Two years ago we moved from Hong Kong Island to the New Territories. There is a bike path right beside my job that runs nearly to the new domicile and I decided that I would really like to begin commuting by bike again. I had a triathlon bike but it was unsuited to the needs of a commuter. I thought about reworking that bike with smaller wheels and longer reach brakes but by the time I did that I’d have spent a far amount of the cost of a new bike and as I hadn’t bought a new bike since 1997 I decided it was time especially since I’d wanted to do some touring again.
To be honest, the Sam Hillborne was my 3rd or 4th choice. I was a bit put off by the 650B wheels on the Sam and the expanded geometry was problematic as well. I did not have the budget to replace this bike if it didn’t work out. So I wanted to go for the sure thing. When I was an undergraduate I had an old Dawes Galaxy that I bought used and rode for probably 10,000 miles. I loved the bike and tried to buy a new Galaxy frame. I know the new ones are welded and not brazed but the geometry is the same and it was the logical choice for me. I could not get the dealers in the UK to respond to an Email. My next choice was a Thorn Nomad frame from Saint John’s Cyclery in London but the person who deals with overseas sales there was on vacation. I looked at a Surly LHT but there were some things about the frame I didn’t like. I also talked to LSL Titanium in China to see if they would do a one off frame for me all to no avail. I have an extreme Shimano allergy. I wanted a frame and for because I avoid anything with the Shimano name on it if I can. Call me all the names you wish about or feel sorry for me but I’ve been that way since the 1970’s. I hated Shimano long before it was fashionable to do so. So, after a couple of months of searching I was reduced to a frame by VO or a Sam Hillborne or possible a NOS generic bike from a local bike shop that I didn’t trust. After looking the Sam Hillborne looked like the best fit for the budget, almost by default as the origional Galaxy was less expensive so I contacted Renaissance Cycles from the link Rivendell’s web page. I used Renaissance because I wanted to deviate from the build that Rivendell would be comfortable with in some ways and didn't want Grant to insist on a frame that I was a fraid would be too big. The bike arrived in July of 2009. I have ridden it maybe 9000 miles since then including a tour from Hong Kong to Shanghai last summer. It is my primary comutting bike. I agree that bikes take on the personality of their owners; more so when the owner builds the machine from the frame up because they then have the owners biases and preferences in the build. This bike’s build is quite eccentric. Grant probably would have had me on the 56 cm frame and wouldn’t have stocked the straight bars that I like. Build Specs Frame & Fork: Sam Hillborne 52 cm Rims: Velocity Dyad 650b Hubs: DT Swiss 370 Tires: Maxy Fasty Headset: Tange Stem: Nitto Periscopa 80 cm Handlebars: Surly 1X1 54 cm riser Grips: Cork Barends: Ritchey Seat Post: Sugino Saddle: Brooks Professional Titanium rails Bottom Bracket: Tange Crank Sugino XD 600 – 172.5 - 26/38/48 Cassette Sram 13-30 8 speed (I think it may be an 11-30) Chain: KMC 8 speed Derailleurs: NOS Suntour XC-Pro Long cage rear 31.8 Clamp front Shifters: NOS SunTour XC-Pro 8 speed thumb shifters Brake levers: NOS SunTour XC-Pro Brakes: NOS Suntour XC-pro cantilevers (Now changed to Avid single digit 7 linear pull due to a malfunction) Pedals: VO touring with dual clips and straps Rack: Soma Deco Fenders: Esge Seat bag: Generic 1.7 litre Panniers: Brasil Briefcase Lights: B&M/Sanyo Bottom Bracket dynamo (I had to make a special mount for this to fit as the wheel base is too long otherwise) On Feb 28, 9:07 am, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Jason: > > No trouble with Pari-Motos, but no room for fenders between the chainstays. > The > is room at the fork, and seatstays, soa specially sculpted fender could be > fit. > > Bruce > > ________________________________ > From: JL <subfas...@gmail.com> > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sun, February 27, 2011 2:24:57 PM > Subject: [RBW] Re: Every bike has a story. > > Bruce, > > These bikes are nearly twins. Are there any width problems with the > Pari-Motos at the chainstays? You ever run 650b with fenders on your > bike? > > Jason > > On Feb 27, 1:56 am, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Jason: > > > Like you, my '95 Road Std came as a frame and two forks set a couple of > > years > > ago. I saw how a prior owner had built it up, and wanted something a little > > different. Using the recently introduced Tektro 556 brakes, I converted the > >bike > > to a 650B, which lets me run bigger rubber. Also like you, I went with > downtube > > shifters, in this case Silvers from RBW. I had a Leather saddle that was > >perfect > > in comfort but had overstretched (by a prior owner) but which was salvaged > > by > > putting in a longer tension bolt. It has stopped stretching and given many > >miles > > of useful service since making that fix. Our bikes are the same color and I > > list my components next to yours below to compare. > > > Nice bikes :) > > > ________________________________ > > From: J L <subfas...@gmail.com> > > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > Sent: Sat, February 26, 2011 11:33:11 PM > > Subject: [RBW] Every bike has a story. > > > I think every bike has a story and a Rivendell has a special quality that > > not > > many other bicycles have: they take on the character of their owners. > > Really,.... My hope is that this post will inspire others to detail their > > setups and bicycle back stories. > > > 1996 Road Standard, stock blue color 54cm 1995 54.5 cm > > Headset - Shimano 600 Chris King 2 nut > > Stem - Nitto Pearl 10cm Nitto Dynamic > > 10 > >cm > > Bars - Nitto Noodle 44cm Nitto Grand > > Randonneur model 135 > > Brake levers - Shimano 105 Shimano RSX > > Shifters - Suntour Sprint DT Silver DT > > Friction > > mode > > Brakes -Dura Ace 7700 -kool stop pads on front Tektro R556 Kool Stop Salmon > > front and rear > > Cranks -Dura Ace 7700 -170mm Campy Veloce triple > 170mm > > Chainrings - Sugino 48t, Dura Ace 39t Veloce 52/42/30 > > Pedals - dual sided SPD MKS Sylvan > > Touring > > Wheels - 28h Dura ace 7700 to Mavic CXP-30 rims 32h Dura Ace Uniglide to > > Velocity Synergy rims. DB spokes > > Front Derailer - Dura Ace 7800 Veloce triple > > Rear Derailer - Dura Ace 7700 triple Veloce triple > > Cassette - 9 speed 11-32 7 speed > >Uniglide > > 12 - 28 > > Seat post - I don't remember. Titan 2 bolt > > aluminum > > Seat - Cheap flexy sport seat Selle > >Anatomica > > non watershed > > Seat bag - Timbuk2 Carradice > >zip > > roll > > Pump - Zefal frame pump Zefal frame > >pump > > Tires - Panaracer Pasela TG 700x28c Pascenti Pari-Moto > 650 > > x 38 > > Bottle Cage - Stainless King Kage stainless V-O > > Moderniste > > >http://tinyurl.com/5ss44eh-Photoset > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/9535930@N07/4796054626/in/set-7215761214... > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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