Wheels and bike very handsome indeed. Velocity is a great rim. Hope used to make a great looking chrome skewer. City induced paranoia has me using Pit Locks on all my bikes now.
Your report has me thinking. I lucked into a great new old stock set of Maxi-Car hubs earlier this year. I have been going back forth on whether to keep them in my trophy case as a collectible, or should I build some wheels around them and find out if they are as great as their reputation suggests. On Jan 1, 4:32 pm, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > Took the first real ride today on my new wheels. Rich built Velocity > Aeroheats laced to Phil hubs and a 7 speed freewheel. They roll so much > smoother than the original equipment units! My riding buddies all tell me > that they look great, but I'm still getting used to them. Black anodized rims > on a Ram? I've ordered black anodized skewers, but the fashion advisory board > here tells to stick with the old school chrome and looped nuts. The bike came > new in Jan of '07, so it's 2 years old, and still looking great. Rides that > way too, after 4,000+ miles. There's a clickable picture in today's entry at > my blog, for those who care. (fullylugged dot blogspot) > > Happy New Year, and tailwinds --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
