I spoke to Spencer recently about the downtube shifter bosses vs the slotted braze ons as I wanted to confirm what the 2025 Platys were coming with, and he said one of their framebuilders had told them the downtube shifter bosses are stronger, so their aim is to switch to those for future frame runs.
On Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 7:16:16 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > >> the lack of DT shifter mounts. > > Let me brighten your day: > > Look at the picture again. > Those are downtube shifter bosses, with Shimano adapters mounted. > > Regarding the bars, this year I built up one of my favorite bikes with > some lightweight components pilfered from an early 2000s Trek... and while > I noticed nothing wrong about the Bontrager drop bars, coming back to my > other bikes with Noodles was a revelation: that little upward bend on the > ramps gives a hand rest that just molds into your palm, quite distinct from > having your hands forward on the brake hoods. > > It's all personal preference, but give Noodles a chance if you haven't > yet. It's my all-time favorite and a major money sink for my "cheap" bikes. > > BIke/frame/rescue: $0 to $200. > > Add B17/Noodle/Tehnomic or better/decent brakes/fenders -- and it pretty > much doesn't matter much what you paid for the bike. > > And bikes are cheap, as hobbies go. > I have friends into motorcycles, flying, vintage guitars... we have it > good. > > cheers -mathias > East Lansing, MI > On Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 9:54:22 AM UTC-4 George Schick wrote: > >> The latest newsletter shows a couple of new Sam's built-up. The mustard >> one is pretty much how I'd want to do it, too. I hafta admit, though, that >> I lament the lack of DT shifter mounts. And those drop road bars are a >> little deeper than I'd prefer. Does anyone know of road bars with a more >> shallow drop and maybe with drops that are wider than the bend just above >> them? >> >> [image: new sam.jpg] >> On Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 3:59:55 PM UTC-5 Dorothy C wrote: >> >>> Will doesn’t say in the newsletter that it is the Homer mustard. He said >>> it is the Clem mustard from a while ago. When I had two orange Roadinis >>> from 2020 and 2023 one had flake and the later one didn’t, they were also >>> very slightly different oranges. >>> >>> On Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 7:51:48 AM UTC-7 Paul M wrote: >>> >>>> The color is a pearl metallic mustard that shows through when in direct >>>> sunlight. This is my favorite color next to the metallic lime-green. >>>> Enlarge the photo and the metallic comes through. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, 29 October 2025 at 14:25:39 UTC-7 [email protected] >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Can anyone tell if the mustard has metallic flakes in it? The photos >>>>> from the last email update seemed to indicate some sparkles in there, but >>>>> I’m just not sure if that’s the case or not. >>>>> >>>>> Brian >>>>> Lexington KY >>>> >>>> -- 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/b0eee53b-eeea-4afd-b763-471403004d72n%40googlegroups.com.
