Here are the mitts on my bosco bullmooses:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lumachrome/15215339023/
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 8:58 PM, Kainalu kaiviers...@gmail.com wrote:
Thank You Peter!!
As for the bar mitts, they seem great and totally warm, the only
foreseeable problem for me is my bars'
The best of the Bodum mug/press options is the swankiest one: Stainless
steel and insulated. I can keep nearly a pint of coffee hot for several
hours in one. Take a small grinder with me, too. And they fit in typical
handlebar cupholders, like the SOMA ones (that originally came with the OXO
http://www.lakenusa.com/category_s/1817.htm
On Monday, November 24, 2014 7:31:11 PM UTC-6, EricP wrote:
Agree with Deacon, if you are riding longer distances in serious cold, a
CamelBak or similar under a jacket is possibly the best way.
The past couple years, my winter rides are shorter,
I have a Patagonia insulating layer parka that has elasticated mesh pockets
down at the lowest point on the inside surface, on both sides of the zipper
for water bottles. There is no more low impact than the use of existent
energy. A CamelBak really steps into a category of its own in cold
still holding out that its for internal wiring, I know its petty but it
just makes sense to me seeing as I think at least a good bit of Riv owners
ride with dyno lights and unlike Grant don't like zip ties all over their
bikes, haha.
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Deacon Patrick
The 40 miles per bottle were on soft gravel in daytime, which resulted in
more work per mile than the stretch from Fort Rock to Prineville, most of
which is on harder gravel or even pavement. Plus, I did half of that
stretch at night, with cooler temperatures. If I was concerned, I'd put a
From years of winter mtb rides:
With the Camelbak and covered hose you'll still want to blow back once
you're done drinking. Otherwise you can end up with a frozen valve.
Some folks w/o hydration packs will put an extra bottle in their middle
jersey pocket. Being next to your body and covered
Well yes Bill . . . lol . Problems do not Truly exist , and
conversely, neither do Solutions ;)
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That looks great! And cozy! Especially with the orange and wood tones. I think
I'd most likely have to reorient my shifters. And what of my lovely bell? Could
set up a small contact mic with some computer speakers to broadcast the dings,
maybe swap my vp1's for a reverb and a wah wah!
But
Jan's point is excellent, and I'll say that most of us, regardless of
conditions, could likely bike for five or more hours if need be without
water. I've run in 100˚F+ Utah desert for over eight hours at high summer
with 44 oz of water. I have biked 5+ hours being completely out of water.
Yes,
Are there any rides in the works?
I've been wanting to go on one just really haven't had any luck with making
it...
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Hey just curious... Anyone amongst the bacon eating low carb devotees also
Vitamix owners? My Vitamix just arrived yesterday, purchases during a moment
of weakness (or clarity?) at the Philly Bike Expo, and I already have concocted
a few variations of green smoothies...just because I can. But
We love ours! That sucker has POWER!
Butter and butter milk from cream (Amazing how much better this tastes than
bought butter, even from the same company). Use 100% grass fed dairy if
possible.
Pumpkin/squash/turnip/other veggies puree for pies, puddings, custards, etc.
Liverwurst
Ice cream
OK, that makes sense. Just like some riders would use one or two barcons
on their criterium bike in the 1980s if they felt that reaching for DT
shifters would make them too wobbly. Just like a few of the pros would run
barcons just for Paris Roubaix or similar. Just like most cyclocross
My 56cm single top tube Sam Hillborne shimmies when I'm running only a
Saddlesack Large on top of a rear rack. My 56cm 2TT Bombadil also shimmies
with the identical weight setup, but the frequency is much higher and the
amplitude is much smaller. Looking at shimmy as an underdamped second
That actually is a GREAT picture Bill. Thanks for posting, it has been
saved.
Sean Kelly on that Vitus 979 with downtube shifters and toe clips. Then
moving back we have the barcons, then STI levers and, on the far left, Greg
Lemond with Scott Drop-in bars and a converted RockShox Mag 21
You're absolutely right, Scott. There were a bunch of things mixing around
at once during that era. Very good eye. You got more out of it beyond the
point I initially intended to deliver, but you are totally right. It's all
there.
Bill
On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 8:09:29 AM UTC-8,
Hi,
Has there been any more talk of Riv selling hoops for the older (last
July's) version of the HAR?
I notice the hub area racks have been re-designed and are quite a bit
different from the ones that came out last summer.
Shortly after I purchased mine, Riv said they were going to come
Brian,
Is that a Swift Industries Paloma bag on your handlebars?
On Sunday, November 23, 2014 9:39:13 PM UTC-8, Lovie Cashew wrote:
Currently in the market for a lugged steel roadbike for commuting. I only
use a rear rack with a basket containing 15lbs or so of stuff. Current (and
past)
Hi John
I own a non-hoop HA Rack like you and I heard what you heard, that they
planned to offer a retrofit hoop. The only extra detail that I know is
that this design was driven by Mark. I bet the smartest info will come
from him. Email mark at rivbike dot com and I'm sure he'll let you
I've got ver1 HAR+HUB. They've stayed on my Hunqapillar since I got them in
July(?).
