Re: [RBW] Introduction: My name is Evan and I ride a Hillborne

2013-07-09 Thread Patrick Moore
Evan: Nice bike! Welcome, or at least, welcome to the sunlight. What other bikes do you have? Patrick Moore, left with: '99 road fixed custom '03 road custom, later custom fixed '? Rambouillet On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Evan evanellio...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everybody, I've been

Re: [RBW] Introduction: My name is Evan and I ride a Hillborne

2013-07-09 Thread Evan
Thanks, everyone, for your warm welcome. To answer your questions: My Sam is a 56. I have a 1986 Univega Gran Rally (gofast) and a 1983 Univega SupraSport (commuter). Now that I have Sam, I could do without these two bikes but I'll probably keep them. They've got a bit of Riv spirit about

Re: [RBW] Introduction: My name is Evan and I ride a Hillborne

2013-07-09 Thread justinaugust
You have albatrosses on there? -J On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 1:40:00 PM UTC-4, Evan wrote: Thanks, everyone, for your warm welcome. To answer your questions: My Sam is a 56. I have a 1986 Univega Gran Rally (gofast) and a 1983 Univega SupraSport (commuter). Now that I have Sam, I could

Re: [RBW] Introduction: My name is Evan and I ride a Hillborne

2013-07-09 Thread Evan
I have VO Tourist bars. They, along with the vintage Suntour MKII FD and Suntour thumb shifters, are the only non-Riv items on the bike. (The Tourist bars sweep back roughly 60 degrees whereas the Albas sweep back about 75 degrees, with 90 degrees being parallel to the top tube. 60 degrees

Re: [RBW] Introduction: My name is Evan and I ride a Hillborne

2013-07-09 Thread James Chang
That's a fine looking Hillborne. The new blue is stunning. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Evan evanellio...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everybody, I've been lurking here for years, but now that I've bought a new Sam from Riv—with friendly guidance from Keven and Will and Rich—I figure it's time

Re: [RBW] Introduction: My name is Evan and I ride a Hillborne

2013-07-09 Thread Kellie Stapleton
Welcome Evan. I got my Sam in Feb. and then joined the forum too. I've since switched to GrandBois Cypress tires and added a Mark's rack on the back to support my Nelson Longflap. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To

Re: [RBW] Introduction: My name is Evan and I ride a Hillborne

2013-07-08 Thread James Warren
Solid intro! Good to meet you! -Jim W. On Jul 8, 2013, at 8:12 PM, Evan wrote: Hi Everybody, I've been lurking here for years, but now that I've bought a new Sam from Riv—with friendly guidance from Keven and Will and Rich—I figure it's time to introduce myself. Here's a picture

Re: [RBW] Introduction: My name is Evan and I ride a Hillborne

2013-07-08 Thread Ray Shine
Welcome, Evan. That Sam's a beauty!  Nice set up. Ray Richmond District From: Evan evanellio...@gmail.com To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 8:12 PM Subject: [RBW] Introduction: My name is Evan and I ride a Hillborne Hi