Re: [RBW] 400k plus
Thanks to all for the great advice. The 300k is next weekend on Long Island and I'm nervously looking forward to it. I did a flat century last Saturday followed by a hilly 70 miler on Sunday to try the back to back days as Lynne suggested and they went well so I'm pretty happy with my base. I rode the 200k with a two-time PBPfinisher and got to pick his brain so that was great. And the handlebar bag I added this spring is awesome for keeping the phone accessible for pictures so I'll try to be better about ride reports. The 400 and 600 rides are in the Boston Brevet series. One of the controls in the 400 is at Peter Whites shop, which will be really cool because he built my Hilsen. If I survive the summer my next task is keeping a good off season base and not putting on winter weight. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: [RBW] 400k plus
As mentioned the controls often have restrooms. I have become expert at locating porta potties at constructions sites and parks. Larry Powers Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 16:24:01 -0400 Subject: Re: [RBW] 400k plus From: uscpeter11...@gmail.com To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com I know zero about Brevets, had never heard of them until I joined this list. the one question I always ask myself is when and where do you go to the bathroom? I used to run cross county where the occasional pit stop was required but that was only a couple of hours. Not trying to be gross, just curious if I ever go down this road if there are bathrooms at the controls. As I get older I have to worry about where a bathroom is, sad, haha. On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Lynne Fitz fitzb...@comcast.net wrote: sometime before the 600, you might want to try some doubles or triples - ride a 200k on one day, and a 100k the next day. Control efficiency - something I completely suck at, but still a work in progress. Consider stopping, refilling your bottles, and eating the food you bought on the bike. Know what food works for you, so you have a plan when faced with a convenience store. Grocery stores are a huge time suck, because they are so big, and they hide the V-8. All the other information given here is good; I am not going to add any more to that. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Your pre-80's steel vs. today's steel bikes.
So how do you like your Rivendells, and other modern steel makers' bikes compared to *your *pre-'80's steel bikes? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: [RBW] 400k plus
This year ride your series. Next year ride two series before PBP. That is what I did in '07 and I completed it with not problems Just ride the brevets in order and you should be OK. I can only train about 100 miles a week but I get out on a Friday between brevets and ride a hard hilly 90 mile loop. Larry Powers Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 05:05:14 -0700 From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] 400k plus I know several of you in the group ride brevets so it's time to pick your brains. I've taken them up again this year. In 2011 i completed a 200k, had a DNF 300k followed by finishing a planned 175 mile ride. I've had no rides over 50-60 miles since until this year, got fat, etc. I decided I needed a goal to help motivate me so I put PBP 2015 on the calendar. I've lost over 45 lbs and am loving riding again. I did a 200k a couple of weeks ago and have a 300k next week which I'm nervous about but fairly confident. My question is about beyond that. I'm wondering if I need to progress to the other distances. In other words, should I try 350k before 400 then 500 before 600? Or do you think that by the time I've gone 300k that the base is built up enough to sustain the larger jumps in time and distance? Riv content: I'm riding this on my Homer and loving it! I'd like to complete the whole series (200,300,400, 600) this summer so I'll have a good taste for what's in store next year in Paris. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Writing a poem is like riding a bike. Kinda.
Not Rivendell related but too good not to share. My favorite comic strip artist. Grant Snider. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lLVOcpHNd00/U1kIex4ctWI/EH4/j4PjZo0xOcw/s1600/writingpoetry-blog.jpg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: 400k plus
I started randonneuring last year and my longest ride to date then was 110 miles. I just worked my way up through the longer distances (although I did do a 360k Fleche which gave me a great idea of what it was like to ride through the night and was easier to jump up to a 400k.) But going from a 400k to a 600k was mostly mentally challenging, although I did have some knee problems due to fit (but was still able to finish.) For me, as others have noted, riding with friends definitely helps while away the quiet, sleep hours between 2AM-5AM. I keep my ride reports herehttp://www.plattyjo.com/category/cycling/randonneuring/and I've written a lot about how I figured out what to which each subsequent brevet. This year's been a lot easier and so I'm logging more miles and plan to do my first 1200k in August in preparation for PBP next year. Good luck and hope to see you there! Cheers, Jenny -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Writing a poem is like riding a bike. Kinda.
