I built up my Sam with Noodle drop bar, fairly wide 2x10 gearing with friction bar end shifting, and big 44mm tires. It's handled any conditions I've come across in the Toronto / southern Ontario area so well that I barely touched my other bikes last year. City riding, country roads, dirt roads, gravel, even some mild single track underbiking - it's just been a delight.
But I really wish I hadn't seen your parts list, because the only thing stopping me from starting half a dozen projects floating around my head is the covid bike part shortage. To know that such a stockpile exists locally is dangerous! Mark Toronto On Friday, February 26, 2021 at 10:29:16 PM UTC-5 Collin A wrote: > You ask how to build up a bike, and as others have mentioned there are > many "good" ways to build up a bike and I'd argue there are almost no "bad" > ways to build a bike, as long as it works (exaggerating a bit, but you get > my point)! You have loads of parts, so really it seems like you could build > up just about anything. > > A few questions to get your mental gears turning: > 1. Do you want it to be like your other bikes or something different (to > take advantage of building from the ground up)? > 2. Whats the typical ride going to be for the bike? Fully loaded on rough > trails, smooth pavement and a days worth of food, or somewhere in between? > 3. Are there any items you MUST include? I ask because sometimes you have > a really nice pair of _____ that you want to use (and you seem to have TONS > of parts...). > > Personally, I recently converted my Joe to a dirt-drop bar slick 650x50 > bike and LOVE it. 2x9 with friction bar ends are quite fun, but can't say > they are any better than my 2x11 STI on my 700x38 gravel bike, or the 1x11 > flat bar setup that was on it before. They are all fun and all worth trying > in my opinion. > > Good luck! > Collin in Sacramento > > On Friday, February 26, 2021 at 11:25:22 AM UTC-8 lug...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I have acquired a Sam Hillborne frame. >> Maybe it's been the long winter. I don't know what. >> But I am stumped as to how to build it up. (I am ashamed now to realize >> that while I have owned dozens of bikes, almost all have been completes. I >> have rarely built one up from a bare frame.) >> Worse (or maybe Better) I have a big collection of spare parts to choose >> from everything from 6S downtube to 9S speed click shifting, Campagnolo and >> Shimano. I have about 35-50 of each bit - BB, FD, RD, shifters, cranks.... >> >> Some advice could be helpful. >> I'll post my spreadsheet here in case anyone wants to look (BTW >> everything is for sale too. but that's not the point of this post, really. >> It's more that people can only guide me if they know what my choices are) >> >> https://tinyurl.com/2vhm38sn >> >> Barend shifters or handlebar mounter STI/Ergo "Click" shifters? >> Compact double or a Triple crankset.? (my riding will be mostly paved >> country roads, maybe some packed gravel, not overly hilly.) >> Drop bars (I have TONS of drop bars) or moustache bars (I don't have any >> really)? I generally prefer drop bars for all riding situations. >> >> Anyway, rather than wandering aimlessly around in the garage randomly >> plucking parts from my bins, I'm all ears for a more coherent approach. >> >> Peter Stock >> Toronto Canada >> >> [image: 59X59 Rivendell Sam Hillborne FULL.JPG] >> >> >> >> >> -- 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/21259b49-ff47-4d74-8489-6a11bbec4af8n%40googlegroups.com.
