Hi. Thanks for the nice words about my collection. Yes, I do like moustache bars since they allow me to ride more upright. I remember when I first saw a picture of a bike outfitted with moustache bars - they intrigued me. I did some research and found they were sold only on bikes manufactured by ³Bridgestone². When I searched for a place that sold Bridgestone bikes I discovered that they had just gone out of business. You know the rest of that story. As far as the 48 spoke wheels go, I¹m a big boy but not so big that I need 48 spoke wheels. I just saw a similar set of wheels that Jim Thill had on his Atlantis, and I thought they just looked ³neat². Obviously they¹re bomb proof, but I just got them because I liked the way they look. I¹m not into speed I like stuff that is reliable and less prone to breakdowns. The 48 spoke wheels, while certainly over-kill, also provide a high measure of protection against spoke breakage. That¹s one less thing to worry about when you¹re riding the remote roads in Kansas ;-)
Dick Dick Gilpin 924 Kristen Road Derby, Ks 67037 dgil...@cox.net dgil...@mac.com http://members.cox.net/dgilpin > From: Frankwurst <fbr...@jwperry.com> > Reply-To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:09:07 -0800 (PST) > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [RBW] Re: New Sam Hillborne > > > Nicely done Dick. I must say you have one of the finest collections of > bicycles (at least the type I enjoy) that I have ever seen. I also > realize there is someone else out there that enjoys moustache bars as > much as I do. Out of curiosity why the 48 spoke wheels? > > On Nov 7, 11:08 am, Dick Gilpin <dgil...@cox.net> wrote: >> I¹ve finally got my Sam Hillborne up and running to my liking. I started >> off with moustache bars, then switched to Albatross bars which I like much >> better. Here¹s a link to pictures for those >> interested:http://web.me.com/dgilpin/Site_11/Sam_Hillborne.html >> >> Dick >> Dick Gilpin >> 924 Kristen Road >> Derby, Ks 67037 >> dgil...@cox.net >> dgil...@mac.comhttp://members.cox.net/dgilpin > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
