I dropped by RBW HQ this morning to do several things: Buy a couple books See which Sackville bags my laptop will fit into Check to see if the 54 Hunqapillar is there and built
It was almost a 100% productive visit. I got my books. My laptop fit into both the Saddlesack Medium and the Slickersack (I bought the Slickersack). Turns out I still was carrying a credit that I had applied to some bits that I didn't buy, so I got the books and the bag almost for free. The highlight for me, though, was that the 54 Hunqapillar was there (I have one on order). It was not built yet. It didn't have decals or a headbadge on it yet. The orange is a much duskier earthtone than the Construction Pumpkin headtube of the well-documented 58. I stood over the 58, and it was right up there clearance wise (My PBH is 87). I probably could run a 58 if I wanted to. Keven allowed me to spec the build for the 54, which was flattering and intimidating at the same time. I'm leaning towards using a Moustache bar for mine, and the other 3 Hunqas already have bullmoose, noodle and Albatross, so I told Keven to set up the 54 with a Moustache. I'm also planning on using V- brakes, and I think that's natural to consider if a frame does not have a rear stop brazed on, so I told Keven to build the 54 with V- brakes. I left the rest (tires, saddle, shifters, bar tape) to his discretion. I took a couple photos of the 54 frame, they are on my flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758...@n04/4563303985/ Keven said that the final color scheme has not been determined (which shade of orange, or the dark red, etc). He also said that Dave and Bob are changing up the decals (no clue how much). The final prototypes and the production units WILL have cantilever braze-ons, which means my final build (which includes V-brakes) will be somewhat less clean. I'll think of some way to make that work (like a rear light mount) and I'll be happy with the option to cleanly run cantilevers later. I'm looking forward to having a really cool bike. -- 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.
