Oxalic acid removes rust. It works wonders on steel frames and on other
steel parts. Dilute it heavily with water and then fill a bowl, a bucket,
or a kiddie pool, as required. Submerge the parts (or the frame) for
anywhere from an hour to overnight.
You can find oxalic in a hardware store or
I'll be the contrarian here and say I wouldn't buy a 10-year-old Riv with
that much rust. There are too many gorgeous Rivendells out there that have
been treated kindly by their owners. This Romulus is not one of them.
Joe I miss my Rom Bernard
Vallejo, CA.
On Friday, August 30, 2013 12:22:02
Hi bunch!
Just wanted to share my joy. After 2 to 3 years of getting back into bikes
and wanting a Riv for nearly as long, I have parts on the way to build
up my orange dtt canti Waterford-built Sam that I scored here a few weeks
back. I've gone through a VO Polyvalent and a couple lesser
Hello,
I'm wondering what mild, effective degreaser options there are these days,
since the excellent El Doo-kay is no longer available.
Thanks,
Bruce
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Charles, was that the 56cm double TT Sam that was for sale here? I
thought long and hard about that one at the time, but couldn't do that
and a new Quickbeam. Anyway, back to what sounds like a great build:
Looks like you have it built it very thoughtfully and should like it a
lot. I'm presuming
Thanks David. Yes, it's the one that was for sale here. Definitely has a
few paint scars but overall in great shape and the price was right.
The majority of my riding is rails to trails with my family, but even
around my neighborhood which is pretty hilly, the big ring on the double
had always
Excellent, glad it has a good home!
You may want to try moustache bars. They only work for a % of the
population, if you're in that set, you'll like the way they give you
outside/alba-esque position, as well as a forward position by the
bars. Typically need a shorter stem, and if you're already
Hi Clayton-
No expert or anything here, just throwing out other ideas. If I remember
correctly from pictures of your Atlantis you've posted here, the WB
suspension seatpost you have is a zero offset seatpost, which when combined
with the B17, even given the relatively slack STA of the
Choices. They are wonderful but come with the cost of having to decide. Lucky
for you that all the choices sound like winners.
Regarding the 55cm/700c Hilsen, I agree that they are available, Keven at Riv
offered it as an anternative to the 54cm/650b, which i choose instead. I
suspect the
i assume thats my stumpjumper. are we cool or should i buy it back from you?
whatever you think is fair. did you get it blasted?
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Have you gone the counter-intuitve approach and tried bars with
minimal/no padding? Maybe just some cloth tape? The fatter the wrap,
the less comfortable I am, but that's w/out the nerve damage you're
dealing with.
On 8/31/13, Jeremy Till jeremy.t...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Clayton-
No expert or
Thanks WIlliam and Johnny for your advice. That makes sense to me. I'm not
opposed to getting it blasted and powder coated. So I think I might proceed
cautiously. Rom's sold new for about $1500 correct? So what would be a
reasonable price for a sound, but with some rust, Rom like this?
Chris
Yeah... I was just going to post a similar experience to cyclotourist's.
When I put Oury grips on my mtb, I had pretty immediate wrist and hand
issues. Dropping back to a slim profile grip eliminated it.
You might play with thin diameter bar/tape combined with a specific gel pad
right at the
I have access to a dual boinger Trek Fuel 90 MTB with wide flat bars.
Along with that frame, which puts much pretty much in an upright position,
I have more hand numbness issues than I do with my other three bikes, two
of which have drop bars. In other words, I'm not sure that the suspension
I think it all comes down to price, but I wouldn't really sweat it.
Speaking of sweat, I would ask the owner if they used it in a trainer.
That may be the culprit or that type of rust pattern. My guess is that some
of that will just wipe off and then a little judicious work with some
Dawn dishwashing liquid in warm water.
Simple Green cut about 1:1.
- Jim / cyclofiend.com
On Saturday, August 31, 2013 7:51:19 AM UTC-7, bwg wrote:
Hello,
I'm wondering what mild, effective degreaser options there are these days,
since the excellent El Doo-kay is no longer available.
Riv has a serial number database but when I go the page I get nothing using
firefox:
https://www.rivbike.com/Articles.asp?ID=323
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Hi Mike,
You were right, PS makes two different size racks.
I had emailed Matt how much clearance I needed over my front tire/fender,
but Matt must have been too busy pre-occupied to mention rack sizes or to
remember to ask me about the details of my bike.
But in response to my last
Maybe, but I was fitted by Rivendell at Rivendell. And to be fair, it is
borderline, but I'm now using the Kalloy setback seat post with a 9 cm stem
and don't consider that too extreme. I am comfortable, but Albatross handle
bars could be in my future to dial in that last bit of comfort.
Or a large diameter grip that is not padded. I love my cork grips covered
with cotton tape. Amazing conductivity of the road/trail and my big hands
are happy.
