My next but one and long delayed project is to build a 17" Diamond Back into a usable all rounder for my daughter, but bikes like Scott's tempt me to trade it in for a larger size and build it up for myself ...
On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Scott Loveless <sdlovel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mine's an '87 MB-2, 58cm. I lovingly refer to her as the Junqapillar. > She's worn a bunch of hats over the last few years. MTB knobbies, then > 1.75 Paselas, occasionally studded tires. Sometimes fenders and racks. > Jim Thill built a dynamo wheel for her and she was my main transportation, > camping and touring bike for a while. B.17, 20/32/42 triple, 7-speed > rear. I had Suntour barcons, but gave them to a friend. Now the bike has > 7-speed Shimano bar end shifters. At first, she had a Wald 8095 handlebar, > but I actually bent it when I pulled up starting off from a stop in too > high a gear. Definitely not MTN EN. Has had an Albatross or a Mustache > since. > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Let's say that you've decided your stable has a niche for "just ride" > > bicycle, one that encourages slow meandering rides, with sit up and beg > > position, street shoe pedals, and comfortable tires. But you can't > afford a > > Clem, and yet want something less ponderous and ungainly than, say, a > > Raleigh Sports. Since this is a "spur of the moment, get on and ride for > 10 > > to 30 minutes" kind of bike, you won't need fenders; but you might want a > > rack or bag for light loads -- say taking a ride to the nearby Open Space > > park to do some work on your laptop. > > > > What would you build up? For example, would you choose an old chromo road > > frame and 650B it, or would you choose a nice old rigid mtb (not > pre-NORBA; > > I don't like the old ones) and shoe it with Rat Trap Passes? > > > > Bar? Saddle? Pedals? > > > > Describe the saddle and build kit and gearing -- me, I'd be inclined to > make > > it fixed or, at least, ss -- keep it simple = just get on and ride, in my > > opinion. Platforms or clips 'n' straps? > > > > First criterion: easy no-thought, no-prep riding; second, stability; > third, > > comfort and efficiency -- no g-d iron tires; fourth, cheap. > > > -- > Scott Loveless > Camp Hill, PA USA > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > __o > _'\<,_ > (*)/ (*) > > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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.
