Well for me this was a big stretch budget wise, but I'm glad that I did it. I promised myself that if I stuck with commuting by bike that I'd get an upgrade. Well it has been just over two years of 365 day a year commuting and so my wife suggested it was time. We had visited Rivendell when we were down in the Bay Area two years ago and she liked them as much as I did. I was happy to take her up on it. Today I was stopped twice by people admiring the bike! It was partly sunny and there were lots of commuters out. A guy on a super clean and nice Raleigh Super Course with Nervex lugs shouted to me as he rode down a different path as it Y-ed. That was fun. :)
Just put the VO seat post, Cardiff saddle and VO chain stay protector (elk hide) on the bike and it looks great! For the record, that UO-8 has been a real champion commuter. It's a long frame and I built a set of wheels for it (Pelissier hubs and Super Champion rims) and it's very comfortable, lowly as the construction might be. It will continue to do duty whenever I have to lock a bike up outside. I still recommend that bike to anyone on a budget. But I'm happy I got the Hillborne! Cheers, Karl On Jun 17, 5:47 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Man! That's quite an upgrade, from a U08 to even a made in Taiwan Rivendell! > I decided some time ago that, because one of my Riv customs was hanging on > the wall while I rode (fixed gear) beaters to work, that I would have the > Riv converted to fixed and use it for commuting. I have had no regrets about > this since. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
