[RBW] Cable pull modification hack for 9S shifter/cassette, 10S clutch derailleur (SRAM GX)

[Pancake]

More corrections: measured with calipers and my estimates were not great for 
the size of the added metal piece:

25mm long. Could probably be 20mm long and work equally well.
1.8mm wide
0.8mm thick

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Re: [RBW] Recommendations/WTB: smallish saddlebag

[The Snag]

I really enjoy my Carradice Junior, I think the size is just right for a 
lock, sweatshirt and tube/tools. I give it big points for not being made 
out of dinosaurs, and I've found that ordering directly from Carradice the 
price is actually pretty reasonable. They subtract the VAT for orders to 
the U.S. and I think I got mine with shipping included for $68, which is 
about half of what many state-side bags are going for nowadays

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Re: [RBW] Recommendations/WTB: smallish saddlebag

[Birdman]

I’ve been far down the saddle bag rabbit hole and have settled on the Acorn 
Medium Saddle Bag as the favorite for my needs. It has plenty of space with an 
expandable collar and drawstring, D rings for lashing a wet rain jacket or 
other items, exterior zipper pockets, and an internal dowel for stability. 
Also, there is no thigh rub due to the shape. Highly recommended. 
https://www.acornbags.com/products/medium-saddlebag?variant=1113866272

Isaac in Portland OR

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[RBW] Needing front rack advice

[Lucky]

I just put a Pelago front rack on my older Stumpjumper and I’m very impressed. 
I wasn’t familiar with the brand beforehand. It has three options for “feet” at 
the bottom which solved my issue of only having rear braze ons, and several 
options for the top allowing you to fiddle with height and levelness of the 
rack. Bonus for me was it also came in black. The hardware and rack look very 
quality. 

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[RBW] Cable pull modification hack for 9S shifter/cassette, 10S clutch derailleur (SRAM GX)

[Pancake]

Late night post corrections:
1. Turkey Vulture Supreme, not Ultimate. 
2. Probably zinc, not copper.
3. Tanpan is the other cable pull modifier maker.

Very much looking form suggestions to improve this. Different material? JB 
welding in place enough to make reliable? 

The rest of the bike setup:
Sam Hillborne 56cm
Dirt drop bars
VO double crankset 46/30t
Microshift friction front derailleur 
CX70 front derailleur
9-speed chain that’s now a few links too short because of the longer derailleur 
cage (had XT 9 speed RD before).

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[RBW] Needing front rack advice

[masmojo]

At one point I had the Surly 8 pack rack on my Clementine its probably my 1st 
choice; a bit pricey,  but no more so than a Nitto

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[RBW] Needing front rack advice

[masmojo]

Sorry, I realize of course that neither of these are specifically racks made 
for Panniers, I typically use a Wald basket. 

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[RBW] Needing front rack advice

[masmojo]

SOMA Lucas rack fits mine well & is inexpensive.

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Re: [RBW] RBW Business Model

['John Hawrylak' via RBW Owners Bunch]

Patrick

I'm confused about your 'planning" discussion.  Was the 60 C-C Liberatas 
the planning bike??I thought all Rivendellls used OS main tubes (they 
may be thin wall but still OS).  Maybe the Liberatas was an exception, but  
thought it was similar to a Ramboiulet

John Hawrylak
Woodstown NJ 

On Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 6:49:33 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote:
>
> "Yes" to "... buy one Rivendell and then keep riding it for20 years ..." 
> and "No" to "never to be bothered to get another one."
>
> My favorite bike of all time is my 1999 Joe Starck custom Riv Road, but 
> I've bought and sold on 4 other Rivs as I found other bikes better suited 
> to my admittedly idiosyncratic taste.
>
> BUT!! These other replacements have all been refined by what I learned 
> from riding those 4 Rivs that I sold on; the most recent being that 2003 
> Curt Goodrich; I loved it, rode it, discovered a flaw*, and replaced it, 
> the outstanding replacement standing on the shoulder of that previous giant.
>
>
> * I think I've never experienced "planing," but I finally realize I've 
> experienced its opposite: The 2003 just didn't go like the 1999; come to an 
> incline, turn into a headwind, and it got sluggish, didn't respond properly 
> to higher exertion, and hurt my quads. Excessively thick-walled OS tubing? 
> Again, 7 lb F + F + Ultegra alloy HS for a 58 c-c, where my 60 c-c 
> Libertas weighs 5.9 F + F + STEEL (old Campy Record) HS. At any rate, the 
> replacement, with thinwall standard tubing just seems more eager.
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 3:39 PM Ryan M.  > wrote:
>
>> ...I wonder how many people just buy one Rivendell and then keep riding 
>> it for 20 years never to be bothered to get another one. I am not one of 
>> those people. 
>>
> ---
> Patrick Moore
> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum
>
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[RBW] Re: Cable pull modification hack for 9S shifter/cassette, 10S clutch derailleur (SRAM GX)

[Bill Lindsay]

Good work.  APPROVE.  

