Thanks Rob. I have looked at Thick and Zesty online, but haven't been able to lay my hands nor eyes on it yet.
Nice bike by the way: nice fit, Berthoud saddle, Noodles, 36 holers, friction barends. Looks like fun. On Nov 1, 1:29 pm, rperks <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been really happy with the Soma Thick and Zesty, the striated > in particular. You can see the gray camo on my Traut > herehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/rperks1/4290618211/in/set-72157623125783... > I think it may pull together well wiht the saddle and bag you have. > > Rob > -http://oceanaircycles.com/ > > On Nov 1, 9:04 am, Mojo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > My 2001 road custom is my favorite & most ridden > > bikehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/79695...@n00/400392025/in/set-7215760747... > > It is also has had the most stable parts list. The only changes since > > 2001 have been varying saddle bags and a change from Dream to Noodle > > bars. But for the last few years, I have grown bored with the over- > > engineered brifters. The front brifter is especially silly with only > > two positions needed, all out or all in. My one orphaned Simplex left > > downtube shifter has been calling, lately screeming, from the parts > > box. > > > So Sunday before all the Hallow hoopla, I had 4 hours for myself. I > > rode 1.5 hours and wrenched for 2.5. Off came the brifters, on went > > the now-happy Simplex left and a bar end right. To me the bike just > > feels and looks right now. (By the way the bike weighed 1oz less with > > this setup compared to Campy Veloce brifters on my Park hanging > > scale.) > > > Finally to my question: the above picture shows a white cork handlebar > > tape with reflector tape built in. It never 'matched' but at least it > > was cushy and reflective functional. That was changed a year or so ago > > to a cork grey. All I had yesterday was a light foam/cork grey tape. > > That didn't look great so I put on a layer of amber shellac, a first > > for me. Now it looks like leather tape. Not bad, but not a 'match.' > > > Wasn't there a Riv suggestion list for tape and shellac for each of > > their main frame colors? I perused the Riv and Cyclofiend Riv websites > > with no luck. By the way I can't do cloth. I served my cloth time back > > in the 70s; never again thank you. > > > Anyway any suggestions? Thanks!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