Awesome Manny! Sent from my iPhone On May 24, 2014, at 8:20 AM, Manuel Acosta manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com wrote: Not Rivendell related but too good not to share. My favorite comic strip artist. Grant Snider. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lLVOcpHNd00/U1kIex4ctWI/EH4/j4PjZo0xOcw/s1600/writingpoetry-blog.jpg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Dapper custom on Blug
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[RBW] Hunqapillar ride report # 2 (or...its definitely the engine, not the bike)
So I use Strava. I love Strava. I hated it at first, but I really wanted to map my rides and look at distances, times, elevation, etc. so I stuck with it and kept using it on nearly every ride. When I first started using it I was annoyed and dismayed by the fact that it a) broke rides into segments and b) i always ranked near the bottom. I eventually overcame and started to enjoy the segments. And stopped caring about my ranking. Although I never think about the segments or how fast I am going on a ride, its always fun to come home and look at how I did compared to previous efforts, especially since I ride a lot of the same routes. Took out the Hunqapillar with 2.1 Smart Sam's up a 5 mile paved road route (Tunnel Road to Grizzly Peak, for those in Bay Area) and then hit some trails at a couple parks (Redwood and Joaqin Miller). Was surprised to see that I set a personal record on the uphill 4.8 segment at the start of the ride on Tunnel Road. I've ridden this route many many times. Mostly on my 21 lb. Gunnar Sport (with everything from 25-33 tires, and for a while outfitted with a carbon fork). And quite a few times on my wife's 18 lb. Giant carbon bike. A 30 lb steel mtn bike with 2.1 knobbies and front and rear racks beat them both on my very first time taking it up that route. Not to say its faster in any way, as I've been riding more lately and definitely getting stronger. But it certainly wasn't any slower. But damn, those light road bikes sure do *feel *faster ;) Disclaimer, I did hustle a bit more than usual on the last .5 mile of the 4.8 mile climb as I saw a group sneaking up behind me and didn't want them to pass. But again, point is, probably not any faster, but definitely not slower. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Habitual rides, riding habits
I'm like you Chris. When I use to do a century I felt so beat up after that I stopped doing them. When I use to do go fast rides with others on their go fast bikes I was always the slowest. I tried to train and get faster until I embraced my slowness and realized I enjoy slow rides and using a bike that actually can do something other than go fast--and I barely did that. I stop too much and enjoy discovering new restaurants or shops or new scenery to ride fast. My epiphany was after it took 30 minutes for me to get kitted up to go and pick up something from Traders. I started looking for a better bike soon after that. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Habitual rides, riding habits
It's interesting to hear others' habits. I have no desire at all to spend more than a few hours on the bike at a time, but I must, or ought, or, let's say it might be nice to, get out of the habit or rut of riding hard just for a few miles. I might rediscover the long rambles of my adolescence, when I would take 4 hour afternoon rides all over the Kenyan countryside -- but I pushed myself then, too, so must do so very slowly at first. Time is not always available, but I should calendar a 4 hour slot on a nice, calm day to just do a Tramway (hill; the hill proper is about 5 miles long) out and back or a ramble to Bernalillo. Lynn: I suppose that the secret to long rides is simply ride lots? And to start slowly? And to bring enough water and a bit of food? (I rode hard for 40-50 milers as a boy without ever thinking of water, let along food; getting such severe bonk that I'd see white spots on the pavement and have to push at the slightest incline.) I may find that with longer rides I need more than a 9 speed corncob (not quite but close, 16-26) on the Ram. Dave: you are the man, if you can push a 90 gear without a strong tailwind. My first bike had about that gear, but I've long since dropped to top out at about a 85 gear, on downhills and with tailwinds. OTOH, if you