So DOPE! On Saturday, October 11, 2014 12:46:32 PM UTC-7, Montclair BobbyB wrote: > > I've been on this Schwinn Cimarron kick for a time, and the madness > continues... My latest Riv-inspired build I call "Sarge" (aka The Green > Army Bike). It's a 1985 Cimarron mountain bike slightly converted for > all-around/commuting/touring. The green Riv/Nitto handlebars MAKE this > bike; these are my favorite handlebars of all time. > > Related to several recent posts, I wanted to talk about the dynamo and > lights I'm using. The hub is a SRAM iLight D7, which honestly I find to > be virtually as good as my previously-owned Son hub, and any other Shimano > dyno hubs I use. This was inexpensive, and it works flawlessly. I can't > notice any drag, but then again I'm not as sensitive to these things... to > me it rolls nice, and it works well... that's all I need. > > The lights are Herrmans LED dynamo lights. The front light is comparable > to, say a B&M Lumotec. It casts a nice light pattern, flicker isn't bad > and it has a stoplight. It's not as bright as my Luxos, but for the $ it's > a good light. The rear light, however... THAT is one amazing light. It's > big, it's bright, and the standlight lasts at least 10 minutes. It fits > nicely on my Racktime Addit rack, which protects the light in a recessed > cove... nice feature. The front rack is a Blackburn Outpost, which > unfortunately is an AWFUL, cheaply made, poorly bolted together rack... Not > what I have come to expect from Blackburn. I have had to MacGuyver extra > parts to stabilize this on the bike, and even so I have little confidence > that this will hold together with any weight on it.. BIG disappointment; I > will be replacing this with a real rack. > > The fenders are SKS P65s (with nicely worn Sackville mudflaps!!). The > tires are Nashbar Fuel MTB tires (with small knobbies)... I had to lose > the rear chrome fender mount (that attaches to the seatstay bridge)... it > was rubbing the tires and wasn't raising the fender enough... instead I > ditched it, drilled holes and used a good ol' zip tie!! Works like a > charm; no sense over-engineering the problem. > > The crankset is a genuine Biopace (don't ask why, but I love these). The > bell is a Spurcycle stainless bell with a nice shrill pinnngggggg.... The > saddle is a Brooks Conquest... gorgeous, but lacking seatbag loops, > prompting me to go with a temporary Jandd framepack to hold my pump and > stuff. I have ordered a custom framepack from Ely Ruth Rodriguez (thanks > to Bill Lindsay for the referral), and hopefully that will arrive within > the next few months. > > The Cimarron makes a great all-rounder, definitely with a Rivish vibe. BB > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ulAN1ibSrBo/VDmIEdZ08tI/AAAAAAAAEyA/v8nP19SROAw/s1600/photo%2B%288%29.JPG> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BTr7Rx_nv6Y/VDmIkCdBXdI/AAAAAAAAEyY/RwHosTeMD6I/s1600/photo%2B1%2B%286%29.JPG> > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f8oe2ynZ-YU/VDmIcLVfyGI/AAAAAAAAEyQ/Qo0U0B-CcFE/s1600/photo%2B2%2B%286%29.JPG> > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WlOVKKn2Yzc/VDmIuEIs9oI/AAAAAAAAEyg/9ayzTws2-vI/s1600/photo%2B2%2B%287%29.JPG> > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-i8DkgonG7qM/VDmI4QrlofI/AAAAAAAAEyo/Trbva0AvWac/s1600/photo%2B2%2B%288%29.JPG> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Og7un-vQbc8/VDmI9Ui83wI/AAAAAAAAEyw/7dgTcHgt4sE/s1600/photo%2B1%2B%287%29.JPG> > > > > > >
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