I've received a couple items in the mail this week and wanted to give some quick feedback.
The recent thread on knickers and subsequent endorsements of the Swrve offerings had me checking them out. I noticed they had some closeouts and snagged a pair of the cotton regular fits in grey. They suggested to size up one which I did. I am pleased to say they fit really well out of the package, and hopefully will not distort too much in the wash. The fit is what I would call trim, but comfortable. The cotton has a pre washed feel, and a good deal of stretch which is great on the bike. Front pockets are normal jeans style with the back being zippered and one small hip pocket that's roughly cell phone sized. The legs fall just below my knees and the opening is neither floppy nor tight. Belt loops are good, though just a bit on the small side. A webbing type belt would work great, but a normal leather one would not fit. Not a big concern as I prefer fabric belts on the bike, which I will need for these. One of the loops is reflective which is cool. Another little thing I noticed was the metal zipper pulls on the back pockets add a little jingle to your rear. Plus. The only thing negative I could note would be the short rise of the back. If I wear these without a belt, or long shirt, there will be some asskrak sported. I also placed an order for some replacement Hilsen decals and tacked on some Newbaums maroon bar tape. My decals are backordered for a couple weeks, but had the bar tape sent out as I wanted it for a bike I planned to ride over last weekend. Unfortunately the tape didnt arrive till Monday. Regardless I just wanted chime in on the Newbaums, and specifically the Maroon. DANG it's a nice color. I'm of the opinion it will class up any ride and give that extra panache. I would also like to add an honorable mention to the purple. Very regal indeed. I have typically been a black, white, or natural cork kinda guy...things are getting colorful now. And lastly, shipping. I have been noticing a distinct shift upward in pricing with our UPS shipments at work, but passed it off as we cut back on our account. The problem was, with the increased cost came seemingly increased shipping times. These two orders I received seemed really out of whack. I opted for the direct UPS delivery for my Riv order, which came to ten bucks for two rolls of tape in a small envelope. Took from last Tuesday, till this past Monday. Then the Swrve order was eight bucks, large envelope priority USPS, shipped Monday, arrived Wednesday. I dont ever squabble shipping, as it's a genuine cost to the seller, and it's what I do often at work and see the amounts. I have never really had any big issues with any carrier, but wow, USPS sure is outdoing UPS for cost and delivery times. I set up an account with USPS for the sole purpose of shipping the ACW goods, and have been extremely happy with the results so far. Curious if this is just an anomaly, or if you've noticed it too? -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
