[RBW] I like Grant's BOM

2013-04-30 Thread William
http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/staff22.htm Looks good! Another sighting of the double-stayed Mark's Rack. Somebody is going to have one heckuva nice bike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and

[RBW] Re: Question for modern geometry race bike only riders who later went to Rivendells.

2013-04-29 Thread William
I have held for years the opinion that there were essentially two positions that were/are comfortable to me. 1. Leaned over with a flat back and my butt back such that my torso is just hanging there, held aloft by the tension in my hamstrings. My hands are just laying on the bars. My

[RBW] Re: Question for modern geometry race bike only riders who later went to Rivendells.

2013-04-29 Thread William
I'm 44 also (There see to be a lot of us). Me too! 69 dude! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.

[RBW] Sugino Triple Cranks on Sam H.

2013-04-29 Thread William R.
Hi all. I am planning on installing a Sugino XD2 triple crankset that Riv sells on my Sam H. I am trying to figure out if an IRD bottom bracket with a 110mm spindle that I have will work for this application. I went looking for the XD2 bb size on Sheldon Brown, but it wasn't listed. There are

Re: [RBW] Sugino Triple Cranks on Sam H.

2013-04-29 Thread William R.
Thanks. I knew it was in there somewhere. I guess I will start with the 110 that I have on hand. Should be fine. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email

[RBW] Cycling computers

2013-04-28 Thread William R.
Hi John. Do you have a smart phone by any chance? If so and if you already take yours with you when you ride then you already have a cycle computer. I use a app called Cyclemeter but there are many more options out there. I turn it on when I head out on a ride, put in my bag and forget it. But

Re: [RBW] Re: Yet another post on shimmy

2013-04-26 Thread William R.
I'm sorry to hear you are having this experience with your Sam H. I too am a 60cm Sam owner. In fact, I've had two: first an orange single tt canti version, and now a double tt blue side pull variant. I have never experienced any shimmy or wobble on either. Actually, my experiencd has always

Re: [RBW] Re: Yet another post on shimmy

2013-04-26 Thread William R.
Hi John. Sounds like you have a lot of things you can try this weekend to try to solve your issue. In addition to considering getting your alignment checked, I would also suggest the headset too. The headset that Riv sent with my frame went indexed steering on me in short order. I wasn't

Re: [RBW] Re: Yet another post on shimmy

2013-04-26 Thread William
Miche and Velo Orange both offer 1 threaded needle bearing headsets, if it comes to that. On Friday, April 26, 2013 7:47:44 AM UTC-7, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: While you're investigating frame alighnment, it might not hurt to try a new headset. The standard issue Hillborne

Re: [RBW] Re-Introduction

2013-04-23 Thread William R.
Hi Dave. It's a Zimbale saddle bag, which I have come to realize is an Asian (Korea?) company that basically copies Carradice. I have some remorse over that (not the Asian part, the copying of Carradice). I take solace in the fact the saddle bag seems to me to be their one bag that I couldn't

[RBW] Re: Yet another post on shimmy

2013-04-22 Thread William
Anecdotal datapoints. My 56cm single TT Hillborne had a pretty consistent shimmy for me when I had a Saddlesack Large on the bike on a Nitto R-14 rack. If I removed that large saddlebag, the shimmy was gone, or at least changed sufficiently that I could not force it to happen. On my 56cm

[RBW] Re: FS: 62 CM Ebisu All purpose

2013-04-22 Thread William
That's a nice looking workshop! On Monday, April 22, 2013 5:16:18 AM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote: I used this bike to commute but now that I have retired, and also bought a Saluki have decided to sell it and my '84Trek 620. The Ebisu is an excellent commuting / touring bike. A very

[RBW] Re: Clem Smith Junior speculation

2013-04-19 Thread William
--rather than being brazed to the side of the seat lug as is normal with Rivendells. My wife's Heron uses a similar type of seat lug, as do old Treks from the investment-cast lug era. On Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:29:24 PM UTC-7, William wrote: I keep looking at the lug tree on the BLUG

