refurbed Curt Goodrich

[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

I tried to sell this bike awhile back, with no buyers at any price:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/6221225854

The paint was the weak point. Even an impolite thought would flake off the lovely candy-apple red. Anyway, as I couldn't get anybody to buy the bike, I decided to start over.

The inspiration was the brown Schwalbe 26x2.15 Big Apple tires that were introduced not long ago. And another brand of bikes we sell, Speedhound, has a color option called "nut green", which is sort of a minty pistachio. Anyway, as my fantasy evolved, I thought black parts might look nice. I settled on a SRAM X.9 2x10 group with a 42/28 crank and a 11-36 10 sp cassette. Hubs are disc-compatible White Industries and Schmidt (disc compatible for maximum versatility in my current and future bike fleet). Anyway, thought this might be of interest here, even though it goes against the polished silver aesthetic preference of many RBW types. In real life, it's not quite as minty as it looks in the photos from my iPhone:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/6926890797

[PATRICK MOORE]

I wish I had the money! I think it's lovely. 559, right? Trade for a trike?

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[Carla Waugh]

Beautiful bike.

Artist/Art Educator/Bicyclist

[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

Patrick, your trike is tempting, but I'm not in the mood to sell my "new" bike!

On Friday, February 24, 2012 5:26:34 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote:

I wish I had the money! I think it's lovely. 559, right? Trade for a trike?

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thil...@gmail.com> wrote:

I tried to sell this bike awhile back, with no buyers at any price:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/6221225854

The paint was the weak point. Even an impolite thought would flake off the lovely candy-apple red. Anyway, as I couldn't get anybody to buy the bike, I decided to start over.

The inspiration was the brown Schwalbe 26x2.15 Big Apple tires that were introduced not long ago. And another brand of bikes we sell, Speedhound, has a color option called "nut green", which is sort of a minty pistachio. Anyway, as my fantasy evolved, I thought black parts might look nice. I settled on a SRAM X.9 2x10 group with a 42/28 crank and a 11-36 10 sp cassette. Hubs are disc-compatible White Industries and Schmidt (disc compatible for maximum versatility in my current and future bike fleet). Anyway, thought this might be of interest here, even though it goes against the polished silver aesthetic preference of many RBW types. In real life, it's not quite as minty as it looks in the photos from my iPhone:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/6926890797

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[William]

I totally approve of black, in the right ensemble.  This one is ACES!

[cyclotourist]

It's a cool bike in either color scheme, but those tires are awesome!

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[Brian Hanson]

Dig it, Jim - that's a keeper!

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Seattle, WA

[Forrest]

Yeah, nice!

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[Tom M]

Sweet ride. What size is it?

[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

58 cm

[dougP]

The matching fenders really complete the look, and the black downplays
the components. It seems that fenders would get beaten up, what kind
are they and what type of paint did you use?

dougP

On Feb 24, 3:12 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

They're berthoud fenders, powdercoated, not painted.

[ELM]

Looks like the powder turned out pretty good too - around the lugs it
doesn't look too thick or anything. My friend brought his old Schwinn
Voyageur (sweet frame, by the way) for a powder to the same place
recently. Hopefully he'll get similar good results. I dig the nut
green color, and the black components look better than I thought they
would when you first mentioned the scheme.

On Feb 25, 3:28 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com>
wrote:

[singlecross]

On Feb 25, 4:28 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com>
wrote:

> They're berthoud fenders, powdercoated, not painted.

Beautiful bicycle! I love color matched powdwercoated fenders. In
stainless, they are quite durable in my experience. I also like your
choice of black components... although I went with silver...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/randonneecafe/6782398172/in/photostream/

and with out fenders...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/randonneecafe/6782363704/in/photostream/

Adam
DownEast