[RBW] Re: 36t Hyperglide cog source?
True, I may have lost my appreciation for screwing around with bike parts when I started trying to make it pay the bills! What was I thinking? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/sgoGUw_vF1cJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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: Joe's Elite Racer tire sealant
No opinion on the Elite Racer sealant, but Stan's NoTubes has some entertaining videos about punctures and sealants: http://www.notubes.com/help_center.aspx -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/ax6JxKk1irkJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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: Atlantis vs. Sam
BBC has all kinds of cool stuff at reasonable prices. I closely inspected this interesting bike last time I was there. The LeFol fenders are cool, the manly predecessor of those dainty Honjos. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=350498548533 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/Y36i7LCpsLoJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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: Atlantis vs. Sam
Hmm. Was thinking of stopping there next week while in town. Maybe I'll give it a pass. Too likely to get into an argument with the owner/staff. Would still argue for the Sam Hillborne. Although the Atlantis is a very, very fine bike. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Feb 10, 4:00 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote: BBC has all kinds of cool stuff at reasonable prices. I closely inspected this interesting bike last time I was there. The LeFol fenders are cool, the manly predecessor of those dainty Honjos. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=350498548533 -- 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-bunch@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: Atlantis vs. Sam
For the $7,999 price of the RT Jansen in Jim's post, one could have an Atlantis, a Hillborne, and a San Marcos. On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:14 AM, EricP ericpl...@aol.com wrote: Hmm. Was thinking of stopping there next week while in town. Maybe I'll give it a pass. Too likely to get into an argument with the owner/staff. Would still argue for the Sam Hillborne. Although the Atlantis is a very, very fine bike. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Feb 10, 4:00 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote: BBC has all kinds of cool stuff at reasonable prices. I closely inspected this interesting bike last time I was there. The LeFol fenders are cool, the manly predecessor of those dainty Honjos. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=350498548533 -- 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-bunch@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-bunch@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: 36t Hyperglide cog source?
Loosescrews.com has old stuff and the items change from time to time. Have you checked with them? On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:45 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote: True, I may have lost my appreciation for screwing around with bike parts when I started trying to make it pay the bills! What was I thinking? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/sgoGUw_vF1cJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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-bunch@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: Need help deciding... Soma San Marcos or Revamp an 84 Trek 610...
Pretty much how I feel about my 3 riv products, although there are many other models I have not had the pleasure of trying out. On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Manuel Acosta manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com wrote: Anything Rivendell touches is gold. -- 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-bunch@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] Friday Kicks
Actually looks like fun! (But leave the naming to the experts at Rivendell.) http://scootersport.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/fantasy-footbikes-the-rivendell-mahatma-kane-jeeves/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/HaVxOrYCOYAJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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] Friday Kicks
Somebody did PBP on one of these. Crazy. --Eric N On Feb 10, 2012, at 3:58 AM, Marty mgie...@mac.com wrote: Actually looks like fun! (But leave the naming to the experts at Rivendell.) http://scootersport.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/fantasy-footbikes-the-rivendell-mahatma-kane-jeeves/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/HaVxOrYCOYAJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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-bunch@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: Friday Kicks
I love new ideas for anything with wheels, but this contraption, while I imagine would be fun to tool around on for about 10 minutes, as a bonafide means of transportation would have me longing for a seat and pedals, especially in a city environment or on any decent upslope. During any given ride route there are lots of places where it's just not safe to put one's foot down (to get that much-needed push)... the risk of injury goes up once your foot engages the pavement on a moving bike... That platform is also awfully skinny for 2 feet to fit safely. (Boy what a downer I am for a Friday!!!). But seriously, I start to shake my head when the designers of these fun vehicles try to take themselves too seriously. You know, there's good reason why the earliest bicycle designs known as 'walk-alongs', a form of 'push bike' that lacked a mechanical drive train never evolved, and instead the drivetrain-powered bicycle replaced this design, and has evolved so over the past 100+ years. I'd love to tool around the neighborhood on this, but send me to the store with it, and I'd be hitching a ride home, after tossing this in the creek... thank you. Give me a bicycle... thank God for the development of the drivetrain... Now THAT I can toast to on any Friday Peace, Bobby (Debbie Downer) Birmingham On Feb 10, 10:09 am, Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com wrote: Somebody did PBP on one of these. Crazy. --Eric N On Feb 10, 2012, at 3:58 AM, Marty mgie...@mac.com wrote: Actually looks like fun! (But leave the naming to the experts at Rivendell.) http://scootersport.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/fantasy-footbikes-the-ri... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visithttps://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/HaVxOrYCOYAJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group athttp://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-bunch@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: Joe's Elite Racer tire sealant
I've never actually met someone with a good story to tell about tire sealants. Experience suggests to me that for situations where a flat is a major PITA, like commuting, best to go with tire tuffy and a beefy tire. Of course there's nothing to be done with a tire that seems to know when it is dark, cold, and rainy; and perhaps resents being ridden over broken pavement, rocks, and glass. (My only experience, entirely unpleasant, with goat heads has been while camping in the desert and don't know if they lurk about the middle east.) At the other end of the spectrum, where pure joy, rather than getting either to the office or home, drives my raison d'cycle, I choose to go with lively tires, especially in the front; and accept flats as a reason to stop, relax, and regenerate. Michael Westford VT, where we are having this weird phenomenon of robins in Feb.! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/2NjhvtfuFScJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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] Medium shopsack is back!
