It's a beautiful bike--a really nice color scheme. I LOVE that saddle. My comfort improved when I switched to a Flyer, a sprung saddle. Do you bounce much with that saddle, or does it just gently soak up the bumps in the road?
Happy riding! Roberta On Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 12:02:27 PM UTC-4, Adam M. wrote: > I built this one up over Christmas and finally took it out for a long ride > last weekend. This is my idea of a Sunday Park Rider which reminds me a > lot of my Father's old restored two-speed/hub shift Schwinn with its sprung > saddle and swept back handlebars. In all I did twenty seven miles on its > initial ride which seemed too comfortable to bring to an early end. While > this is a dramatic departure from my "Fat Tire Fitness" Rosco Bubbe, this > definitely fills one of the slots in my bicycle stable. I was given > several compliments when I stopped for tamales at a local restaurant with > an outside patio as it stands out as kind of a throwback to an older style > of bicycle than it truly is. I Love the feel of steel and this is my first > fully lugged bicycle since my 1983 Schwinn Traveler. It would probably > look more refined with fenders, but that would require smaller tires and I > struggle to go with smaller tires as I am on the heavy side as can be > determined by the ever so comfortable Brooks B-33 with its stranded chrome > plated springs. > > I hope that you enjoy my new ride as I am sure to. BTW, it will be sunny > and 80 degrees today in Phoenix. > > Cheers > -- 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.
