Classy bike! Many happy miles ! On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 9:58:29 PM UTC-5, Kiley DeMond wrote: > > Oh, that is just the tip of the story! I went through a Raleigh RX 1.0, > Trek Pilot 5.0 WSD (great fit, but skinny tire road bike), a Jamis Coda > Elite, Terry Valkyrie, Workcycles Secret Service. I wanted a 'girl' bike > after years (heck, my whole life) on men's bikes due to being 5'10" and a > PBH of 91.5, further complicated by a 'normal' torso and arms, and > longer-than-average femurs. Nothing fit. I used to play "stump the bike > store" and watch them scramble (and lie) trying to get a bike to fit me. > That's why I swapped out the handlebars on the Cheviot, even the Albatross' > were just a little too short to sit comfortably upright given the femur > length/arm length opposing measurements. And after a couple of black bikes, > I had a "no black" edict, and other the tires (which I considered swapping > for gray), there is no black on this bike! > > On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 7:50:28 AM UTC-7, RichS wrote: >> >> Awesome! Nice story. >> >> Best, >> Richard >> >> On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 9:27:12 AM UTC-4, Shoji Takahashi wrote: >>> >>> Beautiful! >>> >>> Tailwinds, Shoji >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 1:41:52 AM UTC-4, Kiley DeMond wrote: >>>> >>>> I have no idea where to actually begin this post... I rode a Betty Foy >>>> around 2010, when I still lived in the Bay Area, but ended up buying a >>>> Dutch tank of a bike. That was the third? Fourth? Fifth foray into finding >>>> a bike that would recapture the joy I felt riding bikes a decade or more >>>> back. >>>> >>>> Then, an orange Clementine caught my eye, and the orange Cheviot caught >>>> my fancy. And last summer when I was back in CA for my nephew's >>>> graduation, >>>> I borrowed a friend's car and drove back out to Walnut Creek and rode both >>>> of the Orange bikes that had my eye and potentially, my heart. The Clem >>>> was >>>> fun, but not as smooth as the Cheviot, and my love of lugs and the belief >>>> that this was perhaps my last bike, made the Cheviot my choice. >>>> >>>> Still, I didn't order the Cheviot until February of 2016. Well, by >>>> 'order' I mean put a meager deposit down on the last of the orange 60cm >>>> frames. At least it was sort of mine. And it gave me something to dream >>>> about. >>>> >>>> Will, Roman and I decided on the components and it arrived in July. The >>>> only thing different from standard was the extra long crank, a bow to my >>>> 91.5 PBH. However, having not ridden the component set I picked for more >>>> than five minutes, I immediately started to think of what I wanted to >>>> change. I always thought Build-a-Bike would be a great idea! Get the frame >>>> and then through trial and error, discussion and assessment, arrive at the >>>> perfect component sets with your LBS. Over the next months, I, and I mean >>>> I, as I did all the work myself, swapped out the handlebars (Albatross for >>>> Bosco), brake levers (loved the Paul components levers, shifters (IRD >>>> replaced the Sun Race). I already had the Nitto set back seat post. There >>>> were intervening iterations of many of the components. Racks... Tires.... >>>> Fenders.... >>>> >>>> So, with further ado, and with a tip of my cap to Will who fielded many >>>> emails from a newbie builder, I give you Heidi. God, I love riding this >>>> bike. >>>> >>>> >>>>
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