I have purchased two frames from this Ebay seller, a Bombadil 60 and a
Hunqa 62. He is an upstanding seller, packages his frames well and
honestly documents their condition, in writing and with photos.
On Feb 25, 5:10 am, Jay in Tel Aviv jayin...@gmail.com wrote:
Don't get me wrong, there are
Don't get me wrong, there are v-brakes on my Sam because I put them
there. Like Patrick, I have found cantis to be difficult. Don't know
if that's the brakes or my limited wrenching skills, but there it is.
To me, v-brakes and 26 wheels = MTB, calipers and 700c = road bike.
Doesn't mean anything
The 1st gen green Sams have canti posts.
I put v-brakes on mine.
Looks a bit odd but works great.
Jay
On Feb 24, 8:42 pm, Peter M uscpeter11...@gmail.com wrote:
Not related at all to seller, looks like an interesting conversion to
cantis, I would need a whole repaint because I am OCD, thank
I've bought a couple parts from that seller on ebay. That seller pushes
out a TON of Rivendell and Riv-ish frames, parts, and accessories. I can't
tell if its a compulsive buyer who just turns things over really fast, or
if he buys stuff on the cheap in this niche and resells it on ebay.
There's nothing odd-looking about v-brakes to anyone who has been around
mountain bikes in the past 15-20 years (but before everything had discs).
I've never understood the claim that cantilevers have superior aesthetics,
especially since (IMO) they work worse and are fiddly to set up and keep
I'd be extremely cautious buying a Riv with canti-posts put on after the
fact. One of the spectacular aspects of all the Rivendells I've built is
that on all of them the brake post positioning has been spot on perfect.
I've built up enough bikes in my bike shop days to see how variable
I have noticed that too. On Rivendells with sidepull brakes, it seems
like the pads are always positioned near the end of the slot, since the
brake is positioned for maximum tire clearance. On Rivs with cantis,
the pads always seem to be best aligned to the rim when near the bottom of
Are the frames he sold all the same general size? That can give us a
clue as to whether he's an impulsive buyer or semi-pro eBayer, or
maybe it's a combo, since you can't have a bunch of this kind of stuff
without knowing what they are, and if you know what they are, you most
likely will love it.
I feel just the opposite.
On Feb 24, 11:38 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
thill@gmail.com wrote:
There's nothing odd-looking about v-brakes to anyone who has been around
mountain bikes in the past 15-20 years (but before everything had discs).
I've never understood the claim that
My less-than-$0.02: V brakes look perfectly at home on a Sam HIll, even a
TTT Sam HIll. No feeling involved, just aesthetic judgment.
OTOH, the IRCs that Riv had set up on the floor model 56 STT Sam HIll I
bought a couple of years ago (and rather quickly sold) worked as well as
any V brake as to
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