Thanks Minh. If you mean brown handlebar tape, have another look. It's two coats of clear shellac on Newbaum's PURPLE. The decal accents are purple. It turned out pretty dark, I know.
On Apr 23, 4:33 pm, Minh <mgiangs...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know you were talking about re-painting this but i think it looks > great, only change i would make is brown accents instead of black but > that's minor! > > On Apr 23, 3:35 pm, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > William, > > That is great! > > > -----Original Message----- > > >From: William <tapebu...@gmail.com> > > >Sent: Apr 23, 2011 10:56 AM > > >To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > >Subject: [RBW] Re: Project bike will take Roly Poly tires. > > > >And the build is complete. The clincher wheelset isn't ready yet, but > > >I did one shake-down ride on the tubulars, and was satisfied enough > > >with the fit to wrap twine and shellac the bars. It's ready to ride! > > >I'm amazed how un-low this bike was geared to start with. 42x21 was > > >the lowest gear. I have it all the way down to a 34x24 granny and > > >it's still barely rideable in the East Bay Hills. > > > >Photos on my flickr > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/5646425361/in/photostream/ > > > >On Apr 19, 1:01 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> I'm well on my way to converting a 1984 Trek 770 into a retro-modern > > >> all road bike. Two shortcomings of my current road bike (a Davidson > > >> Signature) were that it doesn't take a tire wider than 700x25, and > > >> that it fits like a racing bike. I had it custom built in my youth, > > >> and so now to get the bars up I had to use a Technomic Deluxe which is > > >> excellent but I think it looks a little less than ideal to have a ton > > >> of seatpost and a ton of stem showing. It makes the frame look too > > >> small. > > > >> Anyway, this Trek is a couple cm taller than my Davidson, so I hope to > > >> get a similar fit with a regular proportioned stem. I finished > > >> stripping the bike down, and I'll start selling off a lot of the Campy > > >> Super Record parts through the normal channels. I got my compact > > >> double crankset, and I've secured a few freewheels for various gearing > > >> options. The recent highlight is that I've confirmed that a > > >> 700x27RolyPolywill fit (no fender). I'm thrilled about that, and it was > > >> something that I wasn't sure would work out. If the bike turns out as > > >> well as I hope, I might get it powdercoated. I bought some > > >> Resurrectio stickers from Riv on that chance. > > > >> Riv content: Higher bars, fearlessly riding a 30 year old lugged > > >> steel MUSA frameset,RolyPolytires bought from Riv, not being retro > > >> for retros sake. > > > >> Pics on my flickr: > > > >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/sets/72157626511175478/ > > > >-- > > >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. -- 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.
