On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 4:32 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for all the replies, suggestions and offers of various bikes (too > poor for the nonce to buy one). I like the old racing bike idea and, > actually, before I bought the Herse, had thought of priddying up the '73 > Motobecane that I in fact sold to Eric Norris of this list -- light, toute > 531 leger and nice handling with long stays and nimble front. Which brings > me full circle to the original thread: I rather regret now (20 years after > the fact) selling my 1989, Sante equipped all 531C Falcon: shitty, > Britain-in-industrial-decline paint job and wheels and tasteless Sante > powdercoat, but a nice, long-stayed, short front-center frame that would > have made a very decent gofast with some decent wheels and properly set up. >
RB's RB2: http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/bik/2776927409.html RB1: http://providence.craigslist.org/bik/2767749207.html Not sure on the sizes - just what craigslist tells me. No affiliation at all. -sv > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 2:25 PM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Responding to Patricks original post. >> >> I filled that description with a 1984 Trek 770. It features standard >> diameter 531 tubing, and takes 28s (Roly-Poly). I bought the complete bike >> from the original owner for $600. I then parted out the Campagnolo Super >> Record stuff through the regular channels. At the moment my running total >> has me owning the frame/fork/headset/saddle/wheelset/handlebar for a total >> outlay of $25. It takes 28s and doesn't even hint at racks or fenders, >> because it has no brazeons. I'm supremely happy with it. It's got a 2x7 >> compact double drivetrain on it now, and I will be using it on brevets this >> year. I've even got it set up with a decaleur and have ridden it with a >> sizeable handlebar bag, despite the guarantees that such a setup is >> absolutely unrideable. >> >> As willing as you've demonstrated yourself to be in parting things out, I >> think this route could be fruitful for you as well. There are good >> geo-charts available for both Trek and Bridgestone online, so you could buy >> off craigslist without having to ask a bunch of sizing minutia from your >> seller. >> >> I keep a 1992 RB1 at a family vacation home in the midwest as well. No >> need for compact double out in the cornfields. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/XgliYqumtO0J. >> >> 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. > > > > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > > > > -- > 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.
