[RBW] Re: Riv riding recovery and acclimation advice needed.

2016-04-26 Thread Utah
You need to give yourself a lot more credit. Your commute is "long" IMHO. I commute 10 miles rt and feel good if I ride all 5 days in a week. You should feel great if you are only able to bike your commute a couple of days a week. 50 miles per week of commuting is pretty good. Three days

[RBW] Re: Cheap Clem substitutes?.

2016-04-25 Thread Utah
My daughter rides a Surly Cross Check. High bottom bracket but takes wide tires. The low handle bars don't bother her young bones one bit. On Monday, April 25, 2016 at 4:28:06 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: > > After typing that heading, I paused to ask myself if the question is > kosher

[RBW] Re: Cotton Bar Tape - To Pad, Or Not

2016-04-24 Thread Utah
If you go with cotton, you want to go ahead and schellac them at least twice. The schellac gives them a nice leatherish feel. The straight cotton is a bit hard on the hands after a couple of hours. I resisted the schallac for a while before finally trying it. Made the straight cotton more

[RBW] Re: Getting the message out.

2016-04-21 Thread Utah
high mountain desert. Best, Scott On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 12:50:29 AM UTC-6, Utah wrote: > > I was going to make a reply on Julian's post on unwanted criticism coming > from others, but I decided to start my own. > > I used to sign up for rides and train for them and ri

[RBW] Getting the message out.

2016-04-21 Thread Utah
I was going to make a reply on Julian's post on unwanted criticism coming from others, but I decided to start my own. I used to sign up for rides and train for them and ride with a group with a common kit and all that. As I had kids and life got in the way I also got burned out on the racing

[RBW] Re: Ride report: Bethany Beach, DE

2016-04-19 Thread Utah
Love the orange LHT... and of course the Romulus! Lazarus may be a better name for your Romulus because it was raised from the dead. Scott On Monday, April 18, 2016 at 1:23:39 PM UTC-6, WETH wrote: > > Steve, glad you got out for a ride. The weather really was perfect this > weekend.

[RBW] Re: Best advice for securing bikes in a garage

2016-04-05 Thread Utah
Hi Justin, In addition to the great ideas you are getting here, I would recommend a BIG exterior light with a motion sensor. Like a street light. That way when someone approaches your garage, they will "see the light". Of course, write down your serial numbers on your bikes and take

[RBW] Shimano Road Hub 135mm spacing

2016-03-14 Thread Utah
Anyone have experience adding a spacer to convert shimano road hubs to 135mm? My primary question is can you simply add a spacer to the non drive side or should I replace the axle with a mtn axle and add a spacer? I am looking for wheels for my homer. Scott -- You received this message

[RBW] Re: My newish Roadeo and paint touchup tips

2016-03-10 Thread Utah
Do not use nail polish remover to thin the paint. I have tried this before and the nail polish remover had more than just solvent in it. It also had something that caused the paint to coagulate and glob together.I would use regular thinner. On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 10:26:12 AM

[RBW] Re: Recent Atlantis build highlights

2016-02-08 Thread Utah
Wow! Love the color!!! Reminds me a little of "coppertone". What do you call that color? I want to call Riv today and order one! On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 7:45:42 AM UTC-7, Gravel & Grind Espresso + Bikes wrote: > > Nice bits like Paul brakes, levers and post, Nitto lugged stem, King

[RBW] Re: Choco bars buyable right now!

2016-02-08 Thread Utah
Do the Choco's take bar end shifters? And I am assuming they are sized for mountain bike brake levers? Like! On Monday, February 1, 2016 at 6:11:25 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/hb3b.htm > http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/hb3bm.htm > > They are selling the

[RBW] Re: Mystery Science Question

2016-01-28 Thread Utah
I love this post. I am a mechanical engineer but not an expert for sure on this but I have a good theory. It is moving due to vibration of the fork as you travel down the road. The vibration of the fork will occur moving the fork normal (90 degrees) to the angle that it connects to the hub.

Re: [RBW] Re: Rivendell Relaxed Rear Geometry & Actual Effect

2016-01-17 Thread Utah
m trying to understand if you see the relaxed rear geometry effect as > a small, medium, or large effect and what does it feel like. > John Hawrylak > Woodstown NJ > > > On 12/29/15, Utah<scotta...@gmail.com > wrote: > > The slack seat tube works together with

[RBW] Re: San Marcos or Straggler 650B?

2016-01-07 Thread Utah
Hi Sean, I think the most important thing you have mentioned is that you want to rive very upright. I own a cross check and an LHT. I recently bought my wife a Rivendell (Betty Foy) because I could not get the cross check that I bought for her to be comfortable at all. We almost bought the

[RBW] Re: Ordered another Riv

2016-01-07 Thread Utah
I think the Appaloosa is A LOT like the old Stumpjumpers. The really old stumpies LONG chain stays back in the early days. I think that anyone that has an upright bar on an Atlantis would be really comfortable on the appaloosa due to the longer stays. Love the colors and the fork crown! On

[RBW] Rapid Rise Rear Der

2015-12-28 Thread Utah
I just visited the Riv HQ and test rode a few of the bikes. The guys in the store (Vince and Will) were awesome and patient with my excitement for my pilgrimage to Mecca! My question: All of the bikes were Rapid Rise (backward in the rear, hmm bassackward?). Is there a reason why? I also

[RBW] Re: Rivendell Relaxed Rear Geometry & Actual Effect

2015-12-28 Thread Utah
The slack seat tube works together with the slack headtube which you can definitely feel! On Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 5:32:11 PM UTC-7, John Hawrylak wrote: > > A relaxed rear geometry seems 1 major feature of all Rivendells (except > the Roadeo), i.e s*lacker Seat Tube Angles