[RBW] Re: Renovelo silence
On Jun 25, 7:48 am, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: Does the absence of Renovelo threads comments indicate zero interest? Or, quite the opposite, are we all so eager to see what comes out that it doesn't need saying, and we don't want too many people to snap them all up? Lord knows I want my chance to see them and decide not to buy one, rather than see that they came and went, leaving me to complain Unfair! I wanted one! I'm kind of eager to see what's available, but I can't imagine purchasing one of them. It took me about a month figure out which model to pick up (56cm Sam) and which group to install on it. Also, most of the special painted frames on the site are usually 3 sizes too big for me--I have a feeling these refurbished bike frames will be the same. I will posit that I really enjoy seeing some pretty bikes. So, while I won't be picking up one of the Renovelos, I think it will be fun to check them out. Now, if one of them happens to be a Quickbeam in my size, I'll be ALL over it! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Late Evening Hillborne Questions
Hi, Ohio Mike! I presume you refer to the 48mm fluted fenders currently available from VO. http://www.velo-orange.com/vo48poflalfe.html Do you think the 52mm zeppelin fenders from VO would also fit on the bike? http://www.velo-orange.com/vopo52zefe70.html That is, do you think there's enough room between stays/blades to accomodate the extra 4mm? I like the fluted ones. But I like the zeppelins better. And I like even that small an amount of extra tire clearance. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: my new Roadeo RCP
thanks, Nathan! it IS a blast to ride...quick AND comfortable. i'm loving it. -k On Jun 25, 2:37 pm, nathan spindel nath...@gmail.com wrote: Kim, what a beautiful bike! Enjoy it. Looks like a blast to ride. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Grant's exercise OBSERVATION
Well, I recanted the revelation and attributed that unfortunate use of the word to ... some subconscious connection with the word revolution in the title of the book referenced. Observation is more like it, and all you need to get or not get out of it is that there is (as is well-recognized) benefit to anaerobic stimulation, and there are short-cut ways to achieve it that don't include sweat- inducing sprints. Throw a rope or towel around a tree trunk, maybe 3-feet above the ground. Grab the end of the rope. Start from a deep squat, and take 45 seconds to extend up to about a 150-deg angle in your leg, and another 45 seconds to lower yourself to the starting point. Go slow, and you'll see how hard it is. If it's too hard, modify the range, but keep the speed slow---move up no more than an inch a second. That's all I'm talking about. Do that 2-3 times a day, 1-3 times a week, and see how it goes. It's harder than climbing a hill, and is a good thing for riders who live where there are no hills. It's hard for flatland riding to strengthen legs, because the muscles aren't stressed anaerobically. The same can be done on a leg press, but the tree-and- rope way is more convenient cheaper. Thassall, o'er out. G -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Renovelo silence
Renovelo (rhymes with little red HENovelo) silence is because we forgot to make a head tube decal for it, so that's going to take another 2wks, and the painter has a few ready to go. We have at least a dozen, maybe more, including the formerly ultrafancy custom, several roof-racked and now repaired frames, now with second top tubes (pallarel, not giadonal), and at least one frame that purely from a practical-money standpoint shouldn't have been repaired, because the entire frame cost us less than the repair, and it still needs a paint job. All of our frames-bikes have had unforseeable and unfortunate delays this year, but we'll be flush in Back-to-School bikes for sure, and the influx may start before then. But we still have a decent number in stock. The last of the Japanese-built Toyo frames are trickling out, and they are as fine a frames (never got comfortable with that a in there, especially with plural of frame) as we have. Tweedie bags are one of the monstrous disappointments, in that the maker is delivering 3 months late (and so, we're paying it forward). In the winter we'll have some good fender news (no, not lugged!) that's not revolutionay or revelationary, but more like a noteworthy incremental step in a good