Give the Moustache bars a try. You'll either love 'em or hate him, but this is a good time to find out. Set up w/ a short stem, either the shortest (8cm??) Tech Dlx if you want them at seat level or a Dirt Drop 10cm if you want them up higher.
If you're going to be doing trail riding a bit, maybe go w/ Marathons over the Paselas. Paselas are GREAT, but a touch fragile + the mass you're carrying might be a bit much for them. YMMV on that. My $.02 :-) Have fun building it up! On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Brother Beaker <vargo.m...@gmail.com>wrote: > After the untimely demise of my Rambouillet, I have decided that the > way to go is with a SH. > > I am fortunate that my LBS has both a 60 cm orange frame and a builder > who actually worked for RBW. I am having a great time contemplating > that build and Shawn has offered to let me essentially test ride all > sorts of components, permitting a test ride with different pedals, > tires, bars, etc. That being said, I hate to abuse the privilege and > would like to narrow things down somewhat before going nuts. > > I am open to suggestions for specific gear that people love, as well > as things that never worked the way they should. > > To give you some idea of how I expect to ride, I live in the Black > Hills of South Dakota, so there are very few flat roads. I am a life- > long cyclist. My favorite rides are solo. I am not fast. I am a big > rider, 6'3" and 270 lbs. I ride on roads, fire trails and a great > rail-trail system that we have here that is very similar to riding on > gravel roads. I climb because I have to, descend like a penguin, and > have a 10-mile commute (each way) that involves about a 1,000 feet net > descent on the way to work. > > The parts of the build that are already set are the frame and fork, > 700mm Velocity Synergy and Dyad rims and a rear Nitto rack that will > accommodate two vintage panniers and a Baggins saddle bag which was > the only thing to survive the death of the Ram. I had a Brooks B17 on > the Ram and intend to do that again on the SH (yes, the rails of the > saddle are bent beyond repair). Tires are tentatively 35 mm Panaracer > Pasela Tourguards. > > I had two-sided pedals on the Ram (one side for clips, the other for > platforms) and I so rarely clipped in that I am looking for a good > platform that will work with my clown shoes (size 13E). > > I am intrigued by Mustache bars, but not certain that I can leave the > drops (maybe Noodles) behind. I am not at all worried about the > weight of the build. I figure that any poundage problems are my > fault, not the bike's. > > Other considerations: I have a Voodoo Rada, from their 1998-2000 > incarnation which answers for any occasion on which I feel the need to > go "fast," a clearly relative term. For the true single-track in the > area, I have a nice Kona Kula. (My lab actually reacts differently > when I get the Kona out, which means that she gets to come along). > Just because there are never enough bikes, I also have an old Trek > 400, which is the bike I loan people so we can ride together and a > 1950's single-speed steel tandem that probably weighs 50+ pounds. > > I want the SH to be the all-arounder and go-to ride, as my Ram > was . . . the one I take for my long rides, which for me means 6-8 > hours with breaks as I see fit at a glacial pace. > > Anyone who made it this far is clearly a fanatic and worthy of > expressing opinions. > > -- > 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. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- 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.
