Mine seems to get more austere each year...shellacked cotton over old tubes, fraying black twine and brake levers. In the evenings, there's a little Knog USB headlight on there, but it comes off whenever I lock the bike around Philly.
A few years back, I ditched the cycle computer. It really helped me to get over the overwhelming riding as 'training' mentality. Not that there's anything wrong with training...I just never knew exactly what I was training for. Eric On Monday, August 29, 2016 at 9:06:24 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > As close to naked as I dare! Grin. > > Hunqapillar: Brake levers, thumb shifter for rear DR. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/deaconpatrick/29288700126/in/dateposted-public/ > > Quickbeam: Brake levers > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/deaconpatrick/29010417892/in/dateposted-public/ > > I have a battery powered IQ light that I occasionally pop on there, but > only rarely. > > I've kept the Hunqapillar's bars unwrapped as I experimented with the > brake lever placement, and also again testing if I like the bars naked. I > do, until I sweat. Climbing steep hills without cotton tape isn't fun when > sweating on the bars. Interestingly, round here that's mostly an issue > Spring and Fall (keep in mind, summer is a 30 day period that happens > randomly between mid-June and mid-August and winter is October through > April, Autumn and Spring happening in the fringe calidoscope of days) > because in Summer the temp is high (for here) but the humidity is low > because the temp is high, so moisture management is not an issue. However, > now, with cooler temps and with stormy days we often have 70-100% humidity, > in the 40-60˚F range, so nothing evaporates. Bars are soon getting the > cotton tape (Grey on both this time round). > > I've mentioned my aversion to cockpit gadgets like GPS/computers. The > simplicity of the ride is wondrous. On today's ride, I paid zero attention > to time or distance, though I know I rode fairly fast as I was a gear > higher than often. I love that kind of "ride by feel," and do it even when > I'm exploring new territory (though at this point I basically know what's > in my day ride range quite well, so there is no new territory without > either getting driven somewhere or bikepacking from home.). > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Monday, August 29, 2016 at 6:37:23 PM UTC-6, Eric Norris wrote: >> >> My Riv Road: Steel, leather, friction shifting ... and a bunch of >> electronic gear. Even the headlights are electronic. >> >> What's in *your* cockpit? >> > -- 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.
