Re: [RBW] Re: UP Michagan

[Scott Marriott]

So on the nail of the ring finger of the lower mitten.

On Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 8:02:30 PM UTC-5 Bernard Duhon wrote:

> No, it’s part of a stretcher roads about 40 miles south of Mackinac Island
>
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 4, 2024 5:52:00 PM
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>  
> Not the stretch by Copper Harbor? - 
> https://www.visitkeweenaw.com/things-to-do/scenic-drives/ 
>
> On Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 3:47:30 PM UTC-5 Bernard Duhon wrote:
>
> Tunnel of Trees, Rd., Petoskey, MI
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> *Subject:* UP Michagan 
>  
> I think my previous post was kicked back.
> Doing nine days on an upper peninsula of Michigan. First day was like 
> winter for me 55° 20 miles of road called tunnel of trees road smooth 
> blacktop with no traffic on Sunday morning.
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[RBW] Re: UP Michagan

[Scott Marriott]

Not the stretch by Copper Harbor? 
- https://www.visitkeweenaw.com/things-to-do/scenic-drives/ 

On Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 3:47:30 PM UTC-5 Bernard Duhon wrote:

> Tunnel of Trees, Rd., Petoskey, MI
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 4, 2024 4:36:37 PM
> *To:* rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com 
> *Subject:* UP Michagan 
>  
> I think my previous post was kicked back.
> Doing nine days on an upper peninsula of Michigan. First day was like 
> winter for me 55° 20 miles of road called tunnel of trees road smooth 
> blacktop with no traffic on Sunday morning.
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Re: [RBW] Upcoming Riv Ride: Chicago

[Scott Marriott]

Any updates to this one yet? It will be good to visit the new location of 
Mack's either way. 

Scott, 
Chicago (Hyde Park)

On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 1:49:36 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
wrote:

> Just a reminder to mark your calendars for the Chicago Riv Ride on Aug 
> 26th! We’ll start at Mack’s Bike and Goods, the Evanston Riv dealer, at 
> 1030 and hit the Lakefront Trail from there. We’ll get lunch on the trail, 
> admire each other’s bikes and make new friends. 
>
> See you then.
> Leah and Marc
>
> On Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 6:13:34 PM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! 
> wrote:
>
>> I’m grateful for all the suggestions and may have questions for some of 
>> you later. Marc is out of town and I’ll chat with him when he gets back and 
>> we’ll finalize the plan…which may include winging it and deciding on the 
>> route at the shop!
>>
>> At any rate, sounds like we are going to get to meet a lot of new people 
>> and see their bikes and for that, I’m thrilled.
>>
>> Thanks for being so fun!
>> Leah
>>
>> On Aug 5, 2023, at 3:04 PM, Jason  wrote:
>>
>> Hey Hash, glad you think the route is good -- and that's a solid point 
>> on Sheridan. My map was a bit of a quick sketch to show a concept of 
>> potential destinations, but I just made a couple updates/improvements based 
>> on a ride I took up to Baha'i and down the Lakefront Trail in June. 
>> Connecting to the LFT from Evanston now shows much less of Sheridan and 
>> much more residential neighborhood before hitting Ardmore and the lake. 
>> That said, I'm certain there are other ways to improve the connections. 
>> Whatever direction the Chicago Riv Ride takes, I think it would probably be 
>> worth getting advice from the folks at Mack's.
>>
>> On Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 12:59:12 PM UTC-5 Hash wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Jason, route looks great and I've wanted to see the Bahai house for 
>>> a minute. Not sure of any alternatives, but throwing it out there that ride 
>>> down Sheridan is pretty brutal with cars and lack of bike lanes.
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 10:59:12 AM UTC-5 Jason wrote:
>>>
 Looks like great fun. I hope to attend. Thanks for organizing this, 
 Leah and Marc! 

 If we are considering other route options, as others are suggesting 
 perhaps the North Branch Tail could be combined with the Lake Front Trail. 
 I sketched a quick route from Mack's south on the LFT to the North Avenue 
 Beach, then back north on the LFT until cutting west to Half Acre Beer 
 Co ., which has food, beer, and 
 an outdoor patio. From there, the ride could connect back to Mack's via 
 the 
 North Branch Trail, but before stopping, see the nearby Baháʼí House 
 of Worship 
 .
  
 Here's a map of that concept 
 .


