Cool build Bill. Wow, 5 grams of lube? Tolerances.
Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 1:41:27 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > It was rainy this morning so I had time to finish up my Gallop build. > Here's the Flickr link to the album I've got going. I haven't added any > titles or descriptions to the photos yet. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72177720322843646/ > > I made a few concessions to gravity and weighed the build down a little > bit. > > 1. Rather than go with ultra minimalist grips, I'm running proper cushy > mountain bike grips from Wolf Tooth, that my son bought me for Christmas. > Instead of leaving the middle part of my Nitto Jitensha Bars bare, I > covered that area with Keirin grips that I bought at Jitensha Studio in > Berkeley. > 2. Rather than go with a lighter 8-speed 12-32 cassette, I am running a > 10-speed 11-32 XT cassette, in part to use a contemporary hollow pin SRAM > 1071 chain. I had to add a few links for the long stays. > > With those additions, the initial weigh in is 20.4 pounds on the big > scale, and 9277 grams on the gram-scale weighing every part one at a time. > So that's excellent agreement. Even though it's kind of a weight-weenie > build, it's got a LOT of features that would be considered Riv-approved. > Those include: > > Riv frame set and stock headset > Absolutely zero carbon > Silver 3 Crankset > MUSA White Industries BB like Riv sells (but with a Ti spindle) > Friction 1x10 drivetrain > The cheapest and lightest long reach brakes Riv sells with their heavily > endorsed E-bike brake pads (Yokozuna) > The cheapest and lightest straight bar brake levers (Tektro FL750) > Retrofriction thumbie shifter on the stem (Microshift) > MUSA Steel stem > Heat treated Nitto Handlebars > > The other fun last minute inclusion was Campagnolo brake cables and > housing, and Campagnolo shift housing. Every bike needs at least one > Campagnolo part. > > I think it's going to be an exceptionally fun flat-bar road bike for me. > I have swappable HED Belgium wheels elsewhere in my stable that will allow > me to butch it up if needed, and I've got the pieces in place for a 2x > drivetrain if I want to take it on a light tour, which may happen in the > Summer of '27. > > Anyway, enjoy! > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/760bca56-3301-4ea2-8a98-f72a91ca6a9en%40googlegroups.com.
