I guess I just got done with my winter project. It involved building 2 wheels and rigging up lights. First time wheelbuilding. Used a Schmidt generator hub, Velocity Chukker rims, DT double butted spokes. Front Light Busch & Müller Lumotec IQ CYO R T Plus (can that name get any longer?) and a Busch & Müller Seculite Plus for the rear.
On Nov 11, 7:23 am, Ely Rodriguez <elyk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Our winter in SF consists of rain and shorter daylight, so to prepare > for winter means making sure the bikes have fenders and adequate > lights. > Only my Bridgestone RB-1 road bike has no fenders or permanent lights > mounted. > > I'm preparing a bike to leave in Boston, where we go go every winter > for a few weeks and about a month in the summer. > It's a Bruce Gordon BLT with S and S couplers, and I brazed down tube > shifters onto. > It's made up of extra parts laying around. It'll have two sets of > tires, 23's for long road rides and fat 35's for the snow and slush. > I've got some VO constructeur racks and fat steel fenders for it, but > I may not bring them this time, I'm not sure if it'll fit into the S > and S bag that I sewed for it, made up of cordura and heavyweight 24oz > cotton duck. 26x26x10. It actually turned out great!!! > > My other winter project is rigging up a few of our bikes with lights. > My wifes RB-1 needs a rear gen.light for her shimano dynamo wheel and > front light. > My Ti rando needs a rear gen.light for the Schmidt/B+M. > My fixed Bridgestone RB has a shimano B+M front and rear, > but I'd like to run the wiring inside the frame and under the fender > on the fixed. I'll get it done by December or so. > All of the above bikes have fenders. > > The other thing I have going on is the 1902 Singer 29-2 sewing machine > that sews leather. I picked it up for free off of craigslist from a > retired shoe maker. I've made a bunch of bags and this thing goes > through the thickest leather like its butter. I'm still learning how > to use it. My stitches on this are all wonky. It's going to take a > long time and a lot of messed up rando bags to figure it out. > > My last ongoing project is practicing brazing on my fixed. dyanamo > wire guides, fender and rack mounts, light tabs, all that stuff, just > braze ons. no frame brazing. > > On Nov 8, 10:10 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > As the weather turns cooler, I am starting to dwell on winter > > projects. A lot of them are home and family related, but some of them > > are Riv-ish, so I thought I would share. In 2010 I pretty much > > overhauled my stable of bikes, and now am almost 100% dial > ed. So I'm > > not due for any complete overhauls. I am building a second > > configuration for my Bombadil. It's set up for dedicated dirt riding > > now, but I'll be putting together a Campeur kit for it this winter > > (drop bars, fenders, racks, bags). So next time a week-plus touring > > opportunity presents itself, the Bombadil will be the bike for it. > > > What do you do in the winter? Overhaul your favorite bike? Go > > through the parts stash and clean house? Start up a new bike > > project? Take on a restoration? -- 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.
