Wow love that blue -looks like its going to be a gorgeous bike look forward to the final build photos.
Chapeau on making the choice to get the "one you really wanted" I have too often settled for something that was "mostly" what I wanted and then thought "maybe I should have bought X" rather than enjoying the "y" version I actually got. I don't think you will have any second guessing on the Homer Ryan W. Seattle On Sep 27, 9:53 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, things have changed quite a bit since Sept 4. > > The Renovelo frameset that I picked up had a couple issues. Issues > that were hard to detect until you started building the bike. Anyhow, > Riv totally started handling them as you'd expect. As that process > was underway, I had a conversation with Keven about the bike I really > wanted, had been saving up for, and that this Renovelo was > functionally replacing. Waiting for repair work allowed me to > contemplate my age and the amount of time I expect to have the bike, > and the likelihood of ever buying another bike like it. One thing led > to another, and I went ahead and asked Keven to apply the price I paid > to a 650B 58cm A. Homer Hilsen instead. Keven was more than > gracious. I think that the black Renovelo that I bought will likely > come up again from Riv, but probably as a complete bike, so they can > recoup the additional expense they will be putting into it. > > Anyhow, I'm now a Hilsen 650B owner. This is the prettiest frame I've > ever seen. Of the two Hilsen blues, this is the lighter shade, > slightly metallic and with a subtle pearl that you have to get into > direct sun to really appreciate. I got about 80% through the build, > and had to head out of the country for work. I get back Friday > afternoon. It will be a longshot to finish the build and defeat > jetlag to have it with me for the Mt Diablo ride on the 2nd of > October. > > There are a couple of photos on my flickr. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758...@n04/5022081484/ > > On Sep 4, 5:49 am, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > > > > very nice Bill. I didn't even spot this. The early bird gets the worm > > I guess. > > > Though I'm busy plotting upgrades to my new-to-me Ram. New paint, > > brakes, wheels etc. > > > ~Mike > > > On Sep 3, 4:24 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I added a phone photo of the headtube to my flickr: > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758...@n04/4955037653/ > > > > On Sep 3, 1:18 pm, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:14 PM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Seth > > > > > > I'll do that tonight. Jay told me that they were thinking of making > > > > > the head tube decal into a proper head badge. I'm hoping they follow > > > > > through with that. It sounds like it'll come down to dollars. I > > > > > offered to pay my part. > > > > > dude, with the money you saved by buying arenoveloframe see if you > > > > can get one of the various headbadge makers to make one for you. I'm > > > > sure riv would love to see a custom one cut like that. > > > > > -sv- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
