Bless you my son for doing what is RIGHT over what LOOKS RIGHT. On Mar 22, 3:15 pm, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, Will! You touch on a subject that is dear to my heart. I tilted the ends > of the hooks downward slightly, more or less parallel to the top tube, > against my immemorial custom (all my other bikes for the past 15 years, with > drops, mtb bars with bar ends, At4s, M-bars, flipped tourist bars, what have > you, have had the ends strictly, literally, fundamentalism-ally, > flat-earth-ly parallel to the fundament or ground. I tried to be different > with these bars, but NOPE! The fatty pad on my left palm hurt. I whipped out > my 6 mm allen and put the bars back where God and Nature decreed they should > be, and MAN! What a difference in comfort! > > The Godly have the ends of the hooks on their drop bars PARALLEL TO THE > GROUND. > > I have spoken. > > Amen. > > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 4:01 PM, William <[email protected]> wrote: > > Since Sam has a 6 degree upslope and everyone ends up going nose up on > > their brooks, the drops look a tiny bit odd parallel to the ground. > > Would you hate them if the drops were parallel to the top tube > > instead? Other than that tiny comment, looks perfecto. > > > On Mar 22, 2:51 pm, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Quite seriously, after having indulged my desires for custom Rivs over > > the > > > years, I have come back to (I like to think) a Jobst-like, zen-trance > > > (vacant mind, whites-of-eyes-only-showing, mouth-dribbling -- cut! cut! > > > cut!) attitude toward bikes, that is, perfect as to fit, feel, handling, > > but > > > skip, please, the purely cosmetic and ego-enhancing features. This bike > > fits > > > that mindset in spades. So, beater in the sense that I don't want to > > upgrade > > > simply for internal, self-to-self, bragging monologues, but definitely > > not a > > > beater when it comes to fun in riding. > > > > Thanks for the compliments. Please don't let me succumb to upgrade-itis! > > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 3:47 PM, James Dinneen <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Sorry but there is no way that beautiful bike can be a "beater." You > > will > > > > have to keep that for Sunday best and start all over again on a beater. > > > > Enjoy. Jim D. Massachusetts > > > > > --- On *Mon, 3/22/10, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > > > From: PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: [RBW] Sam Hill complete, for now. > > > > To: "rbw-owners-bunch" <[email protected]> > > > > Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 5:30 PM > > > > >http://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/BIKESMISCELLANEA#54515722204457. > > .. > > > > > Stand, computer; still need to touch up a couple of places where paint > > was > > > > gouged; have Sally Hansen Green to do so. Will probably not bother to > > adjust > > > > the rear fender that tiny little bit to reach fender arc perfection; > > this is > > > > a beater, fer gosh sakes! > > > > > -- > > > > Patrick Moore > > > > Albuquerque, NM > > > > For professional resumes, contact > > > > Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected]< > > http://mc/[email protected]> > > > > (505) 227-0523 > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > . > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > > <rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > . > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > > <rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > Patrick Moore > > > Albuquerque, NM > > > For professional resumes, contact > > > Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] > > > (505) 227-0523 > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] > (505) 227-0523
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