I really like the 650b wheel size for MTB, and am glad it is still slowly
catching on.As for availability, I also live near Harris cyclery and
they do have 650b tubes and tires. Awesome bike shop all around, and
Elton and Susan rock and know a lot about steel bikes (everyone there is
A temptation. Do you have pictures?
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I have a really nice older series (m953) XTR low-normal derailleur. At the Twin
Cities bike swap last weekend, probably 100 bike geek types fondled it and
wrinkled up their noses because it was reverse action. I like low-normal
derailleurs, but most bike geek types are too jaded to even
I suggest riding them raw for awhile, until they start to look grubby. Then
it's time to shellac (I prefer amber color). The grubbiness plus shellac
gives a nice beausage effect. Works for cloth tape, too.
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I have low-normal derailleurs on a couple of my bikes. So much better
than high-normal IMHO.
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On Fri, 2012-02-17 at 06:32 -0800, newenglandbike wrote:
I have low-normal derailleurs on a couple of my bikes. So much
better than high-normal IMHO.
Fine if:
- you have them on all your bikes
- you never have to change back
If either of those two conditions is false, you are so
I am glad to see that there is another Bay Ridge Brooklyn Rivendell
owner. I have an Atlantis and I too ride the Brooklyn water front
(mostly at the crack of dawn on weekends) to to Island and beyond.
I often like to take a ride out around Jamaica Bay and Riis Park.
There are some great views.
Ditto...Even though I live in NJ I frequent Harris online. I was in
Boston on business a few years back, and made a point of driving out
to West Newton during a break to visit Harris, and to hopefully meet
Sheldon Brown. Unfortunately Sheldon was attending Interbike that
week (only months before
Rats! I'm so screwed and I didn't even know it. For both reasons. Here I
was in the bliss of ignorance. No longer.
3 reverse action bikes + 3 normal action bikes.
Lots of things confuse me (lots and lots). Shifting a rear derailer is not
one of them.
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I am hoarding the last silver (painted) low normal XT derailers. They
are decent looking, work great, and can be had pretty cheap. I think
low normal is a great idea. I don't think you necessarily need to have
the whole fleet set up the same way, IF you use different shifters
with the different
Bruce:
OK, to be fair, this was 2007/2008... The only 650B rims I could find
at the time were Rigida Sphynx and Velocity Synergy. The Sun CR-18s
had been recalled due to sizing problems... The Sphynx (great rims)
were then suddenly discontinued without warning, replaced by the
Weinmann ZAC19
Joe, you got the dates correct, but Riv Rally East will begin in
Cumberland MD, riding the Great Allegheny Passage Trail to Confluence,
PA on Day 1, and continuing to Connellsville, PA on Day 2. I've
received commitments/deposits from roughly a dozen so far; hopefully
we can double that number!!!
So I purchased this direct from RBW about a year and a half ago and
have never really used it much. It's in great shape. And it looks
great on my Hilsen (http://www.flickr.com/photos/
41335973@N00/4982443897/) but I just haven't used it that much. In
fact, I think I've only used it like 4 times.
I think a Betty Foy with some Nitto bars and Rich built wheels would
have held up better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=W-rAv43UFnA
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I have had low and high normal RDs on several bikes at the same time
and lived to tell the tale!
I'd use some more low-norm but I seem to have inadvertently acquired
quite a stash of XT high-norm.
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I am hoarding the last silver (painted) low
SOLD!
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Jim,
I really appreciate the common sense way you represent the LBS point
of view, but some niche items (for lack of a better term) are just too
far off the radar for most shops. Your shop is a rare exception. I
know and trust a local shop where they actually do very good work. I
try to support
I love it when I go to a bike shop and they tell me that there is no
such part made. Most recently it was the Park MLP-1 chain link pliers.
First it was There is no such thing, from one of the MECHANICS (they
typically tend to be more clued in) then finally Why do you want
that? from the
Once again, I am very surprised that this is the usual for so many places.
We do get idiots like the youngster who was insisting that the 6'4 man
next to me needed a 56 cm frame (I snarled and spluttered myself into
disgrace that day) but usually at least the older mechanics and the
I always got confused with my low normal, tho' it shifted beautifully (even
if, often, in the wrong direction). I suppose I would eventually have
gotten used to it except that the other derailleurs I had were high normal
and this fact screwed up the learning curve.
A matter of taste and personal
Had to be doping, right? Sheesh!
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On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:08 PM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
Once again, I am very surprised that this is the usual for so many places.
We do get idiots like the youngster who was insisting that the 6'4 man next
to me needed a 56 cm frame (I snarled and spluttered myself into
Here in Madison, WI, we are also blessed to have many good bike shops, with
knowledgeable owners and employees, well stocked with cool bikes and bike
parts. Cronometro http://cronometro.com/about/, Yellow
Jerseyhttp://www.yellowjersey.org/wru.html,
Revolution Cycles
and I'm a New-Old-Stock-aholic.
