[RBW] Re: chain line and the Quickbeam
Well worth the effort then, and you're never at a loss for torque. The Phil hub is freewheel/fixed? Or freewheel/freewheel? I was thinking fixed would be fun in the snow and ice but the suzie's lacking the fixed locking side. Might have to find a relatively cheap fixie rear wheel to try it out, which are fortunately never in short supply here in Brooklyn. Much obliged -Kai -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Big-big better than small-small?
Yes , Patrick :) It's no accident I see so many pro racers riding the big rings up hills as much as they can :. http://cyclingtips.com.au/2010/04/the-big-ring-mechanical-or-psychological-advantage/ -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: chain line and the Quickbeam
It's free/free, and I have a 22t free on the flip side. I was told I could put on a fixed gear and it would work fine so long as I didn't do aggressive backpedaling to brake (since I have brakes) -- so that's my plan for someday when I try it out. But I definitely like having the freewheel for single track, dodging rocks and roots and steep trough-trail sections. With abandon, Patrick -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Road Standard vs. Rambouillet?
Is the top tube level or sloped? On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 1:23 PM, rw1911 rw1...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. Unfortunately the frame is not in my possession and won't be accessible for a while. Here's a shot of the non-extended head tube also showing the old style lugs... On Thursday, October 23, 2014 6:42:55 PM UTC-4, Fullylugged wrote: Your date code on the BB shell will tell you when your bike was made. Level TT? Whose dropouts? On Wednesday, October 22, 2014, rw1911 rw1...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks! That's exactly what I was hoping for - something a little more sporty and lively. Question regarding your 2nd post: Do you know more about the specific differences between the earlier Road and the later Road Standard? Cyclofiend has info on the Road Standard, but haven't been able to find anything on the earlier Road. The bike I'm looking at is 753/531 with Sachs(?) lugs, but it does not have an extended head tube leading me to believe it's an earlier Road. On Monday, October 20, 2014 8:06:13 PM UTC-4, Fullylugged wrote: I have both bikes. The Road is a much quicker steering bike than the Ram, which tracks like it's on rails. The Road is made from Reynolds 753 with 531 forks which gives it a noticeably livlier ride than than the Ram, which is very smooth and comfortable. I love them both, but these days put more time on the Road saddle than the Ram's. Both have the same Selle Anatomica saddle model, btw, as does the Saluki which gets less time than either. On Friday, October 10, 2014 10:36:38 PM UTC-5, rw1911 wrote: Bumping this hoping for some additional input... On Saturday, September 20, 2014 9:03:15 PM UTC-4, rw1911 wrote: Compared to my 60cm Rambouillet, a 61cm Road Standard has 1.5cm longer top tube, 1cm shorter chain stays, .5 degree steeper head tube and probably will only take a 32 tire. Numbers are nice, but I'm curious if anyone has first hand experience with both? Is the ride similar? Is one sportier, stiffer, or more compliant, etc. than the other? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ topic/rbw-owners-bunch/Gbmp02AEvW8/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/Gbmp02AEvW8/unsubscribe . To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Need help replicating Riv custom on a budget - for a shortish female friend
Echoing Doug's thoughts, a 50 CM Ram might work. They take 38 mm tires w/o fenders and have great geometry in a small bike using 26 (559 ERD) wheels. On Saturday, October 25, 2014 11:49:23 PM UTC-5, dougP wrote: Lesli: My wife is 5'2 and rides a 47 cm Atlantis with 26 wheels. Granted, they are somewhat rare but do come up for sale from time to time. While it's been on a few tours, most of her riding is casual / recreational / sport touring, and she loves the bike for it's comfort. Given your description of your own bike, I'd suggest any Rivendell in the sub 50 cm frame size would work, either 26 or 650b wheels. Smaller frame sizes often go for very affordable prices but patience is required. Or post a WTB on this list. OTH, if a new bike is preferred, David's suggestion is a good one. And definitely avoid 700c wheels in a small frame. There's just too many compromises needed to squeeze them into a sub-50 cm frame. My wife thought her 48 cm Trek with 700c wheels was just fine until she rode a 47 cm Atlantis with 26 wheels. She's not a bike geek or a snob, but immediately noticed the difference and purchased the Atlantis after riding it only a short time. I'm sure a Hilsen, Homer, or other Rivendell would have bee a similar experience. dougP On Saturday, October 25, 2014 8:19:04 PM UTC-7, Lesli Larson wrote: I'm helping a friend source a new (or possibly) used bike to replicate my own Riv custom which has a 50cm seat tube and a 50 cm top tube. My bike, originally a rando rig, is now set up with porteur bars, inverse levers, wider brooks saddle, honjos and 38c grand bois tires. It's