On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 21:17 -0800, charlie wrote:
Just rode my 'Sam' after obsessing over low trail forks for the last
few months. With my new drop bars and hobo bag I never noticed 'wheel
flop' or any tendency of the bike to wander as some might contend.
Just a nice pleasant ride uphill and
To expand this discussion: I found the Sam Hill very floppy going
uphill with a **rear** load; for my purpose and taste, intolerably so.
However!
The Fargo has huge trail (88? IIRC with the Big Apples, 72 or so with
the Kojaks), per jimg's trail calculator and the data I found on the
Fargo site
One more anecdote that may or may not be relevant: when I once put 30+
lb on front lowriders on the Sam, the steering was so heavy I could
literally hardly turn the bar --- I was not comfortable going faster
than 15 mph and quickly abandoned the experiment. Very odd. Needless
to say the Fargo is
I didn't know anything about low trail when my Mariposa arrived, I just
knew that the handling was amazing compared to my Heron, or pretty much
anything else I'd ever ridden (exception being Moultons) and I wanted to
know why. Digging showed that it was a combination of three main factors
in the
I have done that before however not yesterday but... my observation is, if
I'm going so slow that my hub generator doesn't light my headlamp I may as
well get off and walk. I can see how a heavily loaded front end might cause
wheel flop going super slow and for a front load only 'Rando rider'
Here is how I load my Sam front to rear.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200150032779781set=a.2522635871448.2142301.1419870581type=3theater
On Sunday, December 9, 2012 8:57:59 AM UTC-8, charlie wrote:
I have done that before however not yesterday but... my observation is, if
I'm
On Sun, 2012-12-09 at 08:57 -0800, charlie wrote:
I have done that before however not yesterday but... my observation
is, if I'm going so slow that my hub generator doesn't light my
headlamp I may as well get off and walk.
I don't know at what speed your hub generator won't light your light,
I might be the only one to misinterpret the rules, but after placing my
order last night, and then pondering over it this morning, I heard back
from RBW - only orders of goods that come to or exceed $300 are
automatically entered *(not including taxes)*. I was nudging my cart
until the total
I see your point Steve and don't necessarily disagreefor me at 257
right now, two top tubes seems fine. In fact, the Sam feels more lively
than my Surly Trucker. I own a standard diameter high end 80's race bike
with Columbus SL and it flexes noticeably (for me) I only ride it on smooth
I seem to remember from past threads that it was particularly the 36 hole
O/C Synergies that were cracking. If you have cracked a Synergy, can you
state whether it was O/C and 36 hole?
I have two 32 hole O/C Synergies on two bikes, with one around 4000 mi/3
yrs, the other maybe 1500mi/2 yrs,
I like what Grant has said many times, poorly paraphrased here, you get
used to what you ride. I have four Rivendells and absolutley love the
handling of three of them and live just fine with the fourth. Beyond those
frames, I have also acquired a poor-man's Atlantis, the Surly LHT.
Yes, sell all of your other bikes and buy a Rivendell. Life is short. You
deserve a nice bike.
- David G in SF
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 6:51 AM, Chris cscottburg...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
Thanks for checking out my post. I currently have three bikes; a Pashley
Guv'Nor (beautiful to
I have an O/C 36 hole Synergy that has a few cracks. I still ride it and it
has at least 6000 miles. The matching front Synergy has no such issues.
Wheels are Lesnick built with XT hubs purchased in '09. It is on my replace
list, but I have been building my own lately. I will replace with
Maybe some of the time, but I was used to the Heron's handling and its
handling was the reason I ordered the Mariposa. I specifically told Mike
that I wanted the new bike to have lighter handling than the Heron because
I was tired of having to muscle it around. I actually had a hard time
Charlie:
Congrats on enjoying the handling of your new ride. You are correct that
we sometimes over-think our bikes. The ability of Rivendells to
accommodate a wide range of tire sizes, racks, luggage, baskets, ets., and
still handle well is quite amazing and a testament to Grant's
On Sun, 2012-12-09 at 10:02 -0800, charlie wrote:
I see your point Steve and don't necessarily disagreefor me at 257
right now, two top tubes seems fine. In fact, the Sam feels more
lively than my Surly Trucker. I own a standard diameter high end 80's
race bike with Columbus SL and it
I would be very interested in learning more about how position, rider
size and weight, tire width and pressure, and for that matter pedaling
style affect handling for a given geometry. My wandering problem on
the Sam was with heavy rear load and nothing in front; and my favored
position is
Yea SteveI've had that happen on several bikes going up super steep
hills (tendency to *not* hold a straight line) I'm not sure what a 12%
grade is but some I've gone up are so steep I thought I would vapor lock
and puke barely making it up. At my age, weight and with sketchy knees I
can
I'm fixing up my friend's bike, and her trigger shifters are toast. She can use
2 out of 3 rings in the front, and 1 out of 7 cogs in the back. The shifters
appear molded in with the brake levers, which is a drag, since the levers work
fine. It's an otherwise serviceable Trek 820 with fat
On Sun, 2012-12-09 at 13:33 -0800, charlie wrote:
Yea SteveI've had that happen on several bikes going up super
steep hills (tendency to not hold a straight line) I'm not sure what a
12% grade is but some I've gone up are so steep I thought I would
vapor lock and puke barely making it up.
