Also, the dark piney green tape is beautiful. Check it out on Harry's bike here: <http://www.flickr.com/photos/haircow/4452169287/>, IIRC he had one coat of amber shellac on it. I think it'd look great on your silver RB-2.
-nathan On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Johnny Alien <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys! > > Slightly off Riv topics I picked up a 91 Bridgestone RB-2. Very nice > bike and it is in amazing condition. > > Now on topic with Riv stuff. I need to get some bar tape for the > aforementioned bike. It came stock with white but I don't like white > especially with cloth tape. I plan to do cloth tape, twine and > shellac (not sure if amber or clear that depends on color). It is > silver with blue accents. I think going blue might be too obvious and > maybe overplaying the blue. I am almost thinking of going green like > celery or dark pine. Thoughts? I know some of you have very great > taste in colored bar tape. > > http://www.rivbike.com/products/show/japanese-cloth-tape/16-125 > > Secondly....I want to get some tires for the bike. Something light > and pretty fast as this is going to be my faster road bike setup. You > guys did a great job steering me towards the Pari-Motos for my Bleriot > so I figure you may be able to help me with some 700C tires. It > appears I can go pretty fat as it comes stock with 28C and seems to > have extra room. > > Here is the bike. As you can see that tape really needs some help. I > also still need to clean it up and get the bars up a bit. > > http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii31/Johnny_Alien/1991%20Bridgestone%20RB-2/0711001938.jpg > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
