I wish I had the money! I think it's lovely. 559, right? Trade for a trike?
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried to sell this bike awhile back, with no buyers at any price: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/6221225854 > > The paint was the weak point. Even an impolite thought would flake off the > lovely candy-apple red. Anyway, as I couldn't get anybody to buy the bike, > I decided to start over. > > The inspiration was the brown Schwalbe 26x2.15 Big Apple tires that were > introduced not long ago. And another brand of bikes we sell, Speedhound, > has a color option called "nut green", which is sort of a minty pistachio. > Anyway, as my fantasy evolved, I thought black parts might look nice. I > settled on a SRAM X.9 2x10 group with a 42/28 crank and a 11-36 10 sp > cassette. Hubs are disc-compatible White Industries and Schmidt (disc > compatible for maximum versatility in my current and future bike fleet). > Anyway, thought this might be of interest here, even though it goes against > the polished silver aesthetic preference of many RBW types. In real life, > it's not quite as minty as it looks in the photos from my iPhone: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/6926890797 > > -- > 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/-/fMetj9VdAPwJ. > 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.
