Much like guitars, never found anything close to a lifetime bike. In a related matter, a friend of mine has been through more custom guitars and custom bikes than I can count. At least 4 custom bikes I know of. His present passion? Long Haul Trucker with 26" wheels.
I have no problem getting the bars high enough on my bikes with threadless stems. Now, the 6" or so above the saddle I occasionally put the bars on my Hillborne? Nope. But two or three inches above, not a problem. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > 'til death do us part....or some other bike catches my eye > > > On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 4:49:33 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: >> >> I always purchase lifetime bikes. Problem is, I always sell them for >> different lifetime bikes ;) >> >> On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 3:53:04 PM UTC-7, Philip Williamson >> wrote: >>> >>> Leaving the steerer long isn't even a trick... Simply do nothing, and it >>> magically stays long! >>> >>> I have and love bikes with quill stems and with threadless stems. I've >>> had my Bontrager (threadless) for almost 14 years, so it's looking like a >>> Buy It For Life bike. And the fork may well be almost as irreplaceable as >>> Steve's Longstaff fork. >>> >>> Stem adjustment is something I almost never do on most of my bikes. My >>> quill bikes, never, my newer threadless bike every few months as I dial >>> different elements. Bearing preload seems easy, once you learn to use your >>> body weight, and which thing (stem or star nut) to tighten first. Maybe I'm >>> missing some secret difficulty? >>> >>> Philip >>> www.biketinker.com >>> >>> -- > 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. > -- 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.
