Re: [RBW] Introducing the Charlie H Gallop Protovelo

2022-05-17 Thread brendonoid
I love that you have only had this bike for ~3 months and it already looks like it has *lived*. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

[RBW] Re: FS: 58 Double TT Sam Hillborne complete black & cream

2022-05-17 Thread Jason Glenn
I can vouch for Max, here. This bike is just wonderful. He leant it to me for two weeks while I was visiting family in Boston, and it is an absolute joy to ride. If it weren't slightly small for me and if I weren't trying to stick to a single bike (my Homer!), I'd be all over it. And I

Re: [RBW] Re: Mid-80 steel frames that could be Roadini standins

2022-05-17 Thread Eric Marth
Congrats, Yankeebird! Looks like a nice bike, there. I'm glad you found a frame that met your needs and built up into a comfy ride :) On Monday, May 16, 2022 at 10:32:56 AM UTC-4 Yankeebird wrote: > Here you go, Eric > I got it back up and running in a temporary fashion-- not sure where I >

[RBW] Re: FS: 58 Double TT Sam Hillborne complete black & cream

2022-05-17 Thread maxcr
Hi Everyone, I'm hoping this bike can find a new home and someone who can truly enjoy it now that Spring is here (at least here in the Northeast where it feels like Summer). I believe the black and cream color scheme is the most beautiful ever and these 2-TT Sam rides like a dream (load it up

Re: [RBW] Re: Self-adjusting Billie bars

2022-05-17 Thread Rod Holland
Patrick, "torque did the trick", words to live by. rod On Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 12:59:14 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > Unhappy with the excessively upright position of the North Road bar > (steel) on my second, this one 5-speed, Raleigh Sprite, I flipped the bar > for a more comfortable

[RBW] Craigslist (and others) Bikes For Sale: 3

2022-05-17 Thread Matthew Williams
Rambouillet 60cm 1800 San Francisco, CA https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/bik/d/san-francisco-rivendell-rambouillet/7484670471.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

Re: [RBW] Re: Self-adjusting Billie bars

2022-05-17 Thread Patrick Moore
Unhappy with the excessively upright position of the North Road bar (steel) on my second, this one 5-speed, Raleigh Sprite, I flipped the bar for a more comfortable position, only to find that, with more weight on the bar, it would slip in the clamp when I hit bumps. I stopped at a bike shop (WDC,

[RBW] Re: Self-adjusting Billie bars

2022-05-17 Thread Rod Holland
Paul, I always did wonder what motivated the bullmoose architecture... rod On Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 9:53:40 AM UTC-4 Paul M wrote: > When all else fails there is the bomb proof bullmoose style handlebar > > On Tuesday, 17 May 2022 at 05:57:23 UTC-7 Doug H. wrote: > >> I had that same issue

[RBW] Re: Self-adjusting Billie bars

2022-05-17 Thread Rod Holland
Doug, "that last creak of tinkering" is both poetic and precise. There was a distinct last creak when the bolt abruptly gave by several degrees before refusing to budge again. rod On Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 8:57:23 AM UTC-4 Doug H. wrote: > I had that same issue with Bosco bars on a Clem H.

[RBW] Re: Self-adjusting Billie bars

2022-05-17 Thread Rod Holland
Garth, amen! Archimedes is our friend... rod On Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 5:44:52 AM UTC-4 Garth wrote: > Hooray Rod ! Leverage is a wonderful thing isn't it ? > > Sure, 4 bolt stems are easy-er to get tight(also to mess up), but I get > that many people still like the style of the Nitto

[RBW] Re: FS: Continental "Basketball" Tires 26 x 2"

2022-05-17 Thread Christian B-H
> Tires SOLD pending payment. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on

[RBW] Re: Self-adjusting Billie bars

2022-05-17 Thread Paul M
When all else fails there is the bomb proof bullmoose style handlebar On Tuesday, 17 May 2022 at 05:57:23 UTC-7 Doug H. wrote: > I had that same issue with Bosco bars on a Clem H. I tightened the bolt > really tight and they still slipped then I tightened them a little tighter, > more than I

[RBW] Re: Self-adjusting Billie bars

2022-05-17 Thread Doug H.
I had that same issue with Bosco bars on a Clem H. I tightened the bolt really tight and they still slipped then I tightened them a little tighter, more than I thought I should to the point that I thought surely something would bend. And that last creak of tightening did the trick. Doug On

[RBW] Re: Self-adjusting Billie bars

2022-05-17 Thread Garth
Hooray Rod ! Leverage is a wonderful thing isn't it ? Sure, 4 bolt stems are easy-er to get tight(also to mess up), but I get that many people still like the style of the Nitto road stems. While I too found myself thinking "those bars are too long for that style of stem", in reality that's

Re: [RBW] Re: That new rear derailer

2022-05-17 Thread brendonoid
I finally got around to reading the latest blahg and those last few images show that Grant is tantalizingly close to solving the exposed barrel adjuster problem that Shimano never solved. Very interesting. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW