I haven't made it to Velo Cult yet, but thanks to my wife I have one of their long sleeve wool jerseys and a VC T-shirt. Great stuff.
--Eric campyonly...@me.com www.campyonly.com www.wheelsnorth.org On Jan 25, 2011, at 4:29 PM, XO-1.org Rough Riders wrote: > Thanks, William. Those are Velo-Orange Grand Cru brakes on my Roadeo, > but I'm in the process of making all my bikes VO-free Zones, so Velo > Cult is ordering me some Paul's Racer M's (center-mount since I don't > have the braze-ons) to run instead. Those will go on the bike along > with the "new" Classic Silver bars, stem, and post by Ritchey in the > next week or two. I also sent off a twin of the Dura Ace 7800 cranks > to Tom Davis at www.perfectperforations.com to have them polished up > nice and silver. So the whole shiny silver treatment, and "final" set- > up of the bike will be done soon. Once it is, I'll post a slideshow of > all the images. It's a great bike, to be sure! > > I'm planning to wear my Woolistic Velo Cult jersey at my 300km this > Saturday, unless it's predicted to be well into the 80s, in which case > I will wear a Rough Riders: Any Bike, Anywhere jersey with a thin Ibex > wool base layer. I hope to see some other Rivendell riders out there. > > - Chris Kostman > La Jolla, CA > http://www.XO-1.org > > On Jan 25, 4:24 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Looks great, Chris. I saw a guy rocking a "RoughRiders Anybike >> Anywhere" jersey at the SFR Lighthouse 200k this weekend. He rode a >> fixie. Nice guy. Oldtimer with a great grey beard. >> >> What brake calipers are you running on your Roadeo? >> >> On Jan 25, 4:05 pm, "XO-1.org Rough Riders" <adventureco...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks to Sky, Tom, Anthony, and the rest of the Velo Cult team for >>> their amazing service as San Diego County's premier bike shop which >>> caters to everybody except the mainstream - which means we fit right >>> in! Today they have featured two of my Rough Riding bikes, and their >>> recent work on them, on their blog: >> >>> http://www.velocult.com/blog/post/raleigh_competition_rivendell_roadeo >> >>> Click on over to their always fascinating blog which is always VERY >>> well illustrated with incredible photography. Today their blog >>> features my 1983 Raleigh Competition, which Tom outfitted with a 3- >>> Speed Fixed Wheel set-up, and my 2010 Rivendell Roadeo, on which Sky >>> installed hammer Honjo fenders and Challenge Paris-Roubaix 700x29 >>> tyres. They do superb work and are great people. And don't my bikes >>> look as awesome as they ride??? (I'll be riding that Roadeo in a 300km >>> brevet this Saturday, from Moorpark to Santa Barbara and back.) >> >>> Velo Cult is located in the South Park area of San Diego, just a bit >>> south of University Avenue and west of the 805, in a really neat >>> neighborhood with a great restaurant next door (Whistle Stop Bar) and >>> a classic coffee shop (Rebecca's) on the corner. Velo Cult often show >>> films or have other social events at their shop in the evenings,. They >>> are a driving force behind the San Diego Tweed Ride and they also >>> created the San Diego Bike Commuter online forum and the >>> SDBikeCommuter.com Discount Program through which local merchants give >>> discounts to customers who arrive by bicycle. >> >>> Related links:http://www.sdbikecommuter.com/ >>> andhttp://www.sdbikecommuter.com/find_businesses/ >> >>> - Chris Kostman >>> La Jolla, CAhttp://www.XO-1.orghttp://www.adventurecorps.com > > -- > 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-bunch@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. > -- 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-bunch@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.
