That's a first rate build! Hope it does well at the auction.
JohnS
On Friday, April 8, 2016 at 6:00:23 PM UTC-4, Pudge wrote:
> Finished – just in time! – a Clementine build for my daughter's school
> charity auction – a few pics are below.
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> This really does have to be the most
It's not goofy; it's gorgeous! That will put a smile on the face of anyone
who rides it -- or one who sees it as it glides by.
On Friday, April 8, 2016 at 6:00:23 PM UTC-4, Pudge wrote:
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> This really does have to be the most flexible frameset ever. This build
> is a little goofy for a
It's so nice!
I'm guessing you have a sophisicated, well heeled, audience...
On Friday, April 8, 2016 at 5:00:23 PM UTC-5, Pudge wrote:
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> Finished – just in time! – a Clementine build for my daughter's school
> charity auction – a few pics are below.
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> This really does have to be
Thanks. But the housing was totally coincidental.
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Nice looking bike Tom, I
that saddle looks so right on there.
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Nice looking bike Tom, I particularly like how the cable housing 'hugs' the
wicker basket!
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That bike looks great as a long tail!
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Marc,
As I said, no grievance or hard feelings whatsoever! At the price you sold
it to me for, it was worth the risk and worth the effort, and I'm really
happy with what it turned out to be - even if it wasn't my original
vision. I have no regrets. As I said in that other thread, it now
Hi Marc,
i know this was in May but do you still have the Ritchey?
please email me. thanks
Vay Tham
vth...@gmail.com
On Tuesday, May 7, 2013 2:33:23 PM UTC-4, Mayfly wrote:
I would like to offer a Riv-related frame, 1987(?) repack-style long bike
brazed by Tom (I think).
A circa 1987
Don't know if he'll answer, but I can tell you that he doesn't have it.
because I bought it. If it makes you feel better, it wasn't quite the
deal I'd hoped it would be. (Not airing a grievance here - no real foul or
harm done, considering the price.) If you or Marc or anyone else
is
] on
behalf of iamkeith [keithhar...@gmail.com]
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Don't know if he'll answer, but I can tell you that he doesn't have it.
because I bought
Hi. I'll take the TA classic road pedals for $75.00
On Monday, May 13, 2013 4:23:03 PM UTC-4, Mayfly wrote:
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Earlier WHITE INDUSTRIES 110-74 mm Crankset. 175mm arms stamped (on backs)
Custom Forged in Japan
Hi. Can't seem to figure out how to email off list, but I'll take the TA
road classic pedals for $75.00
On Monday, May 13, 2013 4:23:03 PM UTC-4, Mayfly wrote:
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go to the far right and click the drop down, then try reply to author
guess I'm a day late...
On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 7:03:26 AM UTC-5, hobie wrote:
Hi. Can't seem to figure out how to email off list, but I'll take the TA
road classic pedals for $75.00
On Monday, May 13, 2013 4:23:03 PM
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Earlier WHITE INDUSTRIES 110-74 mm Crankset. 175mm arms stamped (on backs)
Custom Forged in Japan for White Industries. I think these were custom
Holy cow... that price is a GIFT.
Of course, I also own a Timber Comp, which (1) I really like, and (2) I
think is worth more than that.
:-)
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Looking forward to my pariI mean pair.
I checked out the prototype 1 on the shelf at Riv-HQ yesterday, and
the tread was CRAZY thin. I'm glad Kirk put a little bit more meat on
them.
I guess I should buy that Bomba to accept these tires, too.
On Feb 12, 5:17 pm, Bruce fullylug...@yahoo.com
That would make John, Keven, et al smile ...
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I guess I should buy that Bomba to accept these tires, too.
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I hope it does make them Smile. I'm taking advantage of their really
generous SmileTrain promo to buy the Orange powdercoated 56cm Bomba on
the Frame Specials page. I'm smiling on the economics of it.
I give $250 to Smile Train, so Smile Train smiles
I buy an in-stock Bombadil, so I smile and
On Feb 13, 4:53 pm, Bill M. bmenn...@comcast.net wrote:
If Jan Heine's theories on
tire width and rolling resistance are true, the P-M should be faster
on the road than the Cypress.
That's not entirely accurate. One question that hasn't been answered
or tested is a what point the
On Sun, 2010-02-14 at 12:58 -0800, Patrick in VT wrote:
On Feb 13, 4:53 pm, Bill M. bmenn...@comcast.net wrote:
If Jan Heine's theories on
tire width and rolling resistance are true, the P-M should be faster
on the road than the Cypress.
That's not entirely accurate. One question
On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 20:50 -0800, John Speare wrote:
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote:
Great news! I saw the early model at Riv a few weeks ago - tread was
too thin. This is gonna be an awesome tire. It must be pretty darn
good if Grand Bois dropped
On Feb 13, 12:56 am, Bill M. bmenn...@comcast.net wrote:
I expect to restrict the P-M's to paved roads . . .
That'd be a shame! I don't see the value in a 38mm tire that can't
be ridden on dirt. I guess I'll find out soon enough, but if the Pari-
Moto is too fragile for serious mixed terrain
And consider that 2mm of tread is right between a Roll-y Pol-y with
1.5mm and a Ruffy Tuffy with 2.5, so we're not talking about Schwalbe-
style thicknesses.
