Orange Sam in the House

[True Golden]

I made some changes on my Sam this morning.

Most notable, the shifters, brake levers, 

cable housing, 45T outer chain ring and rear derailer.

I need to fine tune positioning of the thumb shifters.

The blue housing seemed cool in my visualization but now installed I'm not too sure.

Also I think the orange pedals will be replaced by silver.

I do kinda dig the blue chain ring.

Paul in Dallas

[Ben Mihovk]

I really like the blue housing with the orange. Very sharp! I agree...silver pedals would look better, but I like that blue chainring. 

I love thumbies but have only ever used them on the inside of the bar...it's tough for me to visualize, but do you have to take your hand off the grip to shift? 

Very good looking bike!

[True Golden]

[Andrew Erman]

Beautiful!!

On Sep 25, 2020, at 2:10 PM, True Golden <trueg...@att.net> wrote:

Paul in Dallas

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[True Golden]

Forgot a full side view. 

Yeah, the shifter position has to change.

I can easily shift from grips but they are rubbing grips a bit. I need to experiment.

[Joel]

Mine is getting built up right now.  The bike mechanic suggested these housings, I was thinking of white but went with these.  

[velomann]

I'm doing something similar with my upcoming "Dark Gold" Sam, but gold braided ;-)

Mike M

[Ash]

Paul, 

Nice bike.  The color theme is very cool!   

Which grips are those?  Look very comfy.

[Joel Stern]

Is that the 2019 Orange?  It looks very tame in your photo.  

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[Toshi Takeuchi]

I don't know if it's the lighting, but the paint job looks spectacular.  I could be fooled into thinking it's a Joe Bell custom.

Toshi

[True Golden]

Thanks everyone.

The orange on my Sam looks to me to be more of a pumpkin orange.

The orange grips are 

OneUp Components Lock-On Grips.

I'm liking the feel and comfort.

I've temporarily removed them to try to stain them a bit to subdue the bright orange.

I'm pretty sure the guy I bought mine from said it was a 2018 Sam.

He had ridden it very few miles.

I love the look of braided housing and gave used it on a several bikes.

I looked for a dark blue braided housing but couldn't locate any.

I got this blue housing from velo orange. 

Paul in Dallas 

[True Golden]

From Sunday ride with my friend. 

[True Golden]

My friend's Homer alongside my Sam.

[brendonoid]

I would like to vote +1 for keeping those orange pedals. I think it's bold and I respect commitment to a strong colour scheme. Been trying to decide on cable colour for my orange appa and blue was in the lineup. Thanks for the pics!

[Joel Stern]

Love this orange, the one I just got is very bright.  

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[masmojo]

Paul that looks Brilliant! The cable housing & Pedals are fine! 

The stone in my shoe is the Handlebars & Stem with adapter: I'm sorry, but they are giving me the Willies! :-(

I've had Blue Components on & off on my Orange Clementine; it's a great look!

On Friday, September 25, 2020 at 3:23:53 PM UTC-5 Paul in Dallas wrote:

[True Golden]

Years ago I did not care for the aesthetics of this type of stem and stem adapter but they have grown on me.

I guess it's a different strokes for different folks sort of thing.

I still prefer the clean look of a single piece quill stem but don't mind the two piece set ups like I have on my Sam.

When changing our the bars it sure makes it easy.

Note these pics copied from the latest blahg / blog showing a very nice stem / stem adapter set up.

Now I find that look very appealing.

Would love to have something similar.

Paul in Dallas 

[Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY]

That is lovely, but it's not a quill stem adapter, it's an actual threadless steerer with some nice spacers. I use an adapter on a 7/8" steered Soma of old and it's great, but yeah, not quite as beautiful as that Gus steerer.

Great Sam!

-Kai

[True Golden]

Oh, now that you point it out I see that Kai.

Thanks.

I didn't know Riv even offered threadless steerers.

Or perhaps he had a custom fork made.

It's a beaut either way.

Paul in Dallas