I loved your bike life post. It made me wonder why a carbon bike has to be 'dainty.' I spent a pretty instructive hour with Shawn of Ruckus Components the other day, and it kind of changed the way I think about carbon fiber. "If you make _anything_ as light as possible, it's going to fail."
The olive drab and Atlantis green (isn't it more teal-y than pea sage?) combo doesn't sound harmonious. Tan tape and hoods would be a step in the right direction, but that's a pretty drastic color- mismatch. Dye the bags? :^) Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Oct 17, 1:15 pm, Anne Paulson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Stuart Fletcher > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Out of curiosity (and because I want to get one someday) which size > > Saddlesack did you get? Based on your grocery list I'm assuming it's > > either a medium or a large. > > Large. I love it. There's only one problem, and perhaps some of you > can advise me on a solution: This Atlantis is the stock color, pea > sage green. I thought it would look good with the olive drab of the > Saddlesack, but, not so much, though the olive is certainly better > than the bright red grocery panniers I was using. > > My saddle is black; nothing will convince me to go to a Brooks saddle > no matter how beautiful it would look with the bag. But I'm thinking > maybe if I replace my hoods and tape, presently black, with tan that > might improve the appearance. > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels -- 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.