I would have been curious to try the 1.5 version, actually, since I
rather dig the Roll-y Pol-y.
Aaron
On Feb 13, 7:09 am, Steve
On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 08:10 -0800, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote:
I think you're worrying unnecessarily...
What else is there to do this time of year!
Around here, there's plenty of snow shoveling to occupy your time. I
feel as though I am living in the film Woman in the Dunes...
On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 07:37 -0800, Patrick in VT wrote:
On Feb 13, 12:56 am, Bill M. bmenn...@comcast.net wrote:
I expect to restrict the P-M's to paved roads . . .
That'd be a shame! I don't see the value in a 38mm tire that can't
be ridden on dirt. I guess I'll find out soon enough,
On Feb 13, 2010, at 9:32, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 07:37 -0800, Patrick in VT wrote:
On Feb 13, 12:56 am, Bill M. bmenn...@comcast.net wrote:
I expect to restrict the P-M's to paved roads . . .
That'd be a shame! I don't see the value in a 38mm
On Feb 13, 11:32 am, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
38mm is huge for dedicated paved road tire. personally, I don't see
any reason to ride a tire this big *unless* it's going to be used on
mixed terrain - which doesn't necessitate super heavy duty tires. my
point is that, if the
On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 10:04 -0700, rswat...@me.com wrote:
Depends on which Grand Bois. The Ourson is good in dirt, but the Hetre
not so much. It's all Cush and no traction. It's OK to an extent, but
if it gets steep it starts slipping on me.
It's still my favorite tire, but I take the
It's sold as an event tire. As in a race day set of rubber. Not what you want
for an off pavement ramble through goatheads.
From: Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
And we knew from the start, this was to be a tire of the
On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 11:48 -0800, Bruce wrote:
It's sold as an event tire. As in a race day set of rubber. Not what
you want for an off pavement ramble through goatheads.
Well, I'm not sure it's quite that bad - the thickness is well in line
with the Grand Bois Cypres, and I use that as a
True, 38 mm is huge for a road tire. But the Paris-Moto will be 50
grams lighter than a Maxy Fasty, barely heavier than a 650b x 32 mm
Cypress, but 5 or 6 mm wider than either. If Jan Heine's theories on
tire width and rolling resistance are true, the P-M should be faster
on the road than the
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 9:04 AM, rswat...@me.com rswat...@me.com wrote:
Depends on which Grand Bois. The Ourson is good in dirt, but the Hetre not
so much. It's all Cush and no traction. It's OK to an extent, but if it gets
steep it starts slipping on me.
It's still my favorite tire, but I
Great news! I saw the early model at Riv a few weeks ago - tread was
too thin. This is gonna be an awesome tire. It must be pretty darn
good if Grand Bois dropped their 38mm Hetre project.
Esteban
San Diego, Calif.
On Feb 12, 5:17 pm, Bruce fullylug...@yahoo.com wrote:
Just an FYI for those
Did Grand Bois really drop the 38mm project? This is the first I've
heard about it.
I'm starting a rumor right now: Grand Bois finally located the lost
Mistuboshi Trimline mold and we'll have a supple, folding Trimline by
summer!
Pass it on ;-)
Cheers,
Ryan
On Feb 12, 2010, at 20:55,
I think Jan mentioned (in essence) that the market wouldn't bear
another 38mm tire right now given other offerings.
Ryan
On Feb 12, 8:09 pm, rswat...@me.com rswat...@me.com wrote:
Did Grand Bois really drop the 38mm project? This is the first I've
heard about it.
I'm starting a rumor right
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote:
Great news! I saw the early model at Riv a few weeks ago - tread was
too thin. This is gonna be an awesome tire. It must be pretty darn
good if Grand Bois dropped their 38mm Hetre project.
I read this elsewhere: that the
From the latest Riv Reader on the Paris-Moto:
The sample shown actually weighs 291g, but with a 1.5mm tread
thickness. Kirk says the production tires will be thicker-about
2mm-and the 308g listed here is a prediction. Width shown is 38.15
mm.
From the VBQ test of the Hetre:
Width (on 25 mm Mavic
Very Sharp Steve. As has been stated the sidepulls look great.
Justin I noticed on the Renaissance cycles sites that they got (big
mouth) side pulls to work on a 56cm Sam
http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/rivendell/hillborne/
so their maybe hope for your Simpleone dreams even if it comes as
Congratulations! The QB is a great and versatile bike. Mine is about
to metamorphose into its 3rd incarnation.
jim mather
walnut creek ca
On Jan 5, 11:52 am, Frederick, Steve frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu
wrote:
The last of the 52cm, 650b Quickbeams is mine, all mine! The color really
suits the
be close to a canti-Hilsen when it's done.
-Jim W.
p.s. I love the way it rides, but I really need some gears for the hill I live
on.
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Sent: Jan 5, 2010 4:29 PM
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Subject: [RBW] Re: FW
Love the sidepulls! I am secretly hoping the SimpleOne will have that
setup later this year...
