[RBW] Re: Next big ride and a 1xRoadbike

[Ty Smith]

Beautiful bike! Particularly love your harlequin bar-tape job!

 My wife/I just did traditional bar-tape with twine and shellac on my Salsa 
Casseroll the Rivendell way. We did try to match the leather trim on my 
Gilles Berthoud handlebar bag. However,  we really admire your bar-tape 
with the alternating diamond colors at the bottom.  My wife wants to do 
mine again and also use an alternating scheme to do either the same thing 
you did or similar. It's way beyond my skill, but  she's an excellent 
gift-wrapper and makes homemade ribbon bows so I think that translates well 
to wrapping bar tape.

 If not too much trouble, could you post some more pictures of your 
handlebars from some different angles?

Below is what she did for my bars. Not bad for a first attempt!


 
 




On Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 3:43:23 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote:
>
> Ian A asked a general question, but I suspect might have meant something 
> specific.  I'm not sure what specific question he meant.  
>
>
> Today?  Today, I have a Light and Motion rechargeable battery powered 
> thing that a friend of mine won at a 24 hour mountain bike race, and he 
> perma-loaned to me.  I don't know the model and the model probably doesn't 
> matter because it's old.  
>
> In general?  I move around this battery powered thing to whatever bike I'm 
> riding, if the bike I'm riding has no dynamo.  Many of my bikes have a 
> dynamo hub.  I set up this bike and my Rosco Bubbe Road with the same rims, 
> so those two bikes can swap front wheels.  One has a Dura Ace hub, and the 
> other has a Son Deluxe dynamo hub.  So, sometimes I run this bike with a 
> Schmidt dynamo hub and a hanging Edelux lamp.
>
> Rear lighting?  This bike has a Dutch fender taillight.  
>
> Did you mean something else?
>
> Bill Lindsay
> El Cerrito, CA
>
> On Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 3:23:49 PM UTC-7, Ian A wrote:
>>
>> What do you use for lighting, Bill? 
>>
>> IanA
>>
>

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[RBW] Re: Next big ride and a 1xRoadbike

[Ian A]

Hello Bill,

You decoded my rather too brief question correctly. I was mostly interested in 
what you do for lighting on the Hillborne for rando rides. The pictures of the 
bicycle in this thread don't show the lighting arrangement and at this time of 
year, daylight is limited for brevet rides. So I wondered. 

It's snowing heavily here today, winter has arrived too soon. Please post a 
ride report after the upcoming brevet so the northern amongst us can enjoy 
vicariously. 

IanA/Alberta Canada

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[RBW] Re: Next big ride and a 1xRoadbike

[Bill Lindsay]

Ian A asked a general question, but I suspect might have meant something 
specific.  I'm not sure what specific question he meant.  


Today?  Today, I have a Light and Motion rechargeable battery powered thing 
that a friend of mine won at a 24 hour mountain bike race, and he 
perma-loaned to me.  I don't know the model and the model probably doesn't 
matter because it's old.  

In general?  I move around this battery powered thing to whatever bike I'm 
riding, if the bike I'm riding has no dynamo.  Many of my bikes have a 
dynamo hub.  I set up this bike and my Rosco Bubbe Road with the same rims, 
so those two bikes can swap front wheels.  One has a Dura Ace hub, and the 
other has a Son Deluxe dynamo hub.  So, sometimes I run this bike with a 
Schmidt dynamo hub and a hanging Edelux lamp.

Rear lighting?  This bike has a Dutch fender taillight.  

Did you mean something else?

Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA

On Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 3:23:49 PM UTC-7, Ian A wrote:
>
> What do you use for lighting, Bill? 
>
> IanA
>

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[RBW] Re: Next big ride and a 1xRoadbike

[Ian A]

What do you use for lighting, Bill? 

