I have a new thing to notice now that I think I've recovered from all the custom color touches and can pay attention to the bike as a new Riv model: I reeeeeally like the 700c wheels on the 55cm Platypus. I don't wish it enough to feel disappointment in my 54.3cm 650b custom low-stepper - it's a spectacular bicycle I'll always love - but I kinda wish I had gone with the big wheels. They're huge and look really graceful on Leah's bike, Grant really nailed this one 👍
Joe Bernard On Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 12:20:58 PM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > I’m stepping away from the hand-wringing this thread has become and > instead am posting a photo of my two Rivendells. I picked up the pair at > the LBS yesterday and I felt the happiness brim over the edge of my heart > when I saw them. It’s the first time they’ve been together, as they’ve both > been in the shop opposite of each other until today. I brought the Platypus > with me for one final adjustment (they had my left shifter pointing > vertically at the ground and I had to let go of the bar and wrench the > shifter into compliance; now it’s a proper thumbie as Riv intended) so I > got to see the pair of them on my rack. > > Of course it’s much too windy to ride them today (biking in wind is a > punishment, if you ask me), but I can look at them, and that’s not nothing. > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On Dec 2, 2020, at 12:08 PM, masmojo <mas...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > I think the polishing on the rims is AFTER the anodizing, to clean up the > braking surface, overall that doesn't sound unreasonable for the extra > charge, it's the base rim charge which seems sorta steep, but I guess they > can get it. Rim brake rims are getting harder to come by especially in > 650B, tubeless 650B rim brake rims are even harder to find, especially in > wider widths. All in a Good Rim brake rim is gonna be 100 bucks a piece > these days; by contrast I've gotten Carbon Fiber Disc Brake rims for that > or very close to it. As time goes by these Retro builds are getting harder > and more expensive to pull off. I've got a box with 20 threadless stems in > it, but only 2 or 3 quill stems. > > > Yes Leah, I prefer a rear rack too, but as hard as it is to pop my wheel > over an obstacle it's a lot easier on the cargo. With a rear rack every > time you hit the smallest bump the contents on the back go flying I've lost > so many things that way.even with the bag zipped closed things will find > their way out of the smallest opening. I rode a rear rack for 20 years on > the back of my XO-1; when I sold it to the new owner he expressed his > desire to take it off and though he finally did, he confessed it was just > about perfect on that bike. But a Portuer rack on the front IS rather > *nice* and possibly a bit more versatile. Great for basket mounting and > a nice wide platform for carrying stuff. The main draw back is getting > over the aforementioned obstacles and front wheel flop, but Hey nothing is > perfect! I have the Rawland Demi-porter on my Rawland. (nice huh?) and a > SOMA on my VO Polyvalent and they are both great. now, many people they > basically use the rear rack as sort of a Seat bag support; OK > understandable, especially if you put heavy stuff in there, but, you could > easily go with a different style of rack entirely, especially if you are > just putting light stuff in there. I think it's the Nitto R-10(?) that has > adjustable side struts that I've seen people run to different (higher) > mounts on the frame back, which is a good compromise. > > I've been riding anodized components for almost 40 years and true they *can > fade & do fade*, but it's mostly a problem for bikes left outdoors in the > sun & rain. Wouldn't last long locked to a pole in NYC, but then your bike > wouldn't be there long enough to worry about it. If you are worried about > it, I would suggest compensating, by going with a darker color. I have a > bunch of HOT Pink Nipples (get your mind out of the gutter! (*for spokes*)) > and I am sure with time they will fade to a nice rosey pink color! On a > bike that's always stored indoors in a fairly temperature controlled > environment it shouldn't be an issue really. > > >> -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/9V7KQrexQsw/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f9946258-8ff8-4a4c-910b-11a5a80793edn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f9946258-8ff8-4a4c-910b-11a5a80793edn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/4efb9faf-f261-4164-9315-f208283a7c47n%40googlegroups.com.
