When I was on bike patrol I would have loved to have a Rivendell. I actually took one of our first steel Trek mountain bikes with a rigid frame/fork that was in storage and made some modifications. I drilled out the holes where the reflectors were and mounted some long reach ultegra brakes, found some 700c hybrid wheels and mounted continental city ride 700x35 tires. I took the flat bars off and put on some drop bars with suntour friction bar end shifters. It was a sweet setup. I tried to get a purchase order approved for a cyclocross bike but they never would. One of the reasons our bikes were in such bad shape was when you had something go wrong with it you had to take it to the contract bike shop to get a quote, then put in a purchase req., and then wait for it to return which could be 2,4, or 30 weeks away. You then took it to the bike shop to get fixed. I found it was easier to buy my own Park advanced tool repair kit and do the work my self. Some of the bike shops woud give me a discount on parts I bought so I could fix my bike and would even let me use one of their repair stands if I needed it during work.
On Jun 19, 11:08 am, William Henderson <william.c.hender...@gmail.com> wrote: > This post has absolutely no grounds in reality and I have little hope > of ever seeing it happen. > > ...anyway... I was reading an article a couple weeks back about how > poorly setup most police bicycles are. Bike cops spends 6+ hours a > day in the saddle and they have all needs of a typical Rivendell > owner: need a dependable, durable bike; need to run big tires and > fenders; need to haul things; need a (dare I say) stylish ride. > However, most of the officers I see are stuck on poorly fitted > mountain bikes with tiny frames, low bars and crummy saddles. Some --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