I use them for grocery hauling, and holding picnic stuff and toys when I'm
riding with kids. Solid w/o hoop. I'll let my inner weight weenie take
pride in knowing that I'm saving a few unnecessary grams,
It's always interesting to me to note which atypical or unexpected design
features look right, and how long it takes for me to find them so:
- I'm with you on the double top tube: Didn't immediately like it, but
grew to pretty quickly.
- I immediately liked the twin diagatubes on Chica
I scrubbed off the mushrooms just because I didn't want them poking through
the little pocket of the HAR pannier. But I lighter is lighter!
On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 9:59:45 AM UTC-8, Shoji Takahashi wrote:
I've got ver1 HAR+HUB. They've stayed on my Hunqapillar since I got them
in
On 11/25/2014 10:55 AM, Bill Lindsay wrote:
On a related note, I found it kind of cute how easily I can shift from
the tops with my thumbs, not letting go of the bars at all. That was
just around the block. When you, Steve, say that stem shifters are
unacceptable for these situations, are
I just received an email from Meisha at Riv that there is no option of
purchasing a hoop for the early version of the HAR. :(
So it looks like I'll be weight weenie, like you guys. :)
Bummer, if I had wanted to be a weight weenie, I wouldn't have bought a
Hunqapillar! ;)
Thanks!!!
John
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Since they are not componenteurs, but they do have their own Silver line
and bag line, etc.
I'll start:
*Decaleurs.* I have recently been searching for decaleurs, and there seem
to be slim pickin's in the bike biz these days. 5 total I have found.
1 inexpensive and 1 mid point pricing models
Don't want to start a high trail debate but I personally wouldn't tell
someone to have weight up high on the bars like you see on porteur low
trail bikes. That being said developing a declauer seems to be counter
intuitive to how Rivendells perform. Oh, this is all IMO, YMMV.
On Nov 25, 2014 6:20
Bikes. I want them to keep playing with bikes, and wherever that takes them
in what doesn't exist in the form it ought to exist for the way they ride.
Because they ride like I ride and they helped me lear to ride like I ride.
So just like I don't want to tell Apple what to create that will help
Really?
Because between the Nitto, the VO, the Bertoud, the Klick-fix, and any one
of the neat hack-it-yourself options, I'm not sure the world is dying for
another decaleur.
cc
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 3:20 PM, lungimsam john11.2...@gmail.com wrote:
Since they are not componenteurs, but they
Bill:
When you say you scrubbed them off, exactly what did you do? I've
considered modifying a Nitto rack but was leery of damaging the beautiful
plating having to deal with protecting bare metal.
dougP
On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 10:22:35 AM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote:
I scrubbed off
I’d be interested to see what Grant and company would come up with if they
designed a crankset. I’m intrigued by the modern Rene Herse crankset that
Boulder Bicycles sells, but it’s a little pricey. I’m sure Grant could design a
retro-looking crank (square tapers, of course) and produce it for
On 11/25/2014 07:51 PM, Goshen Peter wrote:
don't some of them attach to the stem? or am I mistaken?
Some handlebar bags attach to the stem. Porteur racks do not.
There's a huge difference between the two concepts: no reasonable person
would put 5 kg in a handlebar bag even with the best
What would you like in a crankset that isn't offered now?
It's hard to beat the Sugino that Riv sells.
If they start with a new forging, then it would be hard to keep the price
reasonable. Is it worth two to three times the cost of the Sugino just to
get a lower Q factor? At that point you could
I really don’t care about Q factor—it’s more about aesthetics. I’d like to see
what it would look like.
OTOH, Velo Orange does a pretty good job with their retro-styled cranks. I have
them on three bikes at the moment.
—Eric N
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Blog:
A 2 bolt seatpost with 25 mm diameter, so shims can be used on seat tubes
27.0 mm. A lot of 70's and 80's Japaneses frames used 26.8 or 26.6 and
a 25 with shim would be helpful
John Hawrylak
Woodstown NJ
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stainless, so you are filing stainless and brass. dont worry about it.
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On Tuesday, November 25, 2014, Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com wrote:
I really don’t care about Q factor—it’s more about aesthetics. I’d like to
see what it would look like.
OTOH, Velo Orange does a pretty good job with their retro-styled cranks. I
have them on three bikes at the moment.
I wish they could make a 98/74 crank.
On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 4:30:34 PM UTC-8, Eric Norris wrote:
I’d be interested to see what Grant and company would come up with if they
designed a crankset. I’m intrigued by the modern Rene Herse crankset that
Boulder Bicycles sells, but it’s a
As with most things that VO sells, I think their cranks are about 80-90%
there, design wise.
The anodizing isn't all that great and how hard could it be to center the
fluting on the front of the crank arm. Campy, Suntour, shimano, Sugino, et
al. Seemed to have no problem doing both for decades.
Why yes it is! Nice bag. Going to be using it tomorrow on a 200k around
Whidbey Island. I took it for a test wiggle today, and no shimmy with my
tool roll under the seat, and the Paloma up front. Can't wait!