For those unaware of this, the popular medium shopsack is back in the riv catalog site. http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/bashm.htm?CartID=1 -- 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-bunch@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] Medium shopsack is back!
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Marc Schwartz mschw...@nmsu.edu wrote: For those unaware of this, the popular medium shopsack is back in the riv catalog site. http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/bashm.htm?CartID=1 Great news! I just placed an order, to outfit the front of the LongLow. It's a *very* useful bag. - Andrew, Berkeley -- 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-bunch@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: Joe's Elite Racer tire sealant
I've used Slime and at least two other brands and have found that while sealants do stop or slow thorn punctures they don't stop flats from larger penetrants and that these simply allow the goop to squirt out of the tube into the tire carcass leaving a bloody mess. Are there brands which will effectively seal a roofing nail hole? As for liners, they do help against larger objects but I've found that goatheads (not to mention nails) sometimes get past Mr Tuffys, usually where the liner leaves an unprotected area as in the tread near the sidewalls -- and some goatheads will go straight through Mr. Tuffys. OTOH, I did once, purely by chance, buy a used CyclePro mountain bike that had 1.95 slicks that must themselves have had a belt and that were filled with almost solid thornproof tubes that must have weighed as much as the tires. I rode this through a mile of goathead plants, on cement (dirt may not quite drive a thorn through a tough tire before the wheel's movement throws the thorn off) and came back with literally a hundred thorns embedded in each tire. I flicked them off and, after several days, no air loss. But the ride quality was so bad that, sincerely, I'd probably give up cycling and take up golf or bird watching if such wheels were the only option for riding. So, buy your patches in boxes of 100 and learn the skill, say I. At least goatheads generally cause slow leaks, allowing one to finish at least shorter rides. On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Michael Hechmer mhech...@gmail.comwrote: I've never actually met someone with a good story to tell about tire sealants. Experience suggests to me that for situations where a flat is a major PITA, like commuting, best to go with tire tuffy and a beefy tire. Of course there's nothing to be done with a tire that seems to know when it is dark, cold, and rainy; and perhaps resents being ridden over broken pavement, rocks, and glass. (My only experience, entirely unpleasant, with goat heads has been while camping in the desert and don't know if they lurk about the middle east.) At the other end of the spectrum, where pure joy, rather than getting either to the office or home, drives my raison d'cycle, I choose to go with lively tires, especially in the front; and accept flats as a reason to stop, relax, and regenerate. Michael Westford VT, where we are having this weird phenomenon of robins in Feb.! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/2NjhvtfuFScJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- 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-bunch@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: 36t Hyperglide cog source?
Seems to me that 50 to 75 bucks for a set of cogs is not that inexpensive in my estimation. Specially when I only need one. I just thought it would be cool if I could lower my compact double ( 46-34) a tad for cheap. On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote: I'm not aware of a source for 36t cogs, since that's not one that wears out, and most of the cassettes are not made to have cogs switched out (easily) these days. As someone pointed out, the Shimano 12-36 9sp cassette and the 7sp 13-34 cassette are not terribly expensive. Even if you could find the correct cog, it sure seems like a lot of screwing around. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/YY_QGbeRL54J. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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-bunch@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: 36t Hyperglide cog source?