such a fun bike to ride. In my friends words, the bike changed her life, or at least, attitude about bike fit and comfort. My friend and I are both 5'3 and ride bikes in the 48cm to 50 cm range. I've been shopping around for a stock 650b frame for her that could be built up into an upright, go fast, weekender bike. We're in the Surly/Soma budget when it comes to the frame. Sadly, most of these bikes seems to be made for 700c wheels or have extra long top tubes (even for bikes that are 47cm). Send me your frame suggestions. Right now, our target is the Soma San Marcos which I believe takes 650b in smaller sizes. We're working with a terrific shop in Brooklyn. I just wanted to solicit the group for any extra knowledge of stock frames that we might also want to evaluate. Regards, Lesli Larson Eugene, Oregon -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Need help replicating Riv custom on a budget - for a shortish female friend
You might want to poke around for a small 1984 Trek 620 or one of the mid-80s 520s. Longish framesets, relaxed seat and head tubes, long chainstays, canti-posts. Details at Vintage-Trek.com. Either would be a great conversion to 650B which would give room for 38s. Originally designed as touring bikes (lots of braze-ons, so very easy to rack); these make wonderful upright utility/commuter/all-rounders. I know :-) My wife has the 620. http://www.vintage-trek.com/images/trek/84Trek3Touring.pdf You could get very close to your All-Rounder on one of these. Riv has a great set of bolt on wide-mouth, long-reach, side-pulls if you cannot get a canti-model. On Saturday, October 25, 2014 10:19:04 PM UTC-5, Lesli Larson wrote: I'm helping a friend source a new (or possibly) used bike to replicate my own Riv custom which has a 50cm seat tube and a 50 cm top tube. My bike, originally a rando rig, is now set up with porteur bars, inverse levers, wider brooks saddle, honjos and 38c grand bois tires. It's such a fun bike to ride. In my friends words, the bike changed her life, or at least, attitude about bike fit and comfort. My friend and I are both 5'3 and ride bikes in the 48cm to 50 cm range. I've been shopping around for a stock 650b frame for her that could be built up into an upright, go fast, weekender bike. We're in the Surly/Soma budget when it comes to the frame. Sadly, most of these bikes seems to be made for 700c wheels or have extra long top tubes (even for bikes that are 47cm). Send me your frame suggestions. Right now, our target is the Soma San Marcos which I believe takes 650b in smaller sizes. We're working with a terrific shop in Brooklyn. I just wanted to solicit the group for any extra knowledge of stock frames that we might also want to evaluate. Regards, Lesli Larson Eugene, Oregon -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Need help replicating Riv custom on a budget - for a shortish female friend
or maybe, you could get this poster to a more reasonable price: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/internet-bob/Ut5CD7twypo On Saturday, October 25, 2014 10:19:04 PM UTC-5, Lesli Larson wrote: I'm helping a friend source a new (or possibly) used bike to replicate my own Riv custom which has a 50cm seat tube and a 50 cm top tube. My bike, originally a rando rig, is now set up with porteur bars, inverse levers, wider brooks saddle, honjos and 38c grand bois tires. It's such a fun bike to ride. In my friends words, the bike changed her life, or at least, attitude about bike fit and comfort. My friend and I are both 5'3 and ride bikes in the 48cm to 50 cm range. I've been shopping around for a stock 650b frame for her that could be built up into an upright, go fast, weekender bike. We're in the Surly/Soma budget when it comes to the frame. Sadly, most of these bikes seems to be made for 700c wheels or have extra long top tubes (even for bikes that are 47cm). Send me your frame suggestions. Right now, our target is the Soma San Marcos which I believe takes 650b in smaller sizes. We're working with a terrific shop in Brooklyn. I just wanted to solicit the group for any extra knowledge of stock frames that we might also want to evaluate. Regards, Lesli Larson Eugene, Oregon -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: chain line and the Quickbeam
That makes sense, you could use another cog on there as a lockring of sorts, and if you carried a chainwhip you could swap your fixed set. Or I suppose you could use your crank and chain as a chainwhip just as easily by using a stick to brake the crank. There must be a thread around here somewhere that touches on all the details of this, that maybe able to dispel all the myths I'm able to cook up in my head regarding simple and cheap two geared fixed gears with a third as lockring and superfluous 3rd option... freewheeling 13 until then I think -Kai On Sunday, October 26, 2014 9:11:17 AM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: It's free/free, and I have a 22t free on the flip side. I was told I could put on a fixed gear and it would work fine so long as I didn't do aggressive backpedaling to brake (since I have brakes) -- so that's my plan for someday when I try it out. But I definitely like having the freewheel for single track, dodging rocks and roots and steep trough-trail sections. With abandon, Patrick -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Need help replicating Riv custom on a budget - for a shortish female friend
