I hinted that my Charlie Gallop might make its appearance in my rotation this weekend, and it has. I did not ride it up Mount Diablo, but I did ride it down into Berkeley and back. It is most definitely a rocket. Blazing fast down the hill on 700x38 Barlow Pass Extralight tires, and blazing fast up the hills in part because it's so darn light. It'll take a little getting used to the handling with a Jitensha bar, but the fit felt super natural.
I also hinted at a tweak or two, and one of those conceptual tweaks did happen. It turned out I needed a lightish 110BCD crank for a project, so I stole the Silver 3 crank off the Gallop for that application, and put on a White Industries VBC crank with a single 36T narrow-wide ring. That's a perfect match for the White Industries Titanium BB that was already on there, and it dropped ~15g. I don't have new photos yet. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 5:39:41 AM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote: > I've probably disappointed some people because I spent a ton of time > talking about my Gallop build and have spent zero time talking about my > Charlie Gallop gallops. That's because I haven't ridden it yet. It's not > laziness or neglect or a lack of wanting to ride it. It's my weird > self-discipline. I have a mileage framework with rules I entirely made up > for myself, and the consequence is that I won't ride the Gallop until I can > insert it into the framework, and I can't insert it into the framework > until I make a spot for it, and the way I make a spot is by riding each of > my other bikes to its assigned mileage level. The punch-line is that I'm > just a few days away from having a spot for Charlie in my riding framework > and then stuff can begin. One of the first things I'll do is gallop the > Gallop up Mount Diablo, perhaps as soon as next weekend. > > Meanwhile, independent from riding, there are always projects parading > through my brain, and some of those thoughts end up happening in my work > stand, and there is a real non-zero chance that Charlie is going to get a > couple more unconventional tweaks. > > For those who missed the build, here's the album: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72177720322843646/ > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, Ca > > On Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 4:17:52 AM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> Hi Kat! I would have chosen the Roadini if the Charlie didn’t exist. The >> Charlie is, in size 53, lighter in tubing. And I love a dropped tube. Also >> the graphics and head badge and horses running along the chain stay are >> just YUMMY. And who doesn’t love that gold color? >> >> The above all made it the winner. >> >> -- 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/1b7b4cd9-21e8-4195-b75a-86dafdc91b5cn%40googlegroups.com.
