And those were really handsome bikes too...I think they may have had Henry James lugs
On Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 11:03:40 AM UTC-6, Marc Irwin wrote: > > I'm fond of my '87 Trek 560. It's from "back in the day" when they had to > sell the Trek brand and still produced Reynolds frames with branded lugs by > hand in the USA. I remember thinking "Wisconsin? That's not even close to > Italy!" I've updated most of the components, went to 700C wheels so bigger > tires fit and had it powdercoated but I still like to ride it and it keeps > me from coveting a newer road bike. > > > <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XQbc2W_GJqE/Ti39EuSRaTI/AAAAAAAAB38/55ji-hv_OeM/s320/IMG_1204.JPG> > > > Marc > > > > On Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 5:29:29 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> If you wanted the signature Rivendell road ride, but couldn't afford >> another custom or the Roadeo (and didn't want the Ram -- tried one), and if >> you thought you might look for an old road racing frame from the '70s, what >> would you look for? 120 mm OL spacing. >> >> After trying out, once again, the S3X hub on the gofast, the hub gear >> wheel idea being a quick-swap way to adapt this bike to occasional longer >> and hilly rides, I find that the lash is a deal killer. So I want a frame >> to build a bike around my AM hub. >> >> I'd probably give any such frame to Chauncey to have him remove unneeded >> braze-ons (like icky derailleur bosses and hangar), and have him braze on >> needed ones, like a roller boss at the seat tube junction and a housing >> stop mid-top tube for the trigger cable housing, and then have it powder >> coated. >> >> I did have a decent 1973 Motobecane 2nd level Record, and that was close >> to what I want, but it wasn't cigar level; it didn't handle quite like my >> Rivs. >> >> (I am tempted to give Chauncey my gofast, and tell him: "Replicate this." >> But that would be at least $1200 -- cheap at the price, but more than I >> ought to consider at this point.) >> >> (Wouldn't it be lovely to have a customized Roadeo, 57 for me, without >> the derailleur bits?) >> >> Ideas? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Patrick Moore, who just again rode the gofast with 95"/71"/59" S3X in >> windy ABQ, NM >> >> Aside: As I turned north onto Corrales Road on the way to Stevie's, with >> wind blowing from the south, I shifted into the 95" and bowled along >> merrily -- until the road turned and the wind quartered and my cadence >> dropped like a stone. How much better the ASC would be: you could have that >> downhill and tailwind gear at say 80", and at 90% have a 72" cruising and >> at 75% a 59" climbing -- though they say that the ASC also had lashings of >> lash. The AM, with direct + 11.55% and - 12.5% would give one, say, a 70" >> direct, a 78" high, and a 61" low -- very usable gears, not to mention >> coasting. >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> ************************************* >> *************************************************** >> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >> circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and >> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu >> >> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the >> world revolves.) *Carthusian motto >> >> *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart >> >> *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle >> >> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
