I realize I should know better, but I'm sure we all do it... you've got a half-built bike with marginally-functioning components, and only the bare minimum to turn the pedals and power it, yet you insist on riding it out around your neighborhood in the middle of the night, just because you've gotten it to that critical stage. I had just finished building my set of wheels, and I cobbled together enough components to form a SS drivetrain for my SimpleOne. I added a brand new Brooks Champion Flyer seat, bare metal Riv/Nitto Bullmoose bars (150mm) with no grips or brakes and a set of platform pedals... Then I spent a blissful (if not totally dangerous) 30 minutes (around midnight) just zipping around my cul-de-sac with no brakes, marveling at the speed and agility of this bike... At one point I was enjoying myself so much I almost headed out of my hood, but then remembered I have no brakes with a SS freewheel ... DOH!!!
I felt a little like Paul Newman riding that skinny bike in Butch Cassidy... (I still can't get that BJ Thomas song out of my head today)... Tonight, I add brakes!!! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/BbaUneqBaKgJ. 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.
