Gallery: Lonny Matsuda’s 650B Bob Jackson World Tour
Here’s my submission for my commuting to work and touring bike. When I carry loads I use Ortleib Backroller bags on the rear. It is not a low trail front end so I don’t load up too heavy on the front, later I’ll look into front low rider racks. I ride a lot of gravel/dirt on my commute to work, so the Grand Bois Hetre tires smooth out the ride a lot. Bob Jackson adapted their World Tour model and mountain stays and fork to make this 650b size for me.
- 650b Bob Jackson World Tour
- Nitto Noodle Handlebars covered with homemade leather covers
- Nitto Technomic Deluxe Stem
- Tektro short reach levers
- Paul Rear Neo Retro Cantis
- Paul Front Touring Cantis
- White Industries M15 Rear Hub Velocity Synergy Rim
- Paul FHub Velocity Synergy Rim
- Grand Bois Hetre 650b tires
- Crank Brothers Skewers
- Honjo 650b fenders
- Sugino XD600 Triple Crankset
- Shimano XT Mountain Cassette 12-34
- Shimano XT Rapid Rise Rear Derailleur
- Campagnolo Record front derailleur
- Shimano DuraAce 9 speed Downtube Shifters
- Nitto Rear Campee Rack
- Nitto Front Mark’s Rack
- Nitto 83 Seatpost
- Brooks Pro Saddle hand trimmed and slotted
—Lonny
8 Responses to “Gallery: Lonny Matsuda’s 650B Bob Jackson World Tour”
Very pretty! How do you like the slotted Brooks saddle? Would you recommend others trying the same thing with theirs?
Beautiful ride! Great component selection too.
I love looking at pictures of bicycles but this one is one of the most gorgeous I have seen in a while! Beautiful.
In response to the question about the Brooks cut out saddle-I would also be interested in feedback on this. I have a Selle Anatomica with a cut out and while I love it for getting about town I couldn’t use it for long rides or touring as I find after a while the ridges of the cut out start to dig in and cause discomfort. Not sure if it would be better if the saddle was available in a slightly wider size because I loved my B68 on tour but the rails on this were too short to get the saddle far enough back for a perfect position.
Of course being a girl this may be completely different for a guy but my boyfriend also tried a Selle Anatomica and the cut outs caused even more irritation for him.
This bike is beautiful! I went on the Bob Jackson website and did some browsing and it looks like this frame (or at least a standard 700c version) sells for 475 pounds ($764, according to google). This strikes me as super affordable, plus the website says that all the framebuilding is done on site (in England). How is it that they can offer a frame at this price while Rivendell starts at $1500 and offers most frames at $2000 and has them made in Taiwan? Am I missing something?
Nice setup.
I too would like your opinion of the Brooks cut out.
Also I use the same Paul brake setup and am very impressed with the looks and feel.
Bob Jackson Cycles were easy to work with and they kept in touch via e-mail to make sure the final build specs were correct. Their prices are hard to beat for a fully lugged frameset (the World Tour is done in Reynolds 631). Regarding the cutout on the Brooks Pro, this is my third Brooks slotted saddle. I first tried the Brooks B-17 Imperial in standard width, liked it a lot, but found it too wide for me. So I tried cutting a slot on my Brooks Swift. It worked pretty good but I didn’t get the slot symmetrical. On my second cutting try, this Brooks Pro ended up a little better. I champhered/bevelled the edge of all my cuts (Naomi, you could do this on your Selle Anatomica) to avoid hard edges. The comfort is pretty good. In retrospect I would have trimmed less of the Pro on the two bottom sides. I do recommend the Brooks Imperial as a comfortable slotted seat, and they make 3 versions, the Standard, narrow and the women’s (wider) versions. As for cutting your own slots, if you’re a do-it-yourselfer and don’t mind experimenting I’d say go for it!
Thanks for the tip – I’m going to give that a try.
I’m just loving the Randonneur revival – my shiny mudguards make me smile everyday.