<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WfhmKE8z9J4/ULu2O8rwJkI/AAAAAAAAAV8/I8Kye8eV7DY/s1600/DSCN0309.JPG> While I'm here, here's my new-ish Sam. Going strong for about 2 months, sorry this is not a drive side pic. SLX rear/Deore FD, I've since replaced the bottle cage with a Ti one from Blackburn, threw the white Bont cage on my wife's bike. Jandd Explorer Rack that a friend was giving away (lucky me).
Wheels are Velocity Dyad with LX hubs. 60cm. @the Greenlake library in Seattle. On Friday, November 30, 2012 9:14:36 PM UTC-8, 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/-/81vBvZ0ESbsJ. 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.