direction. Poster fans, if there are any, will like some of our offerings starting this fall, so please save some wall space. Nitto has designed a new rack and we're getting a sample without knowing what it's about. Maybe it makes sense over here, maybe it just makes sense over there. Poncho news: We got samples in yesterday, two styles made just for us, at our request, by Grundens, the Rainwear Suppliers To Wet Kings Everywhere. And we have a Japanese one which may not fit large mericans, but may fit small-to-med ones. The Splats will be here in --- well, that's another BTS product, I think. We resisted the strong, primal urge to overthink and overdesign them, and so it'll still take a strong constitution to wear them in public, but that will be reward with dry feet and a tiny divot out of your checking account. Dave and I are working on a Tree-Bustin' catalogue. It will not be encyclopedic, but will have a good representation of our stuff, and some helpful tips in it, some you've read before, and some maybe not. No rope-around-the-tree leg squat type tips, but don't snicker at that untl you've tried it, and then, I think, you won't snicker at all. You may be in pain, you may be bummed, but no snicker. I'm going for a ride up the mountain today--my first mtn ride in 7 weeks, my third ride TOTAL in seven weeks, and I'm taking my tree- squat strong/anaerobically fine-tuned quads with me, and my camera. G On Jun 25, 7:48 am, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: Does the absence of Renovelo threads comments indicate zero interest? Or, quite the opposite, are we all so eager to see what comes out that it doesn't need saying, and we don't want too many people to snap them all up? Lord knows I want my chance to see them and decide not to buy one, rather than see that they came and went, leaving me to complain Unfair! I wanted one! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Renovelo silence
Sounds as though you may not be around to answer, but in the event: Any news on the steel Nitto drops and traditional French style Nitto seat post? On Jun 26, 10:01 am, grant grant...@gmail.com wrote: Renovelo (rhymes with little red HENovelo) silence is because we forgot to make a head tube decal for it, so that's going to take another 2wks, and the painter has a few ready to go. We have at least a dozen, maybe more, including the formerly ultrafancy custom, several roof-racked and now repaired frames, now with second top tubes (pallarel, not giadonal), and at least one frame that purely from a practical-money standpoint shouldn't have been repaired, because the entire frame cost us less than the repair, and it still needs a paint job. All of our frames-bikes have had unforseeable and unfortunate delays this year, but we'll be flush in Back-to-School bikes for sure, and the influx may start before then. But we still have a decent number in stock. The last of the Japanese-built Toyo frames are trickling out, and they are as fine a frames (never got comfortable with that a in there, especially with plural of frame) as we have. Tweedie bags are one of the monstrous disappointments, in that the maker is delivering 3 months late (and so, we're paying it forward). In the winter we'll have some good fender news (no, not lugged!) that's not revolutionay or revelationary, but more like a noteworthy incremental step in a good direction. Poster fans, if there are any, will like some of our offerings starting this fall, so please save some wall space. Nitto has designed a new rack and we're getting a sample without knowing what it's about. Maybe it makes sense over here, maybe it just makes sense over there. Poncho news: We got samples in yesterday, two styles made just for us, at our request, by Grundens, the Rainwear Suppliers To Wet Kings Everywhere. And we have a Japanese one which may not fit large mericans, but may fit small-to-med ones. The Splats will be here in --- well, that's another BTS product, I think. We resisted the strong, primal urge to overthink and overdesign them, and so it'll still take a strong constitution to wear them in public, but that will be reward with dry feet and a tiny divot out of your checking account. Dave and I are working on a Tree-Bustin' catalogue. It will not be encyclopedic, but will have a good representation of our stuff, and some helpful tips in it, some you've read before, and some maybe not. No rope-around-the-tree leg squat type tips, but don't snicker at that untl you've tried it, and then, I