ETD of Tuesday for me! But it'll probably take through the weekend to build it.
3x8 or 9 with Shimano Barends. I only have a 9 speed cassette around, so it's either 8 speed index, or 9 speed friction. I haven't had index shifting in so long that I'm tempted, but I'm about to put brifters on my Boulder, so that'll probably scratch that itch. No plans for fenders at the moment because I want to max out the tires for a super cushy ride. If Riv had offered the basketball tire in 650x2.0" about a week earlier, I'd have bought them, but for now it's the 1.9" Gravel Kings. I think it'll take up to 2.2", but I couldn't find anything that fat without pretty aggressive treads. The real question, though, is where to shred first! I'm excited to see the first 200 miles you put on yours Bill. Do you already have a route picked out? Paul in ATL On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 7:47:37 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > I'm eagerly anticipating the arrival of a Medium Mountain Mixte. I need > it for my 10x200mile challenge. The BLUG revealed that it will have an > all-time Rivendell first: for the first time ever, there will be a stock > Rivendell with an ARCHED seatstay bridge. That'll clearly make us much > faster. Haha. OK, it's not a performance thing, but it should make fender > setup look really nice. We'll see how that turns out. I've got a 3x8 > drivetrain ready to go for mine, but in my morning ride meditations, I > started musing about using a 2x10 drivetrain instead. I'm still leaning > towards the 3x8, but it will be a build-day decision. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > -- 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.
