Al Wanta of Carlsbad designed it? Tha doesn't seem right. Al builds steel frames and does restorations.
Hmmm! ~Mike On Jan 19, 12:05 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ahhh, Cycles Valhalla, that's what the name was, thanks! > > On Jan 19, 11:22 am, Cycletex <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > No longer doing them. I'm not sure what the story is but I know he's > > no longer doing these or any of the Cycles Valhalla products. My 2XLT > > was purchased when he was getting rid of the last few on Ebay. > > > On Jan 19, 12:38 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Do you know if he's still doing these or if they were one-offs? > > > > On Jan 19, 10:18 am, Cycletex <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes. > > > > > I have one of Forbes' road bikes. The "2XLT" is an aluminum road bike > > > > designed (I'm pretty sure) by Alan Wanta and built in Taiwan at the > > > > same factory as.. (enter major maker of aluminum road frames) somebody > > > > or other. He no longer sells the frames. > > > > > How is it? Well, it's obviously not a Riv, but for an aluminum bike, > > > > it's way more Riv than the "major makers" aluminum road bike. It rides > > > > great. Very stable at all speeds. No shimmy... at all. Carbon fork... > > > > well, I get the heebie jeebies about that at times but it feels good > > > > and all. The bars would be higher if my ding dang LBS hadn't cut the > > > > steerer tube down an inch or so but the coolest thing about it, beyond > > > > the ride, is it's tire clearance. I ride it with 32c Paselas and most > > > > recently with Grand Bois 30's (about the same actual width as the > > > > Paselas). Using these "fattish" road tires, I find they mellow out the > > > > stiffness of the aluminum really well. When I've been off this bike > > > > awhile it takes me a bit of time to get back in sync with it, but when > > > > I do it feels really sweet. Set up with open pro's, dura ace 7700 > > > > components it's pretty dang light for it's size. Climbs the west > > > > Austin hills better than I do so no complaints. Oh yeah, it has fender > > > > mounts too. > > > > > I have the specs that Forbes shared on a user group I can forward to > > > > anyone interested. Overall, I'm really glad I purchased it (esp. at > > > > the discounted Ebay price) and it's a nice alternative to my Quickbeam > > > > and Atlantis when I get the go-fast bug.- 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.
