The Carradice rain cape is sold.
Angus
On Feb 15, 4:57 pm, Angus angusle...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16951...@n08/sets/72157613832424625/
The recent discussion reminded me I had one. I purchased this from
RBW some time ago and have never used it. It is in new
I recently installed Mark's Rack with Wald Basket on front of my AHH.
The routing of the bar end shifter cables around the basket is a
little awkward. It looks like they would prefer to go right through
the basket, but they are forced lateral and underneath. Not a big
deal, but I am considering
A good perspective, Todd, especially this:
If we had all been hanging out on some Automobile list in the 20th
century when the automatic transmission was introduced, I bet the
comments would have appeared similar in terms of defense of the
existing great technology.
True enough! -- Forrest
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Todd Olsen todd_ol...@comcast.net wrote:
I believe this is very interesting. One of the cool things it says in
the NY Times article is that the FD will automatically readjust based
on the pos'n of the rear.
That brings them up to par with 1980s Suntour
Is it really any surprise that people think we can be a snobby bunch
of cranky old elitests?
Just look at the comments above and imagine what you would think if
you rode a carbon Colnogo instead of a Riv... Here we have a new
technology that is, at least, pretty cool to think about the advances
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote:
Is it really any surprise that people think we can be a snobby bunch
of cranky old elitests?
Just look at the comments above and imagine what you would think if
you rode a carbon Colnogo instead of a Riv... Here we have a
I have raced, and I enjoy owning and riding racing bikes. And you're right,
I think people should stop putting down racers, wannabe racers, or
lycra-wearing skinny-tire-riding club riders because I'm one of them, and I
don't like it when people make those types of comments.
But, come on.
Someone was looking for a small UJB recently but I can't recall which group.
Spotted on the Orange County, CA, craigslist:
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/bik/1035334820.html
Looks like the mate for Jim Thill's go-fast. Had one of these in the early
80s; nice bike.
No relation to
That top one is really pretty...
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote:
Someone was looking for a small UJB recently but I can't recall which
group. Spotted on the Orange County, CA, craigslist:
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/bik/1035334820.html
Don't get me wrong...I have no use for electronic shifting
But, look at trickle down technology. The affordable 105 we are riding
now was the Dura Ace of 8 or 10 years ago (at the most)...heck, even
Tiagra rides/shifts as well as the old 600 group.
All I'm saying is we sometimes get caught
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote:
Don't get me wrong...I have no use for electronic shifting
But, look at trickle down technology. The affordable 105 we are riding
now was the Dura Ace of 8 or 10 years ago (at the most)...heck, even
Tiagra rides/shifts as
I think we need to step back and enjoy all things bicycle, just
because we may not need it doesn't mean it's crap. Imagine where we'd
be if it wasn't for all money being pumped into the cycling world by
people buying $10k bikes with electrinic shifting, I dare say we'd
have a LOT less
When Wayne Stetina debuted this in Irvine in August, the trickle down
question was raised. The problem they have with it is a lot of high
precision mechanical stuff moving the derailers. So even if the electronics
can be made more economically, there's a big hurdle for the mechanical
actuators.
Chris,
It's hard to tell specifically what you are referring to when you say
buying 30 year old technology and pay over $3k for it, but if by
any chance there is an implication that such a description applies to
the AHH I bought 18 months ago (and that did come in under $3k at the
time),
I find this comment, from the article, to be a little hard to
swallow ; the system also eliminates much of the maintenance required
by mechanical systems hmmm you still have FD, RD chain and crank, to
which you have added electronics, so how exactly does that reduce
maintence ?
IMO it just adds
Hi
Just recently came across this group and would love to do the ride.
but I will be one of those in Pasadena that day. Hope you do a
similar ride soon
Bruce
On Feb 15, 8:13 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote:
Final notice and invite, the ride is on! Saturday the 21st, meeting at
On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 13:30 -0800, James Warren wrote:
Chris,
It's hard to tell specifically what you are referring to when you say
buying 30 year old technology and pay over $3k for it
The bicycle is hundred year old technology.
The Jack Brown tire, the Silver brake, the construction
James,
I didn't an AHH is 30 year old tech, but it you ask someone who is not
into Rivs or Riv-like bikes I'm pretty sure that would be thier
impression...
