Super cool. You're putting a rear rack on it? I wonder how it would feel with a heavy load up front and in back? I put some ridiculously heavy loads on the front of my "mixtes" (one having been Marty's in the past!) avoiding the addition of rear loads for fear of frame waggle and what that might mean for structural longevity. I'm curious how the twin tubes do in that regard. Seems, as they are outboard of the center line that they'd do much better than a centered single tube. One thing's for absolutely sure, they look stunning! Enjoy it -Kai
On Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 8:17:50 AM UTC-4, lconley wrote: > > Last March Grant had this frame on the Blahg and I knew that I had to have > it, so I pestered Riv until they sold it to me. I consider it to be a true > mixte - low twin top tubes. My plans are to make it my commuter bike with > an extra huge Wald 157 giant delivery basket on the front rack. I already > have 650B 48 spoke polished Cliffhanger rims, SON Classic front dyno hub, > NOS Sanshin large flange tandem rear hub with NOS Suntour 7 speed > Freewheel, Shimano Altus M310 RD, Wavie bars on my Nitto stem with double > clamp bolts, Brooks B68 aged saddle. I had Riv install an IRD NeedL BlastR > headset with the lower roller bearings - that head tube is too long for my > headset press. I also have an NOS Vetta locking rear rack box (in orange) > that may find its way onto a rear rack. > > Rivendell wouldn't put a Rivendell headbadge or decals on it because it > does not have a Joe Bell paint job, so I opted for a Rosco Headbadge with > no decals. As for decals - I still have the decal letter set that Riv > included upon request with the first batch of Clementines, so who knows. > Maybe I should have asked for a Platypus headbadge? > > So here it is: > > [image: IMG_0683.jpg] > > [image: IMG_0684.jpg] > > Laing > Delray Beach FL > > > -- 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/36b4a3dc-c7f1-46e4-b662-3458bd27be98o%40googlegroups.com.
