The adjustable stem is great for finding your way into the fit...or so I've heard...I haven't tried to use it except once on the road and I couldn't undo the bolt...
ask me again...later!!
I DID ask the Bianchi guy for one for Mr elk's new Volpe and he's giving us a Kalloy. I think it'll be a heaven sent for the Mr...who has been riding upright.
Don't worry too much...(said once Cancer to another)
it's all fixable, undoable, changable.
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08-03-2008, 03:54 PM #1
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08-09-2008, 01:56 PM #2
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We are working on the fit and it seems pretty good -- very different geometry than my Bianchi (bars and saddle about the same height), but good. We can't quite get KOPS right because my femurs are different lengths, but we can get it close.
Unfortunately my Brooks B17s is not working. I might try a B17 but I am not getting that instant comfort thing I've had with Brooks saddles on other bikes. I tried a Butterfly and it was better but also won't work (I get chafing in the rear because it's too wide for me), so I am going to try my Fisik Vitesse and I might have to buy another one of those. Damn it. The Brooks is prettier.
Here is some child labor in action:
See, if your kids are very bad, you can make them clean your chain and rims with a toothbrush!
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08-09-2008, 03:22 PM #3
Red bikes rule!
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The color of that bike just makes me swoon!
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08-09-2008, 10:32 PM #4
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Awwww...love the pics. She obviously is going to be a cyclist, she already has great taste in bikes.
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08-17-2008, 08:11 AM #5
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Well, I hope the bike looks as pretty with a black Vitesse saddle, because the Brooks is just not working. Not enough adjustability even with a setback seatpost.
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10-08-2008, 09:50 AM #6
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(#$#*&$*(*#(!!!!
The whole point of building this bike was for hauling my daughter in her Chariot trailer. It's all built, it's beautiful, it fits ... but it turns out to have odd-size dropouts, and the attachment for the trailer won't work.
So it is going to be for sale and I am back to the drawing board. What an enormous waste of time and money.
ETA: actually I will probably just stick with my Bianchi. I've been pulling the trailer with it and having a blast, anyway.Last edited by xeney; 10-08-2008 at 09:59 AM.
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10-08-2008, 10:03 AM #7
In through the out door..
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That sucks
Is there not an alternate attachment for the trailer available?
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10-08-2008, 10:17 AM #8
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What size is it?
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