[RBW] Re: Altantis almost complete!

2012-08-17 Thread Matt Beebe
Here's a link to a cool document describing the MA for various brake profiles: http://www.circleacycles.com/cantilevers/canti-geometry.pdf It even uses as an Paul Neo Retros as an example. -Matt On Friday, August 17, 2012 1:42:32 PM UTC-4, Mojo wrote: > > Funny how canti brakes are so s

[RBW] Re: Dia Comp Downtube Ratchet Shifters

2012-08-10 Thread Matt Beebe
I had the same issue with silver shifters, and ended up shortening the bolts by about 2 threads with a hacksaw and a file, which fixed the problem. On Thursday, August 9, 2012 3:45:14 PM UTC-4, William wrote: > > Your left side shifter doesn't have quite enough friction to hold the > front der

[RBW] Re: I really like my Rivendell bicycle and riding it makes me happy

2012-08-09 Thread Matt Beebe
Good post William.My ride to work is about 17 miles, and I do it everyday. The shortest route would be 12 miles but has heavy automobile traffic so I never go that way.I leave early in the morning, before dawn mostly, and ride while the sun is rising and auto traffic is at a minimum

[RBW] Re: Stone age beeswax

2012-08-08 Thread Matt Beebe
Very interesting article; I love reading this kind of thing. I knew they rode in sandals and used friction shifters back then, but was not aware they were already using twine to haft arrowheads to shafts. Fascinating stuff. On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 11:26:56 PM UTC-4, glenn@gmail.c

[RBW] Re: Mystery Bike!

2012-08-07 Thread Matt Beebe
Looks great man.They should revive the long low name for this one. Did you pick that color?Looks good. On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 1:11:53 PM UTC-4, Pudge wrote: > > Is here, but no time to assemble. But here's a pic... > > No name, no decals. We can call it whatever we want! > > >

Re: [RBW] Re: Interesting blog entry (and comments/replies) from Jan Heine's blog

2012-08-07 Thread Matt Beebe
Well said Erik. Sometimes we get caught up in specialization within bicycling, which should be trivial.Of course, we are reading the RBWOB list, which is yet another specialization. Sorry to hear about the Chevron refinery fire and its fallout. I rode my bike to your neck of the woo

[RBW] Re: Complaints about bad roads

2012-08-07 Thread Matt Beebe
I doubt it was because they were using Schwalbes, even if they were marathon tourguards or whatever.When you are riding on a fully loaded tour with over 30-40lbs of gear, I don't think a heavier tire with stouter sidewalls is going to affect handling or shock absorption capability that much

[RBW] Re: Interesting blog entry (and comments/replies) from Jan Heine's blog

2012-08-06 Thread Matt Beebe
I'm slight-of-build like Jan Heine, and am sure he knows what he is talking about when that light springy tubing feels great when riding, but I also know I could dent a 7/4/7 tube by looking at it wrong, heat-treated or not. It's a trade-off between the fleeting bliss of floating up hills on

[RBW] Re: Rivendell Serial number decoding...what's it mean?

2012-08-03 Thread Matt Beebe
I think Waterford has always made some of the AHH frames, so it gets even more confusing. On Friday, August 3, 2012 1:32:31 PM UTC-4, Leslie wrote: > > "It depends..." > > Different Rivendell frames have been made by different companies. For > example, the Rambouillet frames were made by Toyo

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