Indeed, that is a gorgeous frame! I love the deep rich red. It's like the color of a candy apple in a dream, just a little more red than is possible in the real world.
I'll also contribute a short happy story about buying a used custom bike because, well, I just bought one. After reading through many an issue of Bicycle Quarterly I became enamored of Jan Heine's Universal Recommended Bicycle (low trail, front load, flexy, etc). I asked Jan about builders to consider, and he recommended Mitch at MAP. I reached out to Mitch, who was wonderful, but said he was fully booked and not even taking reservations for a while. You can imagine how excited I was when I saw a MAP Randonneur posted to a local list. And all the better, it turns out the fellow who had it built shares my dimensions (height, PBH, saddle height) and had worked out his dream bike over years of randonneuring and commissioning customs. After scraping together money for a bit over a month I went for a test ride and fell in love. I didn't even have to adjust the seat height. In the end I was able to benefit from all the research and testing a same-sized fellow had done. He designed a bike that almost undoubtedly fits me better than one I would have designed myself. Now, I would have spec'd 650B wheels, more modern brakes, and pannier lowriders up front. But I'm happy to give those things up in order to have this bike, today, and for about half price! So don't give up hope! And keep an eye out for similar sized folks! For the curious, here's the new-to-me bike: https://goo.gl/photos/cXWTnxCCiJdJmtfw7 https://goo.gl/photos/TLeGdKpToUcCqLJ77 https://goo.gl/photos/mRD6dYcfRKbvDQz37 Reed On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 7:41 PM, Abcyclehank <hankinso...@me.com> wrote: > Sean, > That is a beautiful custom lugged frame. Although others have cited the > issues of customs not holding value. The good news is your only need to > find one person who shares you vision and size. As you started your build > is pretty standard. > Another option is to sell frame set separate from group set. Also keeping > the Campy build for yourself potentially. > > Good luck. > Ryan Hankinson > Muskegon, MI > > -- > 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.