Now, to your comment here;
By objective measures,
there is on average much less nuttiness in buying a $3k AHH than
there
is in buying a $3k
On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 13:54 -0800, Chris wrote:
Now, if you are a Cat 1 or 2 racer (or pro obviously), electric
shifting might just give that little edge to get that last shift a
second sooner to get across the line first. How can anyone argue this
statement?
You could argue by pointing out
The notion of dynamo hubs powering electronic shifting is kind of
intriguing. There may be some potential there. But the whole idea
still strikes me as overly-complicated and unnecessary. I'm no racer,
though, and maybe this would make a real difference in competition.
Ultimately, to each his or
On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 10:43 -0800, RoadieRyan wrote:
I find this comment, from the article, to be a little hard to
swallow ; the system also eliminates much of the maintenance required
by mechanical systems hmmm you still have FD, RD chain and crank, to
which you have added electronics, so
You could argue by pointing out that at one time they ISSUED the riders
in the TdF identical bikes, so that the race would be about the rider
and not the bike.
This captures why modern bike racing is of no interest to me.
Auto racing is probably 80% mechanics, 20% rider. As it should be.
I have 2 x 110mm technomic stems that I'd like to trade for the
technomic regular (longer shaft) stems. I'm looking for 110mm or
120mm. The stems I have to trade are both used, but low mileage -
they look new above the insertion line. I realize that I need the
bars higher than the deluxe stems
I'd like to hear replies to this:
Now to the question of if the commen rider needs electric shifting?
Whether you need electric DA or regular DA (or Ultegra for that
matter) is no different than buying the AHH instead of a Hillborne or
a Saluki instead of a Bleriot. Both bike are designed to do
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 15:43 -0700, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
Now *that* would make me start watching racing again: handicap the
good guys with bikes that the rest of us get from Goodwill. Heck, I'll
sponsor Lance and
Those old-school handlebar bottle holders really make a lot of sense. I have
a single style one that I bought from Harris Cyclery a while back, made by
Minoura I think, and it works really well. I¹m surprised Riv and Velo
Orange haven¹t decided to try marketing these.
D
From: PATRICK MOORE
On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 15:51 -0800, Chris wrote:
I'd like to hear replies to this:
Now to the question of if the commen rider needs electric shifting?
Whether you need electric DA or regular DA (or Ultegra for that
matter) is no different than buying the AHH instead of a Hillborne or
a
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Dustin Sharp dsh...@runbox.com wrote:
Those old-school handlebar bottle holders really make a lot of sense. I
have a single style one that I bought from Harris Cyclery a while back, made
by Minoura I think, and it works really well. I'm surprised Riv and Velo
I find this new system fascinating, and see several advantages. Until
the price comes down, I think I'd be happier splurging that kind of
dough on a Rohloff internal hub on a Quickbeam frame. :-)
On Feb 16, 5:31 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 10:43 -0800,
On Feb 16, 4:18 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
I have no doubt whatsoever that my Salukihttp://www.freewebs.com/palincss/
is much prettier than a Bleriot.
What's that got to do with electric shifting? You will note, there's no
electric shifting on my Saluki, although it
At a ride yesterday some people were talking about trying to do the same.
One guy said people had been scouting their spots for a while he'd heard
people planning to go down day before to stake their claims. Especially the
climb will be wall to wall, guaranteed. I was on the Balcomb Canyon
Technological improvement is inevitable, regardless of the medium.
Engineers will always engineer something better, even if we're talking
about big wheels.
Actually, I recall a year or two back a runner from either Kenya or
Djbouti won some major marathons running bare foot.
Electric
on 2/16/09 5:18 PM, Chris at fourf...@gmail.com wrote:
What it has to do, since we are arguing that electric shifting isn't
needed, is that you don't NEED a Saluki when a Bleriot will do just
fine. By the designer's own word's, the bikes are designed to do the
same thing...
