Ha! The tires are "cranberry" gravel kings. I just call them pink. The fact that they are largely covered by fenders makes them almost work, but that bike is pushing the limit of how many colors can be in one place. I also have the "matcha" gravel kings on another bike, but on that one everything is black.
On Monday, February 2, 2026 at 12:01:40 PM UTC-5 Drew Fitchette wrote: > Eric, love to hear that WIll built you a wheel. Let's see the Sam when > you've got it all wired/set up! > > That Motobecane looks really nice James. Hope the Brifter project makes > stoked to get out on it more. Though, a Hunq is a worthy everyday rider. > > Kesler, I like the wrap! Those purple tires are far out though! > > Dave the Appa looks great. Hope the weather lets up some so it can get out > for some mileage. > > Bill, that sounds like quite the project to get the Legolas some new shoes > and some extra gears. Looks great from the photos! > > I just finished building a rear wheel yesterday for my next project to > realize that my front hub has thru axle end caps. A call to Bike Hub Store > and they've got the right parts headed my way, but now I'm shifting focus > to a big overhaul of my Atlantis set up. Wanting to lose my Moth bars and > Motolites for something less burly and a neo retro/touring canti set up. > The Saluki just got a NOS Nexave RR derailleur and some Suntour bar end > ratcheting shifters and has been begging to get out for a ride since. > Hoping the balmy 50 degree afternoon will give me a chance to put some > miles on it today. > On Monday, February 2, 2026 at 2:41:14 AM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > >> My winter project was to convert my 1x10 Legolas into a 1x12, mainly >> enabled by the magic of Ratio Technologies. They sell a replacement 12sp >> ratchet for my SRAM brifter, converting it from 10 clicks to 12, -AND- they >> make a replacement cage that converts my SRAM Force road rear derailleur >> into a unit that will accept a 50 tooth big cog, -AND- had a great sale on >> chainrings. I had a pair of 28 hole white industries hubs, and a stack of >> 28 hole Open pro rims, and a White Industries SRAM XD driver all in stock >> so I built up some wheels to replace my tubular wheelset, and bought a >> Garbaruk cassette in 10-48. I finally managed to take it on its first long >> ride today, and posted photos in the February Photos thread. The new >> drivetrain worked great. >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> On Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 7:10:05 AM UTC-8 Drew Fitchette wrote: >> >>> Hey y’all, >>> >>> Reading through Leah’s thread about winter being long and missing our >>> bikes, I was curious to hear what y’all have in your queues for >>> builds/projects/part swaps? >>> >>> I think I’m going to try my hand at building some wheels for the first >>> time. I ordered some Bitex Hubs and some Simworks standalone rims and have >>> a friend at my local bike shop who’s agreed to help me with this foolish >>> venture. >>> >>> Would love to hear what the rest of you are getting up to in your >>> shops/basements/garages while we wait out the bad weather! >>> >>> - Drew in Atlanta >>> >> -- 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/3a763840-35dd-4520-bb36-3e81278ee142n%40googlegroups.com.
