Of all my custom bikes, it's my favorite! And it get's the most comment/stares of any bike I own except, perhaps my cargo bike, which is like being in a parade every time I ride it.
http://www.bikecult.com/works/archive/09bicycles/bolognacargoRC2.html The interaction with Josh (at Frances) is very straightforward and I think he's a really conscientious builder and decent man, though newer than some of the big names out there in the world of custom bikes. I have no complaints about the workmanship at all, and he was on schedule for the delivery of the bike (trust me, that's rare in the world of custom bikes). My expectations were met, there were a few little things that weren't exactly like I wanted - for instance the old style rubber slap guard I asked for was an invented system instead of the (formerly) standard pin for a pre-made rubber band. I have to make a slap guard out of a strip of inner tube or other rubber when I need one - it's not hard, just not what I expected and he wasn't familiar with the detail for the other system. No major complaints at all, and like I said, it's my favorite bike. My advice to anyone getting a custom frame is to think hard about what you want, don't sign off on production until you feel good about every detail, including the braze ons...then DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING after the order is signed off. It just leads to confusion and second guessing yourself...and when you start changing things, it gets expensive and mistakes get made. Roberto On May 19, 5:44 pm, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > just saw this post. I have been looking at the Frances Tourist > Diffusible model. The one bike I would like to have is a travel bike > and the Ritchey Break away system seems very innocuous compared to the > more obvious S&S couplers. Are you pleased with the workmanship? did > the builder meet your expectations? > His bikes all look very well thought out and constructed. > > ~Mike~ > > On May 17, 10:02 am, "Frederick, Steve" <frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu> > wrote: > > > Blindrobert wrote, in part: > > ...the fender was not effective once I got up over 14mph or so > > > I similarly cropped the rear fender on my Rawland Olaf singlespeed/fixie > > and found it similarly ineffective. Since I was using SKS fenders, I just > > used the quick release attachments that comes with SKS front fenders on the > > rear too and that works well enough for wheel removal... > > > Steve > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://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-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.