think, you won't snicker at all. You may be in pain, you may be bummed, but no snicker. I'm going for a ride up the mountain today--my first mtn ride in 7 weeks, my third ride TOTAL in seven weeks, and I'm taking my tree- squat strong/anaerobically fine-tuned quads with me, and my camera. G On Jun 25, 7:48 am, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: Does the absence of Renovelo threads comments indicate zero interest? Or, quite the opposite, are we all so eager to see what comes out that it doesn't need saying, and we don't want too many people to snap them all up? Lord knows I want my chance to see them and decide not to buy one, rather than see that they came and went, leaving me to complain Unfair! I wanted one! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
Re: [RBW] Re: Grant's exercise OBSERVATION
Don't know if this is strictly a forum topic, but since GP weighed in, I will also. I am not a fitness guru by any stretch of the imagination, although I do read a lot about health and fitness (I am one who did not care for Sisson's book. Not because of any science, simply because that's not how I do things). I do belong to a well equipped local gym, but long ago I borrowed a routine from a semi-pro triathlete I know. His entire workout regemin consisted of natural exercises in the outdoors. His theory was that it was outdoors where he needed his fitness to be optimum, and in all sorts of weather and temp ranges. For instance, all of his pull-ups were made from dangling off a tree limb somewhere. He climbed trees, he hopped along on rocks and tree trunks, hefted and tossed heavy stones, rolled backwards down grassy slopes, etc. I'm not that extreme, nor am I competitive, but I do like to try and NOT look and FEEL like I'm 62 years old. Several times per week I bike my workout. I stop every few miles or yards or less and do curls with the bike holding the top tube, or I press the bike after I tie down the front wheel with a cuff strap. I stop and do push-ups on guard rails or along the Par Course in the Marina. I hold the bike under one arm and walk a balance beam or even the stone wall along Kelly's Cove Marina. I heft the bike cyclo-like and trot up the Lyon street steps (that's a killer). I like working the bike into the exercises because the weight is lop-sided and varies depending if I have a load. I always do the same number of rep's from both sides of the bike to balance my workout. Some days more, some days less, some days not at all. I have found that the Quickbeam is the best bike for this workout, but I have also used the Bleriot. I really enjoy these workouts, and there are also lots of short but steep climbs on the route to get me that sprint effect. Long ago I tried swimming in Aquatic Park with a friend who does that each morning. FORGET THAT! I damn-near froze to death. But, if I could ever get into swimming the bay, that would be the ideal end of this workout -- after warming back up in the club's sauna! For the record, I eat and drink whatever I like… From: grant grant...@gmail.com To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Sat, June 26, 2010 7:38:30 AM Subject: [RBW] Re: Grant's exercise OBSERVATION Well, I recanted the revelation and attributed that unfortunate use of the word to ... some subconscious connection with the word revolution in the title of the book referenced. Observation is more like it, and all you need to get or not get out of it is that there is (as is well-recognized) benefit to anaerobic stimulation, and there are short-cut ways to achieve it that don't include sweat- inducing sprints. Throw a rope or towel around a tree trunk, maybe 3-feet above the ground. Grab the end of the rope. Start from a deep squat, and take 45 seconds to extend up to about a 150-deg angle in your leg, and another 45 seconds to lower yourself to the starting point. Go slow, and you'll see how hard it is. If it's too hard, modify the range, but keep the speed slow---move up no more than an inch a second. That's all I'm talking about. Do that 2-3 times a day, 1-3 times a week, and see how it goes. It's harder than climbing a hill, and is a good thing for riders who live where there are no hills. It's hard for flatland riding to strengthen legs, because the muscles aren't stressed anaerobically. The same can be done on a leg press, but the tree-and- rope way is more convenient cheaper. Thassall, o'er out. G -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
Re: [RBW] Re: Grant's exercise OBSERVATION
