Other impressions that have come to mind: - I liked the cheap-o retr-o plastic grips, but I think without gloves my hands would get sticky sweaty on long rides with them.
- I can't comment on the seat. The binder bolt broke while adjusting it for the test ride which ended up being all-standing and shorter (duration, not height; although at 5'8"...) than I would have liked. But the saddle looked nice. Attached to the seat post. Lying on the ground. :/ - the IG-turned-derailer shifters worked great. Indexed, but frictiony. Shifted just fine. No worries. Aaron Young The Dalles, OR On Tuesday, July 7, 2015, dougP <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > Jim: > > Let us know if you find a source for that seat. > > dougP > > On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 8:11:50 AM UTC-7, James Warren wrote: >> >> >> Thanks, Aaron. >> >> One of the pictures, >> >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/sk8_or_die/19449664091/in/album-72157655573779841/ >> >> shows the bike's seat lying on the ground. I was at Rivendell WC >> yesterday, and I got to ride the Clementine with that seat attached. It's >> really excellent. The brand is Velo; the look is plain and good, and the >> handle it has off the back is nice for two reasons: as a handle as intended >> or as a place for saddlebag attaching. It's wide to optimize the Bosco bar >> setup, but you don't have to spring (!) for the price of a B67. I liked how >> the inexpensive Velo seat felt while riding on it. I kind of want to get >> one separately. >> >> -Jim W. >> Los Angeles, CA (temporarily in Berkeley) >> >> >> On Jul 7, 2015, at 6:57 AM, Aaron Young wrote: >> >> Hey Gang, >> >> I stopped by Rivelo in Portland for the first time recently. What a >> great shop with all the bike and camping gear, hatchets, and a entire wall >> of Bob Dylan albums for sale. >> >> It took a minute before I noticed but sitting right next to an orange >> Cheviot was an orange Clementine. Or maybe it's a clementine Clementine??? >> >> Shop owner John (nice to meet you!) let me ride the Clementine for a >> bit. It was set up with Bosco bars and fat knobby tires. It was great! >> The Hunqa fork goes a long way to making this bike look super tough. >> >> I admit that based only on internet pics and reading about the >> Clem/Clementine I was not very impressed. But it was a whole different >> story to see it in person and ride it, and now I'm a believer. Even the >> Clementine with the swooping tubes had a rough/tough/beefy look to it. Not >> "girly" at all (hey, I like "girly"). I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the >> Clementine to anyone especially for the price. Heck, now I'm itching to >> add one to my band of bicycles. I'm pretty sure I would even go with a >> Clementine over the Clem because of the drop tube. >> >> Here's a few pics from my short shop visit: >> >> https://www.flickr.com/gp/sk8_or_die/XV8E26 >> >> Aaron Young >> The Dalles, OR >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> James Warren >> jimcw...@earthlink.net >> >> - 700x33 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- > 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 > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> > . > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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. > -- 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.
