When I inspected the frame at Riv prior to paint, they asked if I wanted to take the fork to the grinding wheel, but I didn't do it at that time. I prefer to do delicate maneuvers like that in my own work space in my own time. One thing people do sometimes is completely clear the dropout faces of paint, for a cleaner look. D&D used to do that, and the Vimeo Riv produced of Rick painting a Hilsen shows him doing that. I'm not a touch up guy. I'm a beausage guy. Scrubbing off the lawyer lips is part of me marking my territory. It'll take "forever" for that exposed metal to rust. If I lived on the marina perhaps I'd feel differently about it.
BL in EC On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 10:52:59 AM UTC-8 George Schick wrote: > "...and indeed grinding off the lawyer lips..." ??? I would'a thought > you'd have ground those off before it was painted. You must have some > touch up paint of the same color. > > On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 10:24:15 AM UTC-6 Bill Lindsay wrote: > >> Rule #8 is one of "The Rules" of the Velominati. It's a somewhat tongue >> in cheek, somewhat serious group of cyclists who have enumerated Rules of >> activity and fashion for cycling and for bicycles. Rule #8 just states >> that the handlebars, saddle and tires must be very carefully and >> deliberately matched, and states that the easiest way to do that is to have >> the tires, saddle and handlebars all black. Meditating on a rule is one of >> the joke-penance things that the Velominati tell people to do. Meditating >> on Rule #8 is my attempt at a joke that means my handlebar tape, and >> saddle, and tires are all going to be black. >> >> I made good progress yesterday, and spent a bit of extra machine-shop >> time making custom decorative headset spacers and indeed grinding off the >> lawyer lips. I got the cockpit assembled and slowed down/stalled on the >> brake setup. There are two parts new and unique about this from my earlier >> builds. I am using fancy Jagwire Elite housing, which was a new procedure >> for me, and I'm using the very elegant Rene Herse cantilever brakes, which >> have a number of their own idiosyncratic nuances. I got the front set up, >> and I stopped there for meditation of my own. The Flickr album has more >> shots in it. >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 7:20:01 AM UTC-8 steve...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> Okay, I'll bite....what is this rule #8 of which you speak? >>> >>> On Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 6:44:14 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>>> SMH >>>> >>>> Meditate on Rule #8, consider my Legolas, meditate much longer on Rule >>>> #8, and then recite Rule #8 >>>> >>>> Bill Lindsay >>>> El Cerrito, CA >>>> >>>> On Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 3:42:06 PM UTC-8 ttoshi wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm guessing blue bar tape to match the headbadge! >>>>> >>>>> Toshi >>>>> >>>>> -- 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/ab08c5c2-148e-4b9f-9681-2dd54f2943e4n%40googlegroups.com.