[RBW] Re: Clem Smith Junior speculation

2013-04-19 Thread William
with a bolt hole.. On Friday, April 19, 2013 10:51:57 AM UTC-5, William wrote: Jeremy I thought that lug in question is the center diagatube lug. Seat tube passes through top to bottom. Diagatube plugs in the front, and the two plugs you see are the middle stays that continue the diagatube line

[RBW] Re: new, modified moustache bar

2013-04-19 Thread William
I'm excited to give them a go. They might be just the thing for my commuter, which has narrowish drops right now. On Friday, April 19, 2013 5:37:21 AM UTC-7, Jay B wrote: Anybody else intrigued by the mention of the new moustache-esque bar in the Blug update on April 18th? The moustache

[RBW] Re-Introduction

2013-04-18 Thread William R.
Hi all. I don't post here too often. Mostly read the great Riv news and info posted here. But I just changed my id from Will to William R. I noticed that there is another Will. I used to be Nagomano but at one point somebody suggested that we try to use our proper names. There was already

Re: [RBW] Re-Introduction

2013-04-18 Thread William R.
Here you go. Hopefully this works. In the wilds of the Maryland Shore, Westchester Co., New York and NYC. Currently in the process of converting to Albatross upright, bar-end set up! https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Nh-31SQbPlE/UW_1xDZUFrI/AEM/2jcXxwbAl2o/s1600/IMG_0238.JPG

[RBW] Re: Re-Introduction

2013-04-18 Thread William R.
I agree the brifters were fun and cool. I had shimano sti and campy ergo on bikes in times past. Wanted to try the sram stuff. Ultimately I decided to go back to downtube friction via Paddy-the-Peddlers adapter. Now soon to go on the ends of Alba's. It's all good fun. I guess I am one of those

[RBW] Re: A Mini-State O' The List Report - Topic Drift and a Note on Tone

2013-04-18 Thread William
Thanks Jim for all you do. As a poster that sometimes says too much or sometimes says the wrong thing in the wrong way, I've been more diligent in asking myself right before hitting Post the following two questions: 1. Will the board be any better off if I hit the Post button? Even if it's

[RBW] Re: Re-Introduction

2013-04-18 Thread William
I got the first William I guess. It is my first name but nobody calls me William. I probably should have changed it early on to Bill, or Bill L, or Bubba, but by the time I thought of doing that, I felt like I already had a personna (a brand?). Turns out that Manny now calls me

[RBW] Clem Smith Junior speculation

2013-04-18 Thread William
I keep looking at the lug tree on the BLUG. It's a new mystery bike, and it's too big for me. I'll speculate... I think it's a new super big stout bike to augment the Atlantis, replacing the Bombadil in big sizes. Maybe it will be a diagatube large size Atlantis. I hope that too big for

Re: [RBW] Clem Smith Junior speculation

2013-04-18 Thread William
. *From:* rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com javascript: [mailto: rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com javascript:] *On Behalf Of *William *Sent:* Thursday, April 18, 2013 4:29 PM *To:* rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com javascript: *Subject:* [RBW] Clem Smith Junior speculation I keep looking at the lug tree

[RBW] Re: FS: 55cm Betty Foy New in Box

2013-04-16 Thread William
I'm not in the market (I have a Betty in a box already). I do have a question though: How do you have a one-year-old 55cm Betty when the first ever shipment of 55cm Betty's are coming next month? Could yours possibly be a 58 or a 52? On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:54:08 AM UTC-7, Charlie

Re: [RBW] Re: FS: 55cm Betty Foy New in Box

2013-04-16 Thread William
. At least I was able to get Amy a 50 Betty last (2012) spring. On Apr 16, 2013, at 4:48 PM, William tape...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: I'm not in the market (I have a Betty in a box already). I do have a question though: How do you have a one-year-old 55cm Betty when the first ever

[RBW] Re: best way to make sure brake levers are, well...level!

2013-04-15 Thread William
Follow the rivbike youtube video of Mark doing just that. On Monday, April 15, 2013 5:14:03 PM UTC-7, Eric wrote: I'm curious about folk's techniques for making sure brake levers are equal height level on the bars. I have a recent Riv build and need to equal out the levers. Any

[RBW] Re: First Generation Bosco's

2013-04-10 Thread William
EPIC flashlight mounted on the 2TT. On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 2:58:55 PM UTC-7, Liesl wrote: Well friends, imagine my surprise when I found this photo taken by my grandfather in about 1932. The girl on the right bicycle is my mother; the little guy up in the tree is her brother and the

[RBW] Re: Decent $500-$600 off the shelf bike???

