When we tested bikes for heavy front loads, we found that the flex of
a quill stem did cause some trouble. There was a slight lag of the
fork after the steering input. This was with 30 lbs. on a porteur
rack... In normal riding, even with fully loaded front low-rider
panniers (which are much
The Shimano 105 9 speed (stock on the Ram) and Campy Chorus 10 speed (came on
my Saluki) triples do great on a couple of my bikes. The newer Campy Mirage
(bought from RBW in '09) also works just fine.
Check Ebay, Loose Screws, if the regular sources don't have.
Good stuff as always. Too bad about the math error in the price per
ride piece. I almost don't want to point it out since it seems to have
gone unnoticed so far. The difference in price per ride, with Grant's
conservative numbers, is only a little more than one order of
magnitude, not two:
Green, wet and firm dirt roads! Beautiful countryside. I see you had
some portaging to do.
Thanks for sharing the photos.
Today Riv Rally East kicked off with a stellar ride through the
beautiful Pine Creek Gorge in North Central Pennsylvania. Our group
numbered 8, with folks coming from as
I really like the R-15 too. In fact, if anyone has a spare, let me
know, I'll take it off your hands.
Marty
On May 7, 7:21 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net
wrote:
Hi!
I really like my Nitto R-15 rack. It's basically an R-14 with pannier
supports:
http://db.tt/q5cZmYx
The IRD triple is great, however it has been out of stock for quite
some time. Good luck finding one.
The current Tiagra triple seems to work fine. Other than that you are
probably going to have to scour Ebay and Craigslist...
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I don't keep records but Grant's 250 rides per year feels about
right. My Atlantis just celebrated it's 8th b'day. At an original
cost just over $2k (those were the days!), I'm getting close to a buck
a ride.
dougP
On May 8, 5:46 am, Earl Grey earlg...@gmail.com wrote:
Good stuff as always.
Doug,
I love you're rationale. I'm going to try using it on my wife.
Bill
On May 8, 2011, at 11:10 AM, doug peterson wrote:
I don't keep records but Grant's 250 rides per year feels about
right. My Atlantis just celebrated it's 8th b'day. At an original
cost just over $2k (those were the
Hi Reed, how did your S3X break? I was just looking at doing some
silly things to mine, which got me wondering if there was a gear that
would be too low for the internals.
Philip
Philip Williamson
www.biketinker.com
On May 7, 2:59 pm, Reed Kennedy atinyt...@gmail.com wrote:
After breaking my
Now this looks like fun...riding, swimming, camping, wow ! You
probably wouldn't do a ride like this very comfortably with
Lycra,carbon, skinny tires and no camping gear.
On May 7, 7:43 pm, Montclair BobbyB montclairbob...@gmail.com wrote:
Today Riv Rally East kicked off with a stellar ride
Yeah, new ones, when available, are pricey. Ben's Cycle and Alex's
Cycle appear to have them, though. I suspect I'll get one from one of
those places if the need (e.g. a second RBW bike) arise.
Yours,
Thomas Lynn Skean
On May 8, 8:52 am, Marty mgie...@mac.com wrote:
I really like the R-15 too.
Thanks Patrick,
I was just on Peter White's website looking for more information
before I got your response. You were right to send me there.
I know these are just normal first setup woes that I am contending
with here. I'll figure it out. You advice and anyone else who chimes
in is surely
Yup, I'm using a Velo Orange decaleur that fits on the steerer tube.
Swift had the bag on hand, so no wait! (I didn't care what it looked
like; that said, it looks great!).
Alex Wetmore has a nice writeup for a similar setup:
http://alexwetmore.org/?p=439
The real trick for me is getting the
Yeah, but it's not the Official one...just a stopgap. There are a
couple other things that'll change for the Permanent Paper addition.
Edition. The math reference shifted me wrongly there. The tradition of
pre-paper issues is good, though, so things like this can be caught.
Thanks. The $10 never
On my Simpleone I have a dos 16/19 on the freewheel side and a 17/19
surly dingle cog on the fixed side. In front I have 44/48 rings on
the front. I use the 48/16 when I commute and ride down to Rivendell
and change gears to 44/19 when I go back home which is mostly
uphill. I usually flip to
Thanks for all the replies! I was at Riv yesterday and asked them for
a steep hill or two to climb. Tho' I'm just on the other side of the
Culture-stop tunnel :-) I'm not terribly familiar with the area, like,
how to get to that little known hill known as Mt Diablo. So who got
on a bike to take
BC,
The IRD Aplina is not a copy of the Ultegra.