Not really sure I
on 2/16/09 12:09 PM, Chris at fourf...@gmail.com wrote:
Don't get me wrong...I have no use for electronic shifting
But, look at trickle down technology. The affordable 105 we are riding
now was the Dura Ace of 8 or 10 years ago (at the most)...heck, even
Tiagra rides/shifts as well as
After the centerpull brake, derailer quick release, most everything else
has been refinement, as opposed to truly new technology. So STI Ergo move
the shifting mechanism to a more convenient location, and modern drive
trains offer many times the number of gears range of gearing, and modern
It's too bad the weather was so bad for the previous two stages. It made
for some great racing, but had to have cut down on the crowds.
BTW, Fat Cyclist has a live blog for the stage, which was pretty good
Cheers,
DE
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote:
On Feb 16, 7:35 pm, CycloFiend cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote:
Electric shifting is frivilous for most riders, but then so is paying
twice as much for a Hilson when a Hillborne is the same bike for the
most part...
They aren't really the same. I'd describe the Hillborne as a melding of
Should I suck it up and get the Phil Riv hub or are there alternatives
to consider? I've decided that friction shifting and cassettes
designed for indexed shifting are not a perfect marriage. Don't know
much about hubs so bear with me. Thanks.
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:15 PM, rcnute rcn...@hotmail.com wrote:
Should I suck it up and get the Phil Riv hub or are there alternatives
to consider? I've decided that friction shifting and cassettes
designed for indexed shifting are not a perfect marriage. Don't know
much about hubs so
Hi,
My new Rambouillet is equipped with the standard Shimano side pulls
w/quick release and Shimano levers without a quick release...I don't
know the model but they look like the regular Shimano models that were
on most of the Rambos. Running 30+ mm tires, with the quick release
open, I dont
on 2/16/09 8:31 PM, Chris at fourf...@gmail.com wrote:
This is all I'll say on this subject, because it's obvious no one here
sees my point (and that's ok, I guess).
But, on the point of the
Hilson and Hillborne being the same...Here it is from the man himself
Should I get an A. Homer
On Feb 16, 9:15 pm, rcnute rcn...@hotmail.com wrote:
Should I suck it up and get the Phil Riv hub or are there alternatives
to consider? I've decided that friction shifting and cassettes
designed for indexed shifting are not a perfect marriage. Don't know
much about hubs so bear with me.
on 2/16/09 7:37 PM, Doug Peterson at dougpn...@cox.net wrote:
After the centerpull brake, derailer quick release, most everything else
has been refinement, as opposed to truly new technology. So STI Ergo move
the shifting mechanism to a more convenient location, and modern drive
trains
Hello all,
I've worked pretty hard, with very little money, to take an old frame
and make it look new.
I'm curious to see what you all think, let me know.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/benjib/
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on 2/16/09 9:37 PM, rob markwardt at robmar...@hotmail.com wrote:
My new Rambouillet is equipped with the standard Shimano side pulls
w/quick release and Shimano levers without a quick release...I don't
know the model but they look like the regular Shimano models that were
on most of the
You climb 9000ft mountains on a 53? What's it take to get you onto
the small ring:)?
I used to always ride a 53 x 25 gear on my gofast bike. Now that I
have the AHH, I would probably use my 50 x 24 most of the way - maybe
50 x 27 in steeper sections.
Dylan
On Feb 15, 7:34 pm, Ted
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Benji be...@me.com wrote:
Hello all,
I've worked pretty hard, with very little money, to take an old frame
and make it look new.
I'm curious to see what you all think, let me know.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/benjib/
Yes, this will work. The additional clearance of the quick release at the
caliper, plus the quick release at the lever, will give you plenty of
clearance to remove an inflated Ruffy Tuffy. I had this setup on my Romulus
for a while.
However, I eventually got the Bigmouths because they looked
Thanks. One of the reasons I asked is because I have a set of the Cane
Creek/Tektro levers ready to go. I have them on my Bleriot and really
like the feel...I might swap the calipers anyway just cause I like the
name Bigmouth!
On Feb 16, 10:13 pm, Horace max...@sdf.lonestar.org wrote:
Yes,
I can't say that this is my experience. My bikes are 8 speed and 7
speed respectively. They can run index or friction (Shimano bar end
shifters (old style LX rd's)) and I have to say that friction shifting
is smooth. Both are cassette hubs. The only issue I have on one bike
(non-Riv) is that
Pictures with dimensions are up on my Flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55586...@n00/sets/72157613996444574/
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