In 2020, 3D printing is totally dialed.  Somebody with the time and the CAD 
station could build a 3D model of an accessory piece that would snap onto a 
Silver shifter, increasing the cable pull.  Post that model on 
Shapeways.com and anybody in the world could click and order it in plastic 
or metal.  Plastic would be fine.  The price of these things are purely 
based on the volume of material because that represents how long the 
printer is running.  Such a piece would only cost a couple bucks to print.  
Charge $15 for it and make a decent margin.  That would be cool!  I'd buy 
one.  

Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA

On Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 8:53:12 AM UTC-7 Pancake wrote:

> More corrections: measured with calipers and my estimates were not great 
> for the size of the added metal piece:
>
> 25mm long. Could probably be 20mm long and work equally well.
> 1.8mm wide
> 0.8mm thick
>
>

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Re: [RBW] RBW Business Model

[Patrick Moore]

I meant that while I cannot say I've experienced what Jan calls "planing,"
I have experienced bikes that make me (consistently, over extended periods
of ridership) make me want to use a smaller cog, and those that seem at
least on occasion to "hold you back" -- feel sluggish in certain
conditions, as if you were riding into a small headwind or as if your rear
brake were dragging slightly, or as if you were riding on Schwalbe
Marathons.

the 1999 custom never felt as if it were holding me back and I
progressively geared it 70", 72", 75", and 76". The Matthews fat tire dirt
road bike doesn't feel ever as if it holds me back. But the 2003 did,
sometimes, as when the terrain began to slope upward slightly, or as when
you turned into a headwind. The new Matthews replacement for this 2003
doesn't feel that way; it encouraged a roughly 4 gi higher cruising gear
and, even in that gear, feels easier to pedal on hills and against winds,
compared to the 70" of the 2003.

I've not yet ridden the Libertas, which is just a frameset being
refurbished by Chauncey. I used its weight in comparison to that of the
Libertas to illustrate the beefiness of the 2003, thinking that the heavy
(as well as OS) tubing might be the cause of the perceived sluggishness.

The Libertas is a (I think) early 1970s road race bike with normal gauge
and apparently thinwall 531 tubing; the Ram is a Rivendellian UJB with
thicker and OS tubing. The Ram didn't feel bad, but it felt rather like the
2003 custom: not spritely, not encouraging a tooth smaller. It also felt a
little slow to change direction compared to the customs, possibly because I
am used to sub 25" wheels on road bikes instead of 27" wheels. Again, I've
not ridden the Libertas, but given that the new Chauncey road bike rides so
delightfully with NG .8.5.8 tubes, I have high hopes for the Libertas.

On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 12:25 PM 'John Hawrylak' via RBW Owners Bunch <
rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> Patrick
>
> I'm confused about your 'planning" discussion.  Was the 60 C-C Liberatas
> the planning bike??I thought all Rivendellls used OS main tubes (they
> may be thin wall but still OS).  Maybe the Liberatas was an exception, but
> thought it was similar to a Ramboiulet
>
> John Hawrylak
> Woodstown NJ
>
> On Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 6:49:33 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote:
>>
>> "Yes" to "... buy one Rivendell and then keep riding it for20 years ..."
>> and "No" to "never to be bothered to get another one."
>>
>> My favorite bike of all time is my 1999 Joe Starck custom Riv Road, but
>> I've bought and sold on 4 other Rivs as I found other bikes better suited
>> to my admittedly idiosyncratic taste.
>>
>> BUT!! These other replacements have all been refined by what I learned
>> from riding those 4 Rivs that I sold on; the most recent being that 2003
>> Curt Goodrich; I loved it, rode it, discovered a flaw*, and replaced it,
>> the outstanding replacement standing on the shoulder of that previous giant.
>>
>>
>> * I think I've never experienced "planing," but I finally realize I've
>> experienced its opposite: The 2003 just didn't go like the 1999; come to an
>> incline, turn into a headwind, and it got sluggish, didn't respond properly
>> to higher exertion, and hurt my quads. Excessively thick-walled OS tubing?
>> Again, 7 lb F + F + Ultegra alloy HS for a 58 c-c, where my 60 c-c
>> Libertas weighs 5.9 F + F + STEEL (old Campy Record) HS. At any rate, the
>> replacement, with thinwall standard tubing just seems more eager.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 3:39 PM Ryan M.  wrote:
>>
>>> ...I wonder how many people just buy one Rivendell and then keep riding
>>> it for 20 years never to be bothered to get another one. I am not one of
>>> those people.
>>>
>> ---
>> Patrick Moore
>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum
>>
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[RBW] Re: My New Old Sam Hillborne TT!

