haha Andrew great comments I thought my Paul Taylor custom was going to be a lifetime bike, it's very fast but it's punishing and you can not get anyting over 23mm under the front fork. The other problem is that it TT is 66mm C-C and it's threadless so even with the itty bittiest stem is more than I want. And it's hard to get any up angle when you're using a tiny threadless stem. A quill with 50mm extension would have been so much better. So I got the thing repainted, err powdercoated, and now I'm selling it.
Then there's the Eisentraut, I thought it would be a piece of history that I would keep for a lifetime. Now, I'm kind of wondering why I have it, ifn I'm not going to build it up and ride it. The problem is that it's a touring frame, with none of the modern accoutrements for touring like eyelets for racks and so forth. But anyway :) On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Andrew Marchant-Shapiro <marchantshap...@gmail.com> wrote: > I used to buy bikes for my lifetime, until I realized that each and every > bike I've had has ridden differently, and I've liked the difference. Two > years ago I lost a Trek 560 that I absolutely loved. I was going to get a > custom-built replacement, but that ultimately proved unworkable. > Consequently, I bought a Velo Orange Randonneur. I like it a lot. I also > liked my Kogswell D58--threadless stem and all. I just didn't need it > anymore. > > This is all by way of saying that variety is a spice of life. > > When my next bike gets shot out from under me--if--I will not worry about a > perfect replacement. Because whatever I find will be as good as, if not > better, than the old bike. > > Lifetime, schmifetime. They're all tools, they're all bikes, and they're > all meant to be ridden into the ground. If you want one with fancy paint, > that's your deal, and I can completely understand. > > > On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 7:54:32 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay 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. -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- 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.
