Oh, Will! You touch on a subject that is dear to my heart. I tilted the ends of the hooks downward slightly, more or less parallel to the top tube, against my immemorial custom (all my other bikes for the past 15 years, with drops, mtb bars with bar ends, At4s, M-bars, flipped tourist bars, what have you, have had the ends strictly, literally, fundamentalism-ally, flat-earth-ly parallel to the fundament or ground. I tried to be different with these bars, but NOPE! The fatty pad on my left palm hurt. I whipped out my 6 mm allen and put the bars back where God and Nature decreed they should be, and MAN! What a difference in comfort!
The Godly have the ends of the hooks on their drop bars PARALLEL TO THE GROUND. I have spoken. Amen. On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 4:01 PM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since Sam has a 6 degree upslope and everyone ends up going nose up on > their brooks, the drops look a tiny bit odd parallel to the ground. > Would you hate them if the drops were parallel to the top tube > instead? Other than that tiny comment, looks perfecto. > > On Mar 22, 2:51 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Quite seriously, after having indulged my desires for custom Rivs over > the > > years, I have come back to (I like to think) a Jobst-like, zen-trance > > (vacant mind, whites-of-eyes-only-showing, mouth-dribbling -- cut! cut! > > cut!) attitude toward bikes, that is, perfect as to fit, feel, handling, > but > > skip, please, the purely cosmetic and ego-enhancing features. This bike > fits > > that mindset in spades. So, beater in the sense that I don't want to > upgrade > > simply for internal, self-to-self, bragging monologues, but definitely > not a > > beater when it comes to fun in riding. > > > > Thanks for the compliments. Please don't let me succumb to upgrade-itis! > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 3:47 PM, James Dinneen <jfxdinn...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > Sorry but there is no way that beautiful bike can be a "beater." You > will > > > have to keep that for Sunday best and start all over again on a beater. > > > Enjoy. Jim D. Massachusetts > > > > > --- On *Mon, 3/22/10, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > > > From: PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> > > > Subject: [RBW] Sam Hill complete, for now. > > > To: "rbw-owners-bunch" <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > > Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 5:30 PM > > > > >http://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/BIKESMISCELLANEA#54515722204457. > .. > > > > > Stand, computer; still need to touch up a couple of places where paint > was > > > gouged; have Sally Hansen Green to do so. Will probably not bother to > adjust > > > the rear fender that tiny little bit to reach fender arc perfection; > this is > > > a beater, fer gosh sakes! > > > > > -- > > > Patrick Moore > > > Albuquerque, NM > > > For professional resumes, contact > > > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com< > http://mc/compose?to=resumespecialt...@gmail.com> > > > (505) 227-0523 > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > . > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > . > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > > Albuquerque, NM > > For professional resumes, contact > > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com > > (505) 227-0523 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
