Awesome Trevor, How did they do the matt black finish? Wet paint or powder coat? And: is there a clear coat on it as well? Decals under the clear coat or on top? I love the matt or semi-matt look -- my first "adult" bike was semi-matt black --- a '95 Stump Jumper Comp -- still mourned after being pinched off my front porch one night. I also have a VO Polyvalant MK.1, which, is semi-matt black. The VO is a Taiwanese frame and probably a powder coat. The decals are on top --- the metal "matrix" (ha!) Stumpy likely was, too, come to think about it
Any details you can share would be greatly appreciated … jsk On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 8:19:33 PM UTC-4, Trevor saxton wrote: > > So over the past few years I have bought, sold and given away many bikes, > including many ribs, with the idea that I could get down to one bike which > led to ordering a MAP custom rando which combined my love of 650b and low > trail handling.... > > however one bike just wasn't going to cut it and I had also accumulated > quite a parts stash and so I then ordered an ANT single speed 700cx > lightweight road bike for commuting and short training rides. > > But I still had parts to hang and wanted to try and go car free and really > wanted a rivendell again as I wished that I had not sold at least two of > them, so I ordered the ultimate car replacement .... A semi custom 52cm > single top tube, flat black Bombadil, which just arrived today! The price > on a single top tube is in the Hilsen range. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/78462625@N07/14749097493/ > > Build kit has been assembeld, a 40/26 sugino crank, > phil wood freewheel hub 6sp Regina freewhell laced to a synergy rim (zero > dish), dyno front hub and vintage suntour touring derailleurs. > > I also have two cockpits, albas and noodles, with davinci cable > splitters, I also have a moustache cockpit but not sure I'm crazy about > those. > > I feel complete....for now....I have multiple frames boxed and ready for > sale, (let me know if you are interested in a double top tube 56cm > Hillborne) Parts ready to post on ebay, an auto share program to join and > a car to sell, hopefully I'll raise enough money to fund a frame building > class without resorting to selling any of my now 3 beloved bikes which I > hope to keep for a very long time. First bike trip is in 3 weeks and will > be a multi model train s48 20 (sub 48hr 2 overnight) trip. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
