Best chainstay wrap ever. Really nice job. Congrats on your new bike. Tom Milani Alexandria, VA
On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 9:33:07 PM UTC-5 velomann wrote: > It's Done! Well, done for now; I don think a bike like this is ever *done*, > but I like version 1.0 a lot. Took it out for a short jaunt that included > pavement, gravel, and trail and it was smoooooth. > Notes on the build for those curious: > I mounted the wheelset I originally built for my (wrecked) Ocean Air > Cycles Rambler - Son front hub, White T11 rear on Velocity Dyad rims. > Ultegra front/rear derailleurs shifting 2x9 (11-34 rear, 24/38 wide-low > front with homemade chainguard on Sugino XD-2 crankset. Paul Motolite > brakes (OMG - so good!) with orange Paul Love levers and orange brake nuts, > Jagwire gold braided cable housing, VP 001 gold platform pedals and gold > Promax seatpost. Brooks B-17 saddle that I carved myself, Wald 137 mounted > on a Mark's Rack - I bent the inside struts to clear the brake nuts and > match the angle of the outside struts - and an Outershell Basket Bag in > marigold X-Pac that's near identical in color to the frame. Bosco bars on > new 135 faceplate stem with harlequin wrapped yellow/orange Newbaums. > > The grips and bars are the same color tape but I did the shallac > different. I originally had ESI orange grips but the color was glaring. I'd > already wrapped the bars and had 6 or so coats of clear shellac but I > wanted it a little more muted so I did a final coat of amber. I started the > grips with amber, which darkened them well, so to hold that color I did the > final coats in clear. > > More pics in the flickr album here: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/8199310@N04/albums/72157716865339992 > > [image: IMG_0721.JPG] > [image: IMG_0726.JPG] > [image: IMG_0727.JPG] > > [image: IMG_0734.JPG] > On Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 8:11:54 PM UTC-8 Jason Fuller wrote: > >> Joe P - I expect you're right. I bought an XO-1 and a Sam last year and >> the XO-1 didn't last long because despite being a great bike worthy of its >> accolades, it's well overshadowed by the Hillborne. It's maybe a bit less >> zippy, but the small concession there is paid back tenfold in ride quality. >> RBW makes a number of "all rounder" bikes today but I think the Sam is >> probably my favourite blend. >> > -- 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/dd47ac10-177a-425b-9cec-3ff5ec627be7n%40googlegroups.com.