[Jason Fuller]

Did you ream out the seat tube for the Paul post, assuming it's 27.2 and 
your frame was 26.8? 

On Wednesday, 22 July 2020 at 16:51:18 UTC-7 ☆ Paul ☆ wrote:

> Ha!
>
> Yes, I have a wholesale account, so I build up nice bicycles now and then 
> for charity, and it sort of doubles the value of my giving since the bikes 
> usually raise a lot of money. 
>
> Also neighborhood kids help build the bikes and they learn, too.
>
> ❤️❤️❤️

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[RBW] Re: My New Old Sam Hillborne TT!

[☆ Paul ☆]

Hello Jason. 

Actually the frame came 27.2.  Is that not normal?

I bought it used, however so it is possible someone else did it!!

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Re: [RBW] Website is live featuring beautiful bikes & surroundings

[Andrew Turner]

Oh my gosh yes. It would certainly take some time adjusting to their 
weather and all the apathetic sheep...granted I've only been in gloomy 
October. 
On Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 8:57:31 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote:

> They are indeed! I love pictures of such landscapes; ancestors came from 
> Ireland and, being Scots Irish, before that from Scotland, so perhaps 
> there's a blood-affinity. I'd probably have committed suicide if I had 
> lived in such places -- I'm safer where the glaring sun shines and the 
> horizons extend for 80 miles (Mt. Taylor) -- but I do love their particular 
> beauty.
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 7:51 PM Andrew Turner  
> wrote:
>
>>  Figured they were pretty enough to post anyways! 
>>
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Re: [RBW] Re: Anybody regret their Cheviot sweater?

[Robert Gardner]

Hi all —

I have a large and bc my body is what it is, it fits me but it is not my cup of 
tea. I would sell my large if anyone wanted it — it is a great sweater but just 
doesn’t fit me (I definitely got a vest though!)

Currently on vacation for a week in Vermont so just email me and I will ship 
next saturday or sunday. 

Cheers,

Robert 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 24, 2020, at 11:44 PM, Patrick Moore  wrote:
> 
> 
> I'ltd be very careful if trying to do this. The few times I've purposefully 
> or accidentally put all-wool knits in the dryer, they've ended up felted and 
> shrunk more proportionately in length than width; my Kucharik jersey went 
> from long and narrow to a size for a very fat 5-year-old. (OTOH, my 2 Riv ls 
> wool jerseys did not shrink at all even after 2 sessions on High.)
> 
>> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 9:36 PM Lyman Labry  wrote:
>> Mike,
>> I read you could shrink sweater.  I think by putting in the dryer rather 
>> than letting hang dry?  Don’t know how you could control though.
>> Lyman
>> 
>>> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 4:53 PM Mike Packard  wrote:
>>> I ordered an XXL (5-11, 230) and it seems too big. Only wore it a couple 
>>> times. I'd trade mine for an XL or sell it if no one wants to trade. It is 
>>> a great sweater.
>>> 
> -- 
> 
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[RBW] Re: Cable pull modification hack for 9S shifter/cassette, 10S clutch derailleur (SRAM GX)

[Pancake]

Took a quick spin tonight: it works a dream, could be a tiny fraction thicker 
but as is it leaves a meaningful amount of extra lever movement range before 
it’s stopped by the limit screws at the derailer. It could move the derailer 
another 5mm plus for top or bottom gear (enough to shift off the bottom or over 
the top gear if not stopped by the limit screws). 

Thanks Bill. I’ll send you one myself (shout me where you’d like it sent by 
email). 

I’m going to fix up another that’s a nicer finish and very tight fit so the 
glue or epoxy will almost unnecessary.

Abe

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Re: [RBW] Re: RBW Business Model

[Mark Roland]

Ah, so this is how Grant gets Rivendells to ride so nice. Makes sense when 
you put it like this.

