Mark - Super sweet photos of you and your boy. And you've got that Backabike bag STUFFED.
On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 9:33:45 AM UTC-7, peec...@yahoo.com wrote: > > About 20 miles out along the Root River valley in SE Minnesota the rain > started and continued for some time at a heavy rate. Tried to wait it out > but finally said to "heck with it" (or something along those lines - haha) > and rode home in the rain. > Got soaked. Stayed warm though. Tim > > On Monday, September 5, 2016 at 3:26:47 PM UTC-5, Tony DeFilippo wrote: >> >> Anyone accomplish some projects or get a good ride in? >> >> I knocked out a couple satisfying but relatively minor projects on Sunday >> and got a nice ride in this morning. The XO-3 got a long-needed headset >> replacement - the original cup and ball bearing unit was pitted and loose, >> though after removal I'm pretty sure you could clean it up, replace the >> bearings, slather with grease and be good for another 10 years. But I had >> a perfectly good VO sealed bearing unit that needed a home and my fork is >> now secured and buttery smooth turning. Then I continued the drivetrain >> redux of the Bombadil with 3 new chainrings courtesy of David's Willow >> chainring stash, based on his stock availability I settled on a 49-37-25 >> for an odd but evenly spaced triple... unfortunately the 25 proved to be a >> hair to large for the inner postion on my chainstays w/ a 110mm BB spindle >> so my old Sugino 24 got pressed back into duty. After my ride this morning >> I realize I need to re-visit my FD setup as I dumped the chain past my >> large ring and couldn't get to the small ring but it does look nice and >> after comparing the old vs new side by side I'm satisfied I got the full >> lifetime out of the original rings. Finally I kept fiddling with the >> Saluki cockpit, going from a ~10cm to 6 or 7cm Nitto stem and continuing to >> mess with the brake setup. I may spend a bit more time with that tonight. >> >> Today's ride was a nice loop through Old Town Alexandria including Jones >> Point and a back and forth accross the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, it was a >> gorgeous morning in the upper 60's and I really enjoyed it. The Bombadil >> with it's tubless SBH's pumped up around 40psi feels alot like my much >> svelt'er Bob Jackson frame. Between the tires and the fresh drivetrain the >> thing glides along like a freshly greased bearing... I'm still not setting >> (or seeking) any land speed records but it's pretty neat that my roughest >> and tumbler-est bike which I ride singletrack on can also double as a >> quickie/sportif bike with extremely little modification. >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HJKRo3WrstE/V83T0-gCQ8I/AAAAAAAARRI/i8e-CWU8enESuikv6SAiVr2KcqBUwbsKQCLcB/s1600/IMG_20160904_090100367.jpg> >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_pD9HCYEi8o/V83T4t1jL4I/AAAAAAAARRM/UK129EsMKtQuV9SmTjVvb_4QpryQA_gpgCLcB/s1600/IMG_20160904_140749648.jpg> >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0YHbrhQCfTU/V83T8fsU8MI/AAAAAAAARRQ/BaqRnQfLhMc13pOoJ6-ydQ4ltmNWGZ_kQCLcB/s1600/IMG_20160904_141138110.jpg> >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vqUXrbnASPM/V83T_2rXQ2I/AAAAAAAARRU/d1MRztEFceg3LbgWTFqWzqOgYqJu57xZwCLcB/s1600/IMG_20160905_074223835.jpg> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