2013-04-10 Thread William
I saw a really nice cyclocross model Raleigh at REI on clearance for ~$600. Put nice fat road tires on there and Bob's your uncle On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 1:12:26 PM UTC-7, EastBayGuy wrote: So my little sister is looking into getting a new/First bike. she plans on going on a few S240's

[RBW] Re: Hetre gash: to replace or not replace?

2013-04-10 Thread William
Boot that for sure! I carry a tiny square of tyvek in my kit as an emergency boot. Many of us have used a dollar bill as a boot. On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 1:00:59 PM UTC-7, john muhl wrote: Thanks everyone. Guess I was overreacting. I went ahead and applied a boot and remounted it.

[RBW] Re: Quickbeam on craigslist

2013-04-10 Thread William
Nice Violent Femmes drop, right there. On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 2:28:14 PM UTC-7, Philip Williamson wrote: Gone daddy gone, 'Beam is gone! Speedily sold, I imagine. How much were they asking? Philip (green 60cm QB, myself) www.biketinker.com On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:43:34 AM

Re: [RBW] Re: OT: your opinion of the Bridgestone RB-T?

2013-04-09 Thread William
I never go out looking for a used bike, but when the perfect used bike opportunity finds me, I am often ready to take advantage On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 9:34:16 AM UTC-7, EricP wrote: Agreeing with the other folks here. I've come close a few times over the past few years to buying an older

Re: [RBW] Re: OT: your opinion of the Bridgestone RB-T?

2013-04-09 Thread William
...@googlegroups.com javascript:] *On Behalf Of *William *Sent:* Tuesday, April 09, 2013 1:04 PM *To:* rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com javascript: *Subject:* Re: [RBW] Re: OT: your opinion of the Bridgestone RB-T? I never go out looking for a used bike, but when the perfect used bike opportunity finds

Re: [RBW] Re: Rambouillet, finally built!

2013-04-08 Thread William
Do you have any idea the actual width of those Kojak 35s? They look skinnier than Jack Browns in the pictures to my untrained eye. On Monday, April 8, 2013 7:28:08 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: I was very tired yesterday, so only chased my brother to the store and back, some 6-7 miles

[RBW] Re: Dirty Diablo Take Two

2013-04-08 Thread William
Manny Could you have napped in that little cavelet? Was it deep enough? On Monday, April 8, 2013 8:41:52 AM UTC-7, Manuel Acosta wrote: For those that are interested Jenny did her ride report and can be read here. By far some of my favorite shots of me are from her. Thanks to Jenny for

Re: [RBW] Singe TT Sams on Riv Site

2013-04-08 Thread William
There is a 60cm 2tt Sam on the specials page right now. :) On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 10:31:10 PM UTC-7, samh wrote: Arghh! No 60cm frames? :( On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 1:06:52 PM UTC-6, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: Those are great! Touch too small, or I'd jump on it. Cheers, David

[RBW] Re: OT: your opinion of the Bridgestone RB-T?

2013-04-08 Thread William
The 1994 RBT is a solid bike with decent resale value. I've never been terribly fond of the components on any of the older RBTs, but the 1994 was nice. There was toe clip overlap in basically every size, especially the small ones, if you run a fender. Some people have a bigger problem than

Re: [RBW] Re: CL Stumpjumper frame

2013-04-06 Thread William
mine is a 1985 stumpjumper sport. it was definitely inspired by bobby -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

[RBW] Mark Sisson posted his review of Paleofantasy

2013-04-04 Thread William
Just an FYI to those that might be interested in reading Mark's review, since we went back and forth on it a couple weeks back. There is probably (hopefully) not much call for re-debating Mark Sisson's ideas here. Anyway, here's the link to Mark's Daily Apple:

[RBW] Re: What's the Biggest Advantage of Stem-mounted Shifters?