On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 6:09:38 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote:
>
> It's in Book II of Aristotle's Physics where he analyzes nature. Natural 
> reality, as opposed to say metaphysical reality (spirits, or angels, say, 
> which in all traditional cultures, Aztec to Hindu to Zulu, are not 
> individual things but concrete universal essences whose reality is a state 
> of direct knowledge; Vedanta is particularly clear on this; or as someone 
> said very well, "Spirit is knowlege in act; Wm Blake: "What is the Holy 
> Spirit but an Intellectual Fountain?") or, on the other side of the 
> "realness of reality," mathematical things, triangle, three which are 
> realities (of a sort; three is something distinct and real, it is not 
> nothing) abstracted from their material substratums by the mind --- after 
> that very excessively long running jump: in contradistinction to these, 
> natural reality is the world of change, or to use the technical term, 
> "coming to be." He analyzes becoming in nature by analogy with becoming in 
> art (art = the fully acquired "standardized" mental know-how and 
> concomitant psychological and physiological habits or by which a maker can 
> *routinely* and not by chance imagine what he wants to make and put that 
> image into the matter in question, be it cake or a sonnet. Aristotle and 
> Aquinas do not distinguish between the "fine" and the "applied" arts 
> insofar as they are arts.
>
> He analyzes coming to be in the arts using the instrument of analyzing how 
> we talk about this, because common speech contains our most fundamental and 
> basic insights, the most prior knowledge that can't be refuted by any 
> posterior knowledge simply because posterior knowledge is based on the 
> prior knowlege; those concepts most certain though very vague and inchoate 
> -- "thing" or a being, for example; the methodological instrument is to 
> clarify what we mean when we say, for example, "This comes to be from that" 
> or "he made that out of this." From such analysis of the arts, it becomes 
> apparent that you have 4 things that are reasons you give for the question, 
> "Why does this thing have this or that property?" Why does the chair have 4 
> legs? First, because it's for sitting, and 4 legs and a seat and a back 
> allow you to sit; the end or goal -- again, last to be achieved but first 
> absolutely because you have to have an idea of what you are doing before 
> you do it. Second the form, in this case the shapes and arrangements: 
> because the device in question, chair, is something that has 4 legs to keep 
> it off the ground and a seat for your ass and a back for your back; that's 
> what a chair is. Third the matter; wood or steel or low density 
> polyethylene. The chair has 4 legs because LDP can't support your bulk with 
> just 1 leg or by a compressed air column or by parapsychological mind rays. 
> Finally the agent or series of agents: that or those who put the shapes and 
> arrangements in to the material, from designer and product engineer to the 
> machine and the poor schmuck who pulls the handles. In the crafts, of 
> course, this is one person responsible for the intellectual and the manual 
> process as a whole.
>
> Apply this to things that are not made by art or those that don't come 
> about by chance: natural things. We also say, "the rose turned red from 
> green bud," or the boy grew up; the color change took place in the rose, 
> the change in height took place in the boy. But in natural things you have 
> the coming to be of wholly and essentially new things, not just 
> rearrangements of existing things; when I saw my daughter's birth, it was 
> PD clear that she wasn't just a rearrangement of something that had already 
> existed from all time; she was brand new! She is something in her own 
> right, not merely a new arrangement of something else; she has her own 
> identity. So, this comes from that, which implies a substratum -- because 
> she really did come to be; she didn't exist before, just sort of out of 
> sight; but this substratum ca't be one that is "anything" in itself, 
> otherwise Catie would be merely an arrangement of that something. This is 
> pure potentiality, but this doesn't mean just "nothing," it means an 
> obscure original whose entire reality is a weird ontological relationship 
> to a "kind" or "form," "eidos" in classical Greek -- my dissertation, in 
> fact. It is eidos that makes the thing be and makes it be this rather than 
> that. A cat is something, it's a thing, it's not just a randomness; we mean 
> something by "cat," and no one can tell us otherwise; I know what a cat is, 
> at least generally, and that's the point; it's a real kind of thing. So 
> when a girl or a cat comes into the world, there is an ungraspable -- 
> except by analogy with the material of the arts, and by reference to an 
> eidos -- 

[RBW] Re: RBW Business Model

[jack loudon]

I'll point out another flaw in the RBW business model.  Grant has inspired 
the creation of many, many bike designs brought out by other manufacturers, 
for which he has received little credit  and no monetary compensation.  I 
am evidence of this as I've never owned a Rivendell, though I have admired 
them for 20 years.  I've always thought I could get similar qualities for 
less money (or something) from other builders. I bought an Ebusu when 
thinking of a Rambouillet, a Long Haul Trucker when thinking of an 
Atlantis, and a Nordavinden (with higher trail fork) when thinking of a 
Roadeo.  In all cases, the Riv model was the archetype for my choices, and 
I'm pretty sure, with no first-hand experience, that Grant has a better 
understanding of bicycle design than any other living person.  I do think 
his frames can be needlessly stiff, and I'm not a particular fan of ornate 
lugs, but that does not take away from what he has accomplished. 

