Anyone test ride and can tell whether they will be a long top tube model (e.g., Atlantis, Clem), or a shorter top tube model (Hillborne, Homer)? The front-center looks super long in the photos which makes me think a long top-tube, upright bars only build - which I'd prefer!
On Monday, January 8, 2024 at 12:40:15 PM UTC-8 Bill Lindsay wrote: > For those of you planning, plotting, conspiring to do a build of your own, > one thing that is not crystal clear is that you'll need is a pair of long > reach caliper brakes. I've got two sets that I would like to sell. One is > the very modest Tektro 365. It's got the identical forgings and geometry > of the "nicer" models but has a modest finish, solid brake blocks and a > primitive adjusting barrel. The ones I'm selling have some corrosion > visible as well, so they are budget, ugly-duckling brakes. The other is > the nicer 556, which has a nicer barrel adjuster and came with nice metal > pad holders. These were on friend-Doug's A. Homer Hilsen and at some point > he replaced one set of brake pads, so the holders are black on one brake, > grey on the other, and the brake inserts themselves are red on one brake > and black on the other. I'm asking $35 shipped for the 365s and $55 > shipped for the 556s. > > Photos: > > 556 > > https://flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/53435669677/in/album-72157634724093620/ > > 365 > > https://flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/53437016535/in/album-72157634724093620/ > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > On Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 8:32:33 AM UTC-8 rmro...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Speaking of Roaduno, I read in one of the earlier updates that the new >> bike is very similar to a Homer geometrically. I also saw some reference to >> it being offered as a complete. I cannot wait to learn of all the details. > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/85594476-3d34-4459-934b-a1d684ca964fn%40googlegroups.com.
