Congratulations, Jason. Beautiful Susie and a fantastic photo. I love that yellow/gold.
On Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 6:50:07 PM UTC-4 Jason Fuller wrote: > I picked up a dark gold Susie/Wolbis frameset locally in 50cm recently, as > it was too good of a deal to not give it a try. I don't have the space (or > inclination, tbh) to have another bike so I've borrowed kit from the > Bombadil for now, and am delaying any decision making about whether this is > a long term bike for later. Well, two parts are new - the tires were also > a Marketplace score, and the Ortho bar has been clanging around my parts > pile for quite a while but I've never ridden it. > > I have thought for a long time though that the combination of the Ortho > bar and the fillet Susie frame would be a heavenly match: both are large > and roomy, and both have a lot more flex than usual. I never expected to > test this theory, but here we are. > > I've only gotten two rides on it so far but I have to say, I was right > about the bar and frameset making sense together. This bar needed a very > long bike to work for my proportions, and the Susie is long. The long > wheelbase and wide bar sure feel planted and great on all surfaces. I can't > wait to ride this in the middle of winter when we get a few inches of snow > on the ground. > > I know it's meant to be a trail bike but I'll use my Stooge for that as it > makes more sense for my terrain and riding style. I'll be fitting fenders > to this once I locate the necessary hardware and using it as an > all-weather, all-surface exploration and toodle bike. > > [image: PXL_20241018_001210364.jpg] > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/98c2e075-c900-4b72-9714-31e75c8e2ba6n%40googlegroups.com.
