[RBW] Using my Sam as a commuter
This weeks experiment, well maybe the next two weeks, will be using my Sam Hillborne as a commuter. I built the bike up as a leisurely Sunday bike to ride with my wife though I started thinking the bike could do more. I was inspired by a thread last year Could you own one bike? The answer for me was no, but I could trim down the number of bikes I own. I want to minimize and plus I don't have room as I live in a condo and bike parking has become an issue. There hasn't been a lot of talk about using Riv's as commuters on this board and even Rivendell doesn't seem to push the commuting aspect for their bikes. The Sam to me, might make a good commuter. My commutes are 60 minutes each way, so nothing drastic. It is set up with Albatross's and a Brooks B67, plus the required basket and Mark's rack. The bike currently has Hetre's but I think I will use a pair of Marathons that I also own. I will pick up SKS Longboards today and if the experiment works, a new dynamo front wheel will be built. Ninety five percent of my cycling is commuting so I really need to like the bike I ride. I am hoping the Sam will fit that bill. -- 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] Using my Sam as a commuter
Until I quit working in an office, I commuted 30 miles rt on a custom. Even now, that custom is my go to bike for errands, though I also have a Ram set up as a beater errand bike. (It's a nice beater.) More seriously, the Ram is the mult-gear option when I am feeling lazy, but the custom still remains my good bike. Since so much of my riding is utility riding, it seems reasonable to do it on the best bike. For me, even utility riding is done for fun; if it's not fun, why bother? I can save the world in other ways. On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 4:28 AM, blakcloud blakclou...@gmail.com wrote: This weeks experiment, well maybe the next two weeks, will be using my Sam Hillborne as a commuter. I built the bike up as a leisurely Sunday bike to ride with my wife though I started thinking the bike could do more. I was inspired by a thread last year Could you own one bike? The answer for me was no, but I could trim down the number of bikes I own. I want to minimize and plus I don't have room as I live in a condo and bike parking has become an issue. There hasn't been a lot of talk about using Riv's as commuters on this board and even Rivendell doesn't seem to push the commuting aspect for their bikes. The Sam to me, might make a good commuter. My commutes are 60 minutes each way, so nothing drastic. It is set up with Albatross's and a Brooks B67, plus the required basket and Mark's rack. The bike currently has Hetre's but I think I will use a pair of Marathons that I also own. I will pick up SKS Longboards today and if the experiment works, a new dynamo front wheel will be built. Ninety five percent of my cycling is commuting so I really need to like the bike I ride. I am hoping the Sam will fit that bill. -- 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 -- 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] Using my Sam as a commuter
When I built up my Bleriot in 2007, as well as it being my rando bike, it was also to be my commute bike. Friend: you are going to commute on a RIVENDELL? Me: it is a bicycle. Get over it. Eventually I moved on to a custom rando bike, and Bleriot acquired a kickstand :-) From the start, it had fenders and racks, and in Phase 2 (about 5000 miles along), generator lighting. I no longer commute, but the Bleriot is my go-to bike. I can ride it anywhere, haul stuff in the panniers (grocery run!), and it is my summer vacation bike. Gets dumped on the beach, and might even ride a 200k permanent. In Jan 2013, I was commuting to work, and was struck by a car. I walked away from it, but the Bleriot didn't. Framebuilder friend of mine told me it WAS repairable, and after a conversation with Keven, off it went. It now has a new (Saluki) fork, and is new tubing from the SS couplers forward. And a spiffy new paint job - somewhere between Sam and Homer blue. It has always attracted completely unsolicited that is a really nice/pretty bike! comments. https://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnefitz/sets/72157634204220895/ -- 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] Using my Sam as a commuter
and, of course, we do all take PICTURES. https://www.flickr.com/groups/rivendellcommuters/pool/with/2881385269/#photo_2881385269 -- 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] Using my Sam as a commuter
Use my Sam for everything including 8-1/2 miles commuting. -- 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.