Just bought some more brake levers I know I'll need. Someday. Okay,
maybe.
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From all over New England. Coventry, CT; Northfield, VT; Dover, NH;
OOB, ME. Now in ID but will be back east one day.
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Pass Stow is a very well built rack. Swift bags are very well made.
Had the combination on my Retrotec commuter.
Very practical around town.
For longer trips you can attach Arkel or Ortlieb panniers underneath
with your sleeping bag and what not on top.
On Feb 15, 3:18 pm, johnb
Sorry all away from computer today, these are sold. Thanks.
On Feb 14, 2012 10:23 PM, Peter M uscpeter11...@gmail.com wrote:
Have a tentative agreement to buy a Slickersack and Platrack so need
to make space or my wife will really just kill me, haha. So have my
Gridgrey barsack with F-15 rack
whatt? you getting kickbacks? Most shops can't afford to keep vintage
stuff in their cupboards. I buy basic things,, cables, chains, tubes but
anything Riv-like comes from the Internet. Although now that I live in
Carlsbad, their is a shop in Oceanside... Pacific Coast Cycles that is the
I'm in Maplewood, NJ, with a '98 RivRoad.
I'm an all-steel, all-wool sort of rider, from way back... worked in
the Montclair Bikery in the 70s, and raced back then... My Riv is my
main ride these days, although I also love my '89 steel Harry
Havnoonian. I also have a BikeFriday tandem with
I loved the part about in the past few years he has restricted himself to
rides under 100 km. Past few years meaning, what- 97 years old? Good on him!
I'll be delighted to be able to walk at 97 let alone go on 100 km rides
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Steve and Andy,
I also live in da 'Burgh, and am the owner of a new Hillborne.
We're riding in to Cumberland from Ohiopyle on Friday before Riv Ride
East
and will join you for the GAP ride. One of the nicest sections of
trail I think.
Rusty
Pittsburgh
On Feb 16, 2:37 pm, Steve Palincsar
She is built, and rode her to work this morning. The ride was as
beautiful as she is.
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On Feb 11, 11:22 am, trek610 tspin...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks James for the kind words - be
An amateur road racer, Marchand competed in the Bordeaux-Paris race
at the age of 90 when he completed the 600 kms in 36 hours.
Impressive.
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Jonathan:
Come join us at Riv Rally East!!!
BB
On Feb 17, 9:51 am, Jonathan Poor jpoorra...@aol.com wrote:
I'm in Maplewood, NJ, with a '98 RivRoad.
I'm an all-steel, all-wool sort of rider, from way back... worked in
the Montclair Bikery in the 70s, and raced back then... My Riv is my
Gorgeous, excellent choice.
On Feb 17, 2012 2:58 PM, James jamesdanielosbo...@gmail.com wrote:
She is built, and rode her to work this morning. The ride was as
beautiful as she is.
...proving that 90 is the new 40...
On Feb 17, 3:14 pm, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
An amateur road racer, Marchand competed in the Bordeaux-Paris race
at the age of 90 when he completed the 600 kms in 36 hours.
Impressive.
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I;m going to do this, leaving the names off, except the last one.
There's only one shop in town right now, been there since the mid-70's, is
a one-man shop (w/ two or three part-timers), can be there in 10 minutes.
It's a Trek/Cannondale shop. A small supply of accessories; helmets,
tubes,
THAT is one of the funniest vids... THANK YOU!!!
If Danny MacAskill were born in the 50s, this is how stunt riding
might have turned out...
Funny, but SO WRONG!!!
BB
On Feb 17, 11:03 am, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
I think a Betty Foy with some Nitto bars and Rich built wheels would
have
I have a 52cm frame and it being tax return time, money is not the deciding
factor. I had an acorn bag — great bag as an aside — and with drops, it was
quite cramped. My stature poses problems with most large bags. I had the
medium saddle sack and it would have rubbed the wheel without a
I have a Simplex SX 610 rear deraillure that I need to mount to a
dropout without a hanger. Anyone out there have and is willing to sell
a claw adapter for this particular 610? Thanks.
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I'm presuming Danny Mac is a good guy, has seen this video and is
having a good laugh from it.
Mixties are the new fixies!
On 2/17/12, Montclair BobbyB montclairbob...@gmail.com wrote:
THAT is one of the funniest vids... THANK YOU!!!
If Danny MacAskill were born in the 50s, this is how stunt
On Friday, February 17, 2012 4:02:09 PM UTC-5, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote:
Mixties are the new fixies!
She's no Fixie Pixie...
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Very Nice! Been eye balling one of those myself.
