[RBW] Re: How do you ride alone?

2020-03-29 Thread Luis Garcia
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 1:08:31 PM UTC-5, Luis Garcia wrote: > > This is a great thread. I truly enjoy reading everyone's posts. > > I live in Dallas, Texas close to downtown. I mostly ride by myself. > Occasionally, I ride with my like minded cycling friend and regular

[RBW] Re: How do you ride alone?

2020-03-29 Thread Luis Garcia
This is a great thread. I truly enjoy reading everyone's posts. I live in Dallas, Texas close to downtown. I mostly ride by myself. Occasionally, I ride with my like minded cycling friend and regular contributor to this group, Paul Cunningham. During weekdays, my rides rarely exceed 10

Re: [RBW] Re: New vs. old Homer geometry, ride characteristics

2019-11-22 Thread Luis Garcia
Thank you Bill for the welcome! I posted photos of my Homer with details in this thread. Looking forward to participating on this list! Luis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[RBW] New vs. old Homer geometry, ride characteristics

2019-11-21 Thread Luis Garcia
Hey Jeffrey, If you are asking about the clear bottles with the black tops, those came from Rivendell a few years ago. The other bottles are Camelback bottles purchased at REI. Lui -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To

Re: [RBW] Re: New vs. old Homer geometry, ride characteristics

2019-11-20 Thread Luis Garcia
Hello everyone. This is Luis Garcia in Dallas, Texas. I believe this is my first post on the RBW Owners Bunch. I find this thread very interesting. This past spring, I purchased my first Rivendell...a 61.5 MIT AHH. I first learned about Rivendell and Grant about 10 years ago when I got back

[RBW] Re: Atlantis vs Appaloosa

2016-08-24 Thread Luis Garcia
Good Morning Kellie, I am in the same boat as you. That means that I want an Atlantis but it is out of my budget. There is a butterscotch Appaloosa frameset at my LBS here in Dallas. Very tempting to get it NOW. I just read Bill Lindsay's thoughts, and it reinforced my thinking, which is

Re: [RBW] Re: choco bars riding positions

2016-07-27 Thread Luis Garcia
Yeah Drew, I could see how the Choco Normal with a long stem would be worrisome. The Moose version that I have is rock solid. I have thought about cutting a little bit off of the ends, but really, it's not bad. Luis On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:06 PM, drew wrote: >

[RBW] Re: choco bars riding positions

2016-07-27 Thread Luis Garcia
I have had my Choco Moose bars for about a couple of months now. I acquired them on a bit of a whim from the owner of a LBS. I test rode his personal Choco Moose equipped Hunquapillar. I loved the bike and the bars felt great right. He was wanting a set of Albatross bars and I had 2