It rides like a relaxed mountain bike, as it is one, meaning it's different than all my other bikes. It would be fun for gravel trails, which Chicago does have outside of the city in extensive forest preserve trails, but much of my riding doesn't take me there. In the city I prefer road-ish geometry, or at least something a little more aggressive than a 70/70 geometry. All in all, it was a fun build to put together. I optimistically put it up on CL, so if it sells I won't miss it, but if it doesn't it'll be fun to have for gravel rides. The Clem build will be around Albatross bars, which I think I would enjoy more on this bike. David Chicago
On Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 8:27:06 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Looking good. How'w the ride? > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 7:12:59 PM UTC-6, David Banzer wrote: >> >> While waiting for Clem, and still trying to convince myself that the >> large 59cm frame would indeed be large enough, I decided to do an >> experiment: get a 80s MTB, largest I could find (57cm center-top seattube >> in this case) and push it to the height limits and try and make it work for >> me. I figured if a 57cm, non-sloping top tube frame could work for me, then >> I'd be convinced I'd be happy with a 59cm Clem. Top it off by trying to >> make it a drop bar conversion as well. >> After gathering parts, some from this list (thanks!) I put together a >> Schwinn Impact as a single speed - easiest way to build up a bike and >> pretty much all I need for the terrain here. >> Side note: the late 80s Schwinn graphics were far too subdued for the >> late 80s, so naturally it needed hot pink shellacked Newbaum's tape. >> >> Photos here: >> http://s821.photobucket.com/user/dabanzer/slideshow/Schwinn%20Impact?sort=2 >> >> David >> Chicago >> > -- 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.
