It's hard to imagine road conditions worse than ruts running up the road.
Avoid them at all cost. The riding advice I can offer is to always look
where you want the wheel to go, and never at what you want to avoid. If you
ride the same road regularly try to anticipate and take the whole lane
Joyce,
I tried replying off list about the tires but don't know if it went through.
I am interested in the tires.
Mitch
San Luis Obispo, CA
On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:35:47 PM UTC-7, Linkbeak wrote:
Greetings, everyone. I'm doing some end of summer swapping of
accessories, and have
It is election season, hit up your local politician and see if they can at
the least fill them with some of that hard tar. You would be surprised what
a call to your local rep can do, they are basically just looking for photo
ops and favorable snippets in the local papers. Once november passes you
There's nothing carved in stone that says threadless = low handlebar. You
could always buy a threadless fork with a 300+ mm steerer and get the bars up
to your comfort zone. Riv sells a fork like that, I believe.
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My Specialized Roubaix has the bars at the same height as my other steel
bikes. They all fit just about the same, but the Roubaix is usually more
fun to ride due to the lightness of its being.
On Thursday, October 4, 2012 10:16:04 PM UTC-7, lungimsam wrote:
... the Bleriot's Twin Hollow/Deore
that said, off the rack bikes with threadless forks, especially a full
carbon fork, often are limited in steerer length and/or how many spacers
you can install and stay in the safe zone.
On Friday, October 5, 2012 7:18:26 AM UTC-7, eflayer wrote:
My Specialized Roubaix has the bars at the same
On Friday, October 5, 2012 7:21:20 AM UTC-7, eflayer wrote:
that said, off the rack bikes with threadless forks, especially a full
carbon fork, often are limited in steerer length and/or how many spacers
you can install and stay in the safe zone.
That's true, most carbon steerer tube
Yeah, get the widest tires you can fit on your bike. As with railroad
tracks, try to cross cracks as perpendicularly as you can to the direction
of the crack. I believe Jan Heine did some analysis in his blog about
railroad tracks that might be worth reading.
For practice riding in difficult
On Friday, October 5, 2012 10:18:26 AM UTC-4, eflayer wrote:My Specialized
Roubaix has the bars at the same height as my other steel bikes.
Can you post a picture of it?
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You are right to be worried.
The advice you've gotten is the best I have, too: Wider Tires, and Avoid
them.
Try to get them fixed is good, if you have the time.
Philip
www.biketinker.com
On Thursday, October 4, 2012 10:29:49 PM UTC-7, lungimsam wrote:
Anyone have any tips for mastering
Congratulations! I hope you post some pics when it's built. The Saluki is
one of the discontinued models I'd want to buy if it became available again.
happy trails
jim m
wc ca
On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Dan McNamara djmcnam...@gmail.com wrote:
Finally the wheels have a friend! Congrats
You can buy one now Jim. now, except they call it A Homer Hilsen. They
might even decal it with Saluki if you inquired.
I have a 2 day MS 150 this weekend in MS, and took all 3 of my rivs for a
neighborhood spin last night, trying to decide which one, which one? The
Ram got the nod, but the
I will endeavor to post pics..this should be good motivation to learn how.
I have a fancy schmancy digital camera, but no clue about things such as
Flickr.
Joe Bernard
Vallejo, CA.
On Friday, October 5, 2012 9:16:06 AM UTC-7, Jim M. wrote:
Congratulations! I hope you post some pics when
This past thursday and friday, my friends Ed, Sue, and I ventured out of
Pittsburgh to our neighbor state of Ohio to ride their vaunted Little Miami
Trail.
We drove to, and started in Springfield Ohio(Columbus), and rode the first
day to Cincinnati. Stayed the night in Mason, and returned the
Helmet debate=Insanely boring..
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Wow! Surly sure does make a huge variety of bikes for different purposes.
From touring to utilitarian, they seem to cover alot of riding sdtyles with
their models.
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I bought my new Soma Double Cross fork with a 400mm steerer tube - you
could have flown a flag from that thing!
In my case, I have an 82 cm saddle height and a 62cm frame was the biggest
they make, so I wanted extra insurance in being able to get my bars up
level with the saddle.
I cut a good
The Carbonomas (Carbonnomore?) fork that Riv sells would be the ticket.
But I think, for 200$ and the other money I would have to spend to get a
headset and then have a shop install it, I would rather save the dough
towards my next Rivbike.
I would really like to get a 700c Rivbike one
Jim. I'll take the Phil track cog.
On Thursday, October 4, 2012 3:35:11 PM UTC-4, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
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Email offlist if interested. Combined shipping and local pickup can be
discounted appropriately. Reasonable offers considered.
2011ish Surly Long Haul Trucker frameset,
Very unique bike. Wonder how it handles. Eyelets? Still looks like
excellent craftsmanship. Def. a head turner.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/190733631526?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648
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You could also do a Surly Pacer fork, which is the same idea, but less
pricey.
