On Sunday, March 17, 2013 3:40:01 PM UTC-7, Larry Powers wrote: > > I was riding a 100k today at at the mid point stop I was getting ready to > head out when someone walked over and said "that is one of the best looking > bikes I have ever seen". >
Ain't it nice? I was riding my "03 errand fixie on Friday after picking up a week's worth of Mom's junk mail in the Sackville and passed another commuter on a Soma Something -- who caught up to me and said that it was a beautiful bike and that it was the first Rivendell he'd seen in person. (We parted with mutual compliments.) Rams: Change o' heart, O my friends, change o' heart. I had originally thought of building mine up as a derailleur gofast with tubulars; but dammit, gofasts are so g'damn boring (unless they are fixies -- gofast fixies are as the idiot said, "happenin".). No, no: it will be a pavement-biased All Rounder, so that it now waits for a clincher wheelset and a classic-era XT 7 speed rear hub. Instead of 23 mm tubs I wish, desire, hope, crave, hanker, long, and yearn for, aspire to, and set my heart upon, something light, supple, fast and yet, withal, strong, durable, stout -- shrugging off the blows and ravages and physical contumelies that rubber is heir to -- yea! -- something very like the old Avocet Crosses: does anyone make such a tire today? Something that rolls well on pavement yet is not upset by firm dirt and gravel. Kojaks are wunnerful tiers, but lack any tread. There are many cross tires, including tubs, but I want something that is capable on smooth pavement. 32 to 37 mm (the Ram easily swallows my 35 Kojaks). Suggestions? It's largely built except for wheels and cassette. I hope to set it up with a 7 speed cassette, since the DA dt shifters are -- well, 7-speed indexed. If anyone wants to trade 7-speed Dura Ace dt shifters for Simplex Retrofrictions, he's an idiot but I am interested. -- __________________________________________________________________________ BUSINESS BUILDING COME-ON!! $300 off a $600 resume + letter or Linked In profile package with referral that leads to full price sale! Refer two full-pay clients and you get the package for free! I am not cheap, but I am very good. So they say. http://resumespecialties.com/testimonials.html Patrick Moore, Ph.D, MBA, ACRW, Albuquerque, NM, USA http://resumespecialties.com/index.html * [email protected] __________________________________________________________________________ -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
