[RBW] Re: Two things, completely unrelated to each other
I keep coming back to the moustache bars. Had them on my Atlantis for a little while but eventually changed to nitto noodles and never went back. Then i got my AHH and built it up with M'stache again as seen in this pic. http://d2creative.smugmug.com/gallery/5507474_eixSv#337262629_Jvjkg-O-LB Then I re-wrapped with cork, then i eventually changed to noodles again, and this week I'm in the process of changing back to the M bars and doing the same harlequin wrap as in the pic. On May 27, 1:44 pm, colin p. cummings colinthehip...@gmail.com wrote: First: Anyone heard about the 24 hours in the Canyon event happening this weekend at Palo Duro Canyon near Amarillo, TX? I'll be there on my QB. There's a century ride starting noon on Saturday, among other festivities. It's a cancer research fundraiser, so very little in the way of competition, but should be fun. Second: I'm just in love with my moustache bars. I know they're kind of love-em-or-hate-em for most people, and I'm definitely in the love- em camp. They're so comfy. Currently I'm riding them on my QB. Cheers, Colin Cummings Amarillo, TX --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Two things, completely unrelated to each other
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 12:44 PM, colin p. cummings colinthehip...@gmail.com wrote: Second: I'm just in love with my moustache bars. I know they're kind of love-em-or-hate-em for most people, and I'm definitely in the love- em camp. They're so comfy. Currently I'm riding them on my QB. Cheers, Colin Cummings Amarillo, TX I love M bars even though I don't find them comfortable, which is indeed a weird obsession. I've tried, literally, half a dozen different M bars (Nittos of various ilks as well as others) on as many different bikes, and have always ended up selling them. I have Gnashbar M bars on my Nishiki mixty fixty grocery bike, and yes, they are uncomfortable: too low and they are too low; too high and they feel tippy. But they do give excellent conrol, excellent braking, and as for comfort, who needs comfort on a bike that I ride at most no more than 4 miles one way? They look so interesting and elegant (white bar tape, cheap, and brake levers (left side minus lever proper; the right does the front braking) angled upward like antennae to give a bar end flavor. (Yes, braking is comfortable.) -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM Professional Resumes. Contact resumespecialt...@gmail.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Two things, completely unrelated to each other
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 1:59 PM, d2mini d2creat...@gmail.com wrote: I keep coming back to the moustache bars. As I said, it is indeed a weird obsession! -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM Professional Resumes. Contact resumespecialt...@gmail.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Two things, completely unrelated to each other
Sounds fun. I used to ride from my house in Canyon to the canyon a couple of times a week. Back before they had bike trails in the park. Sure hope I can get up there sometime soon with the Quickbeam. On May 27, 1:44 pm, colin p. cummings colinthehip...@gmail.com wrote: First: Anyone heard about the 24 hours in the Canyon event happening this weekend at Palo Duro Canyon near Amarillo, TX? I'll be there on my QB. There's a century ride starting noon on Saturday, among other festivities. It's a cancer research fundraiser, so very little in the way of competition, but should be fun. Second: I'm just in love with my moustache bars. I know they're kind of love-em-or-hate-em for most people, and I'm definitely in the love- em camp. They're so comfy. Currently I'm riding them on my QB. Cheers, Colin Cummings Amarillo, TX --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Two things, completely unrelated to each other
Jim, What manner of front rack is on the bike in the pic? Very stunning... Colin On May 27, 3:55 pm, Jim Cloud cloud...@aol.com wrote: I grew up in the Llano Estacado plains country of Eastern New Mexico, in a small town that was the county seat (Lovington). This was definitely not in the days of my active bicycling, and at that time I was completely unaware of the canyonlands of Western Texas. The only major surface feature that I particularly enjoyed, at the time, was the Caprock area. A while ago I purchased a book, Caprock Canyonlands (published by the University of Texas press) it really opened my eyes to the magnificient canyonlands area. I'd like to visit sometime, maybe even stop through Lovington on the way! On the subject of moustache bars, I've had a set on a classic Paramount P-15 for some time. I got my bars from a local Tucson shop in 1994, after Grant spec'd them on his iconic XO-1 Bridgestone. Since then I've had the Paramount restored/custom painted by Cyclart and fitted it up for a time with Nitto No. 185 bars (the precursor to the Dream bars). I decided later to revert back to my moustache bars, which I especially like for shorter rides (20 miles) and path riding. Here's a link to photos of this bike: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37964...