Brian -- very cool bike! Love the wrapping job. Question about the bars:
prior to wrapping the bars, did you experiment with the lever placement at all?
Specifically, did you try the feel of the ride with the levers mounted back
more towards the bar ends?
--- On Thu, 12/17/09, Brian Hanson stone...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Brian Hanson stone...@gmail.com
Subject: [RBW] AHH with VO Porteur bars
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 12:16 AM
I finally finished the porteur bar wrapping/twining/shellac on phase 2 of my
AHH. I moved the shifters to the down tubes, and haven't looked back. Also
have some inspired mounts of the basic Planet Bike Blazer LEDs for night
commuting duty. Opinions:
Bars - love the positions. My hands naturally fall at the bends and they work
perfectly for my 10 mile normal ride. When I need to go more upright, I just
move back. Narrow, so they are much like drop width. I can really get low by
holding the fronts and resting my forearms on the swept back parts - seems to
be a good tuck. The reach to the down-tube shifts hasn't been a problem, and I
immediately got used to shifting w/o looking. Haven't done a long ride yet,
but will update when I do.
2 watt Planet Bike Blazer - Bright enough, but not a whole lot different from
the 1 watt or even the half watt when riding on city streets or semi-lit trails
with ambient light. When I went up a totally dark trail, it really lit up the
path, so it's plenty bright for my commute. Great blink mode, but I'm still
underwhelmed overall. I think I'm one of those guys who wants the super lumens
- I'm used to the bi-xenon car lights...
I didn't think I'd ride this bike in the crappy wet Seattle winter months for
commuting, but it's so comfy, I just have a hard time getting out the winter
bike. The Jack Brown blues are still going strong - no flats. I did extract a
nice piece of glass the other day when I was inspecting the tires. It never
made it through, but it was a bit disconcerting. Oh well - got my frame pump
finally, so I'm ready...
Brian
http://picasaweb.google.com/stonehog/PorteurSetup122009#
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