Bill, beautifully done! Those color matched Honjos are going to be the piece de resistance!!!
Pardon me now while I mop up the puddle of drool from my keyboard. On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 12:20:03 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > We have a huge glass jug (two of them actually) where every cork goes. I > just shop from those jugs for the right outside diameter. About 80% of > wine corks are too wide. I've got a pretty good eye for picking out the > ones that'll work, and it is entirely as a mechanic would think of them. > They are a useful object, but contain no "soul" or significance outside of > their utility (at least for me). > > BL in EC > > On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 7:59:52 AM UTC-8 mrg...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Congratulations on the new bike Bill. I always look forward to seeing >> your builds. >> >> Since there appear to be no existing Velominati rules that govern the use >> of wine corks for bar ends, is it up to us (RBW Owners Bunch) to create >> them? I am inventing the role of Velosommolier. >> >> - Must the wine be consumed after the assembly of the bike? Kind of a >> finishing touch like when they smash a bottle against a new sailing ship? >> >> - Must the wine match the bike in terms of character, whimsical vs >> serious, light vs heavy, drop bars vs upright bars, etc? >> >> - Must the uniqueness of the wine somewhat match the uniqueness of the >> bike? >> >> - Must both ends be from the same wine (necessitating 2 bottles) or do >> you cut the corks in half? >> >> I guess what I'm asking is what kind of wine are you going to use? >> Mike in Austin >> >> >> On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 9:31:54 AM UTC-6 Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >>> Wine corks go in the bar ends after more shellac >>> >>> BL in EC >>> >>> On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 5:59:46 AM UTC-8 Ryan wrote: >>> >>>> The black tape/saddle/bottle cage combo as per rule#8 works! Noticed >>>> the unplugged barends but I am positive this is a detail you haven't >>>> overlooked. Nitto barend plugs? Or something from Rene Herse? >>>> >>>> On Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 6:52:24 PM UTC-6 Bill Lindsay wrote: >>>> >>>>> The pre-fenders build is now complete. It's pouring rain so there's >>>>> no inaugural ride and the lighting is poor but I took a few shots on my >>>>> porch of the bike looking like a complete bike. With two water bottle >>>>> cages, and a pump, and a front rack the bike is still just under 20 >>>>> pounds, >>>>> but I concede it will be over 20 pounds with fenders. >>>>> >>>>> The album is updated, scroll to the end: >>>>> https://flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72177720313109003 >>>>> >>>>> Bill Lindsay >>>>> El Cerrito, CA >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 10:52:20 AM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding >>>>> Ding! wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Pretty fabulous! Can’t believe how quick you put that together. Like >>>>>> a jackrabbit on a date, as they say! I’m excited to see all the little >>>>>> details at the end, oh please let them be sparkly. Where will the >>>>>> inaugural >>>>>> ride take you? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 11:24:15 AM UTC-5 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/eb2a7301-ebac-46d1-b97f-c1f594186239n%40googlegroups.com.