2013-04-04 Thread William
It certainly looks like it should work, since it appears to be planar. I like the idea! On Thursday, April 4, 2013 5:00:20 PM UTC-7, Meade Anderson wrote: *Has anybody tried using the problem solvers mounts as a spacer on an threadless steerer? Yup, you’ll have to shim it but that’s

[RBW] Re: Pics of you on your Rivendell.

2013-03-29 Thread William
I'm self-aborbed so I love pictures of myself. Me and Homer, not riding but in a pretty spot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/onehappycog/5389046606/in/faves-45758191@N04/ Me and Homer, riding: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27089900@N00/6277118255/in/faves-45758191@N04/ Me and Bomba, courtesy of

[RBW] Re: Two rack questions

2013-03-29 Thread William
It's totally OK to use the dogbone brazeon up the chainstay. That's what they put it there for. Whether the dropout braze on or the dogbone braze on is stronger is not super important in my opinion, because I think people break the bolt far more often than they break the braze on. I like the

[RBW] Re: Long Shen trip

2013-03-29 Thread William
and a new bike! The Clem Smith Jr! It's like waiting for the next season of Downton Abbey, waiting for the next Rivendell model. On Thursday, March 28, 2013 9:56:06 PM UTC-7, James Warren wrote: I very much enjoy the account of this that is currently on the Rivendell Blug. Sent from

[RBW] Re: Homers new shoes

2013-03-26 Thread William
GAH! More 650B tires that I have to buy! Curses! On Monday, March 25, 2013 11:04:28 PM UTC-7, Michael Williams wrote: Got some new tires for the Hilsen. They are Vee Rubber 12s.They are just about perfect for the mixed terrain riding I enjoy most. They ride wonderfully.

Re: [RBW] Re: Homers new shoes

2013-03-26 Thread William
Thank goodness the 650Bs are still not available. I'm reprieved! On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 10:43:16 AM UTC-7, Michael Williams wrote: No. Those are 700x47. (44.5 actual) Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2013, at 10:27 AM, William tape...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: GAH! More 650B

[RBW] Re: Homers new shoes

2013-03-26 Thread William
moi!? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to

[RBW] Re: One Bike Concept

2013-03-25 Thread William
The long miles we put on a bike almost demands we go for comfort, even at a small cost in weight. If I want to do some trail riding then I remove my 700c X28mm tires and instal my 32mm's. Three or four years ago I was able to think of 700x28 as a comfort choice. Now, 700x28 is a balls-out

[RBW] Re: Rivendell Romulus

2013-03-25 Thread William
I'll give you $480 for it right now! That would be a tidy little 20% profit! :) On Sunday, March 24, 2013 11:31:02 PM UTC-7, Brent wrote: I just picked up a 59 cm Romulus, alittle worse for wear but still in good condition with some Honjo hammered fenders, Nitto front rack, Nitto

[RBW] Re: Taping Technique

2013-03-24 Thread William
Did I miss something and do something wrong? Yes, you did miss something. Mark does not start from the ends and meet at the lever. He starts at the bottom of the drop and stops at the lever. Then he starts again at the lever and finishes at the top. That's the way I do it, also. The only

Re: [RBW] Re: RivReader asks if aluminum bars should be replaced after 5 years?

2013-03-22 Thread William
That's where Adam and Jamie (mythbusters) would say Now, *there's* your problem! On Friday, March 22, 2013 9:12:29 AM UTC-7, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: On Thursday, March 21, 2013 3:20:19 PM UTC-7, samh wrote: So you weren't seriously injured when you broke your cranks? No. I actually

Re: [RBW] Bikes of the Month (Bike of the Months?)

2013-03-21 Thread William
mfifty-nine Legolas..mmm On Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:39:37 AM UTC-7, Jim M. wrote: On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Cyclofiend Jim cyclo...@earthlink.net javascript: wrote: Ha! ;^) Joe - thanks for supplying the actual facts in the case! Better keep your eyes

[RBW] Re: Latest and greatest HC poster art

2013-03-21 Thread William
Congratulations, Jim. That is a splendid poster for Hiawatha Cyclery. On Thursday, March 21, 2013 10:02:34 AM UTC-7, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: Jeez, I love this one. http://hiawathacyclery.blogspot.com/2013/03/2013-hc-poster.html -- You received this message because you are

[RBW] Re: Bombadil v. 2.0 and new Fatty Rumpkins

2013-03-21 Thread William
Jonathan That is an excellent question that probably deserves its own thread. I have opinions about horizontal dropouts, and I'm sure many of the members of the list have different views. It could be a really interesting discussion. I encourage you to start that thread. Bill On

[RBW] Re: Bullmoose on a Homer Hilsen? Opinions please!