Thanks. These are great options and confirmed my suspicions that I should be watching the used market as well. I always want to buy new but ended up believing a better value and better product can be sourced from the past, so to speak. I would love to find a 47cm or 50 cm Riv frame - especially an Atlantis - that could be build up by my local shop, Blue Heron Bicycles. Curious to know how folks feel about the San Marcos versus the used Riv option. I'm taken aback a bit about the long top tube on even the smaller frames. Regards, LL On Saturday, October 25, 2014 11:19:04 PM UTC-4, Lesli Larson wrote: I'm helping a friend source a new (or possibly) used bike to replicate my own Riv custom which has a 50cm seat tube and a 50 cm top tube. My bike, originally a rando rig, is now set up with porteur bars, inverse levers, wider brooks saddle, honjos and 38c grand bois tires. It's such a fun bike to ride. In my friends words, the bike changed her life, or at least, attitude about bike fit and comfort. My friend and I are both 5'3 and ride bikes in the 48cm to 50 cm range. I've been shopping around for a stock 650b frame for her that could be built up into an upright, go fast, weekender bike. We're in the Surly/Soma budget when it comes to the frame. Sadly, most of these bikes seems to be made for 700c wheels or have extra long top tubes (even for bikes that are 47cm). Send me your frame suggestions. Right now, our target is the Soma San Marcos which I believe takes 650b in smaller sizes. We're working with a terrific shop in Brooklyn. I just wanted to solicit the group for any extra knowledge of stock frames that we might also want to evaluate. Regards, Lesli Larson Eugene, Oregon -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Need help replicating Riv custom on a budget - for a shortish female friend
Is your friend planning on also using porteur bars or similar, to achieve the upright riding position? As you probably know, accommodating a long-ish top tube with swept-back bars is much less of a challenge than it can be for drop bar configurations. It would seem that the 650b San Marcos with Alba/Dove/VO porteur bars would be a solid option to look at! KJ On Saturday, October 25, 2014 11:19:04 PM UTC-4, Lesli Larson wrote: I'm helping a friend source a new (or possibly) used bike to replicate my own Riv custom which has a 50cm seat tube and a 50 cm top tube. My bike, originally a rando rig, is now set up with porteur bars, inverse levers, wider brooks saddle, honjos and 38c grand bois tires. It's such a fun bike to ride. In my friends words, the bike changed her life, or at least, attitude about bike fit and comfort. My friend and I are both 5'3 and ride bikes in the 48cm to 50 cm range. I've been shopping around for a stock 650b frame for her that could be built up into an upright, go fast, weekender bike. We're in the Surly/Soma budget when it comes to the frame. Sadly, most of these bikes seems to be made for 700c wheels or have extra long top tubes (even for bikes that are 47cm). Send me your frame suggestions. Right now, our target is the Soma San Marcos which I believe takes 650b in smaller sizes. We're working with a terrific shop in Brooklyn. I just wanted to solicit the group for any extra knowledge of stock frames that we might also want to evaluate. Regards, Lesli Larson Eugene, Oregon -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: chain line and the Quickbeam
You can use the rotafix method to install and remove fixed cogs without the need for a chainwhip. It uses the wheel as leverage which gets far more torque than a chainwhip. I've used this method to setup fixed gears for myself on a regular freewheel threading and have never had a cog come loose. I don't skid stop but I do resist pedaling to slow down. http://www.urbanvelo.org/issue11/urbanvelo11_p76-77.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qIVEpyelP0 David Chicago On Sunday, October 26, 2014 9:48:55 AM UTC-5, Kainalu wrote: That makes sense, you could use another cog on there as a lockring of sorts, and if you carried a chainwhip you could swap your fixed set. Or I suppose you could use your crank and chain as a chainwhip just as easily by using a stick to brake the crank. There must be a thread around here somewhere that touches on all the details of this, that maybe able to dispel all the myths I'm able to cook up in my head regarding simple and cheap two geared fixed gears with a third as lockring and superfluous 3rd option... freewheeling 13 until then I think -Kai On Sunday, October 26, 2014 9:11:17 AM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: It's free/free, and I have a 22t free on the flip side. I was told I could put on a fixed gear and it would work fine so long as I didn't do aggressive backpedaling to brake (since I have brakes) -- so that's my plan for someday when I try it out. But I definitely like having the freewheel for single track, dodging rocks and roots and steep trough-trail sections. With abandon, Patrick -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: [RBW] Re: chain line and the Quickbeam
