Do what you want and don't get caught up with what others think. I imagine when I put canti's on an early 70's Motobecane LeChampion, people thought I was trying to make a cross/touring bike. I just really liked the bike and wanted different brakes...and a small trunk sack up front.
Of course, you do need to make the paint purple. Any other color would be ludicrous. :D Reading ahead, I am also curious if this is considered a Roadeo still, or full custom. What will the decals say? Best regards, Matt On Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 1:22:54 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > George Schick said it "sounds a lot like a cross bike" > > Um...OK? What is the purpose of your comment? Are you recommending that > I put knobbies on my forthcoming Canti-Roadeo and race cross on it? Are > you recommending that I cancel my order and buy an off the shelf cyclocross > bike instead? Are you opining that a road bike with cantilever brakes > ceases to be a road bike? Are you just applying your personal label to my > forthcoming bike? > > I have responses to all of those. What are we discussing? > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 10:52:34 AM UTC-7 George Schick wrote: > >> Bill - the canti-roadeo you envision sounds a lot like a cross bike. >> >> >> On Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 12:20:20 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >>> There are a number of threads on which I've mentioned a desire to own a >>> Nobilette-built Roadeo with cantilever posts. It came up in a thread about >>> the Legolas, it came up in a thread about brevets on Rivs. I've made no >>> secret that I wanted a Canti-Roa. There have been Canti-Roms, Canti-Rams, >>> even Canti-Homers. I'm on record saying that my ideal Riv road bike would >>> be a Nobilette build, constructed of Roadeo/Legolas tubing, Roadeo >>> Geometry, but the clearances of my Canti-Hillborne. Putting my money where >>> my mouth is, I'd stated a few times that if any of you would buy my >>> existing Roadeo, that I'd put all your dollars right back to Riv and order >>> a Canti-Roa. >>> >>> Well, it finally happened. Lister Corwin needed my 59 Roadeo frame and >>> fork, and today I sent all his dollars plus several of my own back to >>> Rivendell to order a Canti-Roadeo. Mark Abele and I are ironing out the >>> details. I've got no idea yet how long Nobilette's queue is at the moment, >>> but I'm very excited. I have no clue whatsoever on color yet. >>> >>> Bill Lindsay >>> El Cerrito, CA >>> >> -- 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/03fb0216-31b7-4cb3-9ca2-c88b99957cd7n%40googlegroups.com.
