[RBW] Re: Life's little epics

2010-08-22 Thread Thomas Lynn Skean
A good weekend, indeed. Thanks for sharing. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean P. S. Bikes are great! On Aug 22, 4:00 pm, Way Rebb grayc...@mac.com wrote: I've been mildly bummed that I haven't taken my epic 10 year journey around the earth on a solid steel three speed from the fifties. When these

[RBW] Re: Life's little epics

2010-08-22 Thread MichaelH
Three questions, Ray. How do you like the leather HB tape? Does having a HB bag that hi up affect the bike handling? How do you get tomatoes home a bike without them getting all banged up? Michael in cool, rainy Westford, VT On Aug 22, 5:00 pm, Way Rebb grayc...@mac.com wrote: I've been mildly

[RBW] Re: Life's little epics

2010-08-22 Thread Way Rebb
Michael, The tape is cloth tape, silver, with three or four coats of garnet shellac applied over a year ago. It is getting a nice patina now. The HB bag felt different for about the first 10 minutes. Now I don't even notice. I used the VO bag mounted to the front rack for quite a while. That

[RBW] Re: Life's little epics

2010-08-22 Thread MichaelH
The pictures in the photo stream show a bike with a bag mounted to the bars, not a decalleur, and I would swear the tape in those pictures was leather. michael On Aug 22, 8:16 pm, Way Rebb grayc...@mac.com wrote: Michael, The tape is cloth tape, silver, with three or four coats of garnet