please please please let it be an April-Fool's joke
On Friday, May 24, 2024 at 1:09:04 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote:
> SaaS -- Shifting-as-a-Service, and "your personal power assistant." I love
> it.
>
> On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 10:41 AM Robert Calton wrote:
>
>> To add an amusing, cynical
@Hoch -- A 3 mile "commute"? That's what I've got and I might ride three
different bikes in a given week.. it's more about fenders and lights when
needed than the riding experience. What "riding experience?" As soon as it
starts, it's over, I don't even get warm on a cold day until I'm mostly
Hi Max,
My knowledge of the Atlantis comes from drooling over it around the time I
first discovered Rivendell -- early aughts maybe? I don't remember -- plus
one ride of a few miles when I swapped bikes with a friend while on an
organized multi-day tour. Luggage was transported by truck, so
I have the same size hands as my 5'2 wife.. so your mileage may vary.
The Shimano aero levers have been called other names over the last couple
decades, but there seems to be one mold. So Tiagra will serve as a name. I
find them supremely comfortable, becuase they fit my hands.
My other
I'm a little mystified by the whole step-through thing, so a Platypus isn't
high on my personal list.
But THAT is a great build. You can tell a lot of thought and a lot of love
went into it. Beautiful.
On Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 9:43:28 PM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote:
>
> Aren’t the
I'd love to ride one of these to get an idea what they are like.
By the numbers, it's within mm of my two touring bikes, a Cannondale T
series and a Gordon BLT. The main difference is the slack seat tube angle,
which basically just moves the saddle backwards 18 mm vs 73 degrees, by my
math.
>> inline barrel adjuster [..]
This past weekend, I put a parts-bin XT rear derailleur and Suntour
clamp-on cable stops on my Trek 710.
At first I thought I'd lost the derailleur's barrel adjuster, but when I
tried to install a replacement, I found there are no threads. Which means I
have no
Hi Simar,
That's an interesting bike...half a world away from Michigan.
The build sheet shows the owner as not that tall but with long legs -- 72"
and 89 PBH.
You at 5'9 had to get a little creative with the stem, but the picture in
the ad shows you remarkably upright on such a tall frame.
If you sell it, you'll kick yourself later, I'm sure. And we'll have to
listen to it ;)
When you ride it, it's a custom.
To anyone else, it's a well-made used bicycle.
Save up for the motor bike, and watch for deals.
Unlike a motorcycle, your bicycle doesn't cost anything just sitting there.
>> frame schedule and the upcoming *Lugged *Roadini.
The Rivendell product schedule is like a fever dream.
So many variations on one theme -- or maybe two themes. Go-fast yet
comfortable, which are the most interesting bikes to me (Roadini, Gallop,
AHH, maybe Sam), plus the long
Hi Michael,
You've come to the place. OF COURSE we'll suggest two bikes as the
inevitable solution. More = better, N+1, etc.
Meanwhile, there are solutions to swapping, for instance
http://www.bgcycles.com/q2s
I think that site is still in business, but I'm not sure. He was after
swapping from
The thread title is "roadbike curious" not drop-bar curious.
I ride a Bruce Gordon Taiwan BLT with a drop bar. It's like an original Sam
Hillborne -- basically the same geometry, and a frame that weighs 2700
grams by itself. It's stiff to carry a load on rough roads. I've ridden it
with road
e who still wants a Roadini.
>
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 12:52 PM Mathias Steiner
> wrote:
>
>> >> So I found a 55 cm Romulus for $1250. What do we think of THAT?
>>
>> We think that you need to find a geometry chart for the Romulus.
>>
>> The
>> So I found a 55 cm Romulus for $1250. What do we think of THAT?
We think that you need to find a geometry chart for the Romulus.
The older AHH and Roadeo charts show 80.9 and 80.6 cm standover clearance,
respectively, for the 55 cm size.
That's awfully close to your stated PBH of 81 cm.
