My New Luna Bike!!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Thank you.

It's an Eclipse (road)....sort of...I guess. Though Margo really just sort of made up a custom geometry that would fit my body measurements and my riding goals. It's part touring and part road bike. It really is a custom bike in every sense of the word. There was a lot of planning and somewhat challenging component coordination.

My Rivendell has the same gear range....but we had to do a lot of juggling and changing of parts to get it. That range does not come standard on Rivs. Running out of gears on a downhill?- has not happened to me yet. I figure by the time I hit 40mph I probably won't be pedaling anyway!

The TA Carmina crankset provided the exact number of front ring cog combinations that we wanted, which was 24/36/48. A Shimano Ultegra triple would usually come with 30/39/52 (not a low enough granny gear for me). The TA is also adaptable to swapping rings later to change cog numbers --like if I get 'super quads' later on.

Later I will be staining/sealing the cork tape in a nice coordinating color.