I believe Riv used a BB lockring to hold the fixed cog tight on one side of the free/free Suzue hub on my Quickbeam – I don’t think I’ve ever actually focused on it, but that’s what they said way back then. From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Banzer Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 11:16 AM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: chain line and the Quickbeam You can use the rotafix method to install and remove fixed cogs without the need for a chainwhip. It uses the wheel as leverage which gets far more torque than a chainwhip. I've used this method to setup fixed gears for myself on a regular freewheel threading and have never had a cog come loose. I don't skid stop but I do resist pedaling to slow down. http://www.urbanvelo.org/issue11/urbanvelo11_p76-77.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qIVEpyelP0 David Chicago On Sunday, October 26, 2014 9:48:55 AM UTC-5, Kainalu wrote: That makes sense, you could use another cog on there as a lockring of sorts, and if you carried a chainwhip you could swap your fixed set. Or I suppose you could use your crank and chain as a chainwhip just as easily by using a stick to brake the crank. There must be a thread around here somewhere that touches on all the details of this, that maybe able to dispel all the myths I'm able to cook up in my head regarding simple and cheap two geared fixed gears with a third as lockring and superfluous 3rd option... freewheeling 13 until then I think -Kai On Sunday, October 26, 2014 9:11:17 AM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: It's free/free, and I have a 22t free on the flip side. I was told I could put on a fixed gear and it would work fine so long as I didn't do aggressive backpedaling to brake (since I have brakes) -- so that's my plan for someday when I try it out. But I definitely like having the freewheel for single track, dodging rocks and roots and steep trough-trail sections. With abandon, Patrick -- 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.commailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.commailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- This email (and any attachments thereto) is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (and any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (212) 735-3000 and permanently delete the original email (and any copy of any email) and any printout thereof. Further information about the firm, a list of the Partners and their professional qualifications will be provided upon request. == -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Polling what's the best 650b touring tire?
I have been extremely happy with the Schwalbe Big Ben. They come in 700c and 650, roll fast, work better than expected off road, provide a plush ride and no flats. My new favorite tire. Cheers, Scott On Thursday, January 31, 2013 3:30:46 PM UTC-8, hsmitham wrote: I want to thank all of you for your contributions to my poll. The questions genesis was posed by my Brother who with me plans to do a tour in late spring down the California coast. I thought hey I know a resource of fellows with lots of knowledge. @ Jim Thill as it seems in my limited experience you have a straight forward logic really helpful and humorous, as in why didn't I think of that. @ Jan also in my limited experience your ability to clear misapprehension with precise logical investigation is a great resource thank you. Jan I have two rides on my Hetres and find such a plush ride with good puncture resistance hard to wrap my head around, don't get me wrong I believe you. Now I have to conduct my own data acquisition, oh the fun. I could not be happier to have discovered this group. Cheers- Hugh Sunland, Ca On Wednesday, January 30, 2013 5:00:46 PM UTC-8, Jan Heine wrote: Touring, I don't think I've had more than one or two flats. This is over decades of occasional tours, and tens of thousands of miles. On backroads, there tends to be very little debris, and wider tires get fewer flats anyhow. So I choose the most supple, comfortable and fun tires I can find. Puncture protection is only a minor consideration. Punctures seem to occur mostly during organized events that use the shoulders of busy highways. I avoid those, not just because I get flats, but also because I don't enjoy riding there. Some riders seem to get more punctures on urban streets, but as long as you stay out of the gutter, the road surface also tends to be relatively clean. Overall, once you go to really wide tires, you will find that you get almost zero punctures. I have ridden more than 12,000 miles on Grand Bois Hetres, most of them in the city and suburbs, yet I've had only two punctures. Both occurred when the tires were very worn. One was a very sharp flint, the other a huge steel wire from an exploded truck tire. Disclosure: Our sister company, Compass Bicycles Ltd., sells Grand Bois tires. Jan Heine Editor Bicycle Quarterly www.bikequarterly.com Follow our blog at http://www.janheine.wordpress.com -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: FS: Parts - Hetres, Nitto Stems, MKS Pedals.
