Re: [RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures
I have both and, at this point, like the Challenge tires better - but I have yet to try them both on the same bike. Bill Louisville In a message dated 1/25/2010 10:37:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, teg...@gmail.com writes: Brilliant bike, really nice build, congratulations! I almost got those same Challenge tires (and may still) but I'm so enamored with the GB 'Cypres' tires on my 650B AHH that I got the 700Cx30 for my Roadeo. Are they as nice as the BQ reviews say they are? -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures
Thanks for the compliments! ...and yes - I think I have found my tire - but I won't know for sure until the Spring. On Jan 26, 6:10 am, bpus...@aol.com wrote: I have both and, at this point, like the Challenge tires better - but I have yet to try them both on the same bike. Bill Louisville In a message dated 1/25/2010 10:37:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, teg...@gmail.com writes: Brilliant bike, really nice build, congratulations! I almost got those same Challenge tires (and may still) but I'm so enamored with the GB 'Cypres' tires on my 650B AHH that I got the 700Cx30 for my Roadeo. Are they as nice as the BQ reviews say they are? -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures
Yeah - shellaced tan cork indeed. The shellac was made with the amber flakes that VO sells - I find that to be a much better quality than the pre-mixed stuff. I didn't like the look of the tape much until the 6 or 7th coat, and then I understood what other folks have been saying - it's gorgeous. And for $12, a better all-around choice than leather bartape (which I have gone with on past builds). On Jan 25, 10:37 pm, terryg teg...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, Brilliant bike, really nice build, congratulations! I almost got those same Challenge tires (and may still) but I'm so enamored with the GB 'Cypres' tires on my 650B AHH that I got the 700Cx30 for my Roadeo. Are they as nice as the BQ reviews say they are? Of course it's kinda lousy here in Chicago for riding the Roadeo (I'll get over it, I'm being a wimp), so I haven't got any real significant saddle time just yet. Which is to say, no real world-worthy photos. Your handlebar treatment wouldn't happen to be shellaced tan cork tape, would it? Mine is, and it looks a whole lot like yours! Congrats again, and what a great color scheme. Totally classy. terryg On Jan 25, 10:06 am, Adam DeFayette adam.defaye...@gmail.com wrote: Rivendell stock - I believe Tange Levin - the unsealed one, which I suppose is fine as this bike will never see a rainy day. On Jan 25, 4:32 am, nawr...@comcast.net wrote: Adam, Nice bike, what brand of headset did you go with? Cant tell by the pix. Enjoy, Dave Nawrocki Fort Collins, CO - Original Message - From: Adam DeFayette adam.defaye...@gmail.com To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:28:38 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: [RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures Sorry - that link was to a picture and not the album, here:http://picasaweb.google.com/adam.defayette/RivendellRoadeo?feat=direc... The tires (Challenge Parigi-Roubaix) are sold as a 27 and look like a 27 to me but I haven't measured. They feel great - the whole bike does. I had this fear throughout the assembly that the bike wouldn't fit - Rivendell had me going with a 57 based on their measurement system, but I instead went with a 59 (closer to what I am used to riding - I'm 6 '2 - and it seems perfect. Can't wait to to get this bike seriously out on the road in the Spring. On Jan 24, 8:23 am, rperks perks@gmail.com wrote: Looks really nice. How do you like the tires? What is the actual width on those once inflated? Rob On Jan 23, 3:11 pm, Adam DeFayette adam.defaye...@gmail.com wrote: Check it out:http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7IDE6Lx7BsB_In1Rke29SQ?feat=dire... Just finished wheel-build and assembly. Standard Riv-parts, except for the stem and handlebars which I salvaged from a 1981 Raleigh SuperGrandPrix. -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.-Hidequoted 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures
Yea, it's cheaper, easier to clean, more shock absorbing, and, in my opinion, looks better. What's not to like? Next time, I'll have to try the VO stuff. Bill Louisville In a message dated 1/26/2010 11:34:53 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, adam.defaye...@gmail.com writes: I didn't like the look of the tape much until the 6 or 7th coat, and then I understood what other folks have been saying - it's gorgeous. And for $12, a better all-around choice than leather bartape (which I have gone with on past builds). -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures
