Custom paint, Rich? How are you finding the brakes? Very nice looking. I’m running cantilevers on my workhorse Sam (Shimano CX 70), but if I can manage to hustle a second sam in “fast” mode, I may well choose these (given your approval, of course).
> On Mar 7, 2024, at 5:55 PM, RichS <rshannon6...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And for another take on the Sam Hillborne as a superb bike on pavement, give > a nod to mounting a pair of 32mm Grand Bois Cypress. Also pure bliss:-) > > > Best, > Rich in ATL > On Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 12:26:08 PM UTC-5 mathiass...@gmail.com wrote: > @laing > > Well. > > That's some garage you've got there. I spy north of $2k invested in leather > saddles alone. I approve.I have sent the pictures to my family and informed > them that I will no longer take complaints about how I have "too many > bicycles" and related nonsense. > > Thanks for this! > > cheers -mathias > > > > On Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 9:15:26 AM UTC-5 lconley wrote: > Or you can buy a bunch of Rivendells and keep most of them.... > > > > > Note that comfort depends a lot upon your body proportions. When I finally > got a Rivendell custom for my drop bar road bike, the top tube was 10 cm > longer than the seat tube. > > Laing > > On Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 12:57:14 AM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > The other way to discover what you really want to ride is to buy a lot of > bikes that sort of look like what you want (you are not sure what you want), > upgrade them all, repeat several times as you try to perfect previously > unrealized imperfections, then sell them at a loss. Do this for a couple of > decades, then buy customs. This method costs a bit more than the other one. > > But yes, ride lots of Rivendells. All those I've owned (I bought 5 including > a 2nd-gen Ram and kept one that will turn 25 in April) all had a certain > common handling and "feel" in common. And I do think that a Ram, if you don't > want to spring for a Roadeo, might well be what you are looking for. > > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 7:39 PM Corwin Zechar <cz...@sonic.net <>> wrote: > ... Ride lots of bikes - Rivendells if possible. Think carefully about what > you want. Don't be afraid to try different things. Meditate on the > differences. And most of all, practice patience if you are looking for a Ram. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/65YhL3IkALM/unsubscribe > <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/65YhL3IkALM/unsubscribe>. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/991aca96-d17c-4db9-ac9a-036d094314ben%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/991aca96-d17c-4db9-ac9a-036d094314ben%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/DC805896-3612-4EF0-9997-BD8C779CDBB3%40gmail.com.