@n05/3494987260/ Jim On May 27, 11:44 am, colin p. cummings colinthehip...@gmail.com wrote: First: Anyone heard about the 24 hours in the Canyon event happening this weekend at Palo Duro Canyon near Amarillo, TX? I'll be there on my QB. There's a century ride starting noon on Saturday, among other festivities. It's a cancer research fundraiser, so very little in the way of competition, but should be fun. Second: I'm just in love with my moustache bars. I know they're kind of love-em-or-hate-em for most people, and I'm definitely in the love- em camp. They're so comfy. Currently I'm riding them on my QB. Cheers, Colin Cummings Amarillo, TX --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Two things, completely unrelated to each other
Colin, Thanks, it's a custom rack that was built as a prototype model for Tim Isaac's custom bicycles in Denver, CO way back in 1977. Tim's late partner, Jock Fisher, was the designer and builder of the rack. At that time Tim and Jock were working on a touring model bicycle for which they intended to use racks based on the design. I really don't know if they ever completed the designs and built them up on one of their bikes. I believe that they also approached Hartley Alley of the Touring Cyclist Shop in Boulder with a rack proposal, but I don't think that ever got off the ground. As you may know, Tim Isaac went on to be a lead desiger for Trek bicycles and, subsequently, was the guy running Match bicycles (they built the Schwinn Paramount bicycles for a time in the mid-1990's). I think he now is working with Giant. I'm thinking about getting one of the new VO Campagne handlebar bags to go on the rack, it looks like its dimensions would be perfect, but I might have to consider fitting regular drop bars to get everything right. Jim On May 27, 8:02 pm, colinthehip...@gmail.com wrote: Jim, What manner of front rack is on the bike in the pic? Very stunning... Colin On May 27, 3:55 pm, Jim Cloud cloud...@aol.com wrote: I grew up in the Llano Estacado plains country of Eastern New Mexico, in a small town that was the county seat (Lovington). This was definitely not in the days of my active bicycling, and at that time I was completely unaware of the canyonlands of Western Texas. The only major surface feature that I particularly enjoyed, at the time, was the Caprock area. A while ago I purchased a book, Caprock Canyonlands (published by the University of Texas press) it really opened my eyes to the magnificient canyonlands area. I'd like to visit sometime, maybe even stop through Lovington on the way! On the subject of moustache bars, I've had a set on a classic Paramount P-15 for some time. I got my bars from a local Tucson shop in 1994, after Grant spec'd them on his iconic XO-1 Bridgestone. Since then I've had the Paramount restored/custom painted by Cyclart and fitted it up for a time with Nitto No. 185 bars (the precursor to the Dream bars). I decided later to revert back to my moustache bars, which I especially like for shorter rides (20 miles) and path riding. Here's a link to photos of this bike: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37964...@n05/3494987260/ Jim On May 27, 11:44 am, colin p. cummings colinthehip...@gmail.com wrote: First: Anyone heard about the 24 hours in the Canyon event happening this weekend at Palo Duro Canyon near Amarillo, TX? I'll be there on my QB. There's a century ride starting noon on Saturday, among other festivities. It's a cancer research fundraiser, so very little in the way of competition, but should be fun. Second: I'm just in love with my moustache bars. I know they're kind of love-em-or-hate-em for most people, and I'm definitely in the love- em camp. They're so comfy. Currently I'm riding them on my QB. Cheers, Colin Cummings Amarillo, TX- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Two things, completely unrelated to each other
Don't know about the 24hrs in the Cyn, but glad to hear of a M-Bar convert! I've actually broken the comfortable for 20 miles barrier I think that only applies for road use, mixed terrain is a different story as they work for 30 miles, maybe more. I've rode them for 70 previously, but that wasn't so much fun (being out of condition, maybe nothing would be!!!). Cheers, DE On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:44 AM, colin p. cummings colinthehip...@gmail.com wrote: First: Anyone heard about the 24 hours in the Canyon event happening this weekend at Palo Duro Canyon near Amarillo, TX? I'll be there on my QB. There's a century ride starting noon on Saturday, among other festivities. It's a cancer research fundraiser, so very little in the way of competition, but should be fun. Second: I'm just in love with my moustache bars. I know they're kind of love-em-or-hate-em for most people, and I'm definitely in the love- em camp. They're so comfy. Currently I'm riding them on my QB. Cheers, Colin Cummings Amarillo, TX -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
