Beautiful build, and I am supremely jealous. The crew knows that if they decide to sell the grivler 53, they've got a buyer in me. I love how low and long it is, like a scrawny Hillibike. That would be a pretty optimal two-bike quiver; this and a matching Susie.
On Saturday, 11 September 2021 at 19:10:22 UTC-7 Johnny Alien wrote: > I am sure that you are absolutely correct about the stem playing into it. > I would actually drop this stem a touch but it's one of those overly long > one stems and that is literally as low as it will go. I ordered a Nitto MT > mountain stem which would have been shorter in length and angled up a touch > to allow me to drop it even further but I messed up and it was for a 25.4 > column instead of 22.2. End result it won't work and I can't sell a stem of > that size because who needs it? Killer looking custom!! > > On Saturday, September 11, 2021 at 7:04:35 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> That's a nice (and currently extremely rare) bike! I have my custom set >> up similar with a 36t Sugino (with guard) and 11-50 11-speed. Bars are >> Billie on a Periscopa, about to be switched to a 10cm DirtDrop stem. >> >> Your flex issue with Billie's may be (probably is) partly attributable to >> that long flexy stem you're using. I'll bet a DirtDrop - if you can make >> the length work - or steel Nitto HiRiser would stiffen things up some. >> Here's a pic of my Billie/Periscopa. >> >> Joe Bernard >> >> On Saturday, September 11, 2021 at 12:38:49 PM UTC-7 Johnny Alien wrote: >> >>> My free time has been limited so I let a local shop do most of the work >>> on my newly acquired Gallop. It's set up as a 1X11 (my first for that type >>> of drivetrain). That's a 36t Woolftooth chainring mated to New Albion crank >>> arms. I knew that the New Albion's were rebranded Sugino but what's >>> interesting is they actually say XD on the inside. The rear cassette is >>> 11-42. I don't need the super low gears and the 42 has less drastic jumps. >>> After riding this for a few days I think I am going to move the chainring >>> up to a 38t. Maybe even 40t. I'm not sure yet. I went with mini-v brakes >>> because 1. My brakes were compatible with both long and short pull and 2, >>> It would give me flexibility if I decided to go with more of a road setup >>> at some time. It turns out that while there is plenty of room for big >>> tires the mini-v's at 85mm long are REALLY close to the tires. I do love >>> these brakes though so I may move them over to my Saluki and go with >>> regular V's on this. I have heard that Grant is considering moving away >>> from the V setup on these if they go into production. I assume they would >>> move to sidepull for a more standard road look. I will say this...I was >>> told that these would handle 45mm tires but with the right brakes it could >>> go much bigger than that. The Ultradynamicos I highly recommend. The >>> microshift thumbshifter works flawlessly with the Shimano RD when indexed. >>> Better than I expected. I am on the fence about the Billie bars. I enjoy >>> them but I am not used to this wide of bars with that much flex. It's >>> weird. Anyway here are the photos. The bike is killer and does exactly >>> what Grant wanted...a road focused bike built for sweptback bars. It's >>> pretty light and has a cool oval top tube. >> >> -- 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/67809dde-28ac-4a64-a241-b526962318f4n%40googlegroups.com.