 Jason
 Oak Park, IL
 On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 9:04:52 AM UTC-5 codyt...@gmail.com 
 wrote:

> I don't disagree with anything anyone has said about Navy Pier or the 
> LFT. Once you hit North Ave it's pretty busy and becomes a different kind 
> of ride, you're either slowing or dodging. But the location of Navy Pier 
> makes sense given the mileage goal. And it's more or less a food court, 
> so 
> from an organizer's perspective it's an easy place for a group to eat 
> lunch. (Since I've had kids my views on Navy Pier have softened.) 
> Depending 
> on start time, pace, and number of riders, it might be worthwhile to 
> consider holding off on lunch until after the midpoint. I don't typically 
> ride  the LFT on weekends, at least not north of the museums, but I'd be 
> happy to do it for a Riv ride. Looping around to the Channel Trail is a 
> good idea, it's far less crowded. Also happy to do Bike the Drive with 
> some 
> fellow Riv riders - it's Sunday, September 3, though my son and I will be 
> riding at a 9 year-old's pace.
>
> Cody
> Chicago   
>
> On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 8:21 AM Marc Irwin  wrote:
>
>> We don't plan to go as far as McCormick Place.  We're open to 
>> suggestions for lunch, I picked Navy Pier as a convenient turnaround 
>> point 
>> for a 35 mile ride from Mack's.
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 8:37:55 AM UTC-4 
>> captaincon...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I'm sort of in.  There are sections of the Lakefront trail that are 
>>> great.  I'd recommend avoiding North Avenue to McCormick Place on a 
>>> Saturday in August.  Also, Navy Pier has little redeeming cultural 
>>> value 
>>> and the LFT is a disaster around there despite tens of millions of 
>>> dollars 
>>> spent.
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 9:56:38 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle 

Re: [RBW] Re: Long reach brake options for AHH

[Scott Marriott]

My dumb question is why not u-brakes with a backing plate.  (Fender 
clearance?)

https://www.porkchopbmx.com/dia-compe-br-990-boomerang-bmx-u-brake-adapter-pla.html
https://www.porkchopbmx.com/dia-compe-ad-990-fs-990-bmx-u-brake-bicyc-46160865.html

Really just curious to know if anyone has tried this.

Scott M
Chicago, IL (Hyde Park)
On Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 4:25:04 PM UTC-5 Ted Durant wrote:

> On Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 2:23:48 PM UTC-5 Josiah Anderson wrote:
>
>> I've noticed that it seems like many of the people who like the 559s ride 
>> in relatively dry places and many of us who regularly deal with wet and 
>> freezing conditions find them inadequate. That's just my hypothesis on the 
>> wide variety of opinions on these brakes; I know not everyone fits this 
>> pattern. 
>>
>
> Well, sample n=1, I did many a winter commute in Wisconsin with them and 
> never had a problem.
>
> Ted Durant
> Milwaukee, WI USA
>  
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[RBW] Re: Riv-ersed Shift Levers Install

[Scott Marriott]

I have the (formerly front) Microshift shifter reversed on my MB-1. The 
problem I've run into is that it doesn't quite clear the grip perfectly 
(I'm using the Rustine's rubber grips because I'm quite vain.)  The is a 
small window where the rubber from the grip and the rubber from the shifter 
rub.  I probably need to move the shifter, but there's really no more 
forward space on the handlebars. (The older VO Porteur version.)

Still the complete friction shifting is pretty easy to figure out. 

S

Scott M
Chicago (Hyde Park)
On Friday, March 5, 2021 at 8:18:15 AM UTC-6 Justin Kennedy (Brooklyn, NY) 
wrote:

> Depending on what brake levers you have, you may not have to reverse them, 
> too. My Paul and Shimano short pull levers don't jut out but my Sunrace 
> linear pulls do so they kinda get in the way with the Riv-erse shifter set 
> up. However I was able to scooch the shifters up the bar enough to clear 
> the jut. 
>
> On Friday, March 5, 2021 at 8:29:57 AM UTC-5 bjmi...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I have the same shifters on my Atlantis set up "Riv-ersed" by Rivendell 
>> and I freaking love it.
>>
>> One thing I'd add...there's nothing in the rule book that says you can't 
>> shift your rear derailer with you left hand. If you wanted to use the 
>> indexing function of your current right shifter, you absolutely can. I 
>> bought a single Sunrace right shifter to Riv-up a non-Riv last summer and 
>> realized after I received it that I had to put it on the left side to get 
>> it "inboard" style. The bike was a 1x so it was not an issue...I had a new 
>> shifter cable ready to go, ran it from the left side, and never had a 
>> problem with it. 
>>
>> In fact...I ALMOST asked Riv to run the left shifter to the rear derailer 
>> and right to front when I ordered it, but I didn't want to seem like a 
>> weirdo. :) 
>>
>> On Friday, March 5, 2021 at 1:17:10 AM UTC-6 Joe Bernard wrote:
>>
>>> No mods needed with these, you just lose the index option on the 
>>> formerly-right-rear shifter that's now your left front. The nifty thing 
>>> about this setup is the normally-left-front has a nice ratcheting action 
>>> like Silvers, which is great for rear shifting. Don't forget to swap the 
>>> brake levers, too, so the jutting-out part is still opposite of the 
>>> shifters. 
>>>
>>> On Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 10:53:38 PM UTC-8 christian poppell wrote:
>>>
 Hi Gang,

