If you lace up the skirts of an aging Brooks sadde to get a few more years out of it, is it still a Brooks?
Sure it is. Woodworkers know that every tool can be (or even must be) tuned to work optimally for its user. Bill On Jan 23, 6:51 am, Larry Powers <[email protected]> wrote: > I randonneur on a Rambouillet with a large Berthoud handlebar bag. Most of > the time there are no issues with this but when I am tired and climbing steep > hills I can notice the affect of the bag. For this reason and because I > would also be able to run bigger tires with fenders, I have toyed with > getting a new fork for the bike. If I did would this still be a Riv > Rambouillet? Riv/Grant intentionally build high trail bikes so modifying one > of their bikes to a low trail bike goes against their philosophy and In my > mind creates a bike that is no longer a Rivendell. > > This is merely a philisophical question I am pondering while at work. Many > people love to tinker and there is nothing wrong with that. When my > beautiful orange Rambouillet finally needs a paint job I may decide to modify > it by changing the fork and adding canti studs but when I do I am not sure > that I can say it is a Rivendell.Larry Powers > > "just when you think that you've been gyped the bearded lady comes and does a > double back flip" - John Hiatt > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail® goes where you go. On a PC, on the Web, on your > phone.http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/learnmore/versatility.aspx#mobile?... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