Robert,
One consideration that hasn't come up explicitly is the rest of your
stable. Do you already have other wheels in 650b? If you don't, think hard
about adding a new size.
I donated the sewup wheels of my first road bike a few years back, and it
was a wrench. But I had resolved to stick
Leah,
Don't overthink this. It's hard to build an actual "bad" bike, and the big
names don't do it.
There are bike that are too "special" in some way -- too slow- or
fast-handling, or whatever, but these are nuances. I can switch from a
crit-geometry racer to a tourer and by the end of the
Forgot to say:
If there's a co-op nearby, you'll find kindred spirits and a likely a few
bicycles to try. Not a bad place to start the search for something used.
On Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 11:51:03 AM UTC-4 pi...@gmail.com wrote:
> I haven't seen the Gallop's geometry,. Can you post it?
>
>
Hi Leah,
Your thread has generated a remarkable amount of discussion.
Before I get wordy: you said you didn't know what your 'standover' height
was... it's your PBH minus whatever margin you're comfortable with. I've
ridden bikes where that margin was zero, and didn't worry about it, but I'd
Actuall, regarding the tires -- I meant to point out that unlike 'modern'
Atlantises, this one has 26" wheels, which distorts the size perception.
If you blow up the image a bit, you can read the 47-559 on the sidewall.
cheers -mathias
On Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 12:13:34 PM UTC-4 Chris
Bikeforums has a 'Facilitators' thread that doesn't get a lot of traffic,
but has worked for me in the past.
I found a bike far, far away that I had to have, and a quick post promising
fiddy bucks for taking the bike to a bike store for further processing
brought competent and friendly help.
The Sam is certainly a good option.
But I'd be interested in why you didn't enjoy the
>> 1985 Trek 620
which many would consider a grail bike.
If the complaint was "too noodley with a load", step right up to a Sam or
heavier.
If it's "too stiff and dead-feeling" then maybe a Roadini -- or
That scouring-pad picture is funny.
There is an earnestness at Rivendell that permeates everything they do,
particularly the bad ideas. It's all-in, all the time, and I find it
endearing.
And because I like Grant's writing, and a lot of his ideas make sense, for
a while there I bought into
The conventional wisdom from decades ago -- so long that i forget the
source -- is that the friction in a brake cable is a function of the bend
angle of the wire and not the tightness of the bend or the length of the
cable. This made intuitive sense to me and seems to be borne out by the
No, he's saying the most obvious departure from the mainstream -- if we
need to define it, call it current gravel bikes and road bikes from Trek --
is the long chainstays.
John H can correct me if necessary.
My answer is it gets the panniers away from my heels, but 45 cm ones do
that for me.
(i) what Patrick said -- proper packaging is on the seller.
some store credit, everyone happy.
(ii) not a big deal except it's painful on a new frame. go look at threads
about 650b conversions with chainstay crimping.
i would obsess about it for a bit -- i put a bb-sized ding in a new frame
>> so the total price will be between 125 and 130 Euro; a Euro being $1.08
at the moment.
That's WITH shipping.
>> 124.95 € instead of €165.95
>> Price incl. VAT plus €24.55 (for delivery to United States of America)
>> Product code: 234412101"
Lighting articles in general are a great deal
Here's a new option:
https://www.rosebikes.com/rose-dt-swiss-535shimano-dh-3d32-qr-26-discnon-disc-mtb-front-wheel-2721231?article_size=6853_shape=1
you get the 19 % VAT deducted when shipping to the U.S. so the total price
will be between 125 and 130 Euro; a Euro being $1.08 at the moment.
Asking prices are just exercises in first-amendment rights.
>> I see very basic build [..] going for $2k or more.
Not often you don't. The ones you see on Craigs or FB ain't went yet.
Problem is, many sellers don't understand that and basically wind up
driving each other's pricing higher.
On
Great ride report, thanks!
Can you please expound a bit on what you did for water?
