RE: [RBW] Re: 60cm "Maxway" Hillborne Photos

2010-07-30 Thread Frederick, Steve
...so maybe the lower mounts should be a size specific feature? Steve -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com on behalf of Rob Harrison Sent: Thu 7/29/2010 2:39 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: 60cm "Maxway" Hillborne Photos

Re: [RBW] Re: 60cm "Maxway" Hillborne Photos

2010-07-29 Thread Rob Harrison
Good points William, thanks. Rob in Seattle On Jul 29, 2010, at 11:56 AM, William wrote (about low water bottle bosses): Design flaw? No. Design choice with which some will disagree? Yes. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" g

Re: [RBW] Re: 60cm "Maxway" Hillborne Photos

2010-07-29 Thread Seth Vidal
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 3:15 PM, rperks wrote: > As stated there are tradeoffs both ways.  Best spacer I have fond to > date for this "problem" is a single presta valve nut on each. > presta-valve-nut! that makes so much more sense now! I thought those were just things the tube manufacturers gav

Re: [RBW] Re: 60cm "Maxway" Hillborne Photos

2010-07-29 Thread Rob Harrison
Agreed Peter, having the FD mount between the bosses does seem like a design flaw, on any size frame. I suppose you could use spacers to hop over the derailleur clamp. It'll be tough to reach down that far to grab the bottle while riding. Why not have it higher? Something I'm missing? Rob

Re: [RBW] Re: 60cm "Maxway" Hillborne Photos

2010-07-29 Thread Shaun Meehan
Looks great! You really take some fantastic bike pictures. I love that Hillborne orange. I've been riding a Surly Pacer quite a bit lately, and it's equipped with Shimano Tiagra "brifters". It's the first brifter equipped bike that I've ridden in a long time. I know it's sort of "sacrilege" on this