 I've got the Microshift 9speed thumb shifters on Albatross bars 
 installed the normal way (outside, top). I'm looking for info on setting 
 them up on the inside like this:
  
 http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2016/06/brifter-bliss-for-swept-back-handlebars.html
  
 

 Is it just a matter of moving the left to the right and vise versa? I 
 recall some modification needing to be done to the Sunrace shift body, is 
 it the same with the Microshift?

 These are the levers I've got: 
 https://www.rivbike.com/products/microshift-thumb-shifters-9-speed-sl-t09

 Thanks in advance!
 Christian
 Berkeley, CA

>>>

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[RBW] Re: St. Joe's, MI to Chicago route

[Scott Marriott]

I've ridden this way several times to Three Oaks, MI for the Apple Cider 
Century. It is a great route until you hit Michigan. (There is a 1/2 mile 
or so transition in Michigan City from the Dunes Trail that is not great.)

On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 9:18:34 AM UTC-5, djm323 wrote:
>
> Ive ridden this route and it is quite pleasant if you go south of Gary and 
> take the Erie Lackawanna, Oak Savannah, and Prairie Duneland trails.  US 
> Bike Route 35 is a good route (and well-marked) along the lake in SW 
> Michigan except for a few busy miles than can be detoured.  Let me know if 
> you want a detailed route.
>
> [image: Screen Shot 2020-04-20 at 12.57.48 AM.png]
>
> Dan
> Chicagaux • USA
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[RBW] Re: Crash Stories

[Scott Marriott]

I admittedly have at least one good crash a year, mostly simple commuting 
in the snow/ice crashes that might dent my helmet a bit, but don't really 
rise to the level of a good story. 

That said, one of my "best" bike crash stories is the traditional young 
kid, fast bike, big hill story.

It starts with me "borrowing" (kind of) my cousin's new Trek something 
(this was a 1980 or so model). 23 or 25mm tires, superlight (compared to my 
Mongoose BMX or Huffy 10 speed) and fast; so very fast...

I was out for a ride on this new bike when I saw an El Camino with a couple 
of tough, older high school students in it turn on the street behind me.  
Admittedly, I knew their reputation as troublemakers from the neighborhood, 
so I immediately thought I should bike quickly away from them. 
"Fortunately" I was at the top of hill when I started pedaling quickly down 
the street to a riverside bike trail that was only a block (and a cross 
street) away. 

As I started descending the hill I heard the El Camino rev it's engine so I 
pedaled even faster. I was easily going faster than I ever had (and likely 
ever will) on a bike.

Now that soon to be crossed cross-street I mentioned earlier was fairly 
untrafficed so I wasn't very worried about it when I started my sprint (I 
was also about 14 years old), but as I was about 3/4 of the way down the 
hill I notice a white panel van moving in my direction along this 
cross-street at a rate of speed that made it eminently clear that I was not 
going to be able to cross the street unimpeded by several thousands of 
pounds of very solid, if slightly rusty, American manufactured steel in the 
form of this van. (I should also mention here that I also had a stop sign, 
whereas the driver of the van did not.)

Thankfully, my early teenage brain did the proper risk-assessment and 
immediately jammed the brakes of the narrow tired Trek, causing me to go 
into (what was probably a pretty cool) skid.  Fortunately I was able to 
shed enough speed to not become a hood ornament of the van, but instead 
simply added some aftermarket body modifications to the side door of the 
van which I bounced off at about 20 miles per hour or so.

The next minute or so is a bit of a blur, but the couple that was in the 
van get out and immediately start gesturing to me, but not saying anything 
that I could hear outside of some mumbling.  My 14 year-old self thinks, 
"Oh Sh!!!T, I'm deaf".  Thankfully the woman who lives on the corner where 
the accident occurred had a daughter I grew up with (and was the lunch lady 
at my elementary school) so she immediately runs out of the house and 
starts yelling, "Scott, Scott are you OK!" so I get a sense that I'm not 
deaf at least, but in still in a lot of pain.  Also, the kids in the El 
Camino stopped to check on me and validate that I'm not deaf just dumb.  