Somewhat of a commercial plug but not OT: Grant has mentioned several times that he found his KickBike convenient for exercise and even occasional transportation during his time off the bike. He mentioned yesterday that he is now pitching that lifestyle. He has referenced the website www.KickbikeAmerica.com as a source for KickBikes. I write now because I am the authorized dealer for Minnesota for KickBike America and I want to offer to assist anyone who is interested in a KickBike. Without going into too much detail here, I can offer several options which I hope will be of use to someone: I can discuss by email or phone the various models of KickBike and their pros and cons. We have steel or aluminum but no carbon frames. The newer models have V-brakes. People use the front suspension Cross Max model for dog-biking which is gaining popularity. I can save you $10 by telling you to insert the 4 letter word *KICK* in the box marked Coupon Code during the on-line ordering process. If you do that $10 will be taken off the price you are charged. I can also save you a bunch more than $10 if you want to order your KickBike through me but that involves payment in advance to me by check or PayPal. It also involves the need for partial assembly once the bike is in your hands but for most on this list that should be a minor task. Expect delivery in about a week after your payment is accepted. I can also provide demo rides for anyone in my area which I define as about a 100 mile radius of Twin Cities. If you meet me halfway that is 200 miles. The learning curve on a KickBike is very steep and quick and after just 10 minutes you will be much better and more comfortable at it than the first minute. The exercise is not done primarily with the kicking leg - it is done with the leg that stands on the deck, as Grant pointed out. You should switch legs about every 8 - 12 kicks. That is accomplished with a little hop which is the only KickBike-specific maneuver that needs to be learned. When I make local sales I assemble, adjust, grease and tweak each bike that passes through my operation. Occasionally a wheel needs truing, a small part is missing or broken and the touch-up paint is sometimes dried up in its little bottle. I make as much of this right as I am able; I have had to buy a new bell and a new front skewer and various nuts and bolts for bikes that were missing those parts. Let me know if I can help. You may respond to this email address or my business email: kickbike...@gmail.com. Don't expect an immediate response. I am going for a bike ride now. Cheers, -jb On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 9:38 AM, grant grant...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I recanted the revelation and attributed that unfortunate use of the word to ... some subconscious connection with the word revolution in the title of the book referenced. Observation is more like it, and all you need to get or not get out of it is that there is (as is well-recognized) benefit to anaerobic stimulation, and there are short-cut ways to achieve it that don't include sweat- inducing sprints. Throw a rope or towel around a tree trunk, maybe 3-feet above the ground. Grab the end of the rope. Start from a deep squat, and take 45 seconds to extend up to about a 150-deg angle in your leg, and another 45 seconds to lower yourself to the starting point. Go slow, and you'll see how hard it is. If it's too hard, modify the range, but keep the speed slow---move up no more than an inch a second. That's all I'm talking about. Do that 2-3 times a day, 1-3 times a week, and see how it goes. It's harder than climbing a hill, and is a good thing for riders who live where there are no hills. It's hard for flatland riding to strengthen legs, because the muscles aren't stressed anaerobically. The same can be done on a leg press, but the tree-and- rope way is more convenient cheaper. Thassall, o'er out. G -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comrbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- John Blish Minneapolis MN USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
Re: [RBW] Re: Grant's exercise OBSERVATION
