Wow. It's hard to beat a Heron Road converted to 650B.
On Jun 18, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Joe Bernard wrote: > I'm still pretty lame at posting pics, but here's an attempt. I picked up > this Rive-designed, Waterford-built early Heron Road from Ted Durant here a > while back. He's mentioned that Reynolds 531 is magic in a frame tube, and I > believe it..this baby floats down the road and soars up hills like a balloon! > > Designed for 700c, converted to 650b. The BB is probably too low, but I'm > pretty good about keeping the inside pedal up through corners, so not a > problem. > > Mid-90's "8-speed" XT rear derailer, late-80's Dura-Ace front. > Ritchey 50-34 cranks with some kinda Octalink BB. > Phil hubs, IRD 7-speed freewheel, Velocity Synergy 36-hole rims, SOMA New > Xpress 38mm tires. > Vintage Simplex post, Brooks B68(?) saddle. > Albatross CrMo bars, Riv Miesha cork grips, Silver shifters, Suntour XC > Expert (Dia-Compe) levers, V-O quill converter topped with some cheap generic > threadless 12cm stem..might be a Dimension. I figured I would eventually get > a Nitto in there, but I'm already used to this look now, so maybe not. > Silver long-reach brakes. > Riv Hoop saddlebag support. > Carradice bag..I think it's a Barley, could be a Pendle. > Sackville XS small seatbag used as a front. > I'm amused that I mixed two brands of bags and put one on the wrong end, and > I still ended up looking like a bagmatcher :) > > This bike is the toppermost of the poppermost..thanks for looking. > > Joe "soon to be seen with David Banzer's SOMA Porteur rack" Bernard > Vallejo, CA. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > <pic-r-1402538088036.jpg> James Warren jimcwar...@earthlink.net - 700x55 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
