Yeah, nice!
On Friday, February 24, 2012 7:27:56 PM UTC-6, stonehog wrote: > > Dig it, Jim - that's a keeper! > > Brian > Seattle, WA > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:55 PM, cyclotourist <[email protected]>wrote: > >> It's a cool bike in either color scheme, but those tires are awesome! >> >> On 2/24/12, William <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I totally approve of black, in the right ensemble. This one is ACES! >> > >> > On Friday, February 24, 2012 3:12:43 PM UTC-8, Jim Thill - Hiawatha >> Cyclery >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I tried to sell this bike awhile back, with no buyers at any price: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/6221225854 >> >> >> >> The paint was the weak point. Even an impolite thought would flake off >> the >> >> >> >> lovely candy-apple red. Anyway, as I couldn't get anybody to buy the >> bike, >> >> >> >> I decided to start over. >> >> >> >> The inspiration was the brown Schwalbe 26x2.15 Big Apple tires that >> were >> >> introduced not long ago. And another brand of bikes we sell, >> Speedhound, >> >> has a color option called "nut green", which is sort of a minty >> pistachio. >> >> >> >> Anyway, as my fantasy evolved, I thought black parts might look nice. I >> >> settled on a SRAM X.9 2x10 group with a 42/28 crank and a 11-36 10 sp >> >> cassette. Hubs are disc-compatible White Industries and Schmidt (disc >> >> compatible for maximum versatility in my current and future bike >> fleet). >> >> Anyway, thought this might be of interest here, even though it goes >> >> against >> >> the polished silver aesthetic preference of many RBW types. In real >> life, >> >> it's not quite as minty as it looks in the photos from my iPhone: >> >> >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/6926890797 >> >> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/1JPxa_vUj8YJ. >> > 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. >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> David >> Redlands, CA >> >> ** >> “I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an >> America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s >> the America I love.” >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/jlhByrcIfksJ. 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.