2013-03-21 Thread William
I think a bullmoose bar on a Hilsen would be delightful. The slick setup is to get the hinged Soma Thumbie shifter pods from Riv and run them inboard of the V of the bullmoose extension. That leaves all the outboard real estate for the brakelevers and acres of cloth tape. I've got

Re: [RBW] More yummy fat road bike tires on the market

2013-03-21 Thread William
Brian/stonehog I put the tires on tonight. Mavic Open Pro rims. They were snug, but nothing crazy. No tire levers, bare hand install. They look fantastic on the bike and I didn't even have to tweak my sks plastic fenders. On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:31:05 AM UTC-7, William wrote

[RBW] Re: RivReader asks if aluminum bars should be replaced after 5 years?

2013-03-20 Thread William
sometimes. http://www.flickr.com/photos/philipwilliamson/8547042814/ Philip www.biketinker.com On Monday, March 18, 2013 2:49:21 PM UTC-7, William wrote: Jim I think that's what I said. The cycle life is determined by how it's loaded, and is captured on an S-N curve. You are correct

[RBW] Bikes of the Month (Bike of the Months?)

2013-03-20 Thread William
I just noticed that both BOMs (BsOM?) are marked SOLD. I'm happy to see that. On one hand it removes the temptation for me to buy that 54cm Hunqa, but on the other hand it's cool to see that generating a little cash flow for Riv. Congrats to the new owners of those two great looking bikes!

Re: [RBW] More yummy fat road bike tires on the market

2013-03-20 Thread William
to return them. I couldn't see dealing with a puncture in the wild with such a tight tire. Cypres, brother. Cypres... Brian Seattle, WA On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:41 PM, William tape...@gmail.com javascript:wrote: I just ordered a pair of Challenge Eroica tires from Black Mountain Cycles

Re: [RBW] Re: Brakes question

2013-03-20 Thread William
Rene Also look to the straddle cable itself on the Paul in front. Make sure that it's straightened out. Make sure that none of your lever travel is used up simply pulling the arc shape out of the straddle cable. Pauls, in my experience, are shipped with a pretty stiff straddle cable, and

Re: [RBW] Re: RivReader asks if aluminum bars should be replaced after 5 years?

2013-03-20 Thread William
Leslie Was Popov your undergrad text on mechanics of materials? On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:58:19 AM UTC-7, Leslie wrote: I find all of this interesting, but am coming at it from a different direction; as a geologist, I (used to) look at a lot of structural deformation on rock

Re: [RBW] Re: Bombadil v. 2.0 and new Fatty Rumpkins

2013-03-19 Thread William
Or maybe a sinister russian alpha numeric part number, like AK47. The BR56? That bike reminds me of the Russian proverb: Ти́ше е́дешь -- да́льше бу́дешь.Slow and steady wins the race. Literal: Ride slower -- you'll get further. On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 8:21:33 AM UTC-7, Montclair BobbyB

[RBW] Re: Which kinda washer for Sam brake bridge fender mount/plastic SKS fender.

2013-03-19 Thread William
Metal washer. Yes I've done it that way. Use the shortest M5 bolt you can find. Since the head of the bolt is inside the fender, a pan head is preferrable. On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 12:37:08 PM UTC-7, Michael wrote: Metal, or other washer for a plastic SKS fender? Looks like there is a

[RBW] More yummy fat road bike tires on the market

2013-03-19 Thread William
I just ordered a pair of Challenge Eroica tires from Black Mountain Cycles. It's crazy how many great looking supple fat road tires there are now. These are 700x30 and look like they'd be a great choice for a Ram or Roadeo. Mike Varley does a nice ride report on his Black Mountain Cycles

