I did in fact pick up my new joe yesterday. It was raining all day yesterday, so didn't get a chance to get any photos. But today is basically gorgeous in SF, so I got to take some photos.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/phlatphrog/sets/72157665354969562/ I managed to snag one of the very last longboy racks before they were sold out. Riv stashed it somewhere for me, and Mark installed it before pickup. I requested that it be mounted on the lower mount point, rather than on the mount point on the seat stay. I was confused by looking at this photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/9ejXZlLxFD/ It looked to me like the top of the rack is way too high over the tire. What I didn't realize is that that is a 650b wheel. That is a size 51 joe app, while mine is a size 55, with 700c wheels. When I was at riv HQ Mark happened to walk through, and he explained to me that the lower mount point is actually even lower than most bikes because the 2 mount points near the rear axle are rotated back a bit, compared to other bikes. In order to actually mount the longboy there, he had to trip a bit of metal off the mounting tab on the rack. (You can see that here: https://flic.kr/p/DZbVDj) So at this point, the rack fit is quite tight, and I may actually need to raise it if I put fatter tires on. The other tweaks, so far, are that I swapped the saddle, the brake levers, and put on some grip rings. I have a brooks b17 that I might swap to, or I might stick with this one. Was not too excited about the standard saddle. The standard brake levers can be mounted, as I received the bike, with the bolts sticking up, and into your hands if you try to grip in that area, or if you reverse the levers, with the bolts almost blocking the gear shift levers. I did try it reversed, and it did work, and they were not stabbing my hands, but I opted to get some brake levers that give a little bit more wiggle room. I'm sort of planning to wrap the bars. The grip rings are not permanent, but they're easy (well, relatively easy) to put on/remove, and I can try different positions for the levers for a while before I do anything "permanent" with bar tape. The bag tied to the rack is for a ride this afternoon. I don't have any real bike bags with me. I was planning to maybe purchase a backabike bag when I picked up the bike, but it turns out riv is sold out of them, in all colors. I've never had a bike with a kickstand before. Still having to remember that I don't have to lean it against things when I want to leave it for a second. On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Now that you mention it, I didn't see the blue in person either. All the > demos were mustard, and my 'Loosa is mustard. > > On Friday, March 4, 2016 at 10:49:58 AM UTC-8, Patrick D Kelly wrote: >> >> Yup, I received email notice yesterday that my bike is ready. Roughly 24 >> hours til pickup! >> >> I'm also eager to see the array of joes at riv HQ. And I still haven't >> ever seen the blue in person. >> >> > -- > 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. -- 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.
