Beautiful! Randy
Mike Irwin wrote: > I was more excited today than the day I got my first car. Today was > the day that I put the finishing touches on my Rivendell Protovelo > 650b and took it for the first spin. > > I'm so jazzed. I had to eat an overstuffed burrito just to calm me > down a bit. (Nothing like a belly full of rice, beans and peppers to > put the brakes on the excitement.) > > Anyway, I took an easy 3 mile roll. When I got back, my wife was > waiting with the camera. She knew I'd want to snap pics and post > immediately. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/36294...@n03/sets/72157616898042722/ > > A short backstory...my first experience with a Riv was a Quickbeam I > picked up. Geared riding is more suited for my needs, so after a > little business, I was able to set off on a new project. The frame put > in its due time with Colorado Dave. (In its second life, the "Brown > Bomber" as it was aptly named in this forum, will hope to see mostly > rolling hills...at least for the next few months...) > > It took me a while to figure out how I wanted to build it up. In fact, > it took me 7 months. I kept going back and forth between an upright > and a traditional randonneur-style bike. My intent is to finally get > out for some real nice long adventures. I've got the upright thing > covered, so I decided to go full speed ahead with the randonneur > design. > > I spent hours/days/weeks staring at the builds on Cyclofiend.com. > (Thanks Jim for all your efforts...an invaluable asset during my > build.) > > I needed a little help here and there and worked with my LBS to get > through the finish line. I learned a lot in the process. My LBS owner > was in awe and I showed him a few of the other models on the site. > > Anyway, that's my story. Thanks for everyone's patience and advice as > I asked questions (often times complete newbie Q's) over the past few > months. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
