First rack: http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-first-rack.html
And bag hack for the rack: http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/2011/01/rory-bag-hack.html Kid bike: http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/search/label/maddie%20xmass%20bike Wife bike + rack: http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/search/label/x0-1 Mountain bike: http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/2011/03/lala-carte.html I built a few sets of wheels -- one for a forthcoming mini velo, a set of tubulars for cross, and a set for my wife. I put new forks<http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/2011/02/pretty-forks.html>on my cycle truck and built a light mount <http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/2010/10/light-mount-finished.html>for it. Now I have bronchitis and I can barely ride. Blech. On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 6:09 AM, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > The Sam Hillborne conversion to V brakes was easy. A bit more > complicated was changing stem, which required a new bar (25.4 > diameter). So instead of Noodles, now has Nitto 115 bars on it. Very > different feel. Also changed things up with a bit more colorful > housing and bar tape. Then added the SKS Longboards when they came > out. > > So that project was good. Then got sidetracked recently by another > project. One that said "hmm, there are enough parts filling the > garage to make another bike. If I had a frame/fork/headset." Ended > up with a Surly Cross Check built as a 1x9 with upright bars and > fenders. Fenders are from the Sam Hillborne. Still experimenting with > different bars and stems. Will eventually buy the adapters to > experiment with single speed. > > Now the project is to ride and see if some weight loss can happen > again. Have a few fairly big riding committments this year and would > like to be lighter to tackle them. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Apr 15, 7:23 pm, pruckelshaus <pruckelsh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Well, winter project 1, my second frame, a sloping top tubed lugged >> 650b commuter/path bomber is getting picked up from the painters >> tomorrow AM and should be built for a ride on Sunday, so that's nearly >> done. Looking forward to trying SRAM (Apex) for the first time. >> >> I have 20BF of red oak waiting to be turned into a hall table for my >> wife, and a PegoRichie tubeset, slant six lugset, and bag of dropouts >> and brazeons waiting to be turned into frame 3. I'll be lucky if I >> get these done by summer. >> >> Pete >> >> On Apr 15, 1:46 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Are you going to have all those winter projects done now that the >> > riding weather is improving? I had several and I've done pretty well >> > to get most of them knocked out. The most overarching one is that I >> > liquidated a lot of my stuff, including four sets of brifters and all >> > my Campy drivetrain bits. That raised quite a bit of money and I >> > think made two of my bikes a lot more useable. They were: >> >> > 1. Ibis Tandem. Goodbye to brifters, flight deck and 12-32 >> > cassette. Hello to indexed barcons and 12-36 cassette (and $$) >> > 2. Davidson gofast. Goodbye to campy brifters, derailers, rear hub, >> > brakes, 22mm tires and cassette. Hello to shimano low normal der, >> > friction barcons, 12-32 cassette, shimano brakes, tektro levers, and >> > 25mm tires (and $$) >> > 3. Bomba. Hello drop bar cockpit >> > 4. Hillborne. Hello trail riding configuration >> > 5. Wife's Yves Gomez. Goodbye cheap thumbshifters, hello index >> > barcons (in progress) >> >> > I'm kicking another project off tonight. I wanted a MUSA lugged steel >> > road frame to set up as an all-road to live in Southern California, >> > since we go down there several times a year. I found a 1984 Trek 770, >> > and I'm picking it up tonight. The Campy Super Record bits will go >> > out on the resale market, and I'll be setting it up more civilized >> > over the next month or so. I picked up a Sugino compact double from >> > VO for $90. I'm even considering keeping the tubulars for a while. >> > Has anyone tried the Vittoria Pave 27mm tubulars? Those look >> > awesome.- 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-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. > > -- John Speare Spokane, WA USA http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.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.