GB tires are sold as well. On Saturday, October 25, 2014 6:20:47 PM UTC-5, David Banzer wrote: MKS Touring Grip King pedals are sold. -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] FS/WTT New-in-the box Waterford Atlantis 56cm
Yeah unfortunately I'm afraid you're right... I'm a 83 PBH and I think my atlantis would be a 54.5 one. Not that I have one, that's just my understanding. On Oct 25, 2014 10:20 PM, Wildcat96 cschoentha...@gmail.com wrote: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-o3XgYwYn8vI/VEqs9H-76JI/BW0/ESvG7xSUoek/s1600/IMG_1740.JPG Hey all, I picked this frame up from a fellow Riv fan locally and was hoping to transfer most of the parts over from my Alba-bar 51cm Sam. After spending some time on the phone with the guys at Riv, I am not so sure now that I'm going to be happy with the fit as it's borderline too big. I am 5'7 with a 81 PBH. It is still in the original packaging and I only pulled it out to inspect it for damage and snap some pics. I am asking $1850 plus shipping, but I am open to other offers or possibly trading for an 53 or 54.5 Atlantis, 48 or 51 Hunqapillar, 48 Bombadil, or even a 54 Hilsen that is new or in decent shape. This is the brand new Waterford frame that Riv sells for $2300. -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Polling what's the best 650b touring tire?
700x38 Vittoria Rando Hypers, called Voyager Hyper 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 email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: FS: Rivendell Atlantis 56cm
I'm bumping this on Ryan's behalf, since I've taken myself out of the running for this great deal. That nagging detail mentioned in my last post was a standing offer to buy a friend's Atlantis if/when he wanted to sell it. He had recently hinted that he was about ready to do so, and I needed to contact him first. As it turns out, he is ready to sell and has proposed a partial bike sale that fits my needs perfectly. I need to follow through with that approach. So Ryan's excellent deal is still out there and I encourage someone to step up and take advantage of it. Chris Johnson Sanger, Texas -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: chain line and the Quickbeam
I've always been lucky with chainlines. Oh, cool, that worked. Or else I just don't get into it unles I have a problem, and haven't had any problems. I'm still on the QB's original BB. I've also happily run fixed for years and years without lockrings, but I may have been lucky there, too. I use the Chaingang Rotafixa method of binding the chain on the bottom bracket shell and using the back wheel as a lever to mount the cog or crack it loose. I just started riding the Quickbeam with a freewheel, which is fun, and different. I've had to resist the temptation to flip back to fixed, though, since I want to really give it a good try. I would like a WI double FW, but so far the 17t is working fine. 36/44 x 17 freewheel 36/44 x 17/21 fixed. Philip www.biketinker.com -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] FS/WTT New-in-the box Waterford Atlantis 56cm
Yes, Mark at RBW said he was a 82 pbh and felt most comfortable on a 54.5. I think the recommended minimum pbh on the 56 is 82 or 83. I rode a 59cm Bridgesone XO-2 for a and while it was obviously too tall, it felt great with Albatross bars. I can straddle a 56 and get both feet on the ground with my riding shoes, but don't have a mm to spare. Interestingly, the guy I bought it from also had a 81 pbh and said that this is the size he was recommended if he likes to stretch out and get his bars high. If my asking price is out of line, I'm open to offers. -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: fs: 700c Rich built - LX/Synergy 36h wheels + Soma Highway One handlebars
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Re: [RBW] Big-big better than small-small?
