I agree. Seems like the placement of the bottle cage bosses need not be so low on a 60cm. Especially so low that they overlap the derailer clamp.
However... I have a double-top-tube 60cm Hillborne. While its bottle cage bosses are reasonable where they are (on mine they're both solidly above the derailer clamp), the simple addition of a frame bag mount (not the bag itself) to the lower top tube has made it rather tedious to use the seat tube bottle cage for an actual bottle. I never anticipated that I'd be able to use the actual bag and still have good access to the bottle cage. But I had hoped to be able to use the bottle cage when only the bag's attachment dealy is in place. So, on my frame anyway, having them a little lower would be nice. They could be a solid inch or more lower without a chance of overlapping the derailer. I'm thinking of adding a clamp below the front derailer specifically to *lower* the bottle cage mount position so that the cage is more generally useful. I haven't yet measured to see if it would be practical to do so. All that said... As problems go, this one barely rates. And it's probably the most glaring "imperfection" (if it even qualifies as one) my Hillborne has. It is one fantastic bike. Easy to build up, fantastic to ride. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Jul 29, 9:24 am, Peter Pesce <petepe...@gmail.com> wrote: > As far as I can tell the "decorative" elements of the lugs are a bit > different on these Sams from the previous orange models. > And, much to my chagrin, the water bottle bosses on the seat tube are > mounted much lower- so low that the FD clamps between them. > Kind of ridiculous for a 60cm frame. > > On Jul 29, 10:18 am, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > > looks like these bikes have a different fork crown than the prior > > canti models. nice looking bike , that orange is just right ( I have > > one)... and I agree those cranksets are not my preference. > > > ~Mike~ > > > On Jul 29, 7:08 am, Peter Pesce <petepe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Great! Now I don't have to post pics of MY bike! > > > > Except for a SuginoXD2/Shimano LX Drivetrain with bar-ends and an > > > Imperial saddle it's the same. > > > > I was going for a classic 70's/80's road bike look, so I actually like > > > the fact that these Sam's have side-pulls. > > > > I'm sure the Ultegra group is fantastic, but I'm just still not crazy > > > about the look of the crank. > > > > -Pete > > > > On Jul 29, 7:55 am, "Bryan @ Renaissance Bicycles" > > > > <renaissancebicyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I've added a few pictures of a recently built 60cm "Maxway" Hillborne > > > > to our RB Gallery. This is a just arrived "2010" frameset from > > > > Taiwan, hence the lack of canti mounts. > > > > >http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/gallery/rb-gallery-1/ > > > > > Yes, this is an Ultegra 6700 bike ... the latest iteration of the > > > > Ultegra line -- this time in "ice grey". A few retrogrouches might > > > > balk at the customer's drivetrain selection, but after test riding the > > > > bike for a few miles, I certainly couldn't complain about the crisp > > > > shifting. > > > > > Just let me know if you have any questions about the details of the > > > > build. > > > > > Bryan- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
