This thread really cheered me up. It's comforting to learn that my
personal struggles with racks and fenders are typical.
Thanks,
...Roy
On Oct 14, 10:22 am, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On Fri, 2011-10-14 at 06:48 -0700, David Spranger wrote:
Installed that same rack on my wife's
I agree with kelly that if you like to explore and you live in a place
like NJ where the roads are jumbled, planning a route beforehand and
following it on your garmin is very agreable. You can do a lot more
looking around and a lot less thinking about your direction, and the
future turns you
My experience is roughly the same as Tim's. While the chainstay and
fork clearance looks to be more than enough for wide 650B tires, my
stumbling block has been the canti brakes. My preliminary measurements
indicated that none of the canti's I own has enough vertical
adjustment to reach the 650B
Is it a planned coincidence that you're teaching in France in a PBP
year?
On Dec 15, 9:25 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote:
haha -- I teach in France this summer, and when the coupled Riv Road
custom came up with couplers, I couldn't pass up the idea of running
around the French
The Salsa Crossing Guard is very nice, much nicer. The price is crazy,
but it's really nicer than, say, a sugino guard that i think velo
orange was selling.
On Dec 9, 1:54 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a road triple that I want to set up as a compact double. It's
a Sugino-made,
Perhaps I've misunderstood, but simply buying a replacement for the
long nut that the screw threads into is no big deal. Probably any
bike shop can provide a replacement from the spare parts bin. Soembody
like loosescrews or boltdepot also probably has the replacement. It
seem to me that the
The best bike routes tend to be in places with few cars and few
people. Cellular system optimization leaves these areas with coverage
that is spotty at best. The current generation smartphone mapping apps
are all relying on this network with spotty rural coverage to deliver
the local maps. These
I've needed this spring thingy for my All-Rounder which has a big gap
from the 26 inch wheels/tire to the cross-brace between the chain
stays. However, I don't think I would want the fender to slide on the
bolt. In that case, won't the head of the bolt always be close to the
tire and block the the
Mike and Jan,
It's a great day when you find out that your wishes had already been
granted.
Thanks,
...Roy :)
On Apr 6, 10:19 am, jan_heine hein...@earthlink.net wrote:
My suggestion would be that BQ articles on new bikes and
equipment have an associated online archive of color photos.
I also love the charm of getting a BQ in the mail but I still have to
disagree. Bike porn is better in color. In particular, I saw color
pictures online of the Toei that was reviewed in BQ and I felt that
the printed black and white photos really failed to convey the
loveliness of the bike.
On
I've been really torn about bidding on this. The bike is only about 40min
from my house, but I already have a 59cm RB-1 that was modified to have
track ends and canti brake posts that I ride as a fixed gear.
Is the ride of quickbeam very different from the fairly excellent ride of an
old RB-1?
Your photos are excellent, and the bag looks nice on the bike. However, in
the closeup photos, the bag looks more floppy than boxy, more like the
stiffness of a cordura bookbag. So what keeps the bag upright with stiff
sides when the bag is on the rack?
Thanks,
...Roy
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at
Based on this whole crank discussion, I've been wondering
1. Are there any cranks to be avoided?
Nobody much complains about their cranks as long as the fit (length and Q
factor) are ok. This is compared to brakes where you hear a lot of
discussion/complaints about squealing, finicky setup, and
tightens the brake cable,
which causes the brake to engage more strongly, until it breaks free
and the cycle is repeated. By moving the brake hanger closer to the
fork this flex and the resulting squeal is minimized.
Let me know if this is still unclear.
Gernot
On Mar 12, 12:27 pm, Roy
A month or two ago, I studied the picture of item CAH59 for a good 10
minutes, but I never figured out how it worked. Instead I installed a
traditional housing stop on the headset. I'm still curious to know what
CAH59 does An explanation or picture would be great.
Thanks,
...Roy
On Fri, Mar 12,
I once sold a set of Silver Shifters that I bought from Rivendell for more
than they sell for at Rivendell. My eBay Auction even said, These sell for
$75 at Rivbike.com:
Maybe your shipping was cheaper and/or faster than Riv.
...Roy
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Sean Whelan
unused space between the bars. Note
that Riv's Lil Loafer is about the same dims as the length x width of
a small Nitto. Cute bag but too small for a pack rat like me.
dougP
On Feb 23, 5:26 pm, Roy Yates roydya...@gmail.com wrote:
Doug and Rob,
why are boxy rando bags mounted cross-wise
Besides what everyone else's good advice, it can only help to do crunches to
build the strength of your abdominal core.
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Tim McNamara tim...@bitstream.net wrote:
On Feb 24, 2010, at 1:13 AM, Rene Sterental wrote:
Can anybody offer more insight into what I
as good no-handed or even one-handed as it does when
unloaded, and on a very slow section it was really hard to keep the fork
from flopping over. I have about and 8 cm stem on here. I don't think the
high-trail geometry is good for me, with a front load.
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Roy Yates
It sounds like you're saying that for a front bag, lower is always better?
Is that right?
Does that mean a not-too-tall bag that mounts just on a (mini?) front rack
is better than the similar size bag that also uses a decaleur or just uses a
handlebar mount?
Thanks,
...Roy
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010
of a high trail bike, with any additional
load on the rear. I have not yet had a low trail bike to ride. Any
time I put more than 30 lbs up high in the front the forks go wobbily
before I have to worry about general handling.
Rob
On Feb 22, 5:03 pm, Roy Yates roydya...@gmail.com wrote
*It depends on what website you use. My understanding is that each
interpolates the same topo data base in its own way. Also, my impression is
that each website keeps tuning their algorithms in the hope of greater
accuracy. What's not clear is whether any of these sites get access to side
For the reasons Leslie noted, the Garmin units like the 205 or the older
etrex Legend that just use GPS to measure altitude changes work quite
terribly; I have seen errors by as much as a factor of 2. On the other hand,
the units (like the 705) that have the barometric altimeter seem to be
I'm also in interested in the Marathon Racers, but in the 26 x 1.5in size
for an All Rounder.
For a fairly fat tire, the folding version has a relatively light weight of
390 grams. The Marathon Racer is advertized as having a pure skin
sidewall, but I can't tell from the web if I should view this
Michael wrote
A difference of 10 between rings consistently yields a single step on the
cogs, and a difference of 14 yields 2 clicks, but a difference of 12 is
neither one nor the other.
It seems to me that this depends on the gears in the rear cassette. For
example, for a Harris Cyclery 9 speed
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