Thanks for all the compliments, folks. I got really lucky when I snagged this Riv off of CL this spring. I've had fun and learned a lot in making it into my own.
I'll probably leave the fenders on indefinitely, so long as they don't interfere with my enjoyment of the bike. Segue: The light blue bar tape is a bit too subtle. I have some bright blue that I think will look nice. Any other color suggestions? I like greens, both light and dark. And leather-brown looks nice with the Brooks; I've used Deda brown tape on my gofast and my girlfriend's bike. Tim On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 3:50 PM, George Schick <bhim...@gmail.com> wrote: > I hafta agree with all y'all, that really is a beautiful combination of > colors. If anything, transforming it into 650B only makes it look better. > But if it were me, I'd just leave those fenders on all year 'round. Why > not? > > > On Friday, November 8, 2013 1:46:33 PM UTC-6, Cecily Walker wrote: >> >> Beautiful combination. I was skeptical about cream fenders on the Betty >> Foy when Keven first suggested it and chose silver for my local build. When >> the local bike shop made a mistake and put cream ones on, once I saw them >> on the bike I knew I'd made the right choice. I run fenders year round here >> in Vancouver, rain or shine. >> >> >> >> On Thursday, November 7, 2013 8:20:37 AM UTC-8, Tim Gavin wrote: >>> >>> I finally mounted fenders to my Riv last night. Looking pretty classy, >>> but I need to tweak the fender line. The front is especially tricky; I >>> think I need to bend down the top of the crown mount to clear the headset; >>> like in the Riv install video. The cream Longboards go well with the >>> headtube and graphics. >>> >>> Tim Gavin >>> Cedar Rapids, IA >>> >>> '97 Rivendell Road Standard (Reynolds 753, 531 fork) >>> Nitto moustache bars, Silver bar-ends, Cane Creek SC5 levers (gum) >>> Brooks Flyer with Carradice Nelson >>> 50/40/30 Campy triple crank on Phil BB >>> 9 speed 11-32 cassette with Microshift derailer >>> Shimano A530 Campus pedals with Riv spikes >>> 650x38B Grand Bois Lierre on Zac19 rims, Deore hubs >>> SKS Longboard fenders >>> Nitto Mark's rack with medium Wald basket >>> >>> >>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9As8KegRZbE/Unu0UfOBPJI/AAAAAAAAAQs/VTKooOsgjCw/s1600/PB060492.JPG> >>> >> -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