If I do decide to pull the trigger on the whole set of nine, I'll be sure to shop you first. On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote: True, I may have lost my appreciation for screwing around with bike parts when I started trying to make it pay the bills! What was I thinking? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/sgoGUw_vF1cJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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-bunch@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: 36t Hyperglide cog source?
I knew a Swedish rider (Olaf Stroh, nice guy) who drilled a 38 t TA outer chainring to bolt to the penultimate cog of a Shimano cassette, then made an extended mounting arm for his rd so that this could accomodate the new cog. Lessee: 24/38X27 = 17 whole gear inches. I hear that at least one, old SunTour rd could actually accomodate a 38 t big cog. Then there is the Mountain Tamer Quad -- http://abundantadventures.com/quads.html -- still available from the same guy I visited at the same place back in 1990, in deep, SE Albuquerque. Make a 16 t cog into your granny ring! (16/38X27 = 11.) Me, the only time I use the 24 is when I am bullying my way through deep sand -- and even then I tend to fall over after about 15 feet. On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:31 AM, clyde canter clyde.can...@gmail.comwrote: Seems to me that 50 to 75 bucks for a set of cogs is not that inexpensive in my estimation. Specially when I only need one. I just thought it would be cool if I could lower my compact double ( 46-34) a tad for cheap. On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote: I'm not aware of a source for 36t cogs, since that's not one that wears out, and most of the cassettes are not made to have cogs switched out (easily) these days. As someone pointed out, the Shimano 12-36 9sp cassette and the 7sp 13-34 cassette are not terribly expensive. Even if you could find the correct cog, it sure seems like a lot of screwing around. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/YY_QGbeRL54J. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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-bunch@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. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- 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-bunch@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: 36t Hyperglide cog source?
Actually, this is new and may be a good idea if you want really low gears: it replaces the granny with a device that lets you install a cog as small as 17t in its place: http://abundantadventures.com/mt_triple.html On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:49 AM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: I knew a Swedish rider (Olaf Stroh, nice guy) who drilled a 38 t TA outer chainring to bolt to the penultimate cog of a Shimano cassette, then made an extended mounting arm for his rd so that this could accomodate the new cog. Lessee: 24/38X27 = 17 whole gear inches. I hear that at least one, old SunTour rd could actually accomodate a 38 t big cog. Then there is the Mountain Tamer Quad -- http://abundantadventures.com/quads.html -- still available from the same guy I visited at the same place back in 1990, in deep, SE Albuquerque. Make a 16 t cog into your granny ring! (16/38X27 = 11.) Me, the only time I use the 24 is when I am bullying my way through deep sand -- and even then I tend to fall over after about 15 feet. On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:31 AM, clyde canter clyde.can...@gmail.comwrote: Seems to me that 50 to 75 bucks for a set of cogs is not that inexpensive in my estimation. Specially when I only need one. I just thought it would be cool if I could lower my compact double ( 46-34) a tad for cheap. On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote: I'm not aware of a source for 36t cogs, since that's not one that wears out, and most of the cassettes are not made to have cogs switched out (easily) these days. As someone pointed out, the Shimano 12-36 9sp cassette and the 7sp 13-34 cassette are not terribly expensive. Even if you could find the correct cog, it sure seems like a lot of screwing around. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/YY_QGbeRL54J. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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-bunch@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. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- 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-bunch@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] Not So Quick Beam
I've really been loving the single speeding simplicity of my new-to-me QB, but it's not feeling particularly quick. I was expecting a slick, efficient, butter-smooth feel to the bike, but it seems a bit more like I'm riding through peanut butter. I'm finding I need to pedal on slight downhills that my Sam and LHT will accelerate while coasting down. Sluggish is about the only way to describe it. There are a couple of things I'm thinking, and would appreciate any advice: 1) This is my first experience with an Albatross bar and the upright posture may be increasing my (already considerable) wind resistance more than I'm used to. 2) I added a Dos Eno freewheel and it's got a pretty hefty amount of drag. When I have the bike in the stand, and spin the rear wheel in the forward, freewheeling, direction the cranks spin right along too. This doesn't happen with my cassette-equipped bikes. The wheel also doesn't coast (in the stand) nearly as long as my shimano cassette equipped bikes. Maybe this gets better over time? It's a brand new freewheel. I had a Shimano freewheel on it for a while, and the bike felt better, but could the Dos Eno really be that slow? 3) The Jack Brown Blue/Open Sport wheels on the QB are close enough in weight to the Kojak/Dyads on my Sam that I don't think I'm noticing a radical difference in inertia. Tire pressures are checked and fine. 4) This is my first ever single speed (if you don't count the Schwinn BMX bike I had when I was 12) - is there any trick to setting them up that I may not be aware of? I read all of Sheldon's advice on the topic... my chainline seems fine (wouldn't matter coasting anyway) and the tension seems OK. The wheel is straight Thanks in advance for any help, Pete in CT SingleSixtySidepullSam... and Quick-ish-beam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/4wwVI1dXlOYJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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: 36t Hyperglide cog source?