daughter is like I was at 16-18, I can imagine certainly needing one to keep up. Chris: useful riding will always be my preferred riding; it all seems more fun, certainly it is more appealing to get into the saddle at all, if I have a destination of some practical sort to ride to. Patrick Moore, who just rode precisely 6.57 miles to the PO and Grocery Store and back (I allow half a mile for stumbling around the store aisles), but who may not be able to ride the 8.5 miles to church if it keeps raining (rain) in ABQ, NM. On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote: The other thread on brevets got me thinking. As someone for whom a long ride is 30 miles, it is very interesting to see what distances others like to ride, and how. Yesterday's ride for me was a great one, combining several things that I find pleasant: a mid-way useful destination (bike shop visit); pushing myself (I realize that pushing, and even more the result of that, is very relative to my ability) -- pushing a bigger gear than usual outbound because of the tailwind (75 and 80 gears); pushing against a stiff wind on the return, 72 with a mile or so in the 65; 11 miles out with a small circuit, and 9 miles straight back). a bike that is fun to push hard (ish): the Ram with nice close gearing, and saddle and bar set up *just so* so that I can ride for extended periods in the hooks, elbows bent, slow cadence, large torque. a distance -- 20 miles -- that somewhat stretched me at the pace I was maintaining but that was long enough to get into stride and finish without being exhausted. I find though that after 30 years of this sort of riding -- short, hard* -- it is hard for me imaginatively and emotionally to break out of the habit. I want to push hard from the end of the driveway, so to speak. And even though I've learned -- it took me literally 8 years of trying -- to ride more slowly, particularly for the first 2-3 miles, I get impatient when I go too slowly. The down side of going hard is that you, or at least I, rather quickly get to a point where I've had enough and want to go home. Incidentally, one reason I love fixed so much is that it works so well for this sort of riding. * Hard used to be a lot harder when I was in my 30s and 40s; I'd routinely do just under 20 suburban miles in an hour; my usual routes were 18-20 miles taking me 55-65 minutes; or 15-16 mile one way commutes (sometimes expanded to 20) averaging 16-17 clock running across town, 7 miles climbing fixed, depending whether or not there was a wind off the mountains in the morning.) But at 59I can't push myself as I did at 49 or 39, and I keep meaning to try longer -- let's say 40 miles -- and slower rides. The main reason for buying the Ram at the very end of 2012 was to ride longer and easier; so far that hasn't happened. I'm not looking for advice, just thinking out loud. I have to say that I enjoy cycling even more now that I am 4 mph slower -- on the two legs yesterday I averaged 14.85 out and 13.69 in, but those numbers don't mean anything since I left Cyclemeter running as I stopped 3 times outbound to adjust and readjust a cleat, and inbound stopped at Sprouts to get some food. A typical run to the PO and grocery, clock running, 3 miles turned into 15, is 12.5-13.5. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis * “Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never
Re: [RBW] Re: Habitual rides, riding habits
Isn't the kit hassle a real hassle? Especially when you are half a mile from home before you realize you forgot your gloves, helmet, glasses, water bottle, what have you. I do wear shades for my contacts (NM Medicaid still fg up my application, so no cataract surgery yet), and I do wear cycling shoes (SPD and Look), and I do usually wear a jersey for warmth or for sweat and for the pockets, but unless it is cold enough to need knickers or tights, I generally just wear street shorts. On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 3:57 PM, grrlyrida grrlyr...@gmail.com wrote: I'm like you Chris. When I use to do a century I felt so beat up after that I stopped doing them. When I use to do go fast rides with others on their go fast bikes I was always the slowest. I tried to train and get faster until I embraced my slowness and realized I enjoy slow rides and using a bike that actually can do something other than go fast--and I barely did that. I stop too much and enjoy discovering new restaurants or shops or new scenery to ride fast. My epiphany was after it took 30 minutes for me to get kitted up to go and pick up something from Traders. I started looking for a better bike soon after that. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis * “Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place. Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be? Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” ― Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Hunqapillar ride report # 2 (or...its definitely the engine, not the bike)