John and Garth: thanks; both responses contain food for thought. My thought, upon pursuing the matter, is that heavier circumferences (ie, rims and tires) with larger radiuses, maintain momentum better, and this is what I feel; the differences in friction between a 52/17 and a 46/15, per the responses, would be too small to notice. OTOH, I don't feel the same sort of momentum with my Fargo's wheels, which are even longer in radius and heavier at the circumferential extreme. But then there are vast differences in the tires on the Fargo and those on the Ram -- Big Apple Liteskins or (presently) Furious Freds* versus Parigi Roubaix. No, it's not merely the quality of the tire: I felt this momentum with very old IRC Tandems, 30 mm. *The FF is just 30 grams heavier than the Parigi Roubaix: 360 honest grams versus 330; but the tape build up and, of course, the 700-800 gram rims, not to mention the vestigial knobs, undoubtedly play a role. On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 8:58 PM, John Stowe stowe.j...@gmail.com wrote: Are you sure the different feel isn't attributable to the 70 vs 75 difference? Does the Ram have a gear combo you could test that's closer to 75? Are the geometry, rider position, etc. similar enough that it's a fair test? Pondering in the abstract, though, I'd expect real world differences to be practically meaningless outside a racing situation, I can think of two ways that different sized, but ratio-equivalent, gear combos could theoretically have different amounts of drag. Both have to do with friction and other forces in the chain: On one hand, the smaller gears make the chain bend around a smaller turn, so it's conceivable that this additional flex means additional friction. But, the jockey wheels on a derailleur are already smaller than all but the smallest racing sprockets, so surely this is fairly minor. Also, in general, more gradual turns are better for transmitting force, so I could see some losses to additional bending forces (tighter turns = more work, even with zero friction, just in terms of redirecting the motion). On the other hand, given the same wheel and crank speed, a larger set of gears means the chain is traveling faster (more teeth, same rpm). So the chain has more kinetic energy, and the bending/unbending as it goals around the gears (and through the derailleur, if there is one) has to happen faster. I'm not an expert on friction or fluid dynamics (of chain lube) but dealing with energy and speed usually involves a square relationship, so it seems like this COULD be the more important factor (once you've taken care of proper lube, straight chainline, etc.). Also, in terms of maintenance, especially for tourers/commuters, you're putting the chain through more load cycles per ride with the bigger rings, so I'd expect the chain to wear out a little sooner. So maybe the winning argument is from economic and not energy efficiency? Food for thought at least. -J -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop
[RBW] Re: Need help replicating Riv custom on a budget - for a shortish female friend
The San Marcos uses Riv's current expanded frame concept, so the seattube number is significantly smaller than the toptube. When shopping bikes like this and the Sam Hillborne, the trick is to ignore the claimed size of the frame and focus on how long the toptube is. The 47cm San Marcos has a 53.5 toptube, which I think would work for your friend with some kind of sweptback bar. It's a really nice frame at a really good price. Joe Bernard Vallejo, CA. On Sunday, October 26, 2014 8:01:05 AM UTC-7, Lesli Larson wrote: Thanks. These are great options and confirmed my suspicions that I should be watching the used market as well. I always want to buy new but ended up believing a better value and better product can be sourced from the past, so to speak. I would love to find a 47cm or 50 cm Riv frame - especially an Atlantis - that could be build up by my local shop, Blue Heron Bicycles. Curious to know how folks feel about the San Marcos versus the used Riv option. I'm taken aback a bit about the long top tube on even the smaller frames. Regards, LL On Saturday, October 25, 2014 11:19:04 PM UTC-4, Lesli Larson wrote: I'm helping a friend source a new (or possibly) used bike to replicate my own Riv custom which has a 50cm seat tube and a 50 cm top tube. My bike, originally a rando rig, is now set up with porteur bars, inverse levers, wider brooks saddle, honjos and 38c grand bois tires. It's such a fun bike to ride. In my friends words, the bike changed her life, or at least, attitude about bike fit and comfort. My friend and I are both 5'3 and ride bikes in the 48cm to 50 cm range. I've been shopping around for a stock 650b frame for her that could be built up into an upright, go fast, weekender bike. We're in the Surly/Soma budget when it comes to the frame. Sadly, most of these bikes seems to be made for 700c wheels or have extra long top tubes (even for bikes that are 47cm). Send me your frame suggestions. Right now, our target is the Soma San Marcos which I believe takes 650b in smaller sizes. We're working with a terrific shop in Brooklyn. I just wanted to solicit the group for any extra knowledge of stock frames that we might also want to evaluate. Regards, Lesli Larson Eugene, Oregon -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Platform/Spiked pedals question (gripsters, grip kings, etc.)
The Spry comes in a nice looking silver. How far does it stick out from the crankarm as compared to the VP-001 Thin Gripster? List price is similar. I'm already using a 20mm Kneesaver pedal extender so I wouldn't want the pedal to be closer to the crankarm. http://www.xpedo.com/products/pedals/platform/144/spry On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 5:27 AM, Richard rlh3...@gmail.com wrote: I've been riding with the thin gripster pedals for about 5 months now. During the summer months in Merrell sandals, and sneakers and socks now that the weather is cooler. The VP001 pedals weight 360 grams. I also own the Xpedo Spry pedals which weight 243 grams, or 117 grams lighter than the Gripsters. I'm certainly no weight-weenie, but lower weight in rotating mass is a plus. They're super light and the platform is huge. Platform pedals with pins have transformed my riding. The grip is fantastic, even when wet. The only way my foot comes off the pedal, is if I lift it off. My pedal stroke is stronger riding naked, I'll never go back to SPD's or any other foot retention system. Richard -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] fs: Carradice - Nelson Longflap - vintage one w/ cool lettering!