Jack - Seattle

On Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 10:38:11 AM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote:, 
>
> There is a major flaw in the RBW Business Model.  They forgot to include 
> planned obselence.  Really, how can you expect to grow a business when your 
> products not only don't wear out they don't even loose their sex appeal? 
>  Certainly Trek didn't make that mistake and see how they have grown since 
> 1983 when I bought a 620.
>
> Take my Saluki for example.  Serial # SA 00011.  I am more in love with it 
> today than when I first got it.  Why would I want to buy a new bike? 
>  Bicycle Quarterly comes in and I look at the reviews of all the hot new 
> bikes and quickly realize I wouldn't trade em straight up for my Saluki.
>
> OK, it now has a lot of touch up paint and I would probably get it powder 
> coated if I could get my hands on some original decals, but the ride is 
> just as joyful, no even better than new, and she still looks pretty good to 
> me.  Instead of buying a new bike I can spend my money on fancy brakes, 
> levers, tires from Compass, and TA Rings ("Well honey the rings were worn 
> out and that's just what new rings cost.")
>
> So Rivendell, instead of pushing a needed replacement or a new improved 
> model, is stuck with the job of convincing people that they need more 
> bikes. Then you have to listen to your spouse - how you gonna pay for it, 
> where you gonna store it, how many bikes can you ride?  It never ends.
>
> Unfortunately for Rivendell, my wife is still in love with her Betty Foy, 
> so no bike sale this year.
>
> Michael
>
>
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Re: [RBW] Re: Anybody regret their Cheviot sweater?

[bo richardson]

i love my small
the sleeves are way long
and my arms are way short
so i have cuffs
i have three vests so i would only be frustrated by a fourth.
choosing is such a waste of psychic energy
if i didnt have a vest, however...

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Re: [RBW] Recommendations/WTB: smallish saddlebag

[Benjamin L. Kelley]

I've been using the Swift Bandito for ~5 years now.  Very happy with it.
Holds my repair kit and Kryptonie Fahgettaboutit with some room to spare.
The thing I like about the Swift Bandito vs the similar size Roadrunner bag
is that on the bandito, the buckles for the straps go inside the bag,
making it a bit harder for someone to quickly walk off with it..
It has a rigid sheet of plastic to keep it in a cylinder, which is
sandwiched in between the outer shell and the inner, similar to a backpack
frame, and has a small bit of unnoticeable hook and loop tape to keep it
closed.  It's good for stashing things in.  I keep loose hex keys, some
nitrile gloves and zipties in there.

--ben


On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 10:00 AM Birdman  wrote:

> I’ve been far down the saddle bag rabbit hole and have settled on the
> Acorn Medium Saddle Bag as the favorite for my needs. It has plenty of
> space with an expandable collar and drawstring, D rings for lashing a wet
> rain jacket or other items, exterior zipper pockets, and an internal dowel
> for stability. Also, there is no thigh rub due to the shape. Highly
> recommended.
> https://www.acornbags.com/products/medium-saddlebag?variant=1113866272
>
> Isaac in Portland OR
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[RBW] Website is live featuring beautiful bikes & surroundings

[Andrew Turner]

COVID gave me time to spruce up my website  and 
it's at a point where I'm comfortable making it public. The majority of it 
is dedicated to riding and the surroundings I'm lucky enough to see and 
document, so I figured I'd share it here. 

