I'd like to renew my request for kitchen scale frame and fork weights from recipients of Sam Hillborne frames. I wonder if they are as brutally stiff as my TIG'd tourer. I'm not even sure that's a bad thing, but I'm curious.
JP: I'm full up with bikes so I resisted, but the bronzey green Sams look fantastic and really tempted me. Ted, Like I said the bag "looks great" but of course you're right and I change my vote: >> a bit too reminiscent of Minnesota Vikings color ...not to mention the colors of the University of Michigan [spits on floor]! cheers -mathias in East Lansing, home of Michigan State :) On Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 11:08:58 PM UTC-4 jinxed wrote: > SO SO bummed I missed out on the 54s. These really hit the sweet spot on > the Riv ruler for me. > > On Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 8:46:29 PM UTC-6 MoVelo wrote: > >> I'm getting the bronzy green version Sam and am pretty excited. Moving >> most of the parts from my Bridgestone T700 over which are mostly classic >> silver finish. I've been researching traditional Rivendell elf costumes and >> color schemes for some inspiration for *accoutrements and could use help >> and suggestions. Maybe they are obvious and I'm just not seeing them. * >> >> Cheers >> JP in PH >> >> On Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 8:28:07 PM UTC-5 Ted Durant wrote: >> >>> On Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 10:32:15 AM UTC-5 Mathias Steiner wrote: >>> >>> Nay. >>> It looks great, but a roll top has no place on a handlebar bag. >>> >>> >>> Well, I was asking more about aesthetics than about functionality. I >>> have a few different handlebar bags with conventional rear-opening tops and >>> I am pretty frequently in there mid-ride for snacks or clothing changes. I >>> also have a couple of Dark Realm basket bags that are roll-tops and I >>> appreciate their ability to grow in volume as needed. For a handlebar bag, >>> though, I'm inclined to agree that a roll top isn't ideal, both because the >>> access while riding isn't great and because a bag mounted on a Nitto F-15 >>> or F-19A rack doesn't have a lot of weight capacity, and the roll top >>> invites overloading. >>> >>> Still interested in people's opinions on yellow in combination with >>> periwinkle. I sold a purple Co-Motion tandem to some friends, and she, an >>> art teacher, immediately went to yellow for cable housing and bar tape. >>> It's quite sharp, though here in Wisconsin it's a bit too reminiscent of >>> Minnesota Vikings colors. >>> >>> Ted Durant >>> Milwaukee WI USA >>> >>> >> -- 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/cb5bc481-b454-4bfa-907e-1b04d7fe00e0n%40googlegroups.com.