Here's a Carradice Nelson Longflap saddle bag. Super nice shape. Very, very gently used. It's been sitting in box for quite sometime. This is an older one that has the cool letter too! $130 shipped via PayPal. You have to send the funds via pay for goods services and not as a gift. http://s10.postimg.org/8ub4tpomh/image.jpg http://s10.postimg.org/b0a11yhgp/image.jpg http://s10.postimg.org/yfry7b17t/image.jpg http://s10.postimg.org/71885e3ft/image.jpg -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Dave's Graveyard
Has anyone from Portland ridden by Dave's Graveyard? http://davisgraveyard.com -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] WTT/WTB 7 or 8cm Tallux to replace a 9cm Tallux
I have a 6cm Technomic. You can also rotate your brake levers a little higher on the bends/ramp to bring them closer. -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] New to Me Rivendell Road (Standard)
The FedEx driver delivered my new-to-me Rivendell Road frame and fork on Saturday. There is nothing quite like the anticipation of a new bike. I had wanted something a bit different from my Atlantis and Surly LHT and decided this was it. This will be my winter project, and I hope to have it on the road come spring. Photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/86975051@N08/sets/72157646658697853/ So I have a question for the collective wisdom of this group. I have read Cyclofiend's page on the Rivendell Road Standard. How do I tell whether mine is a Road, Road Standard, or some other custom? I am at least the third owner. If I understand Waterford serial numbers, mine the 42nd frame made in July of 1996 (G96042). It doesn't matter to my riding enjoyment what model it is, but I am curious and take pride, like all of you, in my Rivendells. So, how to learn more about the frame? Also, does anyone have photos of their Rivendell Road (Standard) bike to share? Looking for ideas and inspiration. Thanks, Erl -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: New to Me Rivendell Road (Standard)
What's going on in that first picture there? Did the frame bring a ghostie with it? So spooky. :-P Oh, and the frame looks very nice! KJ On Sunday, October 26, 2014 9:02:28 PM UTC-4, WETH wrote: The FedEx driver delivered my new-to-me Rivendell Road frame and fork on Saturday. There is nothing quite like the anticipation of a new bike. I had wanted something a bit different from my Atlantis and Surly LHT and decided this was it. This will be my winter project, and I hope to have it on the road come spring. Photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/86975051@N08/sets/72157646658697853/ So I have a question for the collective wisdom of this group. I have read Cyclofiend's page on the Rivendell Road Standard. How do I tell whether mine is a Road, Road Standard, or some other custom? I am at least the third owner. If I understand Waterford serial numbers, mine the 42nd frame made in July of 1996 (G96042). It doesn't matter to my riding enjoyment what model it is, but I am curious and take pride, like all of you, in my Rivendells. So, how to learn more about the frame? Also, does anyone have photos of their Rivendell Road (Standard) bike to share? Looking for ideas and inspiration. Thanks, Erl -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: New to Me Rivendell Road (Standard)
Beautiful bike! Hard to imagine two people choosing to let that go, but all the better for you! With abandon, Patrick On Sunday, October 26, 2014 7:02:28 PM UTC-6, WETH wrote: The FedEx driver delivered my new-to-me Rivendell Road frame and fork on Saturday. There is nothing quite like the anticipation of a new bike. I had wanted something a bit different from my Atlantis and Surly LHT and decided this was it. This will be my winter project, and I hope to have it on the road come spring. Photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/86975051@N08/sets/72157646658697853/ So I have a question for the collective wisdom of this group. I have read Cyclofiend's page on the Rivendell Road Standard. How do I tell whether mine is a Road, Road Standard, or some other custom? I am at least the third owner. If I understand Waterford serial numbers, mine the 42nd frame made in July of 1996 (G96042). It doesn't matter to my riding enjoyment what model it is, but I am curious and take pride, like all of you, in my Rivendells. So, how to learn more about the frame? Also, does anyone have photos of their Rivendell Road (Standard) bike to share? Looking for ideas and inspiration. Thanks, Erl -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: New to Me Rivendell Road (Standard)
Wow! Looks great. I and help at all on your question unfortunately but I am curious what you are thinking with respect to the build? I can't wait to check out that head badge in person! -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: chain line and the Quickbeam
Suzue! And I said Suzie, don't even know what I'm rolling... Thanks for the great chain tricks and fixed opportunity right in front of my nose. Suzie being the name of my first pup -Kai -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Platform/Spiked pedals question (gripsters, grip kings, etc.)
