Re: [RBW] frame swap? (My LongLow custom for your Atlantis)

2012-06-23 Thread RonLau
Very nice, ride it till it needs a new paint job, than ride some more. On Saturday, June 23, 2012 9:45:06 AM UTC-7, Beth H wrote: > > Ron -- almost daily (except when I have to haul my guitar and amp -- that > I do on the Big Dummy). > > On Friday, June 22, 2012 9:44:37 PM UTC-7, RonLau wrote: >>

Re: [RBW] frame swap? (My LongLow custom for your Atlantis)

2012-06-23 Thread Beth H
Ron -- almost daily (except when I have to haul my guitar and amp -- that I do on the Big Dummy). On Friday, June 22, 2012 9:44:37 PM UTC-7, RonLau wrote: > > Beth, still riding that green machine? > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners B

Re: [RBW] frame swap? (My LongLow custom for your Atlantis)

2012-06-22 Thread RonLau
Beth, still riding that green machine? On Friday, June 22, 2012 11:58:30 AM UTC-7, Beth H wrote: > > On Friday, June 22, 2012 9:39:56 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> Beth: I thought you loved the LongLow. What changed? >> And, second, what about 700c wheels now disappoints you? >> > > Two thi

Re: [RBW] frame swap? (My LongLow custom for your Atlantis)

2012-06-22 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Let us know what you find to replace it. Me, I'd probably move from 559 to 622 if I could find bikes that had all the other qualities of my small-wheel Riv roads. But then I can ride up to a 60 (depending on the top tube) so this is a different situation. My one complaint, really, about 559 and 57

Re: [RBW] frame swap? (My LongLow custom for your Atlantis)

2012-06-22 Thread Kenneth Stagg
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Beth H wrote: > > So, as my bicycling life evolves and my atorage options aren't increasing, > it makes sense for me to transition to bikes I will actually ride, and will > enjoy riding as I age. Beth, Good for you. Circumstances change and none of us are gettin

Re: [RBW] frame swap? (My LongLow custom for your Atlantis)

2012-06-22 Thread Beth H
On Friday, June 22, 2012 9:39:56 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Beth: I thought you loved the LongLow. What changed? > And, second, what about 700c wheels now disappoints you? > Two things that have developed over the last five years: 1. I find that bikes spec'd around 700c wheels in my appro

Re: [RBW] frame swap? (My LongLow custom for your Atlantis)

2012-06-22 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Forgot to add re Beth's LL that if Joe's work on hers is up to his work on my Gofast, it is very good work and I daresay better than most of Riv's production bikes. On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:39 AM, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > Beth: I thought you loved the LongLow. What changed? > > And, second, what

Re: [RBW] frame swap? (My LongLow custom for your Atlantis)

2012-06-22 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Beth: I thought you loved the LongLow. What changed? And, second, what about 700c wheels now disappoints you? (An aside: after riding the massively fat and heavy 700c SnoCat wheels on the Fargo, at very low pressures, too, I yesterday rode the 650C Gofast with new Michelin Pro 3s or somesuch: qui

[RBW] frame swap? (My LongLow custom for your Atlantis)

2012-06-22 Thread b hamon
I have tried to ride and enjoy my '99 LongLow. Each time I come home less happy than before. The truth is that I am totally burned out on 700c wheels, and on the feel of this frame (which, due to multiple factors including the aging process, no longer fits or rides the way it used to). It's a 55