1. Another mixte rebuild for a charity auction. This one is a Fuji Royale mixte (from, I think, 1981); quite a nice frame, repainted by Bruce at the Color Factory a tasteful Taxicab Yellow. It will get the same build as in past years – 3-speed Sturmey drum brake rear and Sturmey drum brake front, laced to Ghisallo wooden rims in 650B, upright bars, and some kind of fancy chainguard and basket. These builds have enough whiz-bang to them that they fetch good bids, and sometimes bidding wars. And I have the problems worked out with these builds, so other than lacing the wheels, they don’t take me too long.
2. Finish the build on my S&S coupled Saluki, and get comfortable packing and unpacking it. 3. I have two bikes that have been off the road for minor repairs or updates for nearly a year – time to get to them this winter. My Bombadil gets a new Luxos set-up, and some new grips. The Mystery Bike took a fall, and needs a new cork grip; while I’m at it I’ll change the brake levers and install a basket on the Mark’s rack. 4. The downtube shifter thread has me curious – I’ve never ridden a downtube shifter-equipped bike. So an old and somewhat beat-up but perfectly sound Gitane Tour de France with downtubers will move up in the queue – good to have a beater road bike, and it’s a snazzy purple color with foil decals, so, hey! From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matthew J Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 9:28 AM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: What's your winter project? Finally going to try out a kick back hub for an urban porteur. Should be on the streets around February. On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 4:37:11 AM UTC-6, ascpgh wrote: Riding, besides my commutes, get a bit scant from here on out through winter. The season, the holidays, more deliberate prep for a trip in the conditions, plenty of things distract from just a nice ride but I realize that at this time every year I always seem to contemplate a bike project to go with the anticipated springtime, fruition or not. It's biking fun for the extra bandwidth. My project is a low trail, 650b wheeled, all-around bike made with a lively tube set (versus sturdy for touring) with drop bars, center pull brakes, generator hub, LED lighting. All on a budget recognizing the value of experience, unlike the box bike/mass market interpretation, handmade wheels versus machine made ones as an example. I am reading and including many posting subjects and items in this project and admit that may not reach reality, but it's fun to have on the drawing board. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh -- 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<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<mailto: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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************** This email (and any attachments thereto) is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (and any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (212) 735-3000 and permanently delete the original email (and any copy of any email) and any printout thereof. Further information about the firm, a list of the Partners and their professional qualifications will be provided upon request. **************************************************** ============================================================================== -- 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.