Re: [RBW] More yummy fat road bike tires on the market

2013-03-19 Thread William
have a mere 16 tires to share between two bikes On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:42:51 PM UTC-7, Pudge wrote: Because you’re a little short on tires in inventory, Bill? *From:* rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com javascript: [mailto: rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com javascript:] *On Behalf Of *William

Re: [RBW] More yummy fat road bike tires on the market

2013-03-19 Thread William
Sorry, typo. I *only *have 29 650B tires, not 59. On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:48:29 PM UTC-7, William wrote: Hello. My name is Bill, and I'm a tire-o-holic Sometimes I will skip coffee for a while to save up for tires Sometimes I will buy tires that won't fit on any of my bikes

Re: [RBW] More yummy fat road bike tires on the market

2013-03-19 Thread William
:] *On Behalf Of *William *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2013 5:50 PM *To:* rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com javascript: *Subject:* Re: [RBW] More yummy fat road bike tires on the market Sorry, typo. I *only *have 29 650B tires, not 59. On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:48:29 PM UTC-7, William wrote: Hello

Re: [RBW] More yummy fat road bike tires on the market

2013-03-19 Thread William
:] *On Behalf Of *William *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2013 5:59 PM *To:* rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com javascript: *Subject:* Re: [RBW] More yummy fat road bike tires on the market Only a very Spartan 14-1/2 650B bikes' worth. I'm totally a minimalist. On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:55:02 PM

[RBW] Re: Glorius and Wilbury

2013-03-18 Thread William
The original tentacular stays, right? Stay tentacular would be a good button. On Sunday, March 17, 2013 8:09:31 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: This has already been posted in Legolas!, but I thought it was worth its own thread. The Glorius and Wilbury with their super-fancy lugs are still

[RBW] Re: Bombadil v. 2.0 and new Fatty Rumpkins

2013-03-18 Thread William
When I decide to go full minimalist, I will move to New England and bunk down happily splitting time between Peter Weigle's and Tom's workshops. On Monday, March 18, 2013 9:43:12 AM UTC-7, Pudge wrote: I’ve been tinkering with a Rohloff build on my repainted Bombadil for a long time,

[RBW] Re: Saluki Brake / Rack Mating Question

2013-03-18 Thread William
an 120mm lengths, which is not going to be long enough. That would have been a slick setup. http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main_page=product_infoproducts_id=7978 On Sunday, March 17, 2013 8:25:33 PM UTC-7, William wrote: I would advise ditching the Paul brakes. The Tektros are fine

[RBW] Re: In Praise of The Rambo

2013-03-18 Thread William
Not only that, but every bike that has ever been always rides better and rides faster when it is Orange. FACT On Monday, March 18, 2013 11:09:06 AM UTC-7, Evan wrote: The orange Rambouillet is the best-looking bike ever. Fact. :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

[RBW] Re: RivReader asks if aluminum bars should be replaced after 5 years?

2013-03-18 Thread William
You pose two questions: 1. Anyone know anything about aluminum bar life? I know a little bit about fatigue life of materials. Any metal that is cyclicly loaded will fatigue and fail eventually. Just about every metal has a similar look to it on an S-N curve (Wikipedia that for an

[RBW] Re: RivReader asks if aluminum bars should be replaced after 5 years?

2013-03-18 Thread William
is irrelevant. Some skinny person who rides upright and gingerly on smooth roads 5 miles per week is going to get 500 years out of the bar. On Monday, March 18, 2013 4:10:09 PM UTC-5, William wrote: You pose two questions: 1. Anyone know anything about aluminum bar life? I know a little

[RBW] Re: RivReader asks if aluminum bars should be replaced after 5 years?