The usual follow-up happens, police are called, ambulance comes, parents 
come, etc.. I have a separated shoulder, but no real damage.  I also find 
out that the couple who's van I damaged, were deaf / mute so I feel pretty 
bad then (and now) about injecting my idiocy on them. 

Worst of all, the bike was trashed. Fork, front wheel, and frame were all 
scrap and my cool bike access was gone until I purchased a used High Sierra 
in college.

Scott M. (Chicago - Hyde Park)

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[RBW] Re: What fenders will best fit this frame?

[Scott Marriott]

Reach Around Fender brackets and flat bamboo fenders maybe an option here.

I have these on the rear of my MB-1 700c conversion and they definitely 
help with clearance.

http://store.rivercitybicycles.com/rcb-reacharound-fender-brackets/dp/12314 



On Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 1:37:34 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote:
>
> I sent this mss to Cody who makes custom wood fenders, asking for his 
> judgment whether flat or curved wood would fit best. But I'd like others' 
> opinions about off the shelf possibilities.
>
> A narrow fender -- about 40 mm wide overall -- but with a shallow profile 
> would fit best, but this would have to be made for a tire with a diameter 
> just shy of 25". No one makes such a beast, as far as I know.
>
> I've mounted 35 and 40 mm PB and SKS 700 c fenders which have a nice, 
> shallow profile, but there is inevitably deformation near the brake bridge 
> and crown as the fender is forced to follow a tighter curve than its radius 
> is meant for.
>
> the 40 mm 650B Berthoud fits the curve better than any other off the shelf 
> one, but the profile is too tight.
>
> All the 559 bsd fenders I've seen are 50 or 60 mm wide. I suppose I could 
> cut out sections under crown and stays ...?
>
> It seems wood, custom, is the best option, but do y'all have better ideas?
>
>
> 
> From original email:
>
> Attachment would be at threaded bosses under crown and bridge.
>
> Gap under front brake caliper is about 11 mm. 
>
> Gap under rear brake caliper is about 8 mm.
>
> Rear fender would end just short of rearmost portion of tire; in other 
> words, it would be short so that I can shove the bike into a car without 
> putting pressure on the rear fender. I measure 34" from chainstay bridge to 
> the position on the tire where I'd like fender to end; note that this 
> measurement is with tape lying on the tire itself; if the fender is ~1cm 
> above, perhaps that would add additional length?
>
> Front would be long enough to bolt to the light mount/rack support arch. 
> Distance from center of fork crown to 1" beyond arch is 11.5"; again, this 
> is measured with tape lying on the tire.
>
> Overall length from arch to where I'd like it above ground is 32" -- 
> again, measured with tape lying on tire.
>
> What do you recommend for the best fit, flat or curved. Which is less 
> likely to warp? I'm more interested in fit and durability than fancy finish 
> or pattern.
>  
>

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[RBW] Re: frame repair in Chicago

[Scott Marriott]

Blue City Cycles does some frame repairs, http://www.bluecitycycles.com/

Also south side (Bridgeport)



On Friday, March 13, 2015 at 8:15:06 AM UTC-5, Matthew J wrote:

 Custom frame builder on the south side d/b/a: Humble Frameworks 
 http://www.humbleframeworks.cc/ says he does repairs.  Heard good things 
 about his work.

 Caveat: I reached out to the builder about some revisions I wanted on one 
 of my frames.  Initially he was enthusiastic and seemed ready to assist. 
  But then we lost contact and I wound up making arrangements with Bilnkey. 
   Humble was in the process of setting up a website at the time.  Now that 
 it is online he may have things better coordinated.  Can't hurt to call.




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[RBW] Jeremy’s Hunqapillar Rear Derailleur Adapter

[Scott Marriott]

In this week's Blug about staff bikes, Jeremy's Hunqapillar photos had one 
shot, the second from the last, that has a modification I'm having a hard 
time finding out more information about. 

I'm trying to understand the additional pulley added to the cable routing. 
I see he's using Suntour Thumbies mixed with what looks like a XTR M950 
(both of which are sitting in my spare parts drawer right now). Does the 
combination need this type of alternative routing to change the cable pull 
or is this a way of bypassing the indexing of the derailleur?


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