It's a cool bike in either color scheme, but those tires are awesome! On 2/24/12, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I totally approve of black, in the right ensemble. This one is ACES! > > On Friday, February 24, 2012 3:12:43 PM UTC-8, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery > 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/-/1JPxa_vUj8YJ. > 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. > >
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