Thanks! People used the wooden rims for many decades, so I assume they're practical enough. But alloy rims are almost certainly more practical -- for one thing, if you are riding hilly terrain and have to ride the brakes hard, the aroma of hot wood is noticeable, which can't be ideal. But I use them mostly on bikes without rim brakes, and mostly on bikes where the likely riding terrain is very flat -- as charity auction beach cruisers with drum brakes, mostly. This Wilbury will serve as an errand bike around town, so the rim brakes are fine. My only other bike with wooden rims is a fixed gear A.N.T. Truss Bike, which has a rim brake for backup but on which I can modulate speed without it.
And they are awfully pretty! Sent from my iPhone On Jun 8, 2016, at 4:00 PM, Ryan Fleming <ryanmalloryflem...@gmail.com<mailto:ryanmalloryflem...@gmail.com>> wrote: Well, as usual, it certainly is pretty....tasty...no that gives the wrong idea....terrific. When you said Wilbur I thought of Charlotte's Web immediately Those bags are really snazzy. I like what PW did to the crankset...how'd you do the pedals? My only thing is that I wonder how practical those very handsome wooden rims are...although, I've seen them on a number of your builds so they must work OK..I just can't see using them in extreme conditions like my fellow Manitoban likes to embrace...anyway, gorgeous as always On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 12:57:20 PM UTC-5, Pudge wrote: Hi, folks, Well, I've had this 60cm Wilbury frame for several years, contemplating how to build it up, and it occurred to me that it might be fun to set out to make a bike that was just as pretty as I could make it. You guys can be the judge of whether I succeeded: Wilbur<https://www.flickr.com/photos/37542512@N04/27469431391/in/dateposted-public/> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/37542512@N04/27469431391/in/dateposted-public/> [https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/c2oDbmD3IzcIf9sfDvYrDW7bn1ywj1F_GG5mj8zURGAMpY50XTPGHaLgAG9XT5mh9LrAt6HohKV4pW5vRe1Ub5JUjriH-8vgtNG7HlVOH2F_BmY=w5000-h5000] Wilbur Rivendell Wilbury<https://www.flickr.com/photos/37542512@N04/27442804322/in/dateposted-public/> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/37542512@N04/27442804322/in/dateposted-public/> [https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/c2oDbmD3IzcIf9sfDvYrDW7bn1ywj1F_GG5mj8zURGAMpY50XTPGHaLgAG9XT5mh9LrAt6HohKV4pW5vRe1Ub5JUjriH-8vgtNG7HlVOH2F_BmY=w5000-h5000] Rivendell Wilbury It's set up as a single speed, with wooden Ghisallo rims and Hetres, with some very nice parts. The bags are from Erik Hjeltness, a vintage auto restorer who made a brief foray into bike bags. Crank is a Stronglight, modified by Peter Weigle. Gran Compe brakes from VO. I made up the pedals to match the tires. The bike may well be the most comfortable I've ever climbed on. Here are a couple of details: Rivendell Wilbury<https://www.flickr.com/photos/37542512@N04/27469400131/in/dateposted-public/> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/37542512@N04/27469400131/in/dateposted-public/> [https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/c2oDbmD3IzcIf9sfDvYrDW7bn1ywj1F_GG5mj8zURGAMpY50XTPGHaLgAG9XT5mh9LrAt6HohKV4pW5vRe1Ub5JUjriH-8vgtNG7HlVOH2F_BmY=w5000-h5000] Rivendell Wilbury Rivendell Wilbury<https://www.flickr.com/photos/37542512@N04/27541756075/in/dateposted-public/> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/37542512@N04/27541756075/in/dateposted-public/> [https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/c2oDbmD3IzcIf9sfDvYrDW7bn1ywj1F_GG5mj8zURGAMpY50XTPGHaLgAG9XT5mh9LrAt6HohKV4pW5vRe1Ub5JUjriH-8vgtNG7HlVOH2F_BmY=w5000-h5000] Rivendell Wilbury Rivendell Wilbury<https://www.flickr.com/photos/37542512@N04/27265125900/in/dateposted-public/> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/37542512@N04/27265125900/in/dateposted-public/> [https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/c2oDbmD3IzcIf9sfDvYrDW7bn1ywj1F_GG5mj8zURGAMpY50XTPGHaLgAG9XT5mh9LrAt6HohKV4pW5vRe1Ub5JUjriH-8vgtNG7HlVOH2F_BmY=w5000-h5000] Rivendell Wilbury Tom ________________________________ The sender of this email is a retired partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP ("Skadden") and is not performing legal service on behalf of Skadden. Use by a retired partner of the skadden.com<http://skadden.com> or probonolaw.com<http://probonolaw.com> domain names is in his/her personal capacity and not on behalf of Skadden or its affiliates. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. ________________________________ The sender of this email is a retired partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP ("Skadden") and is not performing legal service on behalf of Skadden. Use by a retired partner of the skadden.com or probonolaw.com domain names is in his/her personal capacity and not on behalf of Skadden or its affiliates. -- 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.
