Ha! 'Women, cats, or felonies'. Good one! Also, very beautiful bicycle. Enjoy the ride!
Cheers, John On Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 6:51:51 AM UTC-7 SeanMac wrote: > What a beautiful bike. Glad it is working better for you. Looks like you > had a great ride destination! > > What do you have those bars wrapped with? > > Sean > EA, NY > > On Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 1:06:52 AM UTC-4 eitanz...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Thanks to everyone's suggestions for shortening the reach on my new >> A(melia) Homer Hilsen. >> >> The 26mm diameter and silver finish requirements limited handlebar >> choices considerably, but I ended up going with Liz' suggestion for Soma >> Highway One bars, paired with 10mm shorter quill. The bike fits SO MUCH >> better now. Rode for almost 4 hours yesterday with nary a shoulder, neck, >> nor arm twinge. >> >> ** Why Amelia? >> 1) The "A" has to stand for something. >> 2) I've always been fond of the name, but S.O. nixed it from the baby >> name list--a diagreement mooted when she gave birth to a son. >> 3) I always felt that bicycles, like ships, should be named after women, >> cats, or felonies. >> >> Wish the pic could capture Amelia's subtle but elegant butternut sparkle: >> [image: IMG_3578 (2).jpeg] >> >> New bars a much better fit for my body. However, I hadn't realized how >> much longer the drop part of the bar would be than on the now-replaced >> Noodle, or maybe it's the shorter stem, or maybe both, but my knees will >> sometimes graze shifters when popping up out of a seated position. >> [image: IMG_3581 (2).jpeg] >> >> [image: IMG_3582 (2).jpeg] >> >> --Eitan in Marina Del Rey >> >> -- 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/3355b5ca-9d4c-4861-8e6e-0e4c142823f3n%40googlegroups.com.