I think the people advising you to buy full cassettes are those that shop online and see the SRAM PG-950 11-34 9-speed cassette for as little as $30 shipped to your door, and see the Shimano HG61 12-36 9-speed cassette for as little as $48 shipped to your door. I think they are just cutting to the chase, since there is no readily available 36t cog. I'm with you on the notion of trying to do the minimum to achieve the particular goal. I try and do that, too. In this particular case, though, the minimum that has a high likelihood of success might just be to spend the $48, Bob's your uncle, low gears achieved. Not all that satisfying from a bike tinkering perspective, but your knees will love you. Best of luck whatever you choose. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/3k-_Znw6uAsJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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: 36t Hyperglide cog source?
For what it's worth, Harris has a 33-tooth 110mm chainring. It's $48 plus shipping, but there you are. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/yz0gyqEnqpQJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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] Friday Kicks
Mahatma Kane Jeeves was one of W.C. Fields may pseudonyms he used when helping write scripts for his movies. It has been said to recall a patrician call to a servant: My hat, my cane, Jeeves. There are some Amish communities ( at least here in Ohio ) that do not permit bicycles but do permit kick bikes like this one. On Feb 10, 2012, at 6:58 AM, Marty wrote: Actually looks like fun! (But leave the naming to the experts at Rivendell.) http://scootersport.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/fantasy-footbikes-the-rivendell-mahatma-kane-jeeves/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/HaVxOrYCOYAJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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-bunch@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: Medium shopsack is back!
Shoot, it's gone again! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/rMsrMiyjlRoJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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] Friday Kicks
William Claude Dukenfield would have been a great bike name. But after the Honus Wagner hornet's nest, I don't expect Riv would be game to pursue it. :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/i1XeHrXjqQMJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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: 36t Hyperglide cog source?
*ccanter: Seems to me that 50 to 75 bucks for a set of cogs is not that inexpensive in my estimation. Specially when I only need one. I just thought it would be cool if I could lower my compact double ( 46-34) a tad for cheap. *All depends on your perspective and your willingness to see other ones. If you want to talk about dollars let's cut to the chase. What's your knees worth ? .. priceless :) ... end of story. I don't see any problem buying a cassette just for one cog, as you'll simply have spares of the other cogs. It's not like they're going into the bin or anything. Then you can simply replace a cog as needed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/7SXCMYHIs3YJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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: 36t Hyperglide cog source?
On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 11:48 -0800, William wrote: I think the people advising you to buy full cassettes are those that shop online and see the SRAM PG-950 11-34 9-speed cassette for as little as $30 shipped to your door, and see the Shimano HG61 12-36 9-speed cassette for as little as $48 shipped to your door. I think they are just cutting to the chase, since there is no readily available 36t cog. Well, exactly. What's more, cassettes are wear items, and generally the sprockets are not available individually, so whenever the first one gets worn to the point of no return it's time to put on a new cassette. -- 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-bunch@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: Medium shopsack is back!
but the Slickersack is there in other bags, even though it is not present on the Closeouts page. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/UJDhCR5Ap88J. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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: Medium shopsack is back!
I find it's usually.worth a call or email to RBWHQ if you see something is not available on the site. On a couple of occasions Spenser has been able to find inventory of an item that they didn't know they had - probably the case here. Someone opens an old cardboard box and voila, a couple of Shopsacks back in stock... And you know how they keep discovering NOS frames up in the rafters! -Pete in CT -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/QKL2U3HNBxQJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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: Medium shopsack is back!