The fast Mammoth rules the road (and trail). Great to hear that a comfortable, capable, versatile bike doesn't have to give up anything. Perhaps more comfortable than the Gunnar? Be careful! You're approaching the slippery slope of ...yea, I've got 5 bikes but my Rivendell is the only one I ride much. dougP On Saturday, May 24, 2014 2:04:23 PM UTC-7, DS wrote: So I use Strava. I love Strava. I hated it at first, but I really wanted to map my rides and look at distances, times, elevation, etc. so I stuck with it and kept using it on nearly every ride. When I first started using it I was annoyed and dismayed by the fact that it a) broke rides into segments and b) i always ranked near the bottom. I eventually overcame and started to enjoy the segments. And stopped caring about my ranking. Although I never think about the segments or how fast I am going on a ride, its always fun to come home and look at how I did compared to previous efforts, especially since I ride a lot of the same routes. Took out the Hunqapillar with 2.1 Smart Sam's up a 5 mile paved road route (Tunnel Road to Grizzly Peak, for those in Bay Area) and then hit some trails at a couple parks (Redwood and Joaqin Miller). Was surprised to see that I set a personal record on the uphill 4.8 segment at the start of the ride on Tunnel Road. I've ridden this route many many times. Mostly on my 21 lb. Gunnar Sport (with everything from 25-33 tires, and for a while outfitted with a carbon fork). And quite a few times on my wife's 18 lb. Giant carbon bike. A 30 lb steel mtn bike with 2.1 knobbies and front and rear racks beat them both on my very first time taking it up that route. Not to say its faster in any way, as I've been riding more lately and definitely getting stronger. But it certainly wasn't any slower. But damn, those light road bikes sure do *feel *faster ;) Disclaimer, I did hustle a bit more than usual on the last .5 mile of the 4.8 mile climb as I saw a group sneaking up behind me and didn't want them to pass. But again, point is, probably not any faster, but definitely not slower. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Redwood Bags #3 #4. Color Poll!
I finally got around to finishing my Redwood build. I had initially built it up with parts swapped directly from an 80s touring frame with low-ish trail and bars that were 40cm at brake hoods, and with a small front rack and decaleur for carrying an Acorn tall rando bag. That setup just wasn't what the frame was intended for. It did ride great with a full rando bag and I was a little bummed. So... I stripped a few parts off and the bike sat it a closet for a month. Not a bad idea at all. When I built it back up I put on 44cm Noodles and went for a rack-less setup. It rides beautifully now and I've finally enjoyed Noodles (gave them a few tries in the past and they just didn't fit with the frames I had). Combined with my recent dabbling in bag-making, the Redwood really works great with a small-ish bag up front on the handlebars and a saddle wedge. On to the bags... I found cheaply some scraps of very thick natural cotton duck canvas and some not as thick yellow cotton duck. I waxed the fabrics myself with a homemade mixture, then hand stitched them. I hadn't originally intended them to go on the Redwood, but it worked out nicely. Now.. the color poll. These bags were experiments and I'd change a couple dimensions to specifically fit the Redwood. So, which color looks best? Natural beige or the yellow? Photos here: http://s821.photobucket.com/user/dabanzer/library/bicycles?sort=3page=1 Would appreciate any thoughts or bagmakers tips. Thanks, David Chicago -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Redwood Bags #3 #4. Color Poll!
