Daang man, that thing is sweet! Let us know how the Swift feels- most people seem to think they are very comfortable and _really_ good quality. I have yet to try one and am curious, but cautious since they're a little more $$.
On Dec 8, 12:25 am, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Today in the afternoon there was a very nice break in the rain and I drove > up to RBW to pick up my new Bombadil frame. Such a long anticipation... > > Here are the pictures of the build as it is coming along. Not yet finished, > but wanted to share with everyone. The color is definitely awesome. > Depending on the light and your eyes, it's either definitely green, almost > black but not quite the same as the saddle, or something in between. I think > that it's going to keep growing in me, just like the Homer's Waterford blue. > You can tell that the paint job has its small imperfections and details, but > somehow I'm not upset and think they give the bike some character and are a > premonition of the many scratches that I'm sure I'll add as soon as I take > it off-road and mountain biking. > > Here is the report of what I've done so far... > - Installed RaceFace Team XC external BB with a set of RaceFace Atlas cranks > I had to which I had installed Shimano XT 22-32-44 rings. > - Installed Shimano HC-61 12-36 cassette; it's still not widely available, > but found one online. > - Put Panaracer 29 x 2.35 knobby tires, but am a bit concerned with the > clearance between the knobs and the stays. The current clearance is 4mm, but > the rear wheel appears not to be perfectly dished as it is 1mm closer on one > side. I'm sure Rick will adjust it when I go back to RBW. Is this clearance > too tight? Should I go down to 29 x 2.0 Specialized El Capitan Control > tires? > - Going to try a Brooks Swift saddle, if I don't like it I'll put a B-17. > - Installed Nitto drop stem and Moustache handlebars. Have both seat and > handlebars roughly adjusted, fine tuning will be done later. > > In parallel I'm installing the Paul Racer brakes on the Homer, so I'll post > those pictures when I'm done in a separate thread... :-) > > Pictures of current progress can be found > here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/orthie251/sets/72157622958472288/ > > When I'm done I'll upload a set to the Bombadil group and send pictures to > Cyclofiend as well. > > Will send another update tomorrow... what an exciting night! > > René -- 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-bu...@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.