I used it to replace a 9-speed Ultegra on a 48-34-24 set up. The
Ultegra was VERY fussy to get working. I literally bolted the IRD in
place, adjusted the stops and it works perfectly. All that said, I
tried one on my wife's new Ebisu
Ahh, yeah. That's what happens...
I decided to get the front rack and cream
longboard fenders to get a really good swallow of the koolaid.
So I left with a cake of pine soap, a Riv-branded plastic change
purse, my credit card a bit lighter, and, later,
This question is to all. How does the fixed gear side chainline work
out with the various combinations you use? I ask because the fixed
gear chainline on my Quickbeam sucks and the drag/lack of efficiency
is easy to feel. I'm running the stock bashguard/40/32 Sugino triple
combination and a 16t
I have an old bottom bracket nut on the freewheel-side hub threads before the
cog (14t in my case) which corrects the fixed chain line by moving the cog out
5mm. Been running it this way for 2 years with no problems. It's smoother and
quieter than the 16/19 on the freewheel side. I only run the
Well, I guess you have to figure in the cost of riding attire to go
with the carbon. Shoes, jerseys, etc. Seems like it could add up
fast.I, on the other hand, feel perfectly comfortable riding in my
Versace pinstripe fitted suit.
Matt
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Well, I guess you have to figure in the cost of riding attire to go
with the carbon. Shoes, jerseys, etc. Seems like it could add up
fast.I, on the other hand, can feel perfectly comfortable riding a
steel bike in any Versace pinstripe fitted suit.
Matt
On May 6, 2:24 pm, PATRICK MOORE
Good luck, and let us know what happens.
The rearward saddle is not only useful for an aero or low bar
position; if you look at the old bobby bikes, aka 3d world
roadsters, they have stems with almost no extension because the rod
activated brakes can't deal with it. But they have immensely slack
Well, I guess you have to figure in the cost of riding attire to go
with the carbon. Shoes, jerseys, etc. Seems like it could add up
fast.I, on the other hand, can feel perfectly comfortable riding a
steel bike in any Versace pinstripe fitted suit.
Matt
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Well, I guess you have to figure in the cost of riding attire to go
with the carbon. Shoes, jerseys, etc. Seems like it could add up
fast.I, on the other hand (and I'm sure I'm not alone) can feel
perfectly comfortable riding a steel bike in any old Versace pinstripe
fitted suit from the
This just in: the new decaleur performed well today on the 8-mile
inbound leg to church (late, grievously late, alas, but our new priest
is so **!^ longwinded! so I cut myself a bit of slack. Anyway ...)
carrying a 3 1/2 lb chain and lock combo and a 12 oz key combo in the
Lafamu bag, attached at
Today I was feeling a little bummed and decided to go for a long ride.
Ended up planning to do My first 100k. Sadly I ended up having an
intense flare-up of knee pain and had to take the R6 back to Philly.
Ended up feeling great about the 50k I rode and got a lot of weird
looks from the spandex n
Oh and I wore my Outlier short stack merino tee. Simply put: the best
merino wool clothing I've ever worn. Perfect out of the box.
On May 8, 5:49 pm, Justin August justinaug...@gmail.com wrote:
Today I was feeling a little bummed and decided to go for a long ride.
Ended up planning to do My
On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 13:19 -0700, newenglandbike wrote:
Well, I guess you have to figure in the cost of riding attire to go
with the carbon. Shoes, jerseys, etc. Seems like it could add up
fast.
Riding attire has nothing at all to do with carbon. I use cycling
shorts, shoes and jerseys
On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 11:13 -0700, grant wrote:
Yeah, but it's not the Official one...just a stopgap. There are a
couple other things that'll change for the Permanent Paper addition.
Edition. The math reference shifted me wrongly there. The tradition of
pre-paper issues is good, though, so
On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 09:56 -0700, charlie wrote:
Now this looks like fun...riding, swimming, camping, wow ! You
probably wouldn't do a ride like this very comfortably with
Lycra,carbon, skinny tires and no camping gear.