On Friday, October 5, 2012 4:29:10 PM UTC-5, lungimsam wrote:
The Carbonomas (Carbonnomore?) fork that Riv sells would be the ticket.
But I think, for 200$ and the other money I would have to spend to get a
photographer needs to clean the camera lens! ahahh.
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The Ram got the nod,
Why the Ram over the Saluki?
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Speculation as to Ram: Road course therefore suitable for narrower tires;
supported ride (rest stops?) therefore no need to carry a lot.
On Friday, October 5, 2012 5:50:45 PM UTC-4, lungimsam wrote:
The Ram got the nod,
Why the Ram over the Saluki?
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Looks to be some beautiful fillet brazing there. Is anyone familiar with this
British builder-Evan Jent?
Marc
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photos of my coupled steel Curtlo and my swoopy carbon Roubaix with
upjutting stem. Definitely prefer more traditional steel aesthetics, but
can't beat the road and ride feel of the Roubaix.
https://picasaweb.google.com/107231724174916923201/CurtloSteelRoubaixCarbon#
On Thursday, October 4,
A careful statistical analysis reveals that the Ram and the Saluki have a
functional overlap of roughly 98.5935%, which is pretty similar, but a
person has to come to a decision. Often there's little or no science to it.
On my north woods excursion last week, I had to decide which of my 4
Phil Wood track cog is SOLD. Had some inquiries about other items, but so
far no takers. Five years ago when everybody was doing 650B conversions,
that Raleigh woulda been a hot ticket ;)
On Friday, October 5, 2012 4:29:41 PM UTC-5, hobie wrote:
Jim. I'll take the Phil track cog.
On
I gotta admit about that Roubaix. It looks like the Devil's own bike (to me).
But with the saddle back, handlebars up, decent tires and gearing (i.e., as
built), it looks like Devlish FUN to take for a ride!!
Marc
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That thing is cool alright, definitely looks well-made. I like the
wishbone stays and loop-tail 80's bmx radness.
On Friday, October 5, 2012 5:37:42 PM UTC-4, hobie wrote:
Very unique bike. Wonder how it handles. Eyelets? Still looks like
excellent craftsmanship. Def. a head turner.
Greetings All,
I am curious if anyone out there has a new or lightly used grey grid
sackville shopsack they'd be interested in parting with. I have worn
through mine and have an olive colored simpleone that looks too 'matchy
matchy' to me with the green color.
Medium size is preferred but I
i actually think the next size bigger might be a better fit for me. that
way seat would not be pushed all the way back on a setback post and stem,
with longer fork steerer and headtube, could be flatter.
On Thursday, October 4, 2012 10:16:04 PM UTC-7, lungimsam wrote:
... the Bleriot's Twin
UPDATE:
I commuted with the roadie today.
I also notice the Quack Factor on the Defy is really wide with the FSA
Triple, vs. the Ultegra Compact Double on the Bleriot.
Feet closer together feels more comfortable to me. I hope they finish with
the hub tomorrow morning.
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What is the equivalent in production now?
What was the Ram purpose then? All-rounder? Road?
I like Rambouillet bikes. Wish they would start making them again.
I like the head tube lugs and the badge, too.
I don't know. Just very regal looking road bikes.
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This is in no way mean to be dickish but I would say do a search within the
actual groups page. I have been a member of the list for over a year and
this has been covered a few times in just that span. Might be easier than
asking people to re-hash it again. Just to repeat, this is in no way mean
Very cool, Rusty. I am headed to Cinci on biz this coming week, and you
can be sure I will have my SimpleOne with me for at least a ride on the
Loveland (aka Little Miami). Nice trail; they're supposedly going to
extend it to the downtown/river front area.
BB
On Friday, October 5, 2012
No problem. Understood.
Actually, what I should have done was to check the brochure on Jim's site.
Moderator, please feel free to remove this post.
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...I often search the list as opposed to working, haha.
You get an A for 'makes good use of time.
As to searching the archives, go back a couple of years (maybe more?)
to a thread entitield Is the Ram the perfect bike or may have been
...perfect Riv. It was quite extensive, lively and really
Hmmm...I can see blue bar tape matching saddle, maybe something on
the darker side. Good looking ride.
dougP
On Oct 4, 7:21 pm, jinxed hbcl...@yahoo.com wrote:
I lost all my sartorial dignity in high school, and being mismatched goes
right along with all the riding mustache ribbing from the
Hunqementation Chapter 1.
The Arrival...
http://www.flickr.com//photos/mgps-bob/sets/72157631702162963/show/
Sadly it was too late the day to do anything useful, but my Hunq has
arrived. I even managed not to open the box...saving that for tomorrow. I
did, however, made some images of the UPS
I love the pix. We are SUCH dorks!
On 10/5/2012 9:47 PM, Robert F. Harrison wrote:
Hunqementation Chapter 1.
The Arrival...
http://www.flickr.com//photos/mgps-bob/sets/72157631702162963/show/
Sadly it was too late the day to do anything useful, but my Hunq has
arrived. I even managed not
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