Interesting that this topic came up. I was talking about this very thing
with Grant last week on a quick visit to HQ. He indicated that he has
thought through this quite a bit, and he said he felt he would have to keep
the price way down to avoid it being a bike that rich parents buy their kids
My goodness, I finally figured it out. I can't believe it took me
this long! Voila! It's a scooter bike.
On Jun 21, 8:09 pm, robert zeidler zeidler.rob...@gmail.com wrote:
I may be too late, but just in case, I filled out the form anyway.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:52 PM, William
Far south of $600 for a complete bike? Sounds too good to be true.
Really. And maybe isn't what you meant? If it is what you meant, then
I'd consider buying one on the theory that it would be at least as
good as any $300 complete bike option I have. And I'd feel more
comfortable with where it was
Great idea. The photoshoppers are now hard at work adding triple diag-
a-tubes, invert-a-tubes and xris-xross-tubes!
On Jun 22, 4:24 am, charlie charles_v...@hotmail.com wrote:
Just have a cobbled together gag bike made up to freak everyone out
withthen reveal the actual bicycle. But the
I am considering a switch to thumbies on our tandem. I am finding the
BEs too slow on the tandem for the kind of rolling hills of Vt, which
require a lot of fast, double shifts to attack hills that often swing
from minus to plus 10%. The long cables, long rear derailleur cage,
and the need to
I was lucky enough to have a semi-surplus Brooks B17 on hand to trade
with Brad (jinxed) for his Swift - thank you. While I was playing
musical chairs with the saddles in the stable I decided to take some
pictures and measurements comparing my three saddles of choice. The
Brooks B17, now a Swift
Thanks for the posting, I found it interesting. I use both the early
Selle Anatomica, which is a bit narrower than the current offering,
and a B17 and like them both very much. My wife, on the other hand,
has never found a saddle she likes. They all seem to chafe on the
inside parts. From your
Compared to my B17 and the short stint with a SA, the Bertoud floats
between your thighs. The long nose is there to help with steering,
but narrow to bring any rub to a screeching halt. For me the SA was
the polar opposite, no matter where I had the tension the more
triangular shape and skirt
I do have experience with this change-including changes made to the
same bikes and my stable of bikes with DT shifters, BE's, brifters
and thumbies.
There's no magic bullet. The issue is one of technique and
anticipation. On my touring bike, the closest approximation I have to
your situation
My favorite feature of BE's on long rides is the ability to shift while holding
a water bottle.
You drink, you're swallowing, you want more, so you want to keep the bottle in
your hand, but the grade changes, and you need to shift in between drinks while
still holding the water bottle.
Right! lugged this bike:
http://www.tariksaleh.com/bike/flashy/flashy.html
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:46 AM, Ginz theg...@gmail.com wrote:
Great idea. The photoshoppers are now hard at work adding triple diag-
a-tubes, invert-a-tubes and xris-xross-tubes!
On Jun 22, 4:24 am, charlie
I just ordered an Islabike Beinn 24 for my daughter.
It was so refreshing to find a company that takes children's bikes
seriously and doesn't just lazily try to shrink an adult's bike and
imagine that that will do the job.
Children's bodies have different relative dimensions and kids bikes so
Hah add it to the questionnaire as part of prenatal planning...
Things you can begin planning for NOW...
- Will you and your wife be planning to send your son/daughter to
college?
- Will you and your wife be planning a custom Vanilla bicycle for your
son/daughter's 5th birthday?
On Jun 22,
For me, it would be a Riv folding bike, preferably with 26in wheel...
This so I could take my Riv on the train (and stick it to the
bureacrats at Amtrak).
BB
On Jun 23, 7:06 am, Thomas Lynn Skean thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net
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Far south of $600 for a complete bike? Sounds too good to be
My only experience switching shifters is in the context of switching
bars (roughly rotating through a set of four setups).
Moustache bars make it easier to ride on the drops. I love the bar-
ends there. It's at least as fast for shifting as the thumbies on my
Albatross and Bullmoose bars.
My
Folding would be nice. Although there was a Bromptom around RBWHQ at
one time, I believe. (Wasn't it in a Reader?)
The one I'd love straight gauge tubing, one bottle mount on the
downtube, maybe hi-ten stays if cheaper, semi-horizontal dropouts.
With slightly shorter chainstays than the Atlantis
Man, i really need to spend more seat time in my new berthoud saddle,
my b17 is just so much more comfortable, i do indeed feel like the
berthoud is floating while the b17 feels like i'm sinking into it.
anyone have additional tips for setting up the berthoud? it's still
pretty new, but i just
Yes, that is a GREAT bike! No, we don't have anything like them here. All
the majors have a few kid bikes, but they are tremendously heavy (my kid's
24 Trek MTB weights 30lbs, the same as my Surly 29er!) and not elegant in
the least (clunky sus, cheap components). The only other option is a 24
I have a Swift, and really like. More than the Team Pro which I just
couldn't work with. The Swift seems to have a flatter top, which
compliments someone used to a B17.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Minh mgiangs...@gmail.com wrote:
Man, i really need to spend more seat time in my new
Hi everyone,
I am planning an event where I will need to haul 16 bikes to a site for a ride
and need some advice on just how to do that. I was thinking of renting a moving
van, truck, or trailer. The questions that come to mind are: (1) how big a van,
truck, or trailer will I need?; and (2)
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Minh mgiangs...@gmail.com wrote:
anyone have additional tips for setting up the berthoud? it's still
pretty new, but i just can't get comfortable enough to go for a long
ride...
