RE: [RBW] Rear Safety lights that screw into seatstay braze ons.

2012-11-12 Thread Tokyo Crank
Grand Bois do one : http://www.cyclesgrandbois.com/SHOP/kimura_TL07.html Pic: http://flic.kr/p/dqHsRc Paul -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit

Re: [RBW] Tokyo Cycle Show ( Picture Set )

2012-11-07 Thread Tokyo Crank
Doug The cassette is an Ultegra 12x27. The rear derailleur, to anticipate a question, is the long cage Dura Ace 7700GS. The original tyres were Mitsuboshi Trimlines. It is currently wearing Michelin World Tour 650 x 35A. Could only find an ancient review of these online, where I believe they

Re: [RBW] Tokyo Cycle Show ( Picture Set )

2012-11-07 Thread Tokyo Crank
Patrick Not my bike pictured but it's an Alps I found on the web with the same design. The mudguard is a standard Honjo type, cut in half just aft of the brake bridge. A rectangular metal tab is affixed to the front half of the mudguard, using the same nut that holds it onto the bridge. This

Re: [RBW] Re: Tokyo Cycle Show ( Picture Set )

2012-11-06 Thread Tokyo Crank
The bicycles shown generally range from about ¥100,000 ( $1200~ ) for the Miyata to about ¥400,000 ( $5000~ ) for the Grand Bois Porteur, which is an order-made build. The very high yen certainly doesn't help foreign buyers - Japanese companies in all exporting industries are hurting - but I

Re: [RBW] Tokyo Cycle Show ( Picture Set )

2012-11-06 Thread Tokyo Crank
Patrick The ( Carradice Nelson ) saddlebag is supported with a bagman. I've tried it without, and it sits just so on the mudguard. But in that position, it hits the back of my legs, so bagman it is. The mudguard by the way, is split underneath the brakes. The rear half can be removed without

[RBW] Tokyo Cycle Show ( Picture Set )

2012-11-05 Thread Tokyo Crank
Hello Not directly Rivendell related but I hope some might find it of some interest. I attended Tokyo Cyclemode on Sunday, the largest annual cycle show open to the public in Japan. It was 50km or so from home, so I cycled over and took some snaps of the things that interested me. On entering,

[RBW] Re: Popped the cork on some RivReaders...

2012-10-25 Thread Tokyo Crank
I used to enjoy getting the Reader, and recall all the I got mine ! excitement on the old list too. Even though I generally received mine days later than most, being on the other side of quite a large pond from Riv HQ. My 1994 B'Stone catalog and some of the readers are still in my bathroom,

[RBW] Re: Flat-resistant 650A tires with non-black walls

2009-03-04 Thread Tokyo Crank
I have the Marathon's on my folding bike and Mitsuboshi Trimlines in 650A on my touring bicycle. I haven't had a puncture on the touring bike, err, ever, and I've put 1000s of Km on it, including long 20-30km stretches up and down riverside paths ( for which read rocks, gravel, stones, mud ) and