Just wanted to make it clear I am authorized to sell anywhere in North America. -jb - owns and rides 4 Rivendells and an MB-1 On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:17 AM, John Blish jbl...@gmail.com wrote: Somewhat of a commercial plug but not OT: Grant has mentioned several times that he found his KickBike convenient for exercise and even occasional transportation during his time off the bike. He mentioned yesterday that he is now pitching that lifestyle. He has referenced the website www.KickbikeAmerica.com as a source for KickBikes. I write now because I am the authorized dealer for Minnesota for KickBike America and I want to offer to assist anyone who is interested in a KickBike. Without going into too much detail here, I can offer several options which I hope will be of use to someone: I can discuss by email or phone the various models of KickBike and their pros and cons. We have steel or aluminum but no carbon frames. The newer models have V-brakes. People use the front suspension Cross Max model for dog-biking which is gaining popularity. I can save you $10 by telling you to insert the 4 letter word *KICK* in the box marked Coupon Code during the on-line ordering process. If you do that $10 will be taken off the price you are charged. I can also save you a bunch more than $10 if you want to order your KickBike through me but that involves payment in advance to me by check or PayPal. It also involves the need for partial assembly once the bike is in your hands but for most on this list that should be a minor task. Expect delivery in about a week after your payment is accepted. I can also provide demo rides for anyone in my area which I define as about a 100 mile radius of Twin Cities. If you meet me halfway that is 200 miles. The learning curve on a KickBike is very steep and quick and after just 10 minutes you will be much better and more comfortable at it than the first minute. The exercise is not done primarily with the kicking leg - it is done with the leg that stands on the deck, as Grant pointed out. You should switch legs about every 8 - 12 kicks. That is accomplished with a little hop which is the only KickBike-specific maneuver that needs to be learned. When I make local sales I assemble, adjust, grease and tweak each bike that passes through my operation. Occasionally a wheel needs truing, a small part is missing or broken and the touch-up paint is sometimes dried up in its little bottle. I make as much of this right as I am able; I have had to buy a new bell and a new front skewer and various nuts and bolts for bikes that were missing those parts. Let me know if I can help. You may respond to this email address or my business email: kickbike...@gmail.com. Don't expect an immediate response. I am going for a bike ride now. Cheers, -jb On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 9:38 AM, grant grant...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I recanted the revelation and attributed that unfortunate use of the word to ... some subconscious connection with the word revolution in the title of the book referenced. Observation is more like it, and all you need to get or not get out of it is that there is (as is well-recognized) benefit to anaerobic stimulation, and there are short-cut ways to achieve it that don't include sweat- inducing sprints. Throw a rope or towel around a tree trunk, maybe 3-feet above the ground. Grab the end of the rope. Start from a deep squat, and take 45 seconds to extend up to about a 150-deg angle in your leg, and another 45 seconds to lower yourself to the starting point. Go slow, and you'll see how hard it is. If it's too hard, modify the range, but keep the speed slow---move up no more than an inch a second. That's all I'm talking about. Do that 2-3 times a day, 1-3 times a week, and see how it goes. It's harder than climbing a hill, and is a good thing for riders who live where there are no hills. It's hard for flatland riding to strengthen legs, because the muscles aren't stressed anaerobically. The same can be done on a leg press, but the tree-and- rope way is more convenient cheaper. Thassall, o'er out. G -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comrbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- John Blish Minneapolis MN USA -- John Blish Minneapolis MN USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at
[RBW] Notes from 600k
I created a web page with some pictures and a description of my 600k ride from Milwaukee, WI to Northfield, MN. It's long and self- indulgent, but hopefully it's also interesting to a few of you. http://web.me.com/teddurant/Travelo/TedBlog/TedBlog.html Ted Durant Milwaukee, WI, USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Fwd: Anyone interested in a low miles 56 Sam Hillborne?