I have a B-17 Special on my Quickbeam and a Berthoud Aspin (touring
model) on my
wow, thanks for posting this!
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Go to the Dark Side, Luke.: Brifters.
On Jun 23, 9:20 am, MichaelH mhech...@gmail.com wrote:
I am considering a switch to thumbies on our tandem. I am finding the
BEs too slow on the tandem for the kind of rolling hills of Vt, which
require a lot of fast, double shifts to attack hills that
The Quickbeam has joined my family as my partner's 50th birthday
present. The bike is stunning and in stunning shape. John is a true
gentleman; if he sells more from his stable, run don't walk. Cheers,
John!
liesl
On Jun 22, 10:33 pm, John Blish jbl...@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you, Joe. You
I think the new bike will have creative and beautiful seat stays here-
to-for never seen.
liesl
minneapolis
(and the family where John Blish's spectacular 58 Quickbeam went)
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I thought the Berthoud Touring was THE ONE til I did a 600K on it. It became
unbearable after 300 miles. I think it's just a bit too narrow for me,
especially once fatigue sets in and more weight gets supported by my butt
rather than my legs. Back to the B17 for me, at least for long rides. I
Hey there -
Just one more reminder to anyone in the greater SF Bay Area who wants to
join in on the San Francisco Randonneurs Summer Populaire - runs from the GG
Bridge up to Pt Reyes Station, covering 71-ish miles.
You can preregister via Paypal (reg is $5) via the SFRandonneurs.org site
until
I use DA bar end friction shifters on our tandem without hardly any
problems. Make sure that you have the bars high enough to be comfortable for
long periods in the drops. How many teeth on your chainrings? We use (8sp)
53-42-30 x 11-32 and spend most of our time in the 42t. When preparing for
Simplest method is upright, direction-switched heel to toe with a thick
moving blanket between them. I'd probably remove the pedals, as that's what
tends to bite into the frames and gouge stuff.
We used to run built bikes from the warehouse out to the shops (anywhere
from 1-2 hours by freeway)
Seems to me Schwinn (and maybe Huffy, etc) made a pretty good line of kid's
bikes back in the day.
By LBS as a kid was a stand-alone Schwinn dealer. They later added other
brands, or course, but my friends and I all got Stingrays (and Varsitys and
LeTours) from that shop.
The problem is that
James,
I was going to pipe in that specialized has had some really nice kids
bike (mixed in with not so nice ones) over the last 10 years. I would
recommend checking them out along with the Kona ones.
Tarik
I don't have kids, so I'm only guessing, but how would something like this be?
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:47 AM, CycloFiend cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote:
Just one more reminder to anyone in the greater SF Bay Area who wants to
join in on the San Francisco Randonneurs Summer Populaire - runs from the GG
Bridge up to Pt Reyes Station, covering 71-ish miles.
You can
on 6/23/11 11:01 AM, Lee Chae at leec...@stanford.edu wrote:
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:47 AM, CycloFiend cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote:
Just one more reminder to anyone in the greater SF Bay Area who wants to
join in on the San Francisco Randonneurs Summer Populaire - runs from the GG
Yikes. I was planning to do a bike camping trip up mission peak that
evening. Maybe I can squeezed this one in7.5 hours I think I can
do that.
On Jun 23, 11:01 am, Lee Chae leec...@stanford.edu wrote:
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:47 AM, CycloFiend cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote:
Just one
How funny that the conversation turned this way...
Just a couple of months ago, I was shopping for a new bike for my
daughter, and I'd sent a similar note to Grant, saying it'd be
interesting to see his 'expanded sizing' ideas used for a kids bike.
Then recently, Yehuda's had his 'grow bike'
I just replied over in the other thread (didn't realize this one had
spun off);
Instead of a true kids' bike, I went with the smallest ladies MTB bike
for my 9-yr-old daughter; it dodged the 'kids-size' wheels, has
regular 26 MTB wheels on it, is big enough that I can raise the
seatpost and ride
I gotta share this here.
My buddy is a framebuilder and hooked me up with a sweet kid bike for my 8
yo daughter last Chrismass.
The connection which really makes this Riv-related, is that the donor frame
for the tube set came from a 89 RB-1.
Ouch, no BART at that hour?!?
Any other EastBayBobs plan on attending?
