Jim, You scored with the matching bar tape and tires. Also digging the small touches like the headset spacer in orange and the Paul skewers.
-Patrick On Sunday, May 28, 2017 at 1:05:20 PM UTC-4, Jim S. wrote: > > I attached a couple of photos. Picked it up Friday night. Rode Friday and > Saturday. I'm delighted with this bike. The 43 mm tires are appropriate. > Don't need anything bigger - the stoker is a skinny 12-year old who barely > fits even with his seat post slammed. > > Some reviews emphasize how "fun" this bike is. In some instances, when I > hear that a bike is "fun" I think "slow and upright." It can be damning > with faint praise, like when somebody wants to set you up with a girl with > "a good personality." > > This tandem is fun, but not in a slow and clunky way, or > girl-with-a-good-personality way. I'm not claiming that we're especially > strong riders, but we were buzzing around town much faster than we do when > we ride separately. And then the fast riding feeds on itself. When I feel > the kid pedaling hard, I pedal harder, and vice versa. > > This bike is fast enough that I am already contemplating a shift to > albastache bars, as my hands were mostly out front in the "aero" position, > and I'm wanting some brake levers to grab on to when I'm out there. > > > > On Saturday, May 27, 2017 at 9:40:53 PM UTC-5, Ray Varella wrote: >> >> We will have to see pictures of that combo Jim S. >> I saw that orange and it's wild. >> >> I went with the Schwalbe Super Motos. They look like big fat motorcycle >> tires. I'm looking forward to trying them out. I don't know how they'll >> ride but they should wear really well. >> >> Ray >> >> -- 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.