Dave Nawrocki
Fort Collins, CO
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On Fri, 2012-02-17 at 07:29 -0800, Earl Grey wrote:
I am hoarding the last silver (painted) low normal XT derailers. They
are decent looking, work great, and can be had pretty cheap. I think
low normal is a great idea. I don't think you necessarily need to have
the whole fleet set up the same
On Fri, 2012-02-17 at 07:23 -0800, William wrote:
Rats! I'm so screwed and I didn't even know it. For both reasons.
Here I was in the bliss of ignorance. No longer.
She left the web, she left the loom;
She made three paces thro' the room,
She saw the water-lily bloom,
She saw the
David:
No, Danny Mac is THE GUY... not of this earth, his skills are beyond
compare just search YouTube for his vids.
The funniest part is that this guy busts the frame in 2 on the very
first stunt... duh... (where MOST folks would have given up), only
THEN proceeds to keep this poor
I found this clip at All Hail The Black Market. It's pretty much the
best cycling blog around.
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I feel compelled to add that I nicked the link that started this
thread from one of my LBS's facebook page. It's Loose Nuts (they re-
furb'd my wife's '90 rockhopper into a daily rider for my 13 year old,
marathons, cork grips, and some other improvements were added.)
There's another local (I'm
Oh yeah, I've seen all his vids... he's magical! I meant that I
presume he is a regular-sorta' nice guy that would dig seeing someone
do that on a mixte klunker, not a jaded super star entitled athlete
person-type of a guy.
On 2/17/12, Montclair BobbyB montclairbob...@gmail.com wrote:
David:
Well, steel is real. Just beat it, heat it, weld it bend it back
into shape. Presumably the rims made it all the way thru the video.
dougP
On Feb 17, 8:03 am, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
I think a Betty Foy with some Nitto bars and Rich built wheels would
have held up better.
Good to hear after running my Ram head-on into a curb last night. I stared at
it after getting home for about 15 minutes making sure I didn't buckle any
tubes. So far no frame or fork damage that I can see. I'll venture to say these
Rivendells are well made!
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From:
Obviously he was riding a Rivendell!
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Montclair BobbyB montclairbob...@gmail.com
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...proving that 90 is the new 40...
On Feb 17, 3:14 pm, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
An amateur road racer, Marchand competed in the Bordeaux-Paris race
at the age of
He could have parted that thing out and made at least a thousand bucks on
eBay. People will pay ridiculous dough for that French crap!
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Hi, I'm sometimes on an orange Saluki on Gravely Point and Mount Vernon
trail by R. National Air Port. I passed someone with a double top tube
near there last month. Was that someone on this group? KP
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So does the Riv No Warranty Frame Warranty cover stuff like this?
I'm guessing NOT.
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I think a Betty Foy with some Nitto bars and Rich built wheels would
have held up better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=W-rAv43UFnA
Pretty sure it's a 650B bike.
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I have a TA Zephyr triple crank that I'm trying to get chainrings together
for. I have a 48. I'm looking to pick up a 38 and either 24, 26 or 28 for
the inner.
The 38 needs to be 110 BCD. The inner (24, 26, or 28) needs to be 74 BCD.
I have a 33 tooth (110 BCD) that I can trade, but I am also
James, your new San Marcos looks good. Have you adjusted the rear rack
yet? Looks to be about 15 degrees too far counter-clockwise.
I'll just chime in because I used to own and LHT that was all but
sprightly. It was a great bike, but when stripped down, it was nowhere
near and zippy/sprightly as
Good article. I got a chuckle out of reading about Marchand's
experience getting used to the track after not have been on one in 75
years. It's too bad they didn't take any pictures of this guy. I sure
hope to still be cycling when I hit 100!
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That's a beautiful bike. Color's great, lots a nifty lugs.
-JImD
On Feb 17, 2012, at 11:39 AM, James wrote:
She is built, and rode her to work this morning. The ride was as
beautiful as she is.
Back in the early 70s when BMX was just starting, a friend had a bike
shop sold a lot of Schwinn Stingrays. The kids were building their
own BMX courses in vacant lots and breaking frames. After a while,
Schwinn cancelled their lifetime warranty on the Stingray.
See the opening sequences of
Hi Everyone,
As you remember, I was selling Jon's prints a while back (and still am BTW) to
support him and his family as they dealt with the illness and then loss of
their son. He is doing a walk for Cure Search tomorrow (Saturday) in Houston in
memory of Auggie. He and Cheryl, his wife,
If you don't keep the brain thinking it starts to not think...I think
I heard that somewhere. Keep the synapses snapping by putting on
reverse front and rear der. and by switching the brakes from right to
left. Great fun until you have to do the U turn as you head up the
big hill due to a
Found this on trackosaurus. Old article but still relevant for today.
http://outyourbackdoor.com/newarticle.php?id=397
-Manny
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