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Peter Pesce petepe...@gmail.com wrote: And you know how they keep discovering NOS frames up in the rafters! -Pete in CT *FurtherMore*... there's probably some BullMoose bars up there, too. - Andrew, Berkeley -- 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-bunch@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] Not So Quick Beam
A Rivendell ought not, ought not indeed, to feel sluggish!! Something is wrong! How is the QB set up compared to your other bikes? A much higher bar not only increases wind drag but can prevent the use of powerful muscles - glutes? Back? -- in any event, it is a commonplace the a certain amount of bend - 45* is commonly talked about -- increases power; something I can feel whenever I go into the hooks. You don't need low bars to take advantage of this; while my Rivs have the hooks as low as I can comfortably ride in for several miles, my Fargo has the bar slightly higher than the saddle, with the hooks giving me a position similar to the hoods on my Rivs. I don't feel sluggish unless I sit bolt upright, with hands on the flats. Tires: the JB Greens I had on the briefly owned Sam Hill felt nice and fast, but if the Blues are belted, they may be indeed slower: Jan Heine put tire rolling resistance as second only to wind resistance as a factor in the amount of speed you get for a given output. I do know that the Kojak 35s, 559 and 622, roll very well despite *their* belt, but I find, for example, Pasela Tourguards to be real dogs. The Sam Hill certainly didn't feel as fast as my customs but it didn't feel any more sluggish than the Fargo with similar tires. (I just didn't like its handling.) Mr Tuffys? Horrible, evil things -- they immediately rob you of 35% of your speed. Cyintifik fakt. Seriously, they do make the bike feel sluggish. Even worse, diabolically worse, are thorn proof tubes. Binding freewheel? Perhaps, but if the QB feels sluggish when pedaling, that's not the cause. Dragging brake? And, one more: too tight a chain? I recently re-installed the wheel in my '03, fixed gear, and rode it and didn't notice until I stopped that the rear wheel was not spinning smoothly as usual: the culprit was a binding chain -- this even though I had carefully adjusted the wheel at the outset. There is a technique called walking the rear axle to the right position, whereby you alternately tighten the nut on one side after adjusting the wheel until you have just the right position -- a good technique to learn with a sliding axle. Me, I felt sluggish on the way home just now but that was because of an annoying headwind -- we are getting into NM's windy season, tho' it's pretty windy here year 'round. Let us know what, if anything, works -- there has got to be a reason; I can't believe a Riv model as such simply feels sluggish. On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Peter Pesce petepe...@gmail.com wrote: I've really been loving the single speeding simplicity of my new-to-me QB, but it's not feeling particularly quick. I was expecting a slick, efficient, butter-smooth feel to the bike, but it seems a bit more like I'm riding through peanut butter. I'm finding I need to pedal on slight downhills that my Sam and LHT will accelerate while coasting down. Sluggish is about the only way to describe it. There are a couple of things I'm thinking, and would appreciate any advice: 1) This is my first experience with an Albatross bar and the upright posture may be increasing my (already considerable) wind resistance more than I'm used to. 2) I added a Dos Eno freewheel and it's got a pretty hefty amount of drag. When I have the bike in the stand, and spin the rear wheel in the forward, freewheeling, direction the cranks spin right along too. This doesn't happen with my cassette-equipped bikes. The wheel also doesn't coast (in the stand) nearly as long as my shimano cassette equipped bikes. Maybe this gets better over time? It's a brand new freewheel. I had a Shimano freewheel on it for a while, and the bike felt better, but could the Dos Eno really be that slow? 3) The Jack Brown Blue/Open Sport wheels on the QB are close enough in weight to the Kojak/Dyads on my Sam that I don't think I'm noticing a radical difference in inertia. Tire pressures are checked and fine. 4) This is my first ever single speed (if you don't count the Schwinn BMX bike I had when I was 12) - is there any trick to setting them up that I may not be aware of? I read all of Sheldon's advice on the topic... my chainline seems fine (wouldn't matter coasting anyway) and the tension seems OK. The wheel is straight Thanks in advance for any help, Pete in CT SingleSixtySidepullSam... and Quick-ish-beam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/4wwVI1dXlOYJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- You
Re: [RBW] Re: 36t Hyperglide cog source?
