I've stumbled across Mikes blog before and loved those Orange Road bikes looks like a lovely build- enjoy!
On Mar 5, 11:01 am, William <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to Rivendell, my entire stable of bikes got turned over in the last > few years. That process started in 2009. The last remaining bike I had > from my past life was a custom road bike (Davidson Signature), but even > that, I decided, was too small. I corrected that somewhat with a tall and > long stem, which looked a little goofy but improved the situation. The > nagging shortcoming to my Davidson was that I can't run anything wider than > a 700x25. Hence it's for sale on ebay, as many of you have seen (now it > has a bid!). > > To replace it, I had bounced around several ideas. First off, a 59 Roadeo. > I'm virtually certain a Roadeo would be perfect for what I want from this > particular spot in my stable, but I'm on a bike department budget that made > that impossible. A San Marcos was out of the question, mainly because I'm > in between sizes. So, I considered the forthcoming Rawland Nordavinden, > was tempted by a super low sale price on the VO Rando frame, and kept an > eye out for a 58 Rambouilet. > > My search ended when I got turned on to Black Mountain Cycles, a one-man > shop in Point Reyes Station. Mike Varley does the design and Taiwan source > thing for both a road frameset and a really slick monster cross. Mike has > a long history of design in the bike industry, and he's got a spectacular > operation. We had an open control in Pt Reyes Station last month on an SF > Randonneurs brevet. I stopped in, checked out a couple measurements, and > bought it. Our RBA was pretty entertained that my receipt for that open > control was for a frameset. Anyway, I drove out there and picked it up > yesterday, and got started on the build. So now I have a road bike that > makes it easier to get the bars up, takes Jack Browns without fenders, and > Roly Polys with fenders. It's entirely possible that I'll have the money > for a Roadeo someday, and riding this will get me ready to buy that with > confidence. Or maybe I'll get more refined opinions and do a Custom. This > bike gets me to a MUCH more useful road experience at an incredible price. > I highly recommend giving Black Mountain Cycles a look if you are in the > market for a $600 road frameset. > > Pictures show the progress and status: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/sets/72157629154963632/ -- 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.