That cannot have been trivial, looking at those pictures.
cheers -mathias
On Friday, March 15, 2024 at 12:26:32 AM UTC-4 John Rinker wrote:
> Yes, Diana, it's a very special desert indeed!
>
> To attach
Bill wrote:
>> Grant's tastes keep evolving.
That's one way to put it.
The thing with Grant is that he HAS ideas, and that he gets excited about
them, and that he's put himself in a position to do something about it.
This is all positive and deserving of respect. Anyone who collects a
@laing
Well.
That's some garage you've got there. I spy north of $2k invested in leather
saddles alone. I approve.I have sent the pictures to my family and informed
them that I will no longer take complaints about how I have "too many
bicycles" and related nonsense.
Thanks for this!
cheers
@Max
My first thought when I saw your RIvendell was:
Off With 'is 'ead!!!
Pure blasphemy. I love it.
I reckon we can't complain -- they don't make SILVER carbon wheels yet.
You're forgiven.
[Extra blather: Personally, I can't get into single speed. I went as far as
not shifting for a week on
Hi Chuck,
I've never owned a Rivendell, so I believe it's important I chime in...
because of this:
>> I tried a Roadini (which I recently listed here and sold), but I think
it was too big for me.
It probably wasn't too "big", it was probably too long in the top tube.
In the current Riv idea
Bill said
>> I think the 2x1 or 3x1 concept around the Roaduno is brilliant.
That concept is alien to me -- if I understood right, we're talking about
single-cog-in-back, front-derailleur shifting. I don't know what problem
that would solve.
I "get" the single-speed thing, I think. I've been
With all respect to Mr. Weiss, the logical material for racy/roady types is
aluminum, not steel.
Nearly as light as carbon, significantly more robust, cheaper, and has the
modern look and feel.
It's a long way from a carbon Trek to a steel bike -- and whose steel bike
do you buy? It'd have
Hi Bernard,
Since nobody else has spoken up yet:
I ride a lot, but I haven't done any proper loaded touring in a while.
My tire experience is mostly in the 700c size, and it's like this:
For fast rides on pavement and on dirt roads that are in decent shape:
Continental GP5000 in the widest
I have done this and would probably not do it again -- it takes some
awareness and some re-training to go from coaster brake to being able to
backpedal freely. I'm on my third winter on the coaster-brake bike and
still have trouble coming to a stop with the right pedal in the "take-off"
I'll take it. Please email me to sort the particulars.
I've been looking for one, and this one has Provenance :)
cheers -mathias
On Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 8:24:49 PM UTC-5 Rich Lesnik wrote:
> I have a sightly-used royal blue rack-trunk that I don't use. Stiffeners
> included. This is the
I'm late to the party here, but I can't believe there is a serious
conversation about reaming out the seat tube enough to change seat post
size.
Rivendell does not, as far as I know, divulge their steel specifications,
except to state that they mix & match material thicknesses as needed by
I'm with the majority here: don't do it. What's the upside? You didn't say
what his major is, but if it's anything that requires his full attention,
the bike is for getting around, not primarily enjoyment. If it won't
require that, why go at all?
This suggestion is valid:
>> I've had to use
Hi Alan,
I have a habit of taking in a stray bike every year, usually in the fall,
and then make it my baby for the following season. Living in Michigan,
that's a sound approach with plenty of time for the rehabilitation. My
tastes run to the old and cheap, but maybe I can offer some
I draw the line at winter riding where salt is used.
Last year I used a converted 93 Rockhopper as my winter ride (IGH, coaster
brake, studded tires) and on "nice" days, i.e. dry roads, I used my Bruce
Gordon BLT (Taiwan model). Afterwards I cleaned and reassembled the rear
derailleur -- from
That's a cool video.
It's a bit "idealized" in that the Atlantis is being ridden with snow on
the ground, but it doesn't have fenders.
That's a setup for someone with a few bikes to choose from -- where there's
snow, there'll be salt, and water, and slush, most days in the winter.
Where I
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