They do look like neat bars and I was willing to try something a bit different
I had originally ordered a 9cm Tallux stem but after mostly building up the bike ,Mark (and Grant and Will agreed) that the 9cm stem with the flipped Chocos which extend back way more than moustaches I usually ride with gave the bike a twitchiness which was not ideal...too far behind the steering axis . I didn't know what to pick for a stem extension, really , so I just went with what I normally use with moustache and road bars. All ended well ; Mark chopped 14mm off the ends of the bars and swapped the 9cm stem for a 13cm, so all is well. Must be challenging , though, dealing with a non-local customer, though...there's a lot of back-and-forth especially for a complete build. But they do an awesome job and they bend over backwards to get everything just right, so I applaud them for that. Pretty much all that's missing from what I've seen so far is the saddle and seatpost - B-17 Select and S-83 Nitto seatpost and some of those MKS touring pedals On Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 6:49:51 AM UTC-6, Les Lammers wrote: > > Looks might fine Ryan! The Choco norm bars are quite nice. These look > interesting too. > https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/peeking-through-the-knothole/pneubar-pname > > On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 4:19:20 PM UTC-5, Ryan Fleming wrote: >> >> It is a beautiful colour...just as I envsioned and it'll look neat in >> sunlight too. It's a metallic burgundy ---from Joe Bell's chart of colours >> >> And since I don't possess the mechanical /artistic skills that you , >> Bill or my partner has, I am glad that Mark at Riv is building the bike >> and installing the fenders and I asked for Rich-built wheels.I took some >> help from Grant and Mark for some of the parts picks*...Grant persuaded >> me to try his Choco bars* and Mark recommended WI hubs because I thought >> the Phil rear cassette hub price was a bit more spendy. But I like picking >> parts and I pretty much picked stuff I know and love; Chris King headset, >> Phil Wood BB , Brooks B-17 Select , getting cream SKS fenders, Nitto for >> bars,stem, seatpost, Sugino for cranks...etc. I have a few nice bikes but >> no place really to work on them....I rent...have half a garage but wouldn't >> feel comfortable leaving tools and super-expensive bike stuff locked up in >> the garage. >> >> >> Anyway....looking forward to riding it come spring >> On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 2:59:38 PM UTC-6, Pudge wrote: >>> >>> OMG. THAT IS A GORGEOUS COLOR, GORGEOUS BIKE. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jan 4, 2017, at 11:46 AM, Shoji Takahashi <shoji.t...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> wow! Happy New Year, Ryan. >>> Tailwinds, shoji >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 11:36:11 AM UTC-5, Ryan Fleming wrote: >>>> >>>> Mark at Rivendell was kind enough to shoot a few pics of my custom in >>>> progress. Inside shots but the color looks like it turned out as I hoped >>>> >>>> Hopefully you can view these. >>>> >>>> Happy new year , everyone ! >>>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-own...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> The sender of this email is a retired partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, >>> Meagher & Flom LLP ("Skadden") and is not performing legal service on >>> behalf of Skadden. Use by a retired partner of the skadden.com or >>> probonolaw.com domain names is in his/her personal capacity and not on >>> behalf of Skadden or its affiliates. >>> >> -- 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.
