Thanks Patrick! I'm in Singapore.
The brake levers are Riv's long standing favourite Shimano Tiagras (they went by another name when I bought them). The hoods wore off a long time ago and I could never find replacements. I don't know if it happens in temperate climates, but in warm and humid climates, the rubber tends to melt. I used a file to smoothen the sharp metal edges before wrapping them in twine. The twine is comfortable on long rides with gloves, I think there would be chaffing without. Saddlebag is a Carradice zipped roll bag. I have a Sackville banana sack on the way. On Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 11:34:26 AM UTC+8, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Nice, Paul. You said "international orders;" where are you? > > I like the "make do" build, particularly the twined brake lever bodies. > Are those EX brake levers? I'll have to remember that for my pair, without > hoods, and hoods impossible to come by. Also for the 7410 levers, once my > (expensive!) stash of extra hoods is used up. I take it -- if you ride that > bike on brevets -- that the twine does not chafe the web between forefinger > and thumb? > > And kudos on the tail light wire, from someone who is far too obsessive > about such things. > > Caradice Junior? > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/cdc027a5-f773-4d86-8f5f-0c813c496e30%40googlegroups.com.