I have a set of MacNeil gripster style BMX pedals on my beach cruiser which is an old Specialise Shark Sport. I ride in the morning on a trip that takes me down to the stadium, back to the lighthouse, around the fishing wharf, along the waterfront, onto the dirt path through the nature reserve and up the bike path to the Bellambi Rock Pool and back. You can google map it at Wollongong, Australia. Then eat your heart out cos this is living in god's pocket. This trip has everything. Smooth asphalt and concrete, rotten asphalt, well made crushed red gravel, poor sand and some ups and downs. These pedals are magnificent. My feet never move and i can lift and reposition my feet to get a different set of muscles working for this bit or that hill. Why BMX? Dunno, Ross, my mechanic, fitted them and (blush) I liked them cos they colour matched my front hub and Brooks Select. Now all I need is a black and tan bag to match the overall colour scheme. I'm using a Carradice green and tan but the green jars. George Millwood Wollongong, Australia -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Platform/Spiked pedals question (gripsters, grip kings, etc.)
Forgot to say that i wear Keen sandals since I ripped a big toenail off in the nature reserve and they are wonderful. I could wear sneakers and socks in winter but it never gets cold enough. Cheers George -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: chain line and the Quickbeam
Thanks for the tip guys. After reading this I today set my 'beam up with spare parts. I now have a 42x22 fixed/free flip flop. Jason Leach SF, CA On Oct 26, 2014, at 7:19 PM, Kainalu kaiviers...@gmail.com wrote: Suzue! And I said Suzie, don't even know what I'm rolling... Thanks for the great chain tricks and fixed opportunity right in front of my nose. Suzie being the name of my first pup -Kai -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] FS/WTT New-in-the box Waterford Atlantis 56cm
I have 2 old Atlantis flyers. For the 56 cm size, one lists a PBH range of 82 to 85 cm, and the other lists 83 to 85 cm. These are quite old, pre-date my 2003 purchase, so there may be something current on the Rivendell website. Specs may change over time. For instance, the 54.5 is only listed on one of the flyers, and covers 80 to 82.5 cm PBHs. The other flyer lists the 53 cm for PBHs 79 to 83 cm. My PBH is 85-86 cm I ride a 58 cm. I've also ridden a 56 a short distance it fit fine too. Hope you can find a smaller one to trade. I'm partial to the Atlantis but any of the others you're considering are great bikes too. dougP On Sunday, October 26, 2014 1:29:49 PM UTC-7, Wildcat96 wrote: Yes, Mark at RBW said he was a 82 pbh and felt most comfortable on a 54.5. I think the recommended minimum pbh on the 56 is 82 or 83. I rode a 59cm Bridgesone XO-2 for a and while it was obviously too tall, it felt great with Albatross bars. I can straddle a 56 and get both feet on the ground with my riding shoes, but don't have a mm to spare. Interestingly, the guy I bought it from also had a 81 pbh and said that this is the size he was recommended if he likes to stretch out and get his bars high. If my asking price is out of line, I'm open to offers. -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] New to Me Rivendell Road (Standard)
Pure class, and so much potential there. I'm looking forward to seeing the build. Enjoy! Chris Johnson Sanger, Texas -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Platform/Spiked pedals question (gripsters, grip kings, etc.)
Hi Richard Just curious- what cranks are those you have there? And thanks for the Xpedo rec.! =- Joe Bunik Walnut Creek, CA On 10/25/14, Richard rlh3...@gmail.com wrote: I've been riding with the thin gripster pedals for about 5 months now. During the summer months in Merrell sandals, and sneakers and socks now that the weather is cooler. The VP001 pedals weight 360 grams. I also own the Xpedo Spry pedals which weight 243 grams, or 117 grams lighter than the Gripsters. I'm certainly no weight-weenie, but lower weight in rotating mass is a plus. They're super light and the platform is huge. Platform pedals with pins have transformed my riding. The grip is fantastic, even when wet. The only way my foot comes off the pedal, is if I lift it off. My pedal stroke is stronger riding naked, I'll never go back to SPD's or any other foot retention system. Richard -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
