Oh I'm impressed. Aside from the nice mods, the bartape and Banzer bag are pretty sweet. The unexpected sizes of wheels, headtube, chainring, keep the eye moving around the whole machine, and it's one of my favorite colors.
Philip www.biketinker.com On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 7:44:45 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I was at building it up from noon until 6 pm, and, not having eaten > anything, I only rode to and from Sprouts to get dinner, 12 miles rt. > > The Kojaks do feel more draggy than the Elk Passes -- or maybe that was > the SON Deluxe with headlight and tail light. > > I appreciate better the experience and planning that is needed to > integrate fenders, lights, and other equipment. The rear rack is the 3d > Chauncey has made for me, and I think he's got it right this time; though I > could make a couple of improvements even to this one. > > When I gave him the brazing list, I neglected to explain how the tail > light hooks up to the Edeluxe lamp, and not directly to the dynamo. > Fortunately, despite the rather thick Edeluxe cable, I was able to force a > second, thinner one through the fender/rack strut using a single wire from > a brake cable. It's not ideal, but it seems to work. > > Also, I didn't think of the rear light cable routing between crown and top > tube -- I should have had guides brazed along the right side of the head > tube. Oh well, the brake housing works well enough. > > The wires run from the Edeluxe down the right strut to the SON Deluxe, > where the headlamp clips to the terminals and the rear lamp wire runs to > guides along the fork leg to crown, where it detours to the brake housing > and thence to guides along the top tube; thence to guides along the right > seatstay, enters the central rack tube where it exits handily just for'ard > of the rear lamp. > > Overall, the wire's routing is far, far neater than before and I'm very > pleased with it. > > I now have a rear brake for the first time since 2006, for the freewheel I > installed on the flip side of the Surly hub. Eventually, God willing, I'll > get that S3X or, perhaps -- I am thinking -- a SA kickback; as long as my > dropouts will accommodate a 23 t cog in back -- and I think they will. > > Right now: a 17/19 Dingle and a 18 t freewheel (70", 63", 66" with the 48 > t ring and a 24.8" wheel. A kickback would give me ~52" direct and ~69" > overdrive (assuming I am right in believing that overdrive is 33%). > > I botched the rear Berthoud 45 mm fender and need to replace it. > > Does anyone have a stainless steel, 45 mm orphan fender to sell cheap? I > can use either front or rear, as I plan to amputate the rear fender just > aft of the rear rack -- this will obviate hassles with an axle moving far > enough along the dropout to accommodate a 7 or 8 tooth difference in cog > teeth. > > I also stripped the threads in the boss on the underside of the rear brake > bridge, but that's fine, I'll just use a "L" bracket to mount the rear to > the brake mounting bolt. > > The powdercoat is quite good -- the complex curlicue lug definition is as > sharp as under paint, and the wire guides are free from any clogging. The > color is rather more brown than the wonderful, original sage green, but > it's still a pleasant color -- a *nice* pea soup color -- and a neighbor > stopped by to compliment me on it. > > The black/silver aesthetic is not my first choice; it's dictated by the > Equalizer rims, which don't come in silver, alas. But I don't think it > looks bad; and I do have my gofast for the retro all-silver aesthetic. > > I replaced the Lizard Skin bar tape after ~3K miles with "Fizik"; the > Lizard Skin was wearing out on the ramps. I find the thinner LS very > comfortable; the Fizik is much plumper, but it feels good and it costs 37% > less than the LS. (I don't wear gloves except in cold weather.) > > [image: Inline image 1] > > I've got a bulk order of Elk Passes on the way, and I will convert when > they arrive. > > So far, so good! Alhamdulillah! > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > > ************************************* > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* Carthusian motto > > -- 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.