Brian
On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 9:27:58 AM UTC-8, John Phillips wrote:
Nudged by Bill's inspiration, I ordered stem shifter mounts from Riv for my
Atlantis. Then, in a classic timing move by me, I remembered I had some
stem shifters way back in my parts pile...somewhere. I found them and
cleaned them up a bit...
Hello!
I have no use for the following tires since I'm entirely and utterly
spoiled by Hetres, so they're free for claiming. You of course assume all
risk with using used tires. I have one each of:
1. Schwalbe Marathon GreenGuard 650Bx42. Looks quite new with molding
whiskers still
Toshi who makes wonderful cotton bar tape is retiring (sometimes sells as
Toshi or Viva). Appears it is already too late to get the gold, even at
the Japanese places that ship overseas.
Riv seems pretty enthusiastic about Newbaums, which is certainly good tape.
But the color is not as
One other resurrection - for a season or two Berthoud teamed up with SKS to
make a real nice composite/alu fender. Quality and looks are a head above
traditional SKS and it uses the Berthoud stainless steel fender hardware.
My only set is already in use. I've looked every for a NOS set to no
A better saddlebag mount for Carradice style saddlebags. The saddlebag loops
on saddles, the Nitto QR mount, the Bagman, etc. all leave a lot to be desired.
All of them allow the bag to sway and move around which is not good when
climbing out of the saddle.
Jobst Brandt had one on his bike
I wish Riv would start focusing on lighting. By that I mean having dynamo
options for the standard build kits. And also, incorporate features for
wire runs on the frames and forks.
On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 5:20:05 PM UTC-6, lungimsam wrote:
Since they are not componenteurs, but they do
Chris, that Atlantis is looking sooo great man! Cant wait to see it fully
built.
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On Nov 25, 2014, at 6:19 PM, Pondero cj.spin...@gmail.com wrote:
Nudged by Bill's inspiration, I ordered stem shifter mounts from Riv for my
Atlantis. Then, in a classic timing move by
Kai, I had the other VO levers and used something like this for adjustment,
they just sit in the hole and are held with tension in the system.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/221241378462?lpid=82
On Nov 25, 2014 10:11 PM, Kainalu kaiviers...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks to a suggestion by Peter M., I
I'm pretty sure Riv is working on a crankset right now. Grant's mentioned
it several times and I believe it's complete except for deciding (or
achieving) the correct finish.
On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 6:30:34 PM UTC-6, Eric Norris wrote:
I’d be interested to see what Grant and company
but was never adventurous enough to attempt what you want, haha. Good luck!
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 10:46 PM, Goshen Peter uscpeter11...@gmail.com
wrote:
Kai, I had the other VO levers and used something like this for
adjustment, they just sit in the hole and are held with tension in the
You can try the Suntour stem shifters on nine speed, and if they don't
work, just use the Riv mount. Btw, both shifter bodies are the same, the
front one just doesn't have the ratchet. If you find another set, the
transplant is easy and you can have ratcheting for both front and rear.
Jay
Chris I admire your commitment to the single handlebar, I wish I could get
myself to agree on one!
For shifters have you thought about thumbies? I did a pair of thumbies on
my GAP trip w/ the purple-luki and liked it pretty well. I mounted them
close to the stem. Granted I didn't shift a
That photo should also remind us that the euro pro road race crowd didn't
arrive at what they are using now without trying a lot of different things.
Those Vitus bikes were widely reputed to be very flexible, they must plane.
Didn't Jan say his Alan cross bike does.
Lots of experimentation with
Those are great for adjusting the tension, I'm fortunate to have one built into
the tektro cable hanger. Still would need a reach adjustment doohicky similar
to the one I fabricated, those guidonnet levers naturally sit a mile off of
the bar in this application. I was thinking I of brazing in a
I am lucky enough that pretty much nothing to do with my cycling is driven
by need. I am way past needs and well into preferences.
No doubt I could ride for 5+ hours without water without dying, but I
rather think I would rather not. Ride without water that is.
On Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Jan, do most of the riders you know consume water at a similar rate?
On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 6:07:35 AM UTC-8, Jan Heine wrote:
The 40 miles per bottle were on soft gravel in daytime, which resulted in
more work per mile than the stretch from Fort Rock to Prineville, most of
which is
Prompted by this thread, I put my 60 cm double top tube'd Sam Hillborne to
the test on my evening commute. One rear pannier stuffed with clothes and
a trunk pack packed with some goods, but nothing too heavy. All in all I'd
say a max of 10 lbs. I
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Sorry, I accidentally posted prematurely. . Here's the complete thought:
Prompted by this thread, I put my 60 cm double top tube'd Sam Hillborne to
the test on my evening commute. One rear pannier stuffed with clothes and
a trunk pack on top of the rack packed with some goods, but nothing
The bars are SOLD. Thank you.
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One time when I was touring up in far northern California I started
off the day with three full water bottles. Come mid-afternoon, they
were empty, but I figured I only had 12-14 flattish miles, so I didn't
go down to the Feather River to treat water. Stupid move. I had 14
miles through the desert
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