What a great camping trip (thx to all for posting pix)! The first time I saw the mystery bike, I thought, "whoa", but not in a good way. Then, as more pics of the diagatubes and long chain stays have become familiar to me, I think "whoa", in a good way. Keven's bike looks terrific-- I want one, don't know the color, but definitely creme headtube. It'd have a front derailer, too. Albas or Boscos, don't know, but I was dreaming about that custom until RCW shattered it! :)
Lucky 7 to RCW-- pedal on the War Horse... PS-- tell Grant to hurry up and make this a production reality for the rest of us. --sho On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 6:51:52 PM UTC-5, Liesl wrote: > > This bike is •the bomb*. I think there's the impression out in the cloud > that suggests it's a cruiser built for flat-lands. I don't think this idea > holds much water to anyone who saw Keven drop like a falcon on a vole > during his Appaloosa-descent down Shell Ridge this past Sunday. With those > l-o-n-g chainstays and diagatubes, the bike held a line over rough terrain > that was elegant and true—and fast. This is not to mention all the other > parts of the uphill-and-down single-track trail riding that the Appaloosa > handled like, well, like its namesake. > > At 5'2",I never thought this design could be made small enough for me—but > there it was, a little Appaloosa that I could stand over. I took it for a > ride, and then rode it again, and then rode it some more…I took it for > spins 4 days in a row and just fell in love. The Bosco's are crazy comfy > and a million hand positions, goofy as they look. Upright, relaxed with > elbows on the grips, crouched down with hands on the flats—whatever you > need. > > This bike is really a bit of a revolution. > > Mine will be maybe the 7th (?) in the world and will be the only one with > canti's, 26" wheels, and clearance for 55cm fatty tires and fenders. It'll > be a Riv Chica War Horse! > > SO that's the news on the custom front. > > RCW > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
