Mine changes so fast these days.... gotta slow down but with an upcoming retirement I want my stable (?) in good stead so I only need to make minor changes.
2007 Riv Ram- love this bike.. it's a keeper. Planning on a paint job next winter may add canti studs too 2010 Coho Randonneuse- my purist road bike - another keeper 2010 Singular Gryphon w/custom paint- fun bike but overlaps new bike too much and I need a hardtail with flat bars.- for sale now on Ebay 2011 Matthews 650b low trail tourer/rough stuff bike- just got-need to build up. will fit Pacenti Quasi's or Hetres with fenders 1982 Claud Butler Dalesman- building up for around town/commuter/ s24o's etc. 2011-12 29er hardtail MTB- finalizing design with custom builder 5 bikes will be it .. maybe. oh... 1995 Trek T200 tandem for occasional rides with wife ~mike On Jun 19, 5:58 pm, EricP <[email protected]> wrote: > Patrick, > > With the Hillborne, it's mostly personal issues. Pretty sure I've > gotten over it. Switching the Marathon Supremes off that bike seemed > to help. And swapping the Nitto post for a Kalloy with a bit more > setback. > > For the Fargo, not the first time for hand pain. Woodchipper bars > about 6 to 8 cm above saddle. Tires WTB Vulpine 2.1 nearly 40 psi up > front. It's a recurring hand issue and best to not get tempted for > longer gravel rides by not having a bike that specializes in it. With > hands on the drops it can feel like a knife into the palm. Has become > worse the more I've ridden the bike. My best solution, get rid of the > bike. Considering many folks ride hundreds of miles on gravel roads > with no pain, it's my fault, not the bike. Oh, lasting pain was > mainly hand in glove syndrome. Not good for keyboarding or playing > guitar. > > Also have a tendency to rotate through bikes. Although am trying not > to have that habit. Was an issue for me for years with guitars. And > books, and a number of other hobbies. > > Eric Platt > St Paul, MN > (who rode the Sam Hillborne to watch the Minnesota Twins play baseball > today.) > > On Jun 19, 8:50 am, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Eric: I'm curious about your ambivalence toward the SH: what qualities > > make you hesitate? > > > Also, wrt to the Fargo: 110 miles on gravel would do my hands in too. > > What sort of bars, and what sort of hand trouble? And what tires at > > what pressure? I love my Fargo (I don't ride it anywhere near 110 > > miles, though) and after riding it for a year with bar 8 cm above > > saddle center I just lowered the bars to 2-3 cm above (and closer in). > > Noodles. Very comfortable in both positions, but flats and hoods with > > the higher bar felt "tippy". I am thinking that I may go back to Bell > > Laps for the shallower drop and shorter reach. (Mine is be-fendered > > and be-racked, too.)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
