I don't think you can polish a Nitto lugged quill stem to a mirror chrome finish, can you? It is "dull-bright" nickel plated cro-mo steel.
David G in SF On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 2:33 PM, blakcloud <blakclou...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am starting to think about buying my dream build which will be a A. > Homer Hilsen. tentatively these are the components I would like. > > 650b wheel set built on Phil Wood hubs. > Ultegra derailleurs and cassette > cranks, undecided but not Shimano, they're ugly, Maybe White Industries > double. > White Industries pedals with Bruce Gordon half clips > Nitto lugged quill stem, hand polished to mirror finish > Nitto lugged seat post? > Brooks saddle or a Specialzed Avatar which I have and like. > > The question is around which brakes to use. The long reach side pulls are > probably adequate and are certainly cheaper but there is something about > the high polished Paul Racers that look good on Rivendell's. My question to > those who own the Paul's "Would you buy them again?" Of course we are > talking about center post mounts as I am not going to go custom frame here. > I have never been a fan of center pull brakes, the ones that I have tried > all sucked but they haven't been as well built as the Paul's. > > I would like to hope they are great brakes and easy to set up because you > can't beat side pulls for easy set up. So those who own Paul's or have used > them, do you like them? > > -- -- 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.
