Joss: very nice build (well, I personally don't like big front baskets except on cargo bikes, but that apart, very nice). The colors look good as far as my semi-color-blind eyes can tell; the purple is unusual but looks very nice against the darker background of the frame. What is the frame's color, exactly? And just a thought: might the very nice looking cloth tape chainstay protector (excellent whipping job, btw) not hold water where you don't want it to?
That must be a XX-36 cassette. Am trying to decide if 2 addtional teeth are worth the effort and cost for my Fargo, but if I had one in my hand, it would go on. Finally, as proud as I am of my new Sackville, nothing, but **nothing** in the way of bike luggage looks as good as a fresh, green Carradice! How does it ride? I hear that the LHT is a pretty beefy frame, so how does it compare with your other, presumably lighter gauge, bikes? On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Joss Winn <j...@josswinn.org> wrote: > I recently built up a Surly Long Haul Trucker entirely from advice on > Rivendell's website. The crank and bars were also bought from Rivendell, > but there's no denying it's a Surly :-) > > Anyway, hopefully it's not too off-topic and members of this list will > enjoy the photos and maybe read about the build, too. I go on a bit. > > http://josswinn.org/bikes/lht.html > > Someone on the Surly LHT mailing list said that they didn't think there > would be a LHT without Grant Peterson. I have a feeling they might be > right. My bike certainly woudn't have come together in quite this way > without his influence. > > Comments and advice on the build, most welcome. > > Cheers > Joss > > -- > 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/-/DAzmn-B3QyEJ. > 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, USA 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.