Actually, Miche sells them all, I think, up to 32 or 34t and even has weird, big small cogs: I've got a 16 t outer (a manly size). About $10 each from Quality through my LBS. On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: Well, exactly. What's more, cassettes are wear items, and generally the sprockets are not available individually, so whenever the first one gets worn to the point of no return it's time to put on a new cassette. -- 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-bunch@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. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- 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-bunch@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] Not So Quick Beam
I think that position and tires make the biggest differences in ride feel, then maybe the feeling of stability and ride viscosity is due to sturdy, oversize frame tubes in their geometric configuration; it doesn't plane for me, but I like it well because it is sturdy, and I feel I can ride it on rough dirt roads as well as the pavement. I don't think the bearings, or the chainline, make any real difference to riding, although you may feel the bearings are stiffer. I don't think any of the bearings are adjustable? I don't think bearings break in much in a way that affects riding friction. But tires: it's not just weight. Apparently, the flexibility of the tire, in spite of it's pneumatic firmness, has a real effect on your riding efficiency. And, tire pressure can give you the impression of zippiness or lack of it without affecting your real speed. Even then, there are other factors: puncture resistance, durabilty, etc. Most of the time I attribute sluggishness to my own state of fitness, however! On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Peter Pesce petepe...@gmail.com wrote: I've really been loving the single speeding simplicity of my new-to-me QB, but it's not feeling particularly quick. I was expecting a slick, efficient, butter-smooth feel to the bike, but it seems a bit more like I'm riding through peanut butter. I'm finding I need to pedal on slight downhills that my Sam and LHT will accelerate while coasting down. Sluggish is about the only way to describe it. There are a couple of things I'm thinking, and would appreciate any advice: 1) This is my first experience with an Albatross bar and the upright posture may be increasing my (already considerable) wind resistance more than I'm used to. 2) I added a Dos Eno freewheel and it's got a pretty hefty amount of drag. When I have the bike in the stand, and spin the rear wheel in the forward, freewheeling, direction the cranks spin right along too. This doesn't happen with my cassette-equipped bikes. The wheel also doesn't coast (in the stand) nearly as long as my shimano cassette equipped bikes. Maybe this gets better over time? It's a brand new freewheel. I had a Shimano freewheel on it for a while, and the bike felt better, but could the Dos Eno really be that slow? 3) The Jack Brown Blue/Open Sport wheels on the QB are close enough in weight to the Kojak/Dyads on my Sam that I don't think I'm noticing a radical difference in inertia. Tire pressures are checked and fine. 4) This is my first ever single speed (if you don't count the Schwinn BMX bike I had when I was 12) - is there any trick to setting them up that I may not be aware of? I read all of Sheldon's advice on the topic... my chainline seems fine (wouldn't matter coasting anyway) and the tension seems OK. The wheel is straight Thanks in advance for any help, Pete in CT SingleSixtySidepullSam... and Quick-ish-beam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/4wwVI1dXlOYJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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. -- Bill Gibson Tempe, Arizona, 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-bunch@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: Not So Quick Beam
Thanks guys. I'm certainly not implying it's anything inherent in the bike, and I should be clear that my baseline reference for sluggish is pretty darn low! It's just a distinct feeling that I'm pedaling through peanut butter. I certainly don't expect it to plane but I expected at least as much spirit as my LHT. The frame doesn't feel dead, if anything it's too lively under my 230 lbs.Maybe it's anti-planing? Really, though, it's the slow coasting that has me stumped. I may do some experiments and switch back to the old freewheel, and maybe swap on my 35mm Kojaks. I will check the chain tension, too, Patrick. And double check for brake drag - it's so often the simple things, isn't it! -Pete -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/yaaPbSO9rJgJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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: 36t Hyperglide cog source?
$10 true. But on Harris, which just shows you the QBP catalog, the biggest shimano compatible cog you can buy is a 29t. No 32, no 34, and certainly no 36. They do have the first position cogs in 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/YLqCvE6YxjkJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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: Not So Quick Beam
I'm with Patrick that your Quickbeam should not and in fact never feel
sluggish--something's off. My partner has a QB and says that it's
like wearing a silk chemise instead of a wooly ski sweater when
comparing it to her trusty Surly LHT.
I have what I refer to as a faux QB that I set up before the last run
of silver QB's that included little frames. My faux QB is a riv
protobleriot frame set up with an Eccentric Eno hub and a Dos Eno
freewheel (also a White hub on the front). One thing I would add, in
addition to the good discussion of tires and chain tension, is sneaky
tire clearance. I went from Maxy Fasties (650B x 33) to Soma
Xpresses (650B x 38) and everything looked great but the normally
sprite little bike felt alarmingly sluggish. After calling a bike
mechanic friend and taking a pit stop at a most excellently placed
bike shop on my morning commute, we found the culprit: the inside
fender bolt on the brace between chainstays ('inside' meaning between
the fender and the road surface of the tire) was rubbing on the tire –
but it was totally not visible. Replaced the regular bolt with a
button-headed bolt and voilá! Mystery solved! (And I felt pretty
stupid, but live and learn.)
