Hi Interested Riv People. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YvmEDpWhDEs/VfYNCaakl0I/AAAAAAAAIVc/anUUr1MkIG8/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-09-13%2Bat%2B4.34.54%2BPM.png>
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-58yEmHIaGRM/VfYO-nFBmzI/AAAAAAAAIVo/iwbbNadLEBA/s1600/DSC02751.JPG> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-58yEmHIaGRM/VfYO-nFBmzI/AAAAAAAAIVo/iwbbNadLEBA/s1600/DSC02751.JPG> I actually posted that bike here on June 24th as I was hoping to "keep it in the family." I am the eBay poster, non-bike shop, non-pawn shop, original owner. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YvmEDpWhDEs/VfYNCaakl0I/AAAAAAAAIVc/anUUr1MkIG8/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-09-13%2Bat%2B4.34.54%2BPM.png> Forgive me for the respond-all nature of this post even though it is addressed to Minh, but I am endeavoring to reach you all en masse as the auction ends today at 11:15 PM PST just in case anybody is interested. *The Mystery Of The Stem* It's a Nitto Periscopa stem which effectively raises the bars to saddle height, as is Mr. Petersen's penchant. He picked the stem. Honestly, I thought it looked somewhat odd when I received the bicycle but it provided a lovely place to attach a bell and both it and the headset have performed without incident since day 1. I picked the Chris King headset – the one "blingy bit" on the bike. (You'll note the rear hub and the bottom bracket are neither King's nor Wood's – both of which Mr. Petersen vetoed.) The original mustache bar (also Nitto) was swapped out for a brand new Velo Orange Rando bar when my commute changed to include 6 miles of headwind. No Bianchi's, Veloce's or otherwise, were harmed, nor did anything on this bicycle ever reside on another bicycle myself excepted of course. *Scratches Everywhere (Dan, this one's for you)* Perhaps the comment was in jest, but if not, I'm going to guess that the highlights running horizontally along the top tube could easily be mistaken for scratches, but they're not. They're the consequence of "poor"overhead bedroom lighting. I think when I finally got around to taking the pix, at my wife's insistence (n + 1, etc) the sun had already set. Other than the two conspicuous scrapes beneath the top tube (conspicuous if you're laying on your back and looking up at bottom of the top tube) that resulted from a the bike being locked to a rack, not by me let me quickly add, the paint still has that lovely new-bike clear-coat shine. Why? Because it lived inside my office when I got to work and inside the garage when I was home. My apologies if I sound defensive but, well, I am. I babied that bike and it's pretty dammit. *It Really Is A 54.* See attached pic. *You're Right John, Japan, Not Taiwan, Is Where The Frame Was Welded.* (Thanks KevinD2004 for pointing this out if you're haunting this forum.) *Twin Headlights* They work. Brilliantly. (I'm sorry for that.) I have them set so the left light (if you're on the bike) illuminates the road starting about 10 feet in front of the front tire, and the right beam reaching out farther. The left light being tilted farther downwards keeps me from blinding oncoming cars, who used to flash their brights at me before I got things dialed in. While they can be run independently via the magnetic switches on lights, if you have both lights on they overlap, creating a bright spot from about 15 to 30 feet in front of the front tire. I got the idea from one of Sacha White's Rando bikes. As Bill Lindsey points out the hub is a Schmidt Nabendynamo and it as well as the lights were ordered from Peter White. The lights are identical models expect for the housing. I had to replace the housing on the left (black-rimmed) light because I car-doored it and cracked the housing. The hazards of living in a garage. *It's Stolen! (Halfstep Nell, you listening?)* The stolen bike was reported in Miami. My bike and I live in Honolulu. The stolen bike was Pea Green. Mine is Pewter, complete with all the fancy paint touches. See the pics on eBay. *My eBay Rating Sucks.* Honestly, you may be right. I've only sold one thing on eBay. I attached a screen grab of my profile. My hope is the (1) after my name indicates I'm selling one (1) item? Want to know anything else, email me directly at [email protected]. George On Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 10:07:10 AM UTC-7, Minh wrote: > > I'm sure most folks have searches on ebay, this one popped up this morning > and it's interesting/odd to me. From the seller, looks to be a > non-bikeshop (maybe a pawnshop?) so i don't trust the sizing and there are > no measurements (though from the pics, it looks to be a 54-56). > > One odd thing, i did not know these ever came with threadless stems. and > from the (poor) pictures, there is a locknut under the stem. Would that > even fit if you went from 1" threaded to 1" threadless? > > Maybe i need another cup of coffee, this just looked odd to me. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