I had the exact same experience with my Rambouillet. I wanted to run a front rando bag, but the handling suffered and I finally admitted to myself the frame geo is not optimized for this. Now I run a similar set that you have - a Brand V small saddlebag as a grab bag attached to the stem for camera and easy access items, and a Baggins banana bag under the saddle for clothing and tools. The small overall carrying capacity limits the amount of weight I can load it with, and what I do carry is well distributed, front to rear. I'm somewhay colourblind, so I can't help much with the colour prefs, sorry :-/ KJ Toronto, Canada On Saturday, May 24, 2014 6:48:51 PM UTC-4, David Banzer wrote: I finally got around to finishing my Redwood build. I had initially built it up with parts swapped directly from an 80s touring frame with low-ish trail and bars that were 40cm at brake hoods, and with a small front rack and decaleur for carrying an Acorn tall rando bag. That setup just wasn't what the frame was intended for. It did ride great with a full rando bag and I was a little bummed. So... I stripped a few parts off and the bike sat it a closet for a month. Not a bad idea at all. When I built it back up I put on 44cm Noodles and went for a rack-less setup. It rides beautifully now and I've finally enjoyed Noodles (gave them a few tries in the past and they just didn't fit with the frames I had). Combined with my recent dabbling in bag-making, the Redwood really works great with a small-ish bag up front on the handlebars and a saddle wedge. On to the bags... I found cheaply some scraps of very thick natural cotton duck canvas and some not as thick yellow cotton duck. I waxed the fabrics myself with a homemade mixture, then hand stitched them. I hadn't originally intended them to go on the Redwood, but it worked out nicely. Now.. the color poll. These bags were experiments and I'd change a couple dimensions to specifically fit the Redwood. So, which color looks best? Natural beige or the yellow? Photos here: http://s821.photobucket.com/user/dabanzer/library/bicycles?sort=3page=1 Would appreciate any thoughts or bagmakers tips. Thanks, David Chicago -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] fs: Rivendell Saluki 58cm - custom color + SS coupled!
It comes with a heavy heart to sell this baby! I bought this 58cm Rivendell Saluki from memeber Gino. It was already SS coupled, then I sent it to Rick at DD Cycles for a Bleriot repaint...I rode it a few times but I never really found time for it. I have a new custom touring bike incoming in a few months so I'm just trying to make some room on the bike rack. The paint is 9.5 out of 10. The only rough spot is on one of the decals on the seat tube due to being latched to a car rack. I'm looking for $1650 net for the FRAME/FORK/HEADSET. Any fees shipping would be additional. I'm in Chicago would welcome a local pickup If you'd want wheels, tires, components, cockpit, SS case + accessories, ect, let me know we can arrange it. http://s15.postimg.org/8mdkj3ie3/photo.jpg Thanks! More photos upon request. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: fs: Rivendell Saluki 58cm - custom color + SS coupled!
PS - I would also trade this for a 54cm green Hunqapillar. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] FS or FT Silver bar ends, Nitto 9 cm stem
Silver bar end shifters, less than 100km, $50.00 plus shipping Nitto Tallux stem 9 cm. 26.0. Condition 9 out of 10. $50.00 plus shipping. or trade both for a pair of Paul Thumbies, Shimano shifter style 22.2 with the hinge, black or silver. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] A Tale of Two Saluki's
I love pastels. The lavender is my choice. Don't see that bike color much. Both are gorgeous bikes, though. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: The true shakedown ride on New Albion Privateer with Grand Bois Cypres - 45 miles in Sonoma County
Of course I meant Sonoma County, not Sonoma crappy. On Saturday, May 24, 2014 6:04:40 PM UTC-7, eflayer wrote: Originally I built the Privateer with Albatross, bar end shifters, Maxxis Refuse x 28 mm tires, Shimano Sora triple, and Wellgo dual sided platform/SPD pedals. I tried every fit variable over and over again and could never get truly comfy on Abatross and bar ends. So next I went to my favorite compact drop bars and brifters. Ahhh, now it was becoming a bike I could appreciate. But it still felt sort of slow and clunky for the kind of fast club riding I do, and do mostly on my ti and my carbon. I know the Privateer frame and fork at $350 should not turn into a truly great bike and I was getting ready to relegate to being the town bike. Decided to give it one last chance of staying in the preferred riding herd and that is when I went for Grand Bois Cypres. Immediate difference in comfort and speed. So then I removed the clunky pedals, replaced with my much preferred Speedplay Frogs and turned it from a frog to a prince. Today I was in Sonoma crappy on some of finest and some of the crappiest roads around. So many patches in places there were no more spot to put patches. It was a great ride and give most the credit to the tires. On this bike they have made a difference I can't quite believe/understand. Seeingly fast on the smooth and an uncanny way of lessening the impact in the crap sections. And for the type of riding I prefer to do; drops and brifters and Frogs make all the differerence in the world. A good steel frame, but I take my helmet off to Grand Bois Cypres. I am a fan. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Dapper custom on Blug
Nice indeed... but I can't get my mind off that killer blue Hilsen... wow... On Saturday, May 24, 2014 3:08:41 PM UTC-4, Michael wrote: http://rivbike.tumblr.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Your pre-80's steel vs. today's steel bikes.
