New Build Complete: Saluki

[Kellie]

Took a few months, but finally done. 

[Fullylugged]

Turned out very nicely! Ride reports wanted of course!  And happy Mother's Day.

[Michael Hechmer]

Sweet. You will find your Saluki rides as good as it look.  But it does look rather cloudy where you are.  Perhaps a nice pair of VO Al. fenders are in order?  When the checkbook approves, of course.

Michael

[Kellie]

Thanks so much Bruce.

[Kellie]

Cloudy=San Francisco in the summer. We're in a drought here. I wouldn't of needed fenders this past winter (but I hope I do the next one). I'm contemplating fenders. Why may I ask VO?

[Deacon Patrick]

Wonderful build! Great bag! And it fits!

With abandon,

Patrick

[Lungimsam]

Nice bike! I like that cable tube for the rear brake. Very unique.

Where are the shifters? I am guessing thumb shifters on the bar tops?

On Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 11:03:30 PM UTC-4, Kellie wrote:

[Kellie]

Yea, I put the bar-ends in Paul thumbies. I tried the bar-ends when I had a Hillborne and I just didn't like the shifters there.

[Michael Hechmer]

Having used plastic, steel, & Aluminum fenders I much prefer Aluminum and the VO seem to be a good value vs the Honjos, which are great fenders.  I guess in SF, clouds bring hope.

It's been at least two weeks without rain here in VT and people are starting to complain about the dry weather.

Michael

[Justin August]

Yeah here in the Bay Area fenders are more for show than function currently. Maybe if you're doing some longer brevets they make sense.

-J

[Patrick Moore]

Curious: why aluminum versus good steel ones? My 650B X 40 or 45 Berthouds weigh 1 1/2 lb complete, about 6-8 oz more than the Aluminum Honjos in about the same size -- actually, IIRC, 559 X 50. But the Berthouds are stronger, I think, and IMO look as good.

I think your Vermont rain was shipped to Albuquerque. Wet, with nice, long, soaking rains and not 10 minute biblical deluges. The Westside will prolly break 6" this year!

Patrick Moore, who finally installed the Berthouds in December or so.

[RoadieRyan]

sweet build

[Kellie]

thanks…….

[Ginz]

Very nice ride. Saluki is one bike I wish I had purchased way back when.

I recall their being a batch of "centerpull only" Salukis, or at least a discussion of it.  Am I remembering correctly?  What's happened to all of those??

[Kellie]

I am certainly not an expert on Rivendell history. I've been told some Saluki's were centerpull (and I'm very happy to have a canti). I do know the Saluki was predessor to the A. Homer Hilsen.

[Ryan Fleming]

Your Saluki's a beauty, and I think the thumbshifters on the bar tops is genius. On my Riv road I have the dream bars with barend  silver shifters and...I have to say...even with my bars level with the saddle  that reach down is a bit of a pain. Could be solved with bars with a shallower drop , I suppose but the thumbies are an  elegant solution. I'm a big fan of those TRP racing levers too...they are just dreamy. Paul thumbies...eh...I like it

 

Anyway, top-notch build....enjoy!

[Kellie]

Thanks Ryan. First time with the Paul Thumbies and the report about them is extrely positive. Very convenient and placd close to the stem still plenty of hand positions available. I LOVE the TRP levers!