Brian -- very cool bike! Love the wrapping job. Question about the bars: prior to wrapping the bars, did you experiment with the lever placement at all? Specifically, did you try the feel of the ride with the levers mounted back more towards the bar ends?
--- On Thu, 12/17/09, Brian Hanson <[email protected]> wrote: From: Brian Hanson <[email protected]> Subject: [RBW] AHH with VO Porteur bars To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 12:16 AM I finally finished the porteur bar wrapping/twining/shellac on phase 2 of my AHH. I moved the shifters to the down tubes, and haven't looked back. Also have some inspired mounts of the basic Planet Bike Blazer LEDs for night commuting duty. Opinions: Bars - love the positions. My hands naturally fall at the bends and they work perfectly for my 10 mile normal ride. When I need to go more upright, I just move back. Narrow, so they are much like drop width. I can really get low by holding the fronts and resting my forearms on the swept back parts - seems to be a good tuck. The reach to the down-tube shifts hasn't been a problem, and I immediately got used to shifting w/o looking. Haven't done a long ride yet, but will update when I do. 2 watt Planet Bike Blazer - Bright enough, but not a whole lot different from the 1 watt or even the half watt when riding on city streets or semi-lit trails with ambient light. When I went up a totally dark trail, it really lit up the path, so it's plenty bright for my commute. Great blink mode, but I'm still underwhelmed overall. I think I'm one of those guys who wants the super lumens - I'm used to the bi-xenon car lights... I didn't think I'd ride this bike in the crappy wet Seattle winter months for commuting, but it's so comfy, I just have a hard time getting out the winter bike. The Jack Brown blues are still going strong - no flats. I did extract a nice piece of glass the other day when I was inspecting the tires. It never made it through, but it was a bit disconcerting. Oh well - got my frame pump finally, so I'm ready... Brian http://picasaweb.google.com/stonehog/PorteurSetup122009# -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
