Great looking bike. I hope that you have a smile on my face whenever you and Sam are out on the town.
Sean On Saturday, December 1, 2012 2:38:37 PM UTC-5, Joe Bernard wrote: > > Keep an eye here and on Ebay for a Mark's Tool Wrap, too. I love mine, and > think it a shame Riv stopped making them. It straps to your saddle easily, > but in my case usually gets tossed into the saddlebag of whatever bike I'm > riding. A most excellent product. > > Joe Bernard > Vallejo, CA. > > On Saturday, December 1, 2012 9:22:57 AM UTC-8, Marc Irwin wrote: > >> Try the Riv Roll up, I was in the same quandry, couldn't get an Acorn no >> matter how patient I was. The Riv model works great! >> >> Marc >> >> On Saturday, December 1, 2012 12:14:36 AM UTC-5, John Stowe wrote: >>> >>> It's been sitting around in various (slow-moving) stages of completion >>> since the summer as parts trickled in, many liberated from members of this >>> group. I got pretty busy once the semester got going, but I managed to >>> finish off the wheels (and several trips to the hardware store for bolts >>> and bits) over the turkey holiday and ride it for ~60 miles this week. >>> Enjoying all the qualities that folks here know, and were the reasons to >>> upgrade from my cyclocross city bike: smooth, even ride, comfortable >>> handling, inquisitive head-turning, and a smile on the rider. And no toe >>> overlap (barely) on my size 14s, to boot! >>> >>> The other huge, major, wonderful upgrade over my previous bikes is the >>> dynamo lighting. Such a huge difference when night classes are 12 mi away, >>> mostly with no street lights! >>> >>> One cell phone pic to prove it can carry packages to the UPS store (and >>> later cupcakes to home, by request of the spousal unit). More will surely >>> follow, once I figure out how to work the new DSLR that appeared on my >>> birthday. Mr. Hillborne is likely to be the most patient model I can find >>> to practice on. >>> >>> >>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-IIfCCvn6xqk/ULmLqS9P9lI/AAAAAAAAA6I/VRQs1gwiogE/s1600/IMG_0037.jpg> >>> >>> Coupla tweaks still to be made: >>> - the Bosco Bullmoose bars are great for riding around town in a suit, >>> and will be fantastic in about a year when a child seat gets added to the >>> cockpit area. But I might need to swap them out for drop bars for the >>> longer ride to school. The wind along the river chooses to be a friend one >>> day and a foe the next. Usually when I'm already running late. >>> - the wire that came with the taillight, for connecting to the >>> headlight, was designed to reach the fork crown, not the front of a rack, >>> so for the moment it's somewhat inelegantly running along one of the top >>> tubes until I rig up a longer one. >>> - stainless steel fenders are sitting at home waiting to get installed, >>> but the stays are way too long to be mountable and my hacksaw wandered off >>> to the home of a relative and has yet to return. Also needed for cutting >>> the kickstand down to size. Of course, I've never passed up the opportunity >>> to get more tools - maybe it's time to add a bolt cutter to the collection! >>> - still looking for a toolkit to mount on the back of the saddle or >>> somewhere else out-of-the-way-but-always-there. I like the idea of Acorn's >>> roll >>> bag <http://www.acornbags.com/rollbag.html>, but they seem to be >>> impossible to actually purchase. Maybe someone with a sewing machine will >>> be looking for stocking stuffer ideas. >>> >>> Overall, though, I'm just happy it's ride-able, and that the gamble of >>> sinking in all the time, effort and money with no test ride has paid off >>> with such a fine machine. And of course finally packing away the workstand >>> is good for intra-household relations! I have enjoyed lurking and >>> collecting advice on this forum, and the influence definitely shows in the >>> final product. Thanks, all! >>> >>> -John >>> Washington, DC >>> >> -- 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/-/M9SRNW9t9xoJ. 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.
