"Tom Sherman" <
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> landotter? wrote:
>> On Nov 24, 10:36 am, "Gooserider" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> http://www.flickr.com/schwinnrider
>>>
>>> It took months to get this back together after my crash. I'm glad it's
>>> back,
>>> and I love my Kendal panniers.
>>
>> Did you have to get it resprayed? That doesn't look like a stock
>> Gunnar color.
>
> Gunnar (aka Waterford) does custom color for $125:
> <http://www.gunnarbikes.com/custom.php>.
IMO, that's the best $125 I've spent. Gunnar also charged me for the "no
logos". The only decal on my bike is the "Handcrafted in Waterford,
Wisconsin/USA" decal on the left chainstay. That was an extra fifty bucks.
But Gunnar only offers two decal colors--red or black. I had black decals
the first time and they just don't look right on the green, and red decals
would be horrible. If a nice tan or white was available I'd have decals. But
no. Now I'm thinking about a custom headbadge...
>> Shame, if it was a nice cream or blue, I'd have to thumb-
>> wrassle you for it. ;-) What's funny is that despite the slightly
>> esoteric components from a layman's POV, it's close to the perfect
>> spec bike for the real world go-fast-with-eggs-and-jelly sort of
>> cyclist.
This is a light touring bike, and touring bikes are traditionally green.
Mine is just a flashy green. The paint really POPS in the sunshine. As for
the components, the reason for the Carradice is that I'll never have to buy
panniers again. There are 50 year old Kendals still out there, so I figure
they'll outlast ME. Same goes for the Brooks---and I haven't met anyone else
with a British Racing Green B17. My only regret is I didn't get the BRG B17
with copper rivets.
> Sensible bicycle, but "eggs and jelly"?
>
>> Closest one can get to such a nice smart setup for a fair
>> price these days is Surly's complete LHT for 1K, a bike that's
>> competing in my brain with a Kona Ute as a realistic crush that I
>> could actually afford.
>
> butbutbut, those bikes are not made by beer swilling cheeseheads, are
> they?
>
Exactly. I have nothing against Surly(I own a Pacer) but if I was going to
spend considerable money on a bike, it was going to be American made. That
being said, building a bike from bare frameset is such a PITA I don't think
I'll ever do it again. From now on it's stock bikes for me. And having a
bike with such a nice paint job is both a blessing and a curse. It's
beautiful to look at but I don't see ever locking this one to a rack.
The DiNotte lights are well worth the money. Shame DiNotte doesn't offer the
600L in a chrome anodized. I was trying to have no black components on the
bike, but that is really difficult nowadays. I could have bought a stainless
Tubus rack but then things get really expensive, and my only options there
are either a tiny rack or a HUGE heavy rack, and I didn't want either. So
it's a black rack and a black light. I like the rack, though.