The shop also adjusted and cleaned the Dos freewheel, which also felt
great. One thing I came to understand is that your Dos *should* have
a pleasant click-click-click when you coast. It had gradually gone
away without my really noticing it and once it was adjusted and
cleaned, the click came back and it felt better. (Not to stir up an
old off-topic thread, but it's just like an old BMW motorcycle--the
valves *should* tick-tick-tick when they're in adjustment). With two
White hubs in proper form, it coasts wonderfully.
-liesl clicking happily along between minneapolis and st paul
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Re: [RBW] Re: 36t Hyperglide cog source?
17??!! **THAT'S** what I need! I've only got 15 and 16. For my 46 t big ring!! 17-26 straight block 10 speed! But you did say that a worn cog was cause for a new cassette; now it's not the 32, 34 or 36 that is going to wear out in a normal lifetime. A Miche will keep your cassette going. On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:53 PM, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: $10 true. But on Harris, which just shows you the QBP catalog, the biggest shimano compatible cog you can buy is a 29t. No 32, no 34, and certainly no 36. They do have the first position cogs in 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/YLqCvE6YxjkJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- 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-bunch@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: Medium shopsack is back!
Has anyone used these bars before on a touring bike? Artist/Art Educator/Bicyclist On Feb 10, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Andrew ashtab...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Peter Pesce petepe...@gmail.com wrote: And you know how they keep discovering NOS frames up in the rafters! -Pete in CT FurtherMore... there's probably some BullMoose bars up there, too. - Andrew, Berkeley -- 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-bunch@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-bunch@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: 36t Hyperglide cog source?
you did say that a worn cog was cause for a new cassette Nope. That was Steve Palincsar that said that. I believe in cog-swapping (within reason). Even more, though, I believe in frequent chain replacement, spinning at nice high cadence in nice low gears, and most of all owning a whole bunch of bikes and riding them all. It's a kind of 'wear-leveling' -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/Z3nKDQavGJcJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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: Not So Quick Beam
I bet the Kojaks will fix it. I have always felt sluggish with the JB blues. I tried them on three bikes and, after I gave up, loaned them to two friends, and the feeling seems to be universal. JB Greens, which are similar to Kojaks, are another thing entirely, fast and lively feeling. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/bA7DFrMVq9UJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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: 36t Hyperglide cog source?
I had aimed by barb at Steve -- sorry if you got in the way. On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:03 PM, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: you did say that a worn cog was cause for a new cassette Nope. That was Steve Palincsar that said that. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- 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-bunch@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: Joe's Elite Racer tire sealant
Put me in the positive category, I love Stan's! Just last week I ran over something that put a 2mm puncture in my tire. I think it was a barbed wire point. Sure that I was a goner, I just kept riding and riding, and riding and riding... sealed right up! I don't have enough miles on them to tell you about trail-side maintenance for when they don't work, but I carry an extra spare tube for that occasion. Supposed to be a super pain when/if it happens though. On 2/10/12, Michael Hechmer mhech...@gmail.com wrote: I've never actually met someone with a good story to tell about tire sealants. Experience suggests to me that for situations where a flat is a major PITA, like commuting, best to go with tire tuffy and a beefy tire. Of course there's nothing to be done with a tire that seems to know when it is dark, cold, and rainy; and perhaps resents being ridden over broken pavement, rocks, and glass. (My only experience, entirely unpleasant, with goat heads has been while camping in the desert and don't know if they lurk about the middle east.) At the other end of the spectrum, where pure joy, rather than getting either to the office or home, drives my raison d'cycle, I choose to go with lively tires, especially in the front; and accept flats as a reason to stop, relax, and regenerate. Michael Westford VT, where we are having this weird phenomenon of robins in Feb.! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/2NjhvtfuFScJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA ** “I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I love.” -- 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-bunch@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: Friday Kicks
