i have noodles right now and might be going back to the moustache bars
BUT with a slight mod, namely, to have some 'bar ends' run at the end of the
bars
going perpendicular, so in essence they'd mimic the ramp of noodles
anyone done similar?
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Subject: [RBW] Digest for rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com - 17 Messages in 3
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:36:14 +
Today's Topic Summary
Group: http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch/topics
Check this Bombadil! [15 Updates]
different cockpits on one frame [1 Update]
FS: 62cm Red Legolas [1 Update]
Topic: Check this Bombadil!
William tapebu...@gmail.com Sep 09 09:41PM -0700 ^
That is great looking. Now mine is the ultralight version! Woohoo!
Everyone wins.
Montclair BobbyB montclairbob...@gmail.com Sep 09 08:18PM -0700 ^
I understand the diagonal Bomba will be priced at $2200; the extra $
to offset the extra tubing and (tricky) lugwork.
Call me a retrogrouch, but my initial reaction is that I like the
double TT much better... but I think this will grow on me over time.
grant grant...@gmail.com Sep 09 09:46PM -0700 ^
All you guys who like the Bombadil are so nice, and it's not important
to make my evening/week or anything like that, and I'm pretty well --
well, I'm not---well, let me just say thanks---don't feel obliged to
be nice about something if you don't like it (or offended if we do it
anyway), but this time, yikes, it's really nice to read, and thank
you.
Grant I new I should have said 'oncho' Petersen
grant grant...@gmail.com Sep 09 09:52PM -0700 ^
And FYI, I had a Christina Hendrick-less version of the Bombadil pdf
ready to go if there was any... offense, or umbrage, or something else
taken.
Grant I have read that Christina Hendricks is a good role model for
young women who might otherwise feel too fat -- and thus the
reference; but I think it might have an 'out of the frying pan/into
the fire' effect Petersen
Ian Dickson iandicks...@gmail.com Sep 09 09:59PM -0700 ^
It really does look great. And now I know who Christina Hendricks is,
so on the whole, this was a good visit to the old RBW Owners Bunch.
Seth Vidal skvi...@gmail.com Sep 10 12:59AM -0400 ^
be nice about something if you don't like it (or offended if we do it
anyway), but this time, yikes, it's really nice to read, and thank
you.
Grant,
I don't think anyone here is being nice to make you feel better. It
really is a great looking bike.
Having said that - feel better soon - being sick sucks - if that's
what you meant by being not well.
-sv
Seth Vidal skvi...@gmail.com Sep 10 01:00AM -0400 ^
It really does look great. And now I know who Christina Hendricks is,
so on the whole, this was a good visit to the old RBW Owners Bunch.
The only important role I can think of her playing was as our Miss
Reynolds on Firefly.
but maybe there's another tv show out there now, too.
:)
-sv
james black chocot...@gmail.com Sep 09 10:07PM -0700 ^
And FYI, I had a Christina Hendrick-less version of the Bombadil pdf
ready to go if there was any... offense, or umbrage, or something else
taken.
You're a brave man.
I will now elaborate on why I like this new Bombadil, and not just
because Grant has told us that we don't need to tell him we like it;
but because my first message didn't say much.
First of all, the fork is perfect. Even a Long Haul Trucker would be a
thing of beauty if it had that fork attached to it. Whoever is
responsible for specifying or fabricating the bend of that fork
deserves a beer.
Second, of all the bikes in the world, this may be the only one that
conceptually ought to have that decorative Hetchins-y curly downtube
extension. Because of the Bombadil's Anglophile heritage, and because
of its robust baroque uniqueness, and because it proudly has every
braze-on and every feature, including an extra diagatube.
I perceive this new Bombadil, purely based on its image in this grainy
PDF alone, as the next great bike in the heritage of Rivendell
production framesets, following in the path of the Atlantis,
Rambouillet, and Quickbeam.
I bet it won't shimmy.
James Black
cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com Sep 09 10:30PM -0700 ^
Captain Mal approves this comment!
--
Cheers,
David
Redlands, CA
Brian Hanson stone...@gmail.com Sep 09 11:06PM -0700 ^
I love it. I'm now saving for one. This is a classic riv that will live
on and is worthy of the name. I agree with James - on the next great bike
comment, though I would add the Hilsen/Saluki to that squadron. This has
the beauty that draws me to the Riv line, but can still tow a trailer for 30
years through the back woods...
Brian
Marty mgie...@mac.com Sep 10 04:16AM -0700 ^
Indeed, this is the one! The thinking behind this new wheel reflects
a lifetime of thought, passion, riding, laughter,