Adam, Nice bike, what brand of headset did you go with? Cant tell by the pix. Enjoy, Dave Nawrocki Fort Collins, CO - Original Message - From: Adam DeFayette adam.defaye...@gmail.com To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:28:38 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: [RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures Sorry - that link was to a picture and not the album, here: http://picasaweb.google.com/adam.defayette/RivendellRoadeo?feat=directlink The tires (Challenge Parigi-Roubaix) are sold as a 27 and look like a 27 to me but I haven't measured. They feel great - the whole bike does. I had this fear throughout the assembly that the bike wouldn't fit - Rivendell had me going with a 57 based on their measurement system, but I instead went with a 59 (closer to what I am used to riding - I'm 6 '2 - and it seems perfect. Can't wait to to get this bike seriously out on the road in the Spring. On Jan 24, 8:23 am, rperks perks@gmail.com wrote: Looks really nice. How do you like the tires? What is the actual width on those once inflated? Rob On Jan 23, 3:11 pm, Adam DeFayette adam.defaye...@gmail.com wrote: Check it out:http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7IDE6Lx7BsB_In1Rke29SQ?feat=dire... Just finished wheel-build and assembly. Standard Riv-parts, except for the stem and handlebars which I salvaged from a 1981 Raleigh SuperGrandPrix. -- 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. -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures
Rivendell stock - I believe Tange Levin - the unsealed one, which I suppose is fine as this bike will never see a rainy day. On Jan 25, 4:32 am, nawr...@comcast.net wrote: Adam, Nice bike, what brand of headset did you go with? Cant tell by the pix. Enjoy, Dave Nawrocki Fort Collins, CO - Original Message - From: Adam DeFayette adam.defaye...@gmail.com To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:28:38 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: [RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures Sorry - that link was to a picture and not the album, here:http://picasaweb.google.com/adam.defayette/RivendellRoadeo?feat=direc... The tires (Challenge Parigi-Roubaix) are sold as a 27 and look like a 27 to me but I haven't measured. They feel great - the whole bike does. I had this fear throughout the assembly that the bike wouldn't fit - Rivendell had me going with a 57 based on their measurement system, but I instead went with a 59 (closer to what I am used to riding - I'm 6 '2 - and it seems perfect. Can't wait to to get this bike seriously out on the road in the Spring. On Jan 24, 8:23 am, rperks perks@gmail.com wrote: Looks really nice. How do you like the tires? What is the actual width on those once inflated? Rob On Jan 23, 3:11 pm, Adam DeFayette adam.defaye...@gmail.com wrote: Check it out:http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7IDE6Lx7BsB_In1Rke29SQ?feat=dire... Just finished wheel-build and assembly. Standard Riv-parts, except for the stem and handlebars which I salvaged from a 1981 Raleigh SuperGrandPrix. -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- 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.
[RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures
Hello everyone, Brilliant bike, really nice build, congratulations! I almost got those same Challenge tires (and may still) but I'm so enamored with the GB 'Cypres' tires on my 650B AHH that I got the 700Cx30 for my Roadeo. Are they as nice as the BQ reviews say they are? Of course it's kinda lousy here in Chicago for riding the Roadeo (I'll get over it, I'm being a wimp), so I haven't got any real significant saddle time just yet. Which is to say, no real world-worthy photos. Your handlebar treatment wouldn't happen to be shellaced tan cork tape, would it? Mine is, and it looks a whole lot like yours! Congrats again, and what a great color scheme. Totally classy. terryg On Jan 25, 10:06 am, Adam DeFayette adam.defaye...@gmail.com wrote: Rivendell stock - I believe Tange Levin - the unsealed one, which I suppose is fine as this bike will never see a rainy day. On Jan 25, 4:32 am, nawr...@comcast.net wrote: Adam, Nice bike, what brand of headset did you go with? Cant tell by the pix. Enjoy, Dave Nawrocki Fort Collins, CO - Original Message - From: Adam DeFayette adam.defaye...@gmail.com To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:28:38 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: [RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures Sorry - that link was to a picture and not the album, here:http://picasaweb.google.com/adam.defayette/RivendellRoadeo?feat=direc... The tires (Challenge Parigi-Roubaix) are sold as a 27 and look like a 27 to me but I haven't measured. They feel great - the whole bike does. I had this fear throughout the assembly that the bike wouldn't fit - Rivendell had me going with a 57 based on their measurement system, but I instead went with a 59 (closer to what I am used to riding - I'm 6 '2 - and it seems perfect. Can't wait to to get this bike seriously out on the road in the Spring. On Jan 24, 8:23 am, rperks perks@gmail.com wrote: Looks really nice. How do you like the tires? What is the actual width on those once inflated? Rob On Jan 23, 3:11 pm, Adam DeFayette adam.defaye...@gmail.com wrote: Check it out:http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7IDE6Lx7BsB_In1Rke29SQ?feat=dire... Just finished wheel-build and assembly. Standard Riv-parts, except for the stem and handlebars which I salvaged from a 1981 Raleigh SuperGrandPrix. -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.-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.
[RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures
That is a very nice looking bike Adam! The green really brings out the profile of the lugs. Angus On Jan 23, 5:11 pm, Adam DeFayette adam.defaye...@gmail.com wrote: Check it out:http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7IDE6Lx7BsB_In1Rke29SQ?feat=dire... Just finished wheel-build and assembly. Standard Riv-parts, except for the stem and handlebars which I salvaged from a 1981 Raleigh SuperGrandPrix. -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures
Looks really nice. How do you like the tires? What is the actual width on those once inflated? Rob On Jan 23, 3:11 pm, Adam DeFayette adam.defaye...@gmail.com wrote: Check it out:http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7IDE6Lx7BsB_In1Rke29SQ?feat=dire... Just finished wheel-build and assembly. Standard Riv-parts, except for the stem and handlebars which I salvaged from a 1981 Raleigh SuperGrandPrix. -- 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.
[RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures
I am QuickBeam greenwith envy. That is a beautiful machine congrats and may you have miles of smiles. On Jan 24, 5:23 am, rperks perks@gmail.com wrote: Looks really nice. How do you like the tires? What is the actual width on those once inflated? Rob On Jan 23, 3:11 pm, Adam DeFayette adam.defaye...@gmail.com wrote: Check it out:http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7IDE6Lx7BsB_In1Rke29SQ?feat=dire... Just finished wheel-build and assembly. Standard Riv-parts, except for the stem and handlebars which I salvaged from a 1981 Raleigh SuperGrandPrix.- 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.
[RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures
Beautiful bike and really nice set-up. --mike On Jan 24, 8:39 am, RoadieRyan rya...@hotmail.com wrote: I am QuickBeam greenwith envy. That is a beautiful machine congrats and may you have miles of smiles. On Jan 24, 5:23 am, rperks perks@gmail.com wrote: Looks really nice. How do you like the tires? What is the actual width on those once inflated? Rob On Jan 23, 3:11 pm, Adam DeFayette adam.defaye...@gmail.com wrote: Check it out:http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7IDE6Lx7BsB_In1Rke29SQ?feat=dire... Just finished wheel-build and assembly. Standard Riv-parts, except for the stem and handlebars which I salvaged from a 1981 Raleigh SuperGrandPrix.- 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.
[RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures
Sorry - that link was to a picture and not the album, here: http://picasaweb.google.com/adam.defayette/RivendellRoadeo?feat=directlink The tires (Challenge Parigi-Roubaix) are sold as a 27 and look like a 27 to me but I haven't measured. They feel great - the whole bike does. I had this fear throughout the assembly that the bike wouldn't fit - Rivendell had me going with a 57 based on their measurement system, but I instead went with a 59 (closer to what I am used to riding - I'm 6 '2 - and it seems perfect. Can't wait to to get this bike seriously out on the road in the Spring. On Jan 24, 8:23 am, rperks perks@gmail.com wrote: Looks really nice. How do you like the tires? What is the actual width on those once inflated? Rob On Jan 23, 3:11 pm, Adam DeFayette adam.defaye...@gmail.com wrote: Check it out:http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7IDE6Lx7BsB_In1Rke29SQ?feat=dire... Just finished wheel-build and assembly. Standard Riv-parts, except for the stem and handlebars which I salvaged from a 1981 Raleigh SuperGrandPrix. -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Quickbeam Green Roadeo - pictures
Mine measure 28 and they are wonderful. Bill In a message dated 1/24/2010 1:10:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, adam.defaye...@gmail.com writes: The tires (Challenge Parigi-Roubaix) are sold as a 27 and look like a 27 to me but I haven't measured. -- 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.