On Jan 5, 2:52 pm, Frederick, Steve frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu
wrote:
The last of the 52cm, 650b Quickbeams is mine, all mine! The color really
suits the name:
Love the sidepulls! I am secretly hoping the SimpleOne will have that
setup later this year...
On Jan 5, 2:52 pm, Frederick, Steve frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu
wrote:
The last of the 52cm, 650b Quickbeams is mine, all mine! The color really
suits the name:
flickr to the rescue!
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:09 PM, CycloFiend cyclofi...@earthlink.netwrote:
on 6/24/09 9:14 PM, relistan at relis...@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah, sorry, I didn't see Moots anywhere in the first post and the
name doesn't mean anything to me, anyway, so seeing one of the
While not shots of staff bikes, here are a couple of shots I took at
Rivendell when I was there in 2007.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_lVFA-JOlfx8/Ryff4jUtB6I/ADs/Ahm2nHlBE3Q/s800/dsc_4388.jpg
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_lVFA-JOlfx8/RyffpTUtB5I/ADk/ZmRyqP_Ukyc/s800/dsc_4387.jpg
Cheers,
Karl
On Jun 24, 11:15 pm, Ken Yokanovich reflector.collec...@gmail.com
wrote:
As for the original post, there would appear to be 3 Surly's, the
seemingly bike-shop employee standard... inexpensive, mostly
practical, and readily available.
Ken - can you elaborate on mostly practical? I don't own a
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Patrick in VT psh...@drm.com wrote:
On Jun 24, 11:15 pm, Ken Yokanovich reflector.collec...@gmail.com
wrote:
As for the original post, there would appear to be 3 Surly's, the
seemingly bike-shop employee standard... inexpensive, mostly
practical, and
Somewhere in the original post, maybe when you clicked on the link,
it said it was the Moots factory. I admit to being a little confused
at first too.
I have a similar experience with bike shop employees/ owners; they
either ride old
steel road bikes, Surlys, or steel Lemonds. Now that the
because there was
already an interest from that type of rider? Which came first?
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From: cm chrispmur...@hotmail.com
Sent: Jun 25, 2009 11:49 AM
To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: [RBW] Re: Fw: Employee bikes
Somewhere in the original post, maybe
Well, I happen to own a Surly Steamroller. Bought the frame/fork from
Jim over at Hiawatha to use up some left over parts that I had left
over once my Quickbeam was destroyed. It's not very practical at all,
though I have managed to fit it with 32mm tires and Berthoud fenders.
So, I guess it's
, Ken Yokanovich reflector.collec...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Ken Yokanovich reflector.collec...@gmail.com
Subject: [RBW] Re: Fw: Employee bikes
To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 4:43 PM
Well, I happen to own a Surly Steamroller. Bought the frame
On Jun 25, 4:43 pm, Ken Yokanovich reflector.collec...@gmail.com
wrote:
Well, I happen to own a Surly Steamroller. It's not very practical at all,
though I have managed to fit it with 32mm tires and Berthoud fenders.
i see. well, surely you weren't expecting the steamroller to be
mostly
that's not the riv parking lot.. hate to say
On Jun 22, 6:46 pm, Bruce fullylug...@yahoo.com wrote:
This from a local buddy who went west and got a factory tour while he was
there.
I'm guessing that there is more than one Riv in the Walnut Creek employee
bike parking lot. What do you
Yeah, I second that... been there and that ain't it.
Karl
On Jun 24, 4:57 pm, Dave @ Rivendell dave...@gmail.com wrote:
that's not the riv parking lot.. hate to say
On Jun 22, 6:46 pm, Bruce fullylug...@yahoo.com wrote:
This from a local buddy who went west and got a factory tour while he
i believe that this is the moots factory parking lot - the OP's point
being that there is probably more than 1 riv in the riv parking lot
(as there is only one moots in the moots parking lot).
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Yeah, I second that... been there and that ain't it.
Karl
On Jun 24, 4:57 pm, Dave @ Rivendell dave...@gmail.com wrote:
that's not the riv parking lot.. hate to say
On Jun 22, 6
That makes a lot more sense.
I might be reading too much into the Rivendell Philosophy but my
guess is that from the way that Grant seems interested in giving back,
he probably pays a little more than the average for the bicycle
industry? Yes, looking through the photos of the staff bikes at
From: relistan relis...@gmail.com
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Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 7:56:48 PM
Subject: [RBW] Re: Fw: Employee bikes
Yeah, I second that... been there and that ain't it.
Karl
On Jun 24, 4:57 pm, Dave @ Rivendell dave...@gmail.com wrote
on 6/24/09 9:14 PM, relistan at relis...@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah, sorry, I didn't see Moots anywhere in the first post and the
name doesn't mean anything to me, anyway, so seeing one of the bikes
in the photo with that name didn't speak to me. :) I get it now.
When I was at Rivendell I saw
I visited Walnut Crrek in March on while I was in Oakland for conference.
Yes, I saw more than one well used Riv.
There is a staff bike page on their website:
http://www.rivbike.com/products/list/bicycle_models#product=50-998
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