2013-03-18 Thread William
/8547042814/ Philip www.biketinker.com On Monday, March 18, 2013 2:49:21 PM UTC-7, William wrote: Jim I think that's what I said. The cycle life is determined by how it's loaded, and is captured on an S-N curve. You are correct that a tiny load is at the ultra-long life end of the S-N

[RBW] Re: Saluki Brake / Rack Mating Question

2013-03-18 Thread William
for sale. One bolts to the fork and one to the brake. Michael On Monday, March 18, 2013 2:06:56 PM UTC-4, William wrote: It would be cool if you could get the canti-post struts separately so you could run a Mark's Rack with the canti-post mounting, but still had adjustable struts so you

[RBW] Re: Glorius and Wilbury

2013-03-18 Thread William
decals. On Monday, March 18, 2013 9:54:39 AM UTC-7, William wrote: The original tentacular stays, right? Stay tentacular would be a good button. On Sunday, March 17, 2013 8:09:31 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: This has already been posted in Legolas!, but I thought it was worth its own

[RBW] Saluki Brake / Rack Mating Question

2013-03-17 Thread William
I would advise ditching the Paul brakes. The Tektros are fine and will play nice with the rack. If you have mid fork braze ons so that a Nitto Mini Front would fit, then that could present an option, but an M12 won't be any better on Paul brakes than that VO is. Paul has way too much stack

[RBW] Re: Legolas!

2013-03-15 Thread William
That's pretty exciting. On Thursday, March 14, 2013 8:40:56 PM UTC-7, Manuel Acosta wrote: Sweet. I know someone who would like a Leololas On Thursday, March 14, 2013 8:35:38 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: Call 'em, whisper the magic word, get bike. That's pretty cool. On Thursday,

[RBW] Re: Ram + Sugino XD 2 triple = ? bottom bracket length

2013-03-14 Thread William
I used a 107 on a Hillborne. I'm currently using a 107 with a Bombadil. On Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:45:44 AM UTC-7, Mike Schiller wrote: I used a 110mm BB on my Ram/XD2 combo with plenty of room. Probably could have used a 107 as well. ~mike Carlsbad Ca. -- You received this

[RBW] Spring-like morning ride report

2013-03-14 Thread William
It's been a very beautiful week of weather in the East Bay. This morning I got up early and did the hilly route (~35 mile, ~2500ft of climbing) from my home in El Cerrito to my office in South Hayward. It was still pretty dark when I started out, but the sky was light enough at Arlington and

[RBW] Kind of provocative new products

2013-03-14 Thread William
Under New Stuff there's now a Light Wheels by Rich, along with Tough Wheels by Rich and, most provocatively Fat Wheels by Rich. Perhaps they will unveil that new fatter rim they said they were working on? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners

Re: [RBW] Re: Noob question of the week: what's the deal with chain suck?

2013-03-13 Thread William
Chainsuck definitely is a huge bummer. It would be an even more huge a bummer to have it happen on a brand new bike. Like Garth, I'm grateful to have never had a bad instance of it. As a shop mechanic, I've seen it plenty. If somebody challenged me to force it to happen on a brand new

[RBW] Re: Betty Foy's new handlebar...

2013-03-12 Thread William
That Hunq-a-Bike-o-the-Month is not only $200 off of the sum of the parts, and not only features a $0 build fee, but they also forgot to consider the rear derailer, chain and cassette on the invoice at allor bar plugsor tape. It's like $500 less than what you'd pay if you spec'd it

[RBW] Re: Schwalbe Supreme sidewall blowout, repairable?

2013-03-12 Thread William
Half an inch is pretty big. If that happened to me on the road I'd boot it with a dollar bill to try and limp home, but I'd replace the tire if I ever planned on riding that bike farther away from home than I wanted to walk. When you say perpendicular to the bead, do you really mean

[RBW] Re: “Paleofantasy”: Stone Age delusions - Is Grant Eating the Wrong Stuff?

2013-03-12 Thread William
Very very few people have gotten fat by eating too much raw spinach. :) On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 6:13:08 PM UTC-7, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: I haven't read Zuk's book, but this article seems to be focused on Zuk's refutations of various common conceptions and misconceptions of

[RBW] Re: Fixed Bike in the Mountains?

2013-03-11 Thread William
I'm not a fixed gear rider, but I have read many accounts of doing very ambitious mountain climbs on a fixie. The 100% constant among those accounts, which I think might be a non-starter for you, is that they all used clipless pedals. Climbing a hill in a far-too-tall gear is made much more

Re: [RBW] First commute on fixed SO

2013-03-11 Thread William
Slow clapstanding On Monday, March 11, 2013 1:11:22 PM UTC-7, Montclair BobbyB wrote: *How I Learned To Stop Coasting And Love The Spin * Isn't that the subtitle to Dr StrangeLegs? On Monday, March 11, 2013 2:51:49 PM UTC-4, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: ha... just remembered this:

[RBW] Understand your limitations.