IanA

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[RBW] Re: Next big ride and a 1xRoadbike

[Bill Lindsay]

Yes, I like the Avocet saddle

On Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 2:51:27 PM UTC-7, lum gim fong wrote:
>
> Here's a link to that cat's Sam that he Randonneurs with.
>
> https://chasingmailboxes.com/2011/04/13/bikes-to-like-worlds-greatest-randonneurs-sam-hillborne/
>
> Do you like the Avocet saddle? I seem to see a fair amount of them in pics 
> of steel bikes, so they must be popular.
>

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[RBW] Re: Next big ride and a 1xRoadbike

[lum gim fong]

Here's a link to that cat's Sam that he Randonneurs with.
https://chasingmailboxes.com/2011/04/13/bikes-to-like-worlds-greatest-randonneurs-sam-hillborne/

Do you like the Avocet saddle? I seem to see a fair amount of them in pics 
of steel bikes, so they must be popular.

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[RBW] Re: Next big ride and a 1xRoadbike

[Bill Lindsay]

My Hillborne has been through numerous configurations.  The Campee F27 
front rack that I have installed right now is fairly heavy.  

By my bathroom scale reckoning, we're at 26.8lbs as pictured with the 
handlebar bag removed.  That 26.8 pounds is with the Campee F27 rack, with 
the fenders, with a Berthoud decaleur.  Aluminum fenders weigh about a 
pound.  The rack and decaleur are probably over two pounds together.  When 
I had it set up more as a cross bike, with no fenders, no rack and no 
decaleur, it was a hair under 24 pounds.  

On Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 2:13:12 PM UTC-7, Surlyprof wrote:
>
> I've been considering doing this to my Hillborne as well.  I also remember 
> you posting once that you had your Hillborne down to sub-25#.  How light is 
> this configuration?  
>
> John
> Curious owner of a 56 canti-Hillborne as well.
>
> On Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 11:14:02 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote:
>>
>> I've signed up for my next big ride, which should be comparatively easy 
>> after my last one.  The Uvas Gold 200k is on December 2nd.  It's completely 
>> paved, and has ONLY 7200 feet of climbing.  Most of the climbing is in the 
>> first 45 miles and includes a summit of Mount Hamilton overlooking the San 
>> Jose-Fremont area.  I'm going to ride my Sam Hillborne.  I'm also going to 
>> try a new experiment:  this will be my first 200k brevet on a 1x road 
>> bike.  I've swapped things around and now my Hillborne is a 1x9, with a 42T 
>> narrow/wide ring and an 11-32 9-speed cassette.  
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>> By my calculations, my gears range between 36 and 105 inches with the 
>> center cog at 64 inches.  I think that will be plenty for this course, but 
>> we'll see.  I'm contemplating a 1x10 build coming up in the not-too-distant 
>> future.  
>>
>>
>> Bill Lindsay
>>
>> El Cerrito, CA
>>
>>
>>
>>

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[RBW] Re: Next big ride and a 1xRoadbike

[Surlyprof]

I've been considering doing this to my Hillborne as well.  I also remember 
you posting once that you had your Hillborne down to sub-25#.  How light is 
this configuration?  

John
Curious owner of a 56 canti-Hillborne as well.

On Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 11:14:02 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote:
>
> I've signed up for my next big ride, which should be comparatively easy 
> after my last one.  The Uvas Gold 200k is on December 2nd.  It's completely 
> paved, and has ONLY 7200 feet of climbing.  Most of the climbing is in the 
> first 45 miles and includes a summit of Mount Hamilton overlooking the San 
> Jose-Fremont area.  I'm going to ride my Sam Hillborne.  I'm also going to 
> try a new experiment:  this will be my first 200k brevet on a 1x road 
> bike.  I've swapped things around and now my Hillborne is a 1x9, with a 42T 
> narrow/wide ring and an 11-32 9-speed cassette.  
>
>
> 
>
>
> 
>
> By my calculations, my gears range between 36 and 105 inches with the 
> center cog at 64 inches.  I think that will be plenty for this course, but 
> we'll see.  I'm contemplating a 1x10 build coming up in the not-too-distant 
> future.  
>
>
> Bill Lindsay
>
> El Cerrito, CA
>
>
>
>

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