No offense to all the wonderful young Amish people in Eastern Ohio... Come to think of it, I sold my Fargo Land Beast to a gentleman in Amish country (Southeast Ohio) who is a tractor dealer. I can only imagine what all those kids on their kickbikes must think when the see this beast pedallin' up the dirt roads... Boy, I wish we could ride one of THOSE... BB On Feb 10, 3:35 pm, Thomas Nezovich t...@cox.net wrote: Mahatma Kane Jeeves was one of W.C. Fields may pseudonyms he used when helping write scripts for his movies. It has been said to recall a patrician call to a servant: My hat, my cane, Jeeves. There are some Amish communities ( at least here in Ohio ) that do not permit bicycles but do permit kick bikes like this one. On Feb 10, 2012, at 6:58 AM, Marty wrote: Actually looks like fun! (But leave the naming to the experts at Rivendell.) http://scootersport.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/fantasy-footbikes-the-ri... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visithttps://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/HaVxOrYCOYAJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group athttp://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-bunch@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] Asymmetrical stays
Look at what I stumbled across on Flickr... A Bombadil with asymmetrical stays... http://www.flickr.com/photos/catt1788/6820927595/in/photostream/lightbox/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/vGAF1ychg3AJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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: Atlantis vs. Sam
Even more weird...if you go to the BBC company website it's listed at $895 (last one!). Also, I believe the wheels on that batch of Paramounts are 650c not really regular 26 inchers.. On Feb 9, 3:09 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: Seth It's worse than that. They have the Buy It Now rigged so that even if you do Buy It Now, it responds sorry, it's not for sale -- 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-bunch@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: Not So Quick Beam
I'm currently running Panaracer T Serves 700x35 on my SimpleOne at around 85 psi. I am 258 pounds of old fatness and run my chain a little on the loose side, not saggy, just a little loose, otherwise it binds a little on the chain ring. With no deraileur spring to take up or increase slack you'll get some binding. When it comes to coasting, I can coast forever it seems. I did get some brake shoe drag early on and it made it considerably harder to pedal. Your QB/SO should be easy to pedal.of course that depends on the gearing somewhat. My main cruising gear is only 66 inches which works for me in my area. I ride a LHT geared bike currently with 700x47's Schwalbes at 60 psi and the bike weighs 40 pounds so my SO feels fast. For bars I use Nitto (45 cm wide at the drops 36cm at the hoods) Rando bars and ride the hoods 90% of the time. I think you have a tight chain, off angled rear tire or a dragging brake. On Feb 10, 11:48 am, Peter Pesce petepe...@gmail.com wrote: I've really been loving the single speeding simplicity of my new-to-me QB, but it's not feeling particularly quick. I was expecting a slick, efficient, butter-smooth feel to the bike, but it seems a bit more like I'm riding through peanut butter. I'm finding I need to pedal on slight downhills that my Sam and LHT will accelerate while coasting down. Sluggish is about the only way to describe it. There are a couple of things I'm thinking, and would appreciate any advice: 1) This is my first experience with an Albatross bar and the upright posture may be increasing my (already considerable) wind resistance more than I'm used to. 2) I added a Dos Eno freewheel and it's got a pretty hefty amount of drag. When I have the bike in the stand, and spin the rear wheel in the forward, freewheeling, direction the cranks spin right along too. This doesn't happen with my cassette-equipped bikes. The wheel also doesn't coast (in the stand) nearly as long as my shimano cassette equipped bikes. Maybe this gets better over time? It's a brand new freewheel. I had a Shimano freewheel on it for a while, and the bike felt better, but could the Dos Eno really be that slow? 3) The Jack Brown Blue/Open Sport wheels on the QB are close enough in weight to the Kojak/Dyads on my Sam that I don't think I'm noticing a radical difference in inertia. Tire pressures are checked and fine. 4) This is my first ever single speed (if you don't count the Schwinn BMX bike I had when I was 12) - is there any trick to setting them up that I may not be aware of? I read all of Sheldon's advice on the topic... my chainline seems fine (wouldn't matter coasting anyway) and the tension seems OK. The wheel is straight Thanks in advance for any help, Pete in CT SingleSixtySidepullSam... and Quick-ish-beam -- 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-bunch@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: Atlantis vs. Sam
It looked like 650C, I was giving them the benefit of the doubt... On 2/10/12, rob markwardt robmar...@hotmail.com wrote: Even more weird...if you go to the BBC company website it's listed at $895 (last one!). Also, I believe the wheels on that batch of Paramounts are 650c not really regular 26 inchers.. On Feb 9, 3:09 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: Seth It's worse than that. They have the Buy It Now rigged so that even if you do Buy It Now, it responds sorry, it's not for sale -- 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-bunch@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. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA ** “I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I love.” -- 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-bunch@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.