We stayed in a nice motel in Wellsboro, so no camping. And I'm happy
RM, Can you post a picture of this set-up? It would help me figure out
how to fix this (pardon the pun ;-)).
On May 8, 12:14 pm, RM b...@san.rr.com wrote:
I have an old bottom bracket nut on the freewheel-side hub threads before the
cog (14t in my case) which corrects the fixed chain line by
And enough riding-specific clothing is recommende d and sold by Riv
that then you'd have to factor that in too...
On May 8, 5:58 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 13:19 -0700, newenglandbike wrote:
Well, I guess you have to figure in the cost of riding attire to
The new VeloOrange wing nuts seem like they'd help with the changing
of gears.
On May 8, 11:50 am, A D deguzman.al...@gmail.com wrote:
On my Simpleone I have a dos 16/19 on the freewheel side and a 17/19
surly dingle cog on the fixed side. In front I have 44/48 rings on
the front. I
I just read that the quick release was invented precisely because
Campagnolo couldn't change his fixed gears in the cold. The
combination of frozen fingers and wingnuts was too difficult.
Philip
Philip Williamson
www.bikebureau.com
On May 8, 3:58 pm, Justin August justinaug...@gmail.com
It doesn't appear to me that the chain drag would be that
noticeable..are you using a regular 8-9 speed chain?
On May 8, 11:58 am, Ron MH visio...@gmail.com wrote:
This question is to all. How does the fixed gear side chainline work
out with the various combinations you use? I ask because
Its my thought that a bike climbs about as good as the legs powering
it ! I know without any doubts that when I was 21 years of age I could
climb a local hill on my then Bianchi road bike in a 42x24 ratio.
These days I would have to use a 22x32 or suffer a heart attack.
On May 8, 7:42 am, TSW
Looks like the link for the RR preview was removed? Am I not looking in the
right place?
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Whoo-hoo, when's delivery???
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:42 AM, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for all the replies! I was at Riv yesterday and asked them for
a steep hill or two to climb. Tho' I'm just on the other side of the
Culture-stop tunnel :-) I'm not terribly familiar with the
Today we wrapped up the first Riv Rally East with another spectacular
ride. After yesterday's brief brush with heavy weather, we were
prepared for more of the same today. Much to our delight we were
greeted by the most magnificent weather...Sunny, cloudless blue skies,
and cool. We sampled a
Thanks for all who responded to my last post about the duomatic hub.
While it seems like a very fun project, I don't want to get into
something that may be finicky and costly in the long run.
I think I'd rather do the double/double set up.
My question is :
If I use the Synergy rim, is the
I think you will want to use symmetrical rims since the wheels should
be symmetrical. I'm still waiting to see what Riv comes up with. I
want a double sided freewheel hub/rim combo that is serviceable and
strong with 36 spokes and a quick release. I don't need a Phil hub or
anything that pricey
Chainline is not an issue, unless you are a mid-century Brit... I run stock
chainrings, 32/40 and the 17/19 Dos. The limitation on the Quickbeam is my
Berthoud fender stays, which, strictly speaking, is not a Quickbeam issue.
They could be longer, to let me use the whole range. Low-profile
It’s too bad, reading the latest Knothole entry on the Rivendell
website, Grant appears to be stressed out, probably about that legal
case he refers to in RR 43. (It would be funny, considering that a
gaggle of lawyers are working feverishly, perhaps even referring to
“lawyer lips” in their
If you insist on adding a clothing budget, then don't forget the cost
of the racks'n'bags we all love so dearly. A carbonic unobtanium racy
bike will have zero cost in that area.
And you all thought cost accounting was dull stuff!
dougP
On May 8, 3:55 pm, Justin August
Hi Marty,
Beautifulstill available? Couple questions...top tube length?
700c? Rear spacing? Also, are the brake posts specifically for Paul
calipers? If I get the frame/fenders I wouldn't mind converting but
am curious. I'd really only need the frame but would love that pump
and could
I'd agree that chainline doesn't need to be nuts on on a singlespeed
setup, but for fixed gear riding, especially on rough ground (paved or
no), having a chainline that's within 2-3mm is important, not so much
for efficiency as for preventing the chain coming off under high RPM
pedaling. Had that
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