2013-03-10 Thread William
Savage, bro. Savage. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to

Re: [RBW] How do Silver Shifters work?

2013-03-08 Thread William
Lasers? On Friday, March 8, 2013 10:01:58 AM UTC-8, Pondero wrote: Magic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

[RBW] Re: Cut Brooks

2013-03-08 Thread William
Very nice mod. APPROVE. I'm about to take my drill out and add skirt laces to one of my B17s. Thanks for the indirect encouragement! On Thursday, March 7, 2013 11:12:28 PM UTC-8, stonehog wrote: I had a couple Brooks B17s sitting dormant, and have wanted an Imperial for a while, so have

[RBW] Re: How do Silver Shifters work?

2013-03-08 Thread William
Tom Generally, people just swap their two pulleys if they want to try going with less top-pulley play -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: [RBW] Re: 40/24 double mod on Bombadil

2013-03-07 Thread William
Yes, I do think you want a slightly longer BB when you switch from a triple to a supercompact double. On Thursday, March 7, 2013 7:45:38 PM UTC-8, René wrote: I just got my Hunqapillar back from the painter last week, and today my LBS installed the headset, BB and crankset. I decided to

[RBW] Re: OT Anyone have experience with this trailer?

2013-03-06 Thread William
I used a Yak back in the late 90's early 2000's down the California coast a couple times and really liked it. It was the early model where the front fork part would swing around entirely into the inside cargo area, so it took up a lot less space in my garage than the later model that couldn't

[RBW] The Tri-I lasts forever

2013-03-06 Thread William
http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/infinite.htm It lasts forever, and Rivendell has an infinite supply of it. It's the Infinite Inventory Item. I'm calling it the Tri-I. Only a dollar! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To

Re: [RBW] The Tri-I lasts forever

2013-03-06 Thread William
I wrote a review, but decided that was too stupid, even for me. So I didn't submit it. On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 2:55:14 PM UTC-8, Jim M. wrote: Don't neglect to add your review of the item. On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:09 PM, William tape...@gmail.com javascript:wrote: http

Re: [RBW] The Tri-I lasts forever

2013-03-06 Thread William
O snap! Now there are two reviews. Now I gotta get in on that On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 3:01:43 PM UTC-8, William wrote: I wrote a review, but decided that was too stupid, even for me. So I didn't submit it. On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 2:55:14 PM UTC-8, Jim M. wrote: Don't

Re: [RBW] Re: Latest BLUG post (2/28)

2013-03-05 Thread William
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers — joined in the serious business of keeping our food, shelter, clothing and loved ones from combining with oxygen. --K. Vonnegut On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 11:06:10 AM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: I think well designed and well made things show wear

[RBW] Re: My Favorite Saluki on the Bay

2013-03-04 Thread William
Very very hot On Monday, March 4, 2013 7:40:40 PM UTC-8, Peter M wrote: Oh, to only have n+1 amount of dollars!!! http://www.ebay.com/itm/60cm-Rivendell-Saluki-/271166514639?pt=Road_Bikeshash=item3f22c8a5cf -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[RBW] Re: East Bay Mixed Terrain Ride 3/3 9:30ish

2013-03-03 Thread William
I'm pulling into Fremont BART now -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send

[RBW] East Bay Mixed Terrain Ride Recap

2013-03-03 Thread William
Did the good-luck pat on the head of a statue of a DOG have anything with me going D.O.G.? (Down On Ground) Anyway, my ribs are a little sore, but it was a gorgeous ride -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from

[RBW] WTB- Sugino XD2 Crank Triple (driveside)

2013-03-03 Thread William
The length is measured center to center. Center of bb spindle to center of pedal axle, and it also should be stamped on the inside edge of the arm itself, both of them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from

Re: [RBW] Front Rack ideas

2013-03-03 Thread William
That Atlantis is sporting the old Nitto Highrider front rack. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.

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