Did you re-rake the fork for front loading? ;) On Dec 17, 2:16 am, Brian Hanson <stone...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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#
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