They are good. The Riv is good. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Dapper custom on Blug
*I* can't get my mind off the 3 miles of quill! I'd insist either on a longer st, or a sloping tt, or an upjutter stem. But otherwise, it looks wonderful. On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Montclair BobbyB montclairbob...@gmail.com wrote: Nice indeed... but I can't get my mind off that killer blue Hilsen... wow... -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Redwood Bags #3 #4. Color Poll!
Very nice, David. I too found Noodles unexciting on 2-3 bikes until I put a pair of 42s (judging from the Redwood frame, I am a lot smaller than you) on a Ram with a stem 1 cm longer than my usual 8s, this to accommodate the sweepback, and very, very slight higher to accommodate the deeper drop than my beloved Maes Parallels. What a wonderful setup that is! Not quite as much ramp room, but the hooks at least as comfortable as those on my beloved Maes Parallels, the bar being a wee bit higher and the hooks a wee bit deeper. Natural, please. Pretty with dark brown straps, reminding me of my excellent though second hand Ruthworks seat wedge, for me the ideal compromise between sufficient capacity and minimal clutter. On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 4:48 PM, David Banzer daban...@gmail.com wrote: I finally got around to finishing my Redwood build. I had initially built it up with parts swapped directly from an 80s touring frame with low-ish trail and bars that were 40cm at brake hoods, and with a small front rack and decaleur for carrying an Acorn tall rando bag. That setup just wasn't what the frame was intended for. It did ride great with a full rando bag and I was a little bummed. So... I stripped a few parts off and the bike sat it a closet for a month. Not a bad idea at all. When I built it back up I put on 44cm Noodles and went for a rack-less setup. It rides beautifully now and I've finally enjoyed Noodles (gave them a few tries in the past and they just didn't fit with the frames I had). Combined with my recent dabbling in bag-making, the Redwood really works great with a small-ish bag up front on the handlebars and a saddle wedge. On to the bags... I found cheaply some scraps of very thick natural cotton duck canvas and some not as thick yellow cotton duck. I waxed the fabrics myself with a homemade mixture, then hand stitched them. I hadn't originally intended them to go on the Redwood, but it worked out nicely. Now.. the color poll. These bags were experiments and I'd change a couple dimensions to specifically fit the Redwood. So, which color looks best? Natural beige or the yellow? Photos here: http://s821.photobucket.com/user/dabanzer/library/bicycles?sort=3page=1 Would appreciate any thoughts or bagmakers tips. Thanks, David Chicago -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Dapper custom on Blug
BobbyB, I am with you. I love that color and bike. Stunning! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Your pre-80's steel vs. today's steel bikes.
I was riding along today wondering how they compare to steel of yesteryear, and if everyone obsessed about tire choices and builds like we do now, or if no one tried to improve on them much. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Your pre-80's steel vs. today's steel bikes.
I guess it depended on make, model, and quality of build then like it does now. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: 400k plus
If anyone lives near Howard County and wants to do some brevet training rides, please pm me. It would be fun to ride together. But be warned, I only go like about 15mph! Maybe you are interested in a restorative ride? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Writing a poem is like riding a bike. Kinda.
