Dig it, Jim - that's a keeper! Brian Seattle, WA
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:55 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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. > > > > > > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > ** > “I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an > America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s > the America I love.” > > -- > 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.