Fully dressed, for $2,500 shipped, professionally boxed **OB)**. I have put fewer than 200 miles on it; I don't know how many Riv put on it, but it was basically as new except for a couple of paint chips and scuffs on the seatpost where it had been inserted. 2009 (I think; this was the Riv floor model) Waterford built (with cantis) 56 cm Sam HIll, built as follows: Riv budget wheelset with Velocity rims, LX hub in rear and Jack Brown 33.33 mm Greens. Front hub is Shimano DN72 hub powering Spanninga LED headlight. Gearing is idiosyncratic six on a 7 sp fh body; yes, I changed out the 8 for a seven. It's currently 15-17-19-21-24-28-32 with Sugino XD triple, 46-36-26, for High of about 84, cruising gear of about 66 with 46 in direct line with the 19, and a low of about 22. I estimate a wheel with overall diameter of about 27 1/2. Derailleurs are LX, rear reverse pull, shifted by wholly excellent Riv silver bar end shifters. Seatpost, stem and bar (46 cm Noodles) are Nitto. Saddle is a Turbo. Pedals are Shimano A530s No racks. Braze ons for rear rack, fork has braze ons only for mini rack (ie, the eyelets are about 9 from dropout eyelets), but I will include a NIP Tubus clamp useful for at least Tara lowriders. I don't know what the bb bearings and hs bearings are; but they are as new. Velo Orange 45 mm wide aluminum fenders (IMO sturdier than, and certainly longer and lighter than, SKS or Zefals or PBs) Velo Orange 2-leg stand. Cheap but strong aluminum bottle cages. Avenir (I think) computer. Rear Spanninga 2AAA fender mount tail light with Spanninga LED headlight, the new $38 one at Velo Orange. Photo here http://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/BIKESMISCELLANEA#5478665950207283426 Note: Racks, bar bag, pump, seatpost mounted flasher NOT INCLUDED. Also, old Sanyo halogen has been replaced with Spanninga LED headlight as above. $2,500 professionally boxed and shipped FedEx ground or UPS in CONUS. I just find my Monocog more comfortable and more versatile and, with a touring wheelset, some hub gears (possibly a Rohloff) and front lowrider eyelets brazed on, it will make a wonderful tourer as well as a 65mm-tired off road bike. (It has fender and rear rack braze ons already.) -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
Re: [RBW] Re: Renovelo silence
I'm probably late on this, but this product, if anything, is the chance for the Dwarves to be given a position front and center (i.e. on a headbadge), as twas done for the Elves. Something with a bearded Dwarf re-forging a fork using hammer, tongs, file, fire, and anvil. And a few repaired broadswords and samurai swords hanging on the wall behind him. Seek for the fork that was broken, in Rivendell's shop it dwells ... On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:01 AM, grant grant...@gmail.com wrote: Renovelo (rhymes with little red HENovelo) silence is because we forgot to make a head tube decal for it, so that's going to take another 2wks, and the painter has a few ready to go. We have at least a dozen, maybe more, including the formerly ultrafancy custom, several roof-racked and now repaired frames, now with second top tubes (pallarel, not giadonal), and at least one frame that purely from a practical-money standpoint shouldn't have been repaired, because the entire frame cost us less than the repair, and it still needs a paint job. All of our frames-bikes have had unforseeable and unfortunate delays this year, but we'll be flush in Back-to-School bikes for sure, and the influx may start before then. But we still have a decent number in stock. The last of the Japanese-built Toyo frames are trickling out, and they are as fine a frames (never got comfortable with that a in there, especially with plural of frame) as we have. Tweedie bags are one of the monstrous disappointments, in that the maker is delivering 3 months late (and so, we're paying it forward). In the winter we'll have some good fender news (no, not lugged!) that's not revolutionay or revelationary, but more like a noteworthy incremental step in a good direction. Poster fans, if there are any, will like some of our offerings starting this fall, so please save some wall space. Nitto has designed a new rack and we're getting a sample without knowing what it's about. Maybe it makes sense over here, maybe it just makes sense over there. Poncho news: We got samples in yesterday, two styles made just for us, at our request, by Grundens, the Rainwear Suppliers To Wet Kings Everywhere. And we have a Japanese one which may not fit large mericans, but may fit small-to-med ones. The Splats will be here in --- well, that's another BTS product, I think. We resisted the strong, primal urge to overthink and overdesign them, and so it'll still take a strong constitution to wear them in public, but that will be reward with dry feet and a tiny divot out of your checking account. Dave and I are working on a Tree-Bustin' catalogue. It will not be encyclopedic, but will have a good representation of our stuff, and some helpful tips in it, some you've read before, and some maybe