Re: [RBW] Schwin Le Tour Mixte Project Finished! kinda.
Pretty bike, was it pink to start with or did you paint it? -JimD On May 3, 2010, at 9:14 PM, manueljohnacosta wrote: A couple of weeks ago I had a issue with the brakes on this pink mixte. Going from 27 tires to 650b tires made the brake pads a hair short of reaching the rim. Thanks to the wisdom and no how of the group I was able to file it down and make the brake pads fit. Also thanks to Cycles of Change I was able to find the long straddle cable for the rear brake. Presented the bike to my girlfriend and she likes it. She wants to put a hello kitty sticker on it, I want to put Resurrectio Decals. But for now the bike is semi done. Just needs a front basket and maybe a rear rack. Thanks for everyone for the great advice! http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157623789349209/ -Manny Pink is good Acosta -- 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] Schwin Le Tour Mixte Project Finished! kinda.
A couple of weeks ago I had a issue with the brakes on this pink mixte. Going from 27 tires to 650b tires made the brake pads a hair short of reaching the rim. Thanks to the wisdom and no how of the group I was able to file it down and make the brake pads fit. Also thanks to Cycles of Change I was able to find the long straddle cable for the rear brake. Presented the bike to my girlfriend and she likes it. She wants to put a hello kitty sticker on it, I want to put Resurrectio Decals. But for now the bike is semi done. Just needs a front basket and maybe a rear rack. Thanks for everyone for the great advice! http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157623789349209/ -Manny Pink is good Acosta -- 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] Schwin Le Tour Mixte Project Finished! kinda.
I was just looking at your pics on the flickr and thinking it needed some Resurrecto decals! :-) How bout a mix and match of those and Hello Kitty On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:14 PM, manueljohnacosta manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com wrote: A couple of weeks ago I had a issue with the brakes on this pink mixte. Going from 27 tires to 650b tires made the brake pads a hair short of reaching the rim. Thanks to the wisdom and no how of the group I was able to file it down and make the brake pads fit. Also thanks to Cycles of Change I was able to find the long straddle cable for the rear brake. Presented the bike to my girlfriend and she likes it. She wants to put a hello kitty sticker on it, I want to put Resurrectio Decals. But for now the bike is semi done. Just needs a front basket and maybe a rear rack. Thanks for everyone for the great advice! http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157623789349209/ -Manny Pink is good Acosta -- 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.comrbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym. ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- 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.