With abandon,
Patrick
On Saturday, August 31, 2013 11:06:18 AM UTC-6, Cyclofiend Jim wrote:
Yeah... I was just going to post a
Disregard my comment, 9cm isn't a short stem in my book (that's what I
use!) and the straight post isn't there for reach issues (saddle sores
sound awful!). I was thinking 7cm or less on the stem and the straight
post in an effort to get your body closer to the bars for reach
issues.
So yeah, you
Found! Thirty days later. Pawn shop in town had it listed on CL. Very
kind RBW Group member alerted me to it. It's unharmed. We picked it up
today. Thief sold it to the pawn shop for $60 (which I had to pay), and
the pawn shop had it for sale for $600. Thanks for all your kind thoughts.
I use Oasis Biocompatible, Dishwash/All Purpose Cleaner these days . If
you found El Duke to be excellent then this should be doubly so. I
didn't find El Duke to be very good myself.
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Yess! So glad to hear you got you bike back, Just made my day! -Mike
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On Aug 31, 2013, at 11:54 AM, David davidboydle...@gmail.com wrote:
Found! Thirty days later. Pawn shop in town had it listed on CL. Very kind
RBW Group member alerted me to it. It's
I'm really glad you posted information about this new unit Tony. This past
year, I've heavily debated whether or not to get the Garmin Edge 200 to
replace the 2 low cost Sigma computers that I juggle between four bikes. One of
the Sigmas that I use is near 10 years and simply wont die to merit
Great! Glad of happy ending. By the wsy, since you did report the theft, you
should not have to pay the pawn. That's on them. They must return your $60 or
make other compensation. Lots of stuff in the shop are probably hot.
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On Aug 31, 2013, at 11:54 AM, David
While riding my Ram this morning I crossed paths with a couple going the
opposite direction. The man, riding a Co-Motion road bike slowed down and
shouts to me, Hey, I used to have one of those! In response, I yelled
back, One of what?, to which he replied, A Schwinn Varsity!
I said, Did you
I love it! Next time I see a blue Ferrari I'll know it's a Dodge Caravan.
With abandon,
Patrick
On Saturday, August 31, 2013 1:36:21 PM UTC-6, Dave Faller wrote:
While riding my Ram this morning I crossed paths with a couple going the
opposite direction. The man, riding a Co-Motion road
Wow! really good to hear you got it back. I agree with Ray though, if
the pawn shop buys stolen goods, that's their problem, not yours.
Matt
On Saturday, August 31, 2013 2:54:56 PM UTC-4, David wrote:
Found! Thirty days later. Pawn shop in town had it listed on CL. Very
kind
If you are ready to free yourself from using the 700 wheelset on the
build, what about looking for a used Atlantis in your size? There have
been a 53cm, a 54,5cm and a 56cm on Seattle Craigslist in the last few
weeks. One was $1600 complete and another was $1850 complete. They seem
to
At least some part of his consciousness recognizes quality... :)
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Rivendell at Rivendell
Kind of like Rudbeck of Rudbeck?
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2nd Simple Green.
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Maybe it's a green thing? If it was green with round tubes it must be a
Varsity?
I recently parked my Atlantis (stock color) next to a lugged Bianchi
MTB.and they looked to be the same color. As a color name, Celeste has
a bit more charm than bluish greenish. OTH, Bianchi has probably
*What Happened:*
After about 10 miles riding, something on bars/stem started creaking when I
put weight on the right ramp, hood, and drops. Left side doesn't creak if I
put weight on it.
I tightened the hood, and stem bar clamp. Stem bolt is tight. Bars still
squeak but not as bad.
**
*Info
I love happy endings. Congratulations on being reunited with your bike!
On Saturday, August 31, 2013 11:54:56 AM UTC-7, David wrote:
Found! Thirty days later. Pawn shop in town had it listed on CL. Very
kind RBW Group member alerted me to it. It's unharmed. We picked it up
today.
GPS is fun, but it's not as good as it seems to be. Like my computers, when
they work, they save time, when they don't, they waste time. As for
rivish, I think that would be a friend's hand-drawn map, or one of those
maps with lots of blank space, like an old USFS fire road map, with places
like
This happened to me too. When I first set up my Sam I used a Nitto
Technomic that I cannibalized from another bike. The old bike was a much
smaller frame and I had a lot of rise above the head tube but with the Sam
I only need about an inch. After about 100 miles or so that creaking would
That database doesn't work for me on Firefox either. Works fine on Google
Chrome though.
- Brian
On Saturday, August 31, 2013 10:17:39 AM UTC-7, Dave Johnston wrote:
Riv has a serial number database but when I go the page I get nothing
using firefox:
Thanks to everyone who suggested dropping the nose on the saddle - it
worked great, and I'm riding comfortably now!
On Sunday, August 25, 2013 5:42:11 PM UTC-7, Cecily Walker wrote:
Hi all,
I have a Brooks B67 S saddle on my Betty Foy, but I'm finding that the
saddle isn't as comfortable
Firefox doesn't like mixed
content.https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-does-content-isnt-secure-affect-my-safety
(Cliff's Notes: Click the shield icon in the left corner of address bar and
choose *Disable Protection on This Page* from the dropdown menu.)
Jeff Hagedorn
Warragul, VIC
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