not. No rope-around-the-tree leg squat type tips, but don't snicker at that untl you've tried it, and then, I think, you won't snicker at all. You may be in pain, you may be bummed, but no snicker. I'm going for a ride up the mountain today--my first mtn ride in 7 weeks, my third ride TOTAL in seven weeks, and I'm taking my tree- squat strong/anaerobically fine-tuned quads with me, and my camera. G On Jun 25, 7:48 am, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: Does the absence of Renovelo threads comments indicate zero interest? Or, quite the opposite, are we all so eager to see what comes out that it doesn't need saying, and we don't want too many people to snap them all up? Lord knows I want my chance to see them and decide not to buy one, rather than see that they came and went, leaving me to complain Unfair! I wanted one! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comrbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Ken Freeman Ann Arbor, MI USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
Re: [RBW] Notes from 600k
on 6/26/10 3:44 PM, Ted Durant at teddur...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I created a web page with some pictures and a description of my 600k ride from Milwaukee, WI to Northfield, MN. It's long and self- indulgent, but hopefully it's also interesting to a few of you. http://web.me.com/teddurant/Travelo/TedBlog/TedBlog.html Dang! That's a heckuva ride! I would have posted this question to your blog, but no comment section appeared on my browser: Have you posted the recipe for your homemade bars anywhere? Great photos - thanks for sharing that link. If you dig around the SF Randonneurs, discussion group, there were some significant threads regarding gear/packing recommendations for the recent 600K in these parts. It's a bit different, as they are jumping from warmer climes to cool/cold coastal stretches, but it might give a good comparison. http://groups.google.com/group/sfrandon - Jim -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Current Classics Bicycle Photo Gallery - http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc Cross Bike Photo Gallery - http://www.cyclofiend.com/cx Single Speed Garage Photo Gallery - http://www.cyclofiend.com/ssg Working Bikes Practical Hardware - http://www.cyclofiend.com/working Work Shops of the iBob's - http://www.cyclofiend.com/shop Gallery updates now appear here - http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of grace. William Gibson - All Tomorrow's Parties -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] FS: Linus canvas panniers; Sidi cleated clip and strap shoes, ~ 43, nice non-cleated Sidi fleeced lined winter shoes, ~43.
Prices include shipping, CONUS only, please. Oh, all right, Canada, too but actual shipping cost, eh? The panniers are these: http://www.calhouncycle.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0idproduct=2304 This is a one-piece double pannier that slips over your rack and snaps to top and struts. Leather and 22 oz canvas with leather handle and canvas carrying strap. They are nice, but with my new Ortlieb front panniers to complement the larger rears, I don't need these. Little used and pretty much as new. $90 shipped CONUS. Shoes: I put quite a few miles on them, particularly the cleated pair, but they are really too small for my size 10 mediums. I'd say that, if you wear a 9 1/2, they would fit perfectly; 10 narrow feet would also be comfortable. Cleated shoes: http://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/ForSale#5487289850682876034 et sq. In good condition; some scuffing and wear at edges of closings as you can see, but leather supple and sound. Could use some polish. I installed home made, glued on heels and put a smudge of Shoe Goo on the toes for easier flip-in. $50 shipped CONUS. Fleece lined winter shoes, no cleats: http://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/ForSale#5487289820915625890 et sq. They've had a nice hard rubber soles and heels attached by the previous owner. Leather in very good condition. I've added Shoe Goo-like substance to bottom for better cage grip. $60 shipped CONUS. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] A Bike Basket Perfect for Eames Freaks
Thought the group might be interested in this: An alternative to metal baskets. Wanted: A Bike Basket Perfect for Eames Freaks http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/GjeTr8k1H6E/wanted-a-bent-wood-bike-basket Shared via Pulse --Eric Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
Re: [RBW] A Bike Basket Perfect for Eames Freaks
I would get a low-trail bike *just* so I could have one of those. :) Rob in Seattle On Jun 26, 2010, at 9:10 PM, Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com wrote: Thought the group might be interested in this: An alternative to metal baskets. Wanted: A Bike Basket Perfect for Eames Freaks http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/GjeTr8k1H6E/wanted-a-bent-wood-bike-basket Shared via Pulse --Eric Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
