That food looks GOOD!
On May 31, 10:52 am, Curtis Schmitt <curtisrschm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Photos here: *http://tinyurl.com/3fm72ch* > > This was my first bicycle camping trip on the Romulus. It also included my > two longest rides on the Romulus at 55 miles each way from NYC to Croton > Point Park, NY. My previous longest ride on the Romulus was 25 miles. > > I front-loaded it, and loved the way it handled. My last camping trip was on > a front-loaded Kogswell, and I loved the way that felt as well. I find it > much more difficult to shoulder a front-loaded bike, but everything else is > preferable to me over a rear-loaded bike. > > Some of you may remember I was trying to figure out which color Ortliebs > would look best with the Rom blue, but I decided none of them would look > nearly as good as palping Berthoud 372s, so I went with them instead. They > are fantastic. I will definitely be picking up more grey Berthoud luggage > for the next trip, either another pair of panniers, or a deep handlebar bag > paired with the 604 saddlebag. > > Two things: > 1. I stripped the fork's right side fender braze-on somehow throughout the > course of the trip. The bolt holding the Nitto Campee rack had come loose, > and maybe with all of the weight that's when it stripped. Or maybe I > over-tightened it when I realized it was loose. Either way, it is stripped > and I'm not sure what to do about it. I ran about four zip ties just above > the drop out in all of the holes the Campee tab has. That got me home. But > now I need to figure out what to do. Perhaps that braze-on can be removed, a > new one installed, and then repainted? And maybe at that point I have two > additional added above the drop out, since it will be repainted anyway, and > that's preferable for front rack mounting... > > 2. I'm just not a huge fan of the mustache bars, as much as I try to like > them and really love the look. I think I'm going back to Noodles, but 46cm > this time instead of 44cm which always worked very well in the past, other > than feeling a tad narrow to me. Maybe I'll do the splitters thing, keep the > mustache on for commuting and use the drops for longer rides. Also, if I do > go with a Berthoud handlebar bag the drops will work much better. I don't > know if it would even be possible or convenient to install a decent sized > handlebar bag with mustache bars. > > Curtis -- 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.
