On May 1, 5:27 pm, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > Today I picked up my little beauty, the green Roadeo my husband got me > for my birthday. Naturally I didn't want to coop up the new arrival > (or myself) in a car right away, so first we took a little jaunt up to > the top of Mount Diablo, its ancestral homeland. What a perfect day! > Not too hot, and plenty of orange poppies, purple lupine and yellow > mustard remain from a beautiful flower year. >
Wow! Sounds beautiful. What a christening! > The bike is splendid. Very, very comfortable; somehow, as with all > Rivendells, the body position is exactly right. Gorgeous, with tan > tape contrasting with the bright dark green paint. (I ordered a black > Barley for it from Peter Jon White, but now I think a tan bag, or the > green Barley, would look better. Oh well.) Wants to descend faster > than I want to descend. Feels perfect when I'm out of the saddle. Nice. > My > friends that I ride with will be able to admire it from the rear. > Ha! > I still have to do some tweaking. Riv put on Jack Browns, which are > fine tires but this bike, which is pretty much entirely for climbing > on pavement, will get narrower tires to save weight, and the Jack > Browns will go on some lesser bike. I rode today with toeclips because > I didn't want to get used to clip-in pedals on a new bike on a longish > ride, but Speedplay Frogs will go on it tonight or tomorrow. And the > elderly saddlebag currently on it will be replaced by a spanking new, > appropriately small Barley. But already it's great. > Pictures, please! -- 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.
