What about a vigorelli? http://www.bobjacksoncycles.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=307
On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > $600! That is nice, and it's affordable. My brother recently bought a > Black Mountain monster cross frameset (forget name) and that too is nice, > especially given that he paid half of what I paid for my Matthews, and that > Chauncey charged between half and 1/3 of what he should have charged. > > Thanks for the tip. One more to seriously consider. > > I recall one day, long long ago, when my nephew was 4 years old (he's now > 25 or 26 and earning a lot more than I), taking him to KMart, and telling > him that he could choose *one* toy. He slowly walked up and down the > action figure car shelf, carefully considering each package, and murmured > solemnly to himself, "So many choices!" > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Chris <fourf...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So, I didn't see it mentioned so I'll mention it... Mike Varley at Black >> Mountain Cycles.... His Road is fantastic bike in the Riv Road-esque bike >> and for a great price... >> >> May not tick all your boxes, but is a fantastic bike! >> >> http://blackmtncycles.com/frames/road-frames/ >> >> Chris >> >> >> On Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 5:29:29 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >>> If you wanted the signature Rivendell road ride, but couldn't afford >>> another custom or the Roadeo (and didn't want the Ram -- tried one), and if >>> you thought you might look for an old road racing frame from the '70s, what >>> would you look for? 120 mm OL spacing. >>> >>> After trying out, once again, the S3X hub on the gofast, the hub gear >>> wheel idea being a quick-swap way to adapt this bike to occasional longer >>> and hilly rides, I find that the lash is a deal killer. So I want a frame >>> to build a bike around my AM hub. >>> >>> I'd probably give any such frame to Chauncey to have him remove unneeded >>> braze-ons (like icky derailleur bosses and hangar), and have him braze on >>> needed ones, like a roller boss at the seat tube junction and a housing >>> stop mid-top tube for the trigger cable housing, and then have it powder >>> coated. >>> >>> I did have a decent 1973 Motobecane 2nd level Record, and that was close >>> to what I want, but it wasn't cigar level; it didn't handle quite like my >>> Rivs. >>> >>> (I am tempted to give Chauncey my gofast, and tell him: "Replicate >>> this." But that would be at least $1200 -- cheap at the price, but more >>> than I ought to consider at this point.) >>> >>> (Wouldn't it be lovely to have a customized Roadeo, 57 for me, without >>> the derailleur bits?) >>> >>> Ideas? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Patrick Moore, who just again rode the gofast with 95"/71"/59" S3X in >>> windy ABQ, NM >>> >>> Aside: As I turned north onto Corrales Road on the way to Stevie's, with >>> wind blowing from the south, I shifted into the 95" and bowled along >>> merrily -- until the road turned and the wind quartered and my cadence >>> dropped like a stone. How much better the ASC would be: you could have that >>> downhill and tailwind gear at say 80", and at 90% have a 72" cruising and >>> at 75% a 59" climbing -- though they say that the ASC also had lashings of >>> lash. The AM, with direct + 11.55% and - 12.5% would give one, say, a 70" >>> direct, a 78" high, and a 61" low -- very usable gears, not to mention >>> coasting. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > > > -- > 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/rbw-owners-bunch/qrlBVqbNefo/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. 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