Love, love, love the bi-plane fork! On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Jim Bronson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Has it been repainted at some point? > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > > UPS delivered mine today. a 1995 RBW (made at Waterford). Someone posted > > that the WI shop used heavy tubing and I was afraid that my Rivvie would > > feel more like a Batavius. I put it on a scale after opening the box, and > > the frame, fork, and Chris King head set all together scale at 5 1/4 lbs. > > Now, my thin wall, tig welded (and sold last year) 853 race bike had a > 3.1 > > lb frame and a 1.1 lb carbon fork, and omitting a headset that was 4.2 > lbs. > > So, for a one pound weight advantage, it seems to me that I get way more > > bike frame. I'm good with that. I was surprised in fact with how light > the > > frameset was when I lifted it out. > > > > Tonight I just measured the frame (easy to do when nothing is on it) and > > tried it out for general fit using parts in the garage. Some pics are at > my > > Flickr page (fullylugged) It will be a 650B conversion build. That size > is > > what you see in the pictures. > > > > > > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3273676064_d01f174628_b.jpg > > > > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3514/3273677306_4535636735_b.jpg > > > > > > I've got some parts to use, still looking for others. Looking forward to > > some fun too! > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > having a blood clot is a sticky situation > > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