Enjoy! 
- Andrew

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Re: [RBW] Website is live featuring beautiful bikes & surroundings

[Andrew Turner]

The rest (so far) are from Williamson County Tennessee 

On Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 8:51:33 PM UTC-5 Andrew Turner wrote:

> Those weren't from a ride whatsoever but from a hike in Scotland back in 
> 2018. Isle of Skye to be more specific. My wife and I really want to 
> return. Figured they were pretty enough to post anyways! 
>
> On Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 8:48:34 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote:
>
>> Andrew: Those are some of the nicest photos I've seen on this list; 
>> thanks for sharing.
>>
>> Some look like, what, VA, WVA, OH farm country, but where did you take 
>> those beautifully melancholic and heartbreakingly bleak Northern 
>> landscapes; Iceland? Faeroes? Orkneys? Irish or Scottish coasts? 
>>
>> I've added your blog to my list of regulars, and even bumped it ahead of 
>> Velominati.
>>
>> Kudos.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 7:05 PM Andrew Turner  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> COVID gave me time to spruce up my website  
>>> and it's at a point where I'm comfortable making it public. The majority of 
>>> it is dedicated to riding and the surroundings I'm lucky enough to see and 
>>> document, so I figured I'd share it here. 
>>>
>>> Enjoy! 
>>> - Andrew
>>>
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Re: [RBW] Website is live featuring beautiful bikes & surroundings

[Patrick Moore]

Andrew: Those are some of the nicest photos I've seen on this list; thanks
for sharing.

Some look like, what, VA, WVA, OH farm country, but where did you take
those beautifully melancholic and heartbreakingly bleak Northern
landscapes; Iceland? Faeroes? Orkneys? Irish or Scottish coasts?

I've added your blog to my list of regulars, and even bumped it ahead of
Velominati.

Kudos.



On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 7:05 PM Andrew Turner 
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> it's at a point where I'm comfortable making it public. The majority of it
> is dedicated to riding and the surroundings I'm lucky enough to see and
> document, so I figured I'd share it here.
>
> Enjoy!
> - Andrew
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Re: [RBW] Website is live featuring beautiful bikes & surroundings

[Andrew Turner]

Those weren't from a ride whatsoever but from a hike in Scotland back in 
2018. Isle of Skye to be more specific. My wife and I really want to 
return. Figured they were pretty enough to post anyways! 

On Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 8:48:34 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote:

> Andrew: Those are some of the nicest photos I've seen on this list; thanks 
> for sharing.
>
> Some look like, what, VA, WVA, OH farm country, but where did you take 
> those beautifully melancholic and heartbreakingly bleak Northern 
> landscapes; Iceland? Faeroes? Orkneys? Irish or Scottish coasts? 
>
> I've added your blog to my list of regulars, and even bumped it ahead of 
> Velominati.
>
> Kudos.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 7:05 PM Andrew Turner  
> wrote:
>
>> COVID gave me time to spruce up my website  
>> and it's at a point where I'm comfortable making it public. The majority of 
>> it is dedicated to riding and the surroundings I'm lucky enough to see and 
>> document, so I figured I'd share it here. 
>>
>> Enjoy! 
>> - Andrew
>>
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Re: [RBW] Website is live featuring beautiful bikes & surroundings

[Patrick Moore]

They are indeed! I love pictures of such landscapes; ancestors came from
Ireland and, being Scots Irish, before that from Scotland, so perhaps
there's a blood-affinity. I'd probably have committed suicide if I had
lived in such places -- I'm safer where the glaring sun shines and the
horizons extend for 80 miles (Mt. Taylor) -- but I do love their particular
beauty.

On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 7:51 PM Andrew Turner 
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>  Figured they were pretty enough to post anyways!
>
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Re: [RBW] Re: XO-1 or Roadini

[Andrew Turner]

Has anyone fit jack brown tires with fenders on their Roadini? 

On Monday, July 20, 2020 at 9:16:14 AM UTC-5 zem...@gmail.com wrote:

> Thank you, everyone, for your input. I didn't end up bidding on the XO-1. 
> I'm going to call Riv about a Roadini shortly!
>
> Zack in Toronto
>
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 3:51 PM EGNolan  wrote:
>
>> I've got a Handsome XOXO, a tigged re-make of the XO-1. I also have a 
>> Roadini. I love both bikes and it would be a hard choice to have one, but 
>> I'd go Roadini. It's a refined bike, and will give you many more years of 
>> enjoyment. 
>>
>> On Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 2:53:04 PM UTC-4, Joe Bernard wrote:
>>>
>>> I'd love to know how this turned out. That XO is gone. 
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Re: [RBW] Website is live featuring beautiful bikes & surroundings

[David Hays]

Beautifully done Andrew.
David

> On Jul 25, 2020, at 9:05 PM, Andrew Turner  wrote:
> 
> COVID gave me time to spruce up my website  and 
> it's at a point where I'm comfortable making it public. The majority of it is 
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