I think I have a set of shifters/levers that would meet your need. Digging
around now.
On Dec 9, 2012, at 1:41 PM, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com
wrote:
I'm fixing up my friend's bike, and her trigger shifters are toast. She can
use 2 out of 3 rings in the front, and 1 out
the pawls inside get gummed up with dried grease and dont do their job. most
likely you can open them up, degrease, flex the spring-loadd pawls back and
forth until they move easily, relube and re-assemble..unless things are
actually broken inside
Be careful when taking them apart because there are small bits that
get lost easily. And if a rebuild doesn't work, I've hacksawed off the
shift levers and used the cheap Sunrace as replacements:
http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/sh3.htm
jim m
wc ca
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 2:00 PM,
I had them on a set of 46cm noodles. Worked well, felt good. I sold the
frame (SOMA Double Cross), so I don't have any pictures. I save the bars
and the levers. I am thinking of putting the Retro Shifts on the Tom
Ritchey tandem I have. It too, sports 46cm Noodles.
On Sunday, December 9, 2012
My LBS mechanic said he doesn't think cracks are just specific
to Velocity/Synergy. He says he has seen cracks elsewhere, including his
Mavic rim that cracked when he went to true it up.
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You know, for the bridges and bottle holder rivets?
A nice touch. Was wondering why they stopped using them on the bikes. Too
bad.
It is nice. They are kinda like braze-on lugs.
They finish the lugging look of the bike, if ya ask me. Having all joints
lugged and braze-ons finished in that way.
Those are customs and earlier one offs it would appear. Probably too
expensive to bring that level of detail to a production bike.
On Dec 9, 2012 5:53 PM, Michael john11.2...@gmail.com wrote:
You know, for the bridges and bottle holder rivets?
A nice touch. Was wondering why they stopped
Oh! Thanks to Ryan and Nick for thumbies and brake levers respectively.
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 4:14 PM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
Here is the rebuild I recently did of a horrible Big 5 cruiser; a
major part of the refurbishment was to junk the unspeakably horrible
plastic twist
I would think they would be much easier than the detailing of lugs though.
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FWIW, my custom Richard Sachs has plain Jane round bottle braze-ons. For
whatever reason, he doesn't use them on his frames, and he's certainly not
cutting corners in terms or price or workmanship.
Eric N
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On Dec 9, 2012, at
Hey Philip,I probably have some in my junk parts also if someone else
doesn't.. message me on Facebook. I also have a few other MTB parts. No
need to trade either, just cover shipping.
On Sunday, December 9, 2012 1:41:59 PM UTC-8, Philip Williamson wrote:
I'm fixing up my friend's bike,
My QB, bafflingly, doesn't even have a proper fender boss on the rear brake
bridge. Everything is built to a price. (That being said, the QB is a dream of
a bike and I'd be happy with it even if it had one fork leg and no seat tube!)
-Pete in CT
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It's been several long months since I updated the group on my fork update
for my Atlantis and my Hunqapillar. I sent the Atlantis to be repainted
(with its new fork) in August, and it was around October when I was finally
able to get it back. I decided to wait the recommended 30 days before
waxing
I love my Pelican, Ebisu, and Nobilette low-trail bikes. It works.
I love my Rivs - mid-trail. Totally works, too!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671211@N02/8258743340/
Frame design is more than trail. Grant's is a complete package - and has
always, in my experience, held the qualities of
On Sunday, December 9, 2012 2:45:59 PM UTC-8, Michael wrote:
My LBS mechanic said he doesn't think cracks are just specific
to Velocity/Synergy. He says he has seen cracks elsewhere, including his
Mavic rim that cracked when he went to true it up.
Rims cracking at the spoke hole have
Got to tag along with some SF Randonndeurs, Ely from Ruth Bags, Ray from
Mission Bags and David on their Jittery Jaunt 200k Permanent that took us
to the small town of Valley Ford. I'm not too fond of doing this much
mileage but was pretty curious about exploring around the Petaluma area so
I
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