I feel you, Bill! I know they aren't needed, but I do like how the leather washers cozy up the fitment of the squared washers to the rounded contour of the fender. It adds a bit of a colour accent too ;-)
KJ On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 11:01:19 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Great work. One tiny quibble, though. The general consensus is you don't > need to run leather washers at the fender eyebolts. Generally you only run > leather washers where the fender attaches to the frame. It probably won't > do any harm to have them there, but it's not necessary. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 12:16:59 PM UTC-8, Kieran J wrote: >> >> Hi Alls, >> >> After having a too-small 66cm Ram in 700c for a bit, I recently acquired >> a 68cm frameset from listmember Geoff Wendt (thanks Geoff!). I proceeded to >> build it up in a 650b Alba-barred all-rounder. Something like a pimp pearl >> orange Cadillac. If that doesn't get your juices flowing, I don't know what >> will. >> >> The build includes Compass Babyshoe Pass tires, Grand Bois/A23 wheelset, >> Albas, 130mm Tallux stem, VO 50.4 BCD double, and a couple of Riv bags. >> >> It just needs bar tape at this point. I have about 4 months to complete >> that task, so no rush. It's early January and I've already finished my >> winter project. That's a dangerous spot to be in. >> >> Check it out here: >> Flickr Set >> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/70712473@N05/sets/72157650235648021> >> >> I'm also looking for an Acorn "Handlebar Bag" to hang on the bars. I had >> one in my Acorn shopping cart a week ago, but I was thwarted by their >> anti-Canadian shipping policy. Drop me a line if you have one to sell. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Kieran >> Toronto, Canada >> >> >> -- 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.
