm stem. No problem with > this bike! The top tube (effective) is 2cm is longer. I know Grant says TT > length doesn't matter, but I measured it anyway. > > I'm really excited about the bike. It coincides with a busy time at work. I > wanted to take a day off and build it up, but it looks like I'll have to > wait until the weekend.
Happy to know this one will be around town. FWIW, I had a similar deal when my Redwood arrived a few years ago - i got to pull it out and ogle it for a minute, then wait a couple of long days before starting assembly. -- Bill Connell St. Paul, MN --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
