There aren't *too* many photos of Soma San Marcos builds online, so I figured I'd post this as maybe I'll be doing a service to some curious souls out there. Christmas pushed this Amos over the finish line and I completed the build on New Year's Day. Photos: http://imgur.com/a/U12iY
The frame is a 51 and fits my 80 PBH eerily perfectly. The ride is lively and zippy, as expected, yet extremely confidence-inspiring in some way I have yet to figure out. Maybe that's what the "sport touring" thing is all about? Anyways, I don't weigh much and ride predominantly paved surfaces here in San Francisco, but I can already see this San Marcos serving as an excellent all-rounder. Will need to report back after some additional fine-tuning (and perhaps a light tour / camping trip), but overall I'm loving the ride and can't wait to put the bike to work. Parts: Velocity Atlas 650B wheelset, Schwalbe Marathon Greenguard 42 mm tires, Sugino XD2 triple crankset, Shimano UN55 bottom bracket, MKS RMX pedals, Shimano Claris derailleurs, Silver downtube friction shifters, Tektro R559 brakes, FSA Duron X headset, Nitto Technomic stem, Nitto Albatross bars, Tektro FL750 levers, Uno SP-248 seatpost, Brooks B17 Special Honey saddle, SKS P50 Longboard fenders, Crane brass bell, front (+ medium Wald) and rear Nitto racks to be mounted soon. A note about the fenders/clearance: I had every intention of maxing out my tire size on this bike, whether or not that meant I could run fenders, thus the 42 mm Schwalbe Marathons. I'm not sure what they actually measure - high 30s, maybe? Got to chatting with some folks at American Cyclery in SF, who told me I should be able to run fenders just fine. Besides Rivendell and maybe Soma, they would know best. No generous clearances to speak of, but rear clearance is fine, front clearance is fine if not just a few mm tighter. Doing great on asphalt, may not fare so well if you add mud to the equation. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
