Hi gang: Thanks for the comments about my new Rivendell Roadeo. What you see is just the initial build-up, done just in time to spend five days riding it in Death Valley recently. I'll re-work it a bit soon and will post a full report and lots of photos to my blog at www.XO-1.org. (The carbon bars, stem, and post were just to be ironic; as I value my life and safety, they will come off tomorrow before I start trail riding it to prepare for the Julian Death March.)
As for the paint, not to mention the non-standard down-tube shifters braze-ons, I got the frame from Rivendell with primer and had it shipped straight to Joe Bell. The color is Barcelona Red, a Toyota Prius color which I'd see on the freeway and liked. Besides the shifter mounts, I also had JB add my Major Taylor Association and Rough Stuff Fellowship decals beneath the clear coat on the top tube and back of the seat tube. As always, he did a heckuva job with it. I love this bike so much, it's actually going to replace about eight bikes in my stable! eBay is going to see my XO-1, RB-1, Kestrel 4000, classic Raleigh, Tom-built Ritchey tandem, Alan Carbonio, Tom-build Ritchey classic, and much more very soon, now that I have a bike with the proper seat angle, super tire clearance, and the all-important classic, timeless, purposeful aesthetic for randonneruing, Rough Riding, and hauling butt all in one bike! BTW, it's a 59cm. I'll be riding it the next two Saturdays on our Mount Laguna rides, as well as the next few Sundays on the trails near Julian while scouting the Julian Death March route. (I plan to race that event on April 10 on this bike, with 32mm cyclocross tyres). If you want to join the Mount Laguna rides, we'll roll out of Major's Diner in Pine Valley at 700am on 3/20 and 3/27. Anyone can join these rides, though they are designed as training rides for our upcoming Mount Laguna Bicycle Classic on April 17. I hope to see you out there! - Chris Kostman La Jolla, CA http://www.XO-1.org http://www.adventurecorps.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