+1. Thanks for sharing! -E. On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Mike Williams mkernanwilli...@gmail.comwrote: Awesome Manny! Sent from my iPhone On May 24, 2014, at 8:20 AM, Manuel Acosta manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com wrote: Not Rivendell related but too good not to share. My favorite comic strip artist. Grant Snider. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lLVOcpHNd00/U1kIex4ctWI/EH4/j4PjZo0xOcw/s1600/writingpoetry-blog.jpg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Habitual rides, riding habits
Hard to say, since I worked up to distances, mmm, 9-10 years ago. I rode my first century, then STP (Seattle to Portland, 200miles) in two days, then another century, then Cycle Oregon (7 days of not-easy riding). It kind of got a little out of hand since then. Some years I ride 24 rides over 100 miles. Not possible to carry enough food and water - that is why there are convenience stores and grocery stores and coffee shops and McDonalds, and so on. Well, I could carry enough FOOD, but not enough water/liquids. But I am not a fast rider, let's be very clear on that. And my climbing is pretty darn slow. On Saturday, May 24, 2014 2:57:20 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: It's interesting to hear others' habits. I have no desire at all to spend more than a few hours on the bike at a time, but I must, or ought, or, let's say it might be nice to, get out of the habit or rut of riding hard just for a few miles. I might rediscover the long rambles of my adolescence, when I would take 4 hour afternoon rides all over the Kenyan countryside -- but I pushed myself then, too, so must do so very slowly at first. Time is not always available, but I should calendar a 4 hour slot on a nice, calm day to just do a Tramway (hill; the hill proper is about 5 miles long) out and back or a ramble to Bernalillo. Lynn: I suppose that the secret to long rides is simply ride lots? And to start slowly? And to bring enough water and a bit of food? (I rode hard for 40-50 milers as a boy without ever thinking of water, let along food; getting such severe bonk that I'd see white spots on the pavement and have to push at the slightest incline.) I may find that with longer rides I need more than a 9 speed corncob (not quite but close, 16-26) on the Ram. Dave: you are the man, if you can push a 90 gear without a strong tailwind. My first bike had about that gear, but I've long since dropped to top out at about a 85 gear, on downhills and with tailwinds. OTOH, if you daughter is like I was at 16-18, I can imagine certainly needing one to keep up. Chris: useful riding will always be my preferred riding; it all seems more fun, certainly it is more appealing to get into the saddle at all, if I have a destination of some practical sort to ride to. Patrick Moore, who just rode precisely 6.57 miles to the PO and Grocery Store and back (I allow half a mile for stumbling around the store aisles), but who may not be able to ride the 8.5 miles to church if it keeps raining (rain) in ABQ, NM. On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Patrick Moore bert...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: The other thread on brevets got me thinking. As someone for whom a long ride is 30 miles, it is very interesting to see what distances others like to ride, and how. Yesterday's ride for me was a great one, combining several things that I find pleasant: a mid-way useful destination (bike shop visit); pushing myself (I realize that pushing, and even more the result of that, is very relative to my ability) -- pushing a bigger gear than usual outbound because of the tailwind (75 and 80 gears); pushing against a stiff wind on the return, 72 with a mile or so in the 65; 11 miles out with a small circuit, and 9 miles straight back). a bike that is fun to push hard (ish): the Ram with nice close gearing, and saddle and bar set up *just so* so that I can ride for extended periods in the hooks, elbows bent, slow cadence, large torque. a distance -- 20 miles -- that somewhat stretched me at the pace I was maintaining but that was long enough to get into stride and finish without being exhausted. I find though that after 30 years of this sort of riding -- short, hard* -- it is hard for me imaginatively and emotionally to break out of the habit. I want to push hard from the end of the driveway, so to speak. And even though I've learned -- it took me literally 8 years of trying -- to ride more slowly, particularly for the first 2-3 miles, I get impatient when I go too slowly. The down side of going hard is that you, or at least I, rather quickly get to a point where I've had enough and want to go home. Incidentally, one reason I love fixed so much is that it works so well for this sort of riding. * Hard used to be a lot harder when I was in my 30s and 40s; I'd routinely do just under 20 suburban miles in an hour; my usual routes were 18-20 miles taking me 55-65 minutes; or 15-16 mile one way commutes (sometimes expanded to 20) averaging 16-17 clock running across town, 7 miles climbing fixed, depending whether or not there was a wind off the mountains in the morning.) But at 59I can't push myself as I did at 49 or 39, and I keep meaning to try longer -- let's say 40 miles -- and slower rides. The main reason for buying the Ram at the very end of 2012 was to ride longer and easier; so far that hasn't happened. I'm not looking for advice, just
