Very Sharp Marty I have a 1960s era Raleigh Sports 3 speed in the queue of bike projects, it was $20 I couldn't pass it up!
Same brown color so your sprite is very inspiring On May 7, 5:49 am, Marty <[email protected]> wrote: > Yet another Albatross makeover. I just finished a phase 1 re-hab of a > nice old Raleigh Sprite. This one fits me really well, and I like the > overall look so far. I have some new brakes on order from Riv to > upgrade the original steel calipers, and will add a single ring Sugino > crankset once I work out the classic Raleigh 26tpi Bottom Bracket > conundrum. > > Marty > > http://tinyurl.com/2chwpwo > > On Apr 30, 7:52 pm, Marty <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > My road bikes are +/- 64cm, so these smaller MTBs are a stretch for > > me, but the nice big ones (especially lugged) don't show up very > > often. I still have half a mind to order up a custom 26" all-rounder > > in my size. Someday... > > > Marty > > > On Apr 30, 6:38 pm, James Warren <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It's been a while since I've seen a bike makeover in the RR. Those were > > > the best. I'm getting nostalgic for those early to mid 00's. > > > > Great Rockhopper, by the way. It got me halfway to wanting to do that to > > > my 21.5" mountain bike. (I ride 25.2" "road bikes".) > > > > -Jimmy W. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > >From: Dustin Sharp <[email protected]> > > > >Sent: Apr 30, 2010 3:32 PM > > > >To: [email protected] > > > >Subject: Re: [RBW] What a Difference A LittleAlbatrossMakes > > > > >That's a great makeover. Reminds me of the ones they do from time to > > > >time in > > > >the Riv Reader. > > > > >On 4/30/10 3:13 PM, "Marty" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> I keep buying these bars, and they make every neglected old bike (in > > > >> this case, and old Rockhopper) something very special. Thanks > > > >> Rivendell, for introducing me to them! > > > > >> Marty > > > > >>http://tinyurl.com/264rhdr > > > > >-- > > > >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > >Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > >[email protected]. > > > >For more options, visit this group > > > >athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
