Thanks for the kind comments. The documentation is all due to my friend Ellison. WE were making fun of him for taking so many selfies and other pictures, but in the end, he captured some nice shots.
The appaloosa is, I think, destined to be my favorite bike. I had been a bit torn between it and an atlantis, but am now glad that I chose the appaloosa. It works great with drops, although I did size down for that. And the sizing down also allowed me a more comfortable standover. So far the long chainstays seem like a great choice for a touring style setup. I think I'll probably switch to a nitto 27f front rack and end up running fore and aft panniers for any long bike trips, but that'll still have to wait a while. Sky in new west On Monday, May 29, 2017 at 11:41:21 AM UTC-7, Bob Lovejoy wrote: > > Hi Sky, > > I feel safe in saying, and I cannot imagine this changing in my lifetime, > maybe ever... but that is the absolutely the most fun, greatest, best ever > shakedown ride I have ever seen! Documented at that, and in perfect > weather... Well done! > > And to think I ride around the block 30 times while adjusting things... I > now see the error of those ways and promise to get out more. That said, > with the standard set that high, there is little hope... :>) > > It looks to me like the math you did for the drop bar config worked really > well. I saw one of your previous posts saying the 58 probably would have > been too high (bars and top tube?) and I agree, knowing you want this bike > to be comfortably off-road capable. I am no expert on shimmy but I am > thinking once the bed roll finds a better spot, things will improve. Great > build and set-up though. > > Anyway, congrats on the good eye, great math and the new bike! > > Bob L > Galesburg, IL > > > On Monday, May 29, 2017 at 12:34:09 PM UTC-5, Sky Coulter wrote: >> >> So I mostly finished building up my 55cm dropbar appaloosa Friday night >> and then took it for an over night biking trip with some friends on the >> lochside and gallooping goose trails on Vancouver Island. It was quite a >> bit of fun and the bike handled as well as I could ask. The only issue was >> a bit of shimmy w/ no hands at speed, but it may have largely been caused >> by the way I was carrying my load. >> >> Anyway, I'm linking to a set of photos one of the guys took of the trip. >> It's a pretty easy, pleasant overnight ride if you're ever in the area. >> >> >> https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMy70y0RjzuCIG5jRXEWkipezmZA9s78H5skzP24VPAoS0hz1V6rNxbilXcdyPEJw?key=UjFhVXBQeHVuM1JrUlRzVE5FeDlidWgxdzdISlR3 >> >> sky in new west >> > -- 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.
