Those orange Sams are a pretty nice gateway drug... On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:52 PM, rcnute <rcn...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Nice to score the orange! Soon you'll ride it so much you'll forget > about the paint. I vote blue bar tape. > > Ryan > > On Nov 22, 1:51 pm, Minh <mgiangs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > First i want to say thanks to everyone on this group, i've been a Riv > > member for a long time but away for the last few years. I recently > > looked at my stable of bikes and realized i didn't actually want to > > ride any of them for a long period of time so i decided to solve > > that. A new go-fast bike was not that appealing to me and the new > > Rivendell's like the AHH or Roadeo were more then i wanted to spend. > > > > The Hillborne looked like a good idea as i wanted to put a rack and > > fenders on mine, the canti brakes were a slight turn-off (i gave up > > canti's like 10 years ago!) But i got over this too, as an aside is > > anyone running the old magura hydraulic brakes on an Hillborne or > > Atlantis? I know this is counter to the spirit of the group but > > curious if anyone has done this. I have them on a mt bike only. > > > > Anyway i've been lurking for awhile hoping to pick up a Rambouillet, > > Atlantis, Bleriot etc but nothing in my size or i was too late. I > > finally picked up a Hillborne on ebay last week (yes the orange single > > tt one in the box on ebay last week--sorry if you were bidding against > > me, for the record his reserve price was almost his BIN price). I > > just got it today and i realized that this is actually the first "new" > > bike i've had to build up from scratch ever and it's by far the nicest > > one, the thought of putting it into the work-stand for the first time > > feels a little strange. > > > > One thing i will say, i know what Grant means about not quite as nice > > as AHH finish but perfectly fine nonetheless, there are some less then > > perfect paint areas (one spot on the top tube looks like they got some > > sediment in the paint, it's actually quite bad) it's the kind of > > thing that bothers you at first but then you realize there are a lot > > worse things in life but since i plan on riding this bike it's not the > > end of the world for me, the sparkly paint is nice. > > > > Sorry if there is not much point to this post, just excited to build > > up my first Rivendell bicycle. I'm a little worried about the size i > > got (went with 56, scared of the 60 and my PBH is low relative to > > height), but i'll see once i get wheels etc on the bike and whether i > > need to swap out stems etc. > > > > Now on to the important decisions like what color bar tape.... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
