Hi, All, Personal maintenance. I usually gain 10lb over the winter. Given my off year last year and my whiplash injury the year prior, I never got on top of the bike this year. This winter, I'm aiming to drop a few pounds (that's just under a stone) and do some core/neck work to rebalance my body. It is a three-month project, minimum. I'm looking forward to a lighter spring.
I'd also like to have a bike-ectomy, passing along machines I'm not using to liberate space in my home. I'm pretty excited by mechanical objects (watches, cameras, bikes, cars) and need to remind myself that it ain't about the physical object, but about the experiences we derive from them. I can only fool myself that a René Herse is a fundamentally different experience than a Schwinn World at the end of the day. Best, Will William M. deRosset Fort Collins, CO On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 7:55:07 AM UTC-7, Will wrote: > > General maintenance is my project. I finished refitting my son's 1983 Trek > 613. It now has bar-ends, better fenders, an Altus rear der. (very nice), > Riv's bolt-on brakes (also very nice), a new Top-Line rear light to replace > an older B&M model, and a B&M eyc (from Riv) for the front. It's an > old-style sport-touring setup and he commutes with it. The dyno is a > Shimano pre-built (from Harris) that's been running well for 3 years. He > rides with lights on all the time. Also got him one of the Riv safety > triangles. My son has been reticent with safety issues, like using helmets, > but the Riv triangle changed all of that. He reports that cars now give him > a lot of extra space when passing and he will no longer ride without the > triangle. So this became a must-have for the family. We all ride with Riv > triangles now. > > I added Tubus Logo Evo racks to our two mixtes (the TouringSore.com), put > Top-Line (battery) rear lights on them, and roll-top hi-viz panniers. The > set-up is great. I don't think many realize that Tubus, B&M, and Ortlieb > are co-designed. It's a profoundly impressive system. The lights are > seriously good, the racks are seriously good, and the panniers > attach/detach in seconds. I purchased Cygo Streaks for the mixtes from Riv. > If you are looking for a great light that is simple to install and rather > bright, and don't want to invest in a dynamo, these are definitely the > ticket. They are cheap for the light they provide. Also added Riv's IRD > thumbies to one of the mixtes, the other has the legendary Command units. > The IRD thumbies are great. Like them more than bar-ends. > > Current project on the stand is #2 son's bike. I bought Riv's tektro > cantis to replace some older cantis that are shot. Will also rework the > drive train with an Altus, and a front der. to be determined. > > General thoughts: Riv's recommended parts never disappoint. The brakes and > Cygos are great. The Altus is great. I do prefer the Tubus system to the > Nitto rack-and-seat-bag system. But then... we park the bikes at public > racks and easy on-off baggage is necessary for theft prevention. > > If the Tooth-Fairy dropped a pile of moolah on us. I think we'd all ride > Riv-spec'd dynamo Cheviots with Tubus racks and Ortleib or Arkel panniers. > That would be the supreme do-all bike. > > On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 4:37:11 AM UTC-6, ascpgh wrote: >> >> Riding, besides my commutes, get a bit scant from here on out through >> winter. The season, the holidays, more deliberate prep for a trip in the >> conditions, plenty of things distract from just a nice ride but I realize >> that at this time every year I always seem to contemplate a bike project to >> go with the anticipated springtime, fruition or not. It's biking fun for >> the extra bandwidth. >> >> My project is a low trail, 650b wheeled, all-around bike made with a >> lively tube set (versus sturdy for touring) with drop bars, center pull >> brakes, generator hub, LED lighting. All on a budget recognizing the value >> of experience, unlike the box bike/mass market interpretation, handmade >> wheels versus machine made ones as an example. I am reading and including >> many posting subjects and items in this project and admit that may not >> reach reality, but it's fun to have on the drawing board. >> >> Andy Cheatham >> Pittsburgh >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
