Bill, I love the monochrome idea. I remember a Specialized Allez back in the day in silver with the grey-ish silver 105 group, grey bar tape and saddle. It was sweet!
Joe Bernard Clearlake CA On Monday, June 24, 2024 at 7:34:39 AM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote: > I took the 3x1 inspiration to do a 3x1 Rivendell build on a Romulus. I > rode that bike up Mount Diablo this month and it's becoming a favorite bike > in my large stable. Here's a photo of the bike at the summit: > > > https://flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/53778626719/in/album-72177720313832831/ > > I feel like I'm exactly in between a 54.5 and a 58. The 58 has the Reach, > but very high Stack. The 54.5 has a more reasonable Stack, but it's short > on the Reach. The build concept would influence the size. I could run a > 54.5 with drops and a long stem. I could run a 58 with a low stem and low > rise flat bars. > > I confess that Will tempted me with the statement "at least one maniac > will put a Regina 5-speed freewheel on theirs. I am a big fan of > multi-gear 120mm OLD builds, so now I feel like I've been challenged. Ha > ha. I'll think on it some more when the product page comes out. > > One of the visual concepts I've got bouncing in my head would be the > silver color with absolutely every single thing on the build SILVER. Light > grey grips, tires, saddle. 100% silver components. Not a single speck of > black. I think grey rubber tires would have tan sidewalls, so that would > be the only other color. That could look really good. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 1:59:43 PM UTC-7 Doug H. wrote: > >> The Roaduno sale begins Thursday June 27th noon Pacific time. Who is >> planning to buy one? Will you buy a frameset to build up or a complete? >> Color preference? >> >> I'm curious as to the demand for this bike. It's not JUST a single speed >> which I think is cool. And, cool is good in my lingo. What do you all think >> of the stock components? >> >> Let's talk Roaduno!! >> >> Doug >> > -- 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/f24f3224-5068-4a1a-9730-cd9e492f8c91n%40googlegroups.com.