=- Joe Bunik
Walnut Creek, CA
On 6/23/11, CycloFiend cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote:
on 6/23/11 11:01 AM, Lee Chae at leec...@stanford.edu wrote:
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:47 AM, CycloFiend cyclofi...@earthlink.net
I don't have kids, so I'm only guessing, but how would something like this be?
http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/SBCProduct.jsp?spid=52916scid=1005scname=Kids
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The RBW Owners Bunch may not be the target audience, but I thought
this on-line article from MSNBC might be of interest anyhow...
http://thelook.today.com/_news/2011/06/23/6812780-biking-in-heels-a-do-or-a-dont
Whatever gets people out on their bikes is a good thing, from my
perspective!
Jim
I like the Berthoud Touring, for rides up to about 50-60 miles. For
those longer rides, the B17 just shines. The Berthoud is flatter than
the B17 across the top. I have my Berthoud set up just slightly nose
up. All my bikes are handlebar height equal to or up to inch below
saddle height.
I tried
That is so fantastic! Thanks for sharing it.
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I second that.
The heel -to - toe, back of the truck, cardboard between bikes approach
mentioned below was employed by the organizers of the 2007 London to Paris
(http://www.londres-paris.com) when we took the train back to London and they
brought our bikes back from Paris.
Seems like a fine
I like the idea of a small 26er, but they're still hard to find w/out a sus
fork. Specialized looks nice, thanks for the link!
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Leslie leslie.bri...@gmail.com wrote:
I just replied over in the other thread (didn't realize this one had
spun off);
Instead of a
Expression on child's face says you did well!
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Subject: [RBW] Re: Future Rivs (current options for kids)
I just replied over in the other thread
John, that's awesome. She'll treasure that, and pass it down to her
kids. Wow
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James,
Occasionally, I can manage to do something right :) You're
right, tho', she really is happy w/ it; has made a nice replacement
for the last one she outgrew...
David,
I understand, and yes, her Trek does have a suspension fork; but,
otherwise, it was okay... (not a Riv, but,
On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 06:20 -0700, MichaelH wrote:
The long cables, long rear derailleur cage,
and the need to move each separately from the shifter back to the bar
before I can reach for the other shifter causes too much delay and I
end up with too much pressure to drop the chain, or I shift
Specialized older steel stuff is a great choice. My son has a bunch of
miles on a 24 wheeled Hardrock converted to a 1x7 with a chain guard
and guide plus better brakes, brake levers, shifter, saddle, and other
stuff. Norco also built a bunch of steel 24 wheeled bikes, along with
others. Our bikes
Taking it back to the Original Post: What bike(s) would you like to
see Riv implement in the future?
The one I'm shocked nobody brought up (or maybe it's because we've all
said it so much that it needs no more saying) was the Riv Tandem.
On Jun 20, 3:33 pm, Joe Bernard joerem...@gmail.com
I say it's chic. And a lot of times, biking in those shoes is way way
easier than walking in them.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Jim Cloud cloud...@aol.com wrote:
The RBW Owners Bunch may not be the target audience, but I thought
this on-line article from MSNBC might be of interest
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 5:59 PM, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
Taking it back to the Original Post: What bike(s) would you like to
see Riv implement in the future?
The one I'm shocked nobody brought up (or maybe it's because we've all
said it so much that it needs no more saying) was
My nicest italian dress shoes are GREAT for cycling. CHIC!
On Jun 23, 3:10 pm, Anne Paulson anne.paul...@gmail.com wrote:
I say it's chic. And a lot of times, biking in those shoes is way way
easier than walking in them.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Jim Cloud cloud...@aol.com
I can still want it to happen, though. Even if it's not likely and
even if I couldn't afford it.
On Jun 23, 3:28 pm, Seth Vidal skvi...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 5:59 PM, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
Taking it back to the Original Post: What bike(s) would you like to
I've found older Trek 220 models to be pretty good. Heavy as all get out
though. Other than that, real good bikes!
http://cyclotourist.blogspot.com/2010/05/found-perfect-kid-bike.html
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 2:33 PM, numbnuts campredd...@charter.net wrote:
Specialized older steel stuff is
Yes
On Jun 20, 12:34 pm, Jack Warman jack.war...@gmail.com wrote:
If I put on some cork grips and shellac them Thursday night, will they be
dry enough to ride early Saturday morning? How about if the shellac'ing
were Wednesday night?
Pimping my Xootr,
Jack
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Scott (the bloggist formerly known as LFoaB) bought his daughter a tiny Long
Haul Trucker. She rides more miles than most of us on it!
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Yes, that's a really smart choice. There aren't many options in 26 drop
bar bikes.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Justin August justinaug...@gmail.comwrote:
Scott (the bloggist formerly known as LFoaB) bought his daughter a tiny
Long Haul Trucker. She rides more miles than most of us on it!
Any south bayer attending this ride? I'll rather bum a ride there
(and possibly Caltrain back) than leave my wife carless for most of
Saturday. I'm close to 85 and El Camino and will need either a rear
rack or a full-bike (i.e., don't have to remove front wheel) roof
rack, owing to my fenders.
Does anyone have experience with these. A shop near me has a unopened
set from a few years ago and I'm thinking of getting them for my
incoming Simpleone. They are no toe-in adjustment brakes. I'd love to
hear from anyone who has used them.
THanks,
Jason
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