Bike check: Mike Varley's Tesch road bike

[Andrew Turner]

I bought this bike a few months ago and quickly fell in love with it. It's reached the final form so I took some pics and did a little write-up. Just keep scrollin' :) 

Cheers, 

Andrew 

https://www.lickcreekrambler.com/

[Bill Lindsay]

It's a great looking bike.

The nut part of your Nitto Stem handlebar pinch bolt is installed backwards.  You should flip that over.  

Bill Lindsay

El Cerrito, CA

[Andrew Turner]

Well I'll be. Thanks for the heads-up, it's fixed now. 

[Jeffrey Arita]

Andrew,

Very, very nice Tesch!  But, I must say, even better images.  I kept scrolling and scrolling, enjoying your journeys.  Those gorgeous curvy roads.  Two thumbs up!!

Best regards,

Jeff

Claremont, CA

[Andrew Turner]

Thanks, Jeff! 
I took a pretty long photography break but I'm starting to feel the itch again. I have a hard time simply taking pictures of my rides, it turns into going on rides to take pictures which for me, isn't the point of riding. I think that's the great thing about film cameras since you don't get a redo, you just gotta ride on, but I don't have that equipment...yet. Digital's so much easier to upload and edit, too. Hmph. 

[Jeffrey Arita]

My middle brother's passion is photography, and yes, he takes amazing images, too - he loves the fall colors.  Your photos of summers in Tennessee are inspirational: my wife and I just might have to plan a cyclo-touring trip to check out those sights.

I recall my older sister buying Paul Simon's "There Goes Rhymin' Simon" LP (yeah, 33-1/3rd) BITD.  Kodachrome - a classic!!

Later,

Jeff

[Trevor Bradshaw]

Thanks for sharing Andy! Beautiful build. I’m also in the Nashville area and (mostly) a vintage bike enthusiasts. I would love to know more about your favorite routes. 

Trevor B

On Jul 7, 2022, at 6:26 PM, Andrew Turner <andyree...@gmail.com> wrote:

Well I'll be. Thanks for the heads-up, it's fixed now. 

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d7b34f8f-833a-45e9-a9d6-d9b5bb9db2bfn%40googlegroups.com.

[amill...@gmail.com]

Love the bike and the photography.

What did you shoot with?

Best,

Aaron in El Paso 

On Jul 7, 2022, at 16:59, Andrew Turner <andyree...@gmail.com> wrote:

I bought this bike a few months ago and quickly fell in love with it. It's reached the final form so I took some pics and did a little write-up. Just keep scrollin' :) 

Cheers, 

Andrew 

https://www.lickcreekrambler.com/

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com.

To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/491eb2b1-d8a2-4a09-b699-d5ccbf4f6bf5n%40googlegroups.com.

[ascpgh]

Really nice bike and images!

Those shots illustrate why I wondered a good bit beyond where I should have with my RB-1 while in Northwest Arkansas. Sometimes the power of places is more attractive than how you get there, so it's whatever gets you there. My places were often unpaved so my objective mode is 650B with a dynamo. I needed to lower the frequency of changing/patching tubes of my Rambouillet's 700 x 32s when out on trips (that's when you go places, "rides" can be done on rollers in the basement or front porch).

Andy Cheatham 

Pittsburgh

[RichS]

Andrew,

Very nice bike and photographs. 1" steerer die-hard? Yep, just south of you in GA. Similar back roads here but an hour or so drive to get there. Or, 3-4 hours by bike.

Thanks for your post. Looking forward to spending some time scrolling through more of your images.

Best,

Rich in ATL

On Thursday, July 7, 2022 at 6:59:44 PM UTC-4 Andrew Turner wrote: