Very pretty. I'm late to the thread, but I take it that this one is a custom? It's certainly all bagged out!
I am tempted to try the Albastaches. My concern, as yours was, is riding into the wind. Can you get both a position low enough to duck the wind and generate power, while at the same time one high enough to sit up and beg, so to speak, while allowing control? This is one of the 2 big virtues of the drop bar, low and high positions (the other being so many hand positions). It does l*ook* more comfortable than the M bar, though "look" in this sentence carries exactly no weight. But congratulations; again, very nice. On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 10:50 PM, panog <panogiannio...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the kind words guys! > > The bike came out looking and feeling fantastic! I've got a little over > 500 miles on it so far and it feels like the cockpit is dialed in. The fit > is perfect! Cant add pics through my iPad so added a few more at the flickr > site: > Side view https://flic.kr/p/TbtsBm > As it is now https://flic.kr/p/TbtsDf And https://flic.kr/p/T3ET9D > dressed for commuting duty. > > The Albastache and the bar-ends worked out great. The bars, as set, are > very comfortable and the upright position is great for commuting as > visibility is greatly increased. My concern was how they would behave out > on the open road and head-on winds but so far so good. Longest ride till > now about 45 miles and head-on winds in the high teens - low twenties > needed steering holding from the brake levers to reduce my frontal area > somewhat. Not the same as with drops but quite doable. Power developed > holding from around the bar-ends is not as much as when less upright but > this is to be expected so no surprises there. Overall and for 80%+ of what > the intended use of the bike is, the Albastache looks to be the perfect bar > for it. > > It took me the better part of a day to dial in the fenders and get a > uniform line around the tire without any undue stress. I followed most of > Peter Weigle's tips setting them up. Things like no leather washers at the > fender-stay interphase and decoupling only at the brake bridge and > dropouts. The braze-on under the fork worked out great and the fender > dimple there was much easier to get right. The VO's now come with aluminum > stick-on reinforcement for underneath the fender at the crown and brake > bridge which I included. If I had seen Anton's latest development in time > maybe I would have done that instead as it looks sharp but right now I'm > not taking them apart. > The bended upper front stay is "borrowed" out of Peter's photo stream; > more for the look than out of necessity although it does really secure the > front end of the fender from shaking when on extended rough pavement. > > Brakes are Origin 8 Classique Sports. On the fence on these so far as the > lever feels kinda of flimsy. Wanted to hide the cables as much as possible > and the flaring up of some of the Evo variety (i.e. TRP) sticks up too much > passed the top of the bars. I thought of flipping the TRP but then the > cable comes out on the top which I did not like either. Still on the > look-out on these. > > I had a Tubus Airy Ti laying around that I put on the back and then added > a pair of Multisacks for lightweight, stay-on the bike, panniers. Front > rack I will not put on but I did get the Hub Area Rack and bags to use in > trips where additional carrying capacity is needed. > > Mounting the front light was a close call. The "shortie" bracket was too > short and the back of the light housing could not clear the straddle bridge > so its longer version was used. It pushed the light out from rubbing > against the straddle bridge but, I think, it pushed it a bit more than I > would have liked. I may attempt to reform the bracket later on although the > bolt head clearance from the Paul's is next to nothing. > > The bar is double wrapped with the cork look-a-like tape but as soon as my > lugged quill stem comes in I have a nice leather Berthoud waiting for it. > > Joe Bell's paint job is simply amazing. I have been looking for > imperfections, runouts or whatever but there aren't any. The other day I > noticed he had put a clear protectant strip on the left seat stay right > where the head of the Zefal would have scraped against it. It doesn't as > the pump spring keeps it a good 5mm away but if it ever did, the paint wont > be scratched. This attention to detail I have not seen before and have had > a few customs in my life. > > All in all, its been a wonderfull experience and the end result justified > the weight. > > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. 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