For a few weeks now the dark season (October to April) has been here and I
absolutely need my generator and lights for the ride to and from work. I've
been doing this for eleven years as well as riding for my own fun and I
have had had very few call outs like Brian's.
Whenever something goes
Paul
How does the Roadeo ride and planning compare with your other 61cm frames,
not considering the weight??
John Hawrylak
Woodstown NJ
On Friday, October 5, 2018 at 2:31:14 PM UTC-4, Paul G wrote:
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> This is an interesting discussion. Based on what I can tell, RBW has not
> (ever?)
I agree, just trying to compare an OS frame with a STD frame
John Hawrylak
Woodstown NJ
On Saturday, October 6, 2018 at 6:53:41 AM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote:
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> On 10/06/2018 06:42 AM, John Hawrylak wrote:
> > The OS tubing used on the Roadini would approximately be the same as a
> > 1"
As Uncle Andrew would say, A dem fine looking bike, dem fine!!
This is the bike that drew me to Rivendell. They were making blue ones by the
time my wallet caught up to my wants, but it rides great too. Enjoy the heck
out that bike.
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On 10/06/2018 06:42 AM, John Hawrylak wrote:
The OS tubing used on the Roadini would approximately be the same as a
1" TT of 1.1/0.9/1.1 an a 1-1/8" DT of 1.3/1.0/1.3. Pretty stout for
a frame from the 80's. Of course, if the frame is large, stoutness helps.
That's tubing for a loaded
On Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 2:30:27 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote:
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> *I think that it was Grant who did the most to change all that, and that
> he had a cultural (bike culture) effect that was both far earlier and far
> more widespread than Surly or Jones. I'd even say that it was
I ride a 59cm Clem L and my PBH is 88. The bike fits great, but there's not
a lot of room to move the seat any lower.
The water bottle cage is well forward of the space I occupy when I'm
straddling the bike.
Brad
Queens
On Saturday, October 6, 2018 at 12:13:05 AM UTC-4, RDS wrote:
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> To
The OS tubing used on the Roadini would approximately be the same as a 1"
TT of 1.1/0.9/1.1 an a 1-1/8" DT of 1.3/1.0/1.3. Pretty stout for a frame
from the 80's. Of course, if the frame is large, stoutness helps.
John Hawrylak
Woodstown NJ
On Friday, October 5, 2018 at 10:58:58 PM UTC-4,
Was wondering if this is easy to do for a first timer, or could I mess up
the spoke tension and cause big probs.
Of course, safety is my first concern. I don't want to mess up the wheel
and cause a safety issue.
But it is a skill I would like to have so I don't have to run to the LBS
over
It’s not that difficult. I recommend putting the wheel in a truing stand,
rather than in the bike (there are consumer-level truing stands available) and
going slowly. 1/4 turns of the spoke nipples. Don’t make big changes—a little
at a time until it’s true again.
Most of the time, a spoke or
Do you have an old spare.to practice on? If you're careful you won't hurt
it, but I'd consider practicing on a non critical spare first. It's a great
skill once mastered.
Good luck.
Mark
On Saturday, October 6, 2018 at 8:28:00 AM UTC-7, Lum Gim Fong wrote:
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> Was wondering if this is easy to
This looks fantastic.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Boj0WokBQai/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet=7qhfwfqkrx8p
-J
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Now that the Woom 6 is shipped and arriving early next week, I've been shopping
Rivendell's site to rig it up for school commuting. It was so much fun to
choose the new accessories, and so far I've got these coming: the cool bells
with rare earth magnets, a blue basket net (the bike is blue and
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https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/bik/d/rivendell-rosco-bubbe/6716349635.html
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I've built a dozen or so wheels without any issues. And I've trued wheels in
the middle of rides (just not ones I built :)
It's not hard. Like others have said, go slow with quarter turns. Read a book
on wheel building or Sheldon Brown's page on it. Wheel building is mostly
trueing the wheel.
If you ever find yourself near Indianapolis, I've got one here you could
ride.
Chris
A1 Cyclery
Indianapolis IN
On Friday, October 5, 2018 at 2:49:36 PM UTC-4, RDS wrote:
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> I am thinking of getting a Clem L frame or complete bike.
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> The latest catalog has a min PBH of 83 for the size 59.
Minor truing is easy; just do things slowly by making quarter turns.
I've been fortunate over the last several years in having my wheels all
built by *good* builders; they hardly ever go out of true. But other wheels
require a bit of tweaking over the first few hundred miles, but this is
easy by
Oops -- I read Lum's post too quickly and thought he was asking about
building wheels from scratch! But my first paragraph still stands! : )
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The load platform looks nicely sized but the four leg mounts, as shown in
the pictures, would allow the same potentially catastrophic failure if the
single bolt through the fork crown failed. And that seems to be just the
sort of failure some folks have been worried about.
It's just a thought,
I started with the XO-1, too but went road-ward and not dirt-ward. Odd,
I've always liked road riding as much as, or even better than dirt riding,
but I'd somehow become convinced that I wanted a 26" wheel bike for road
riding, and I had been riding drop bar-converted mountain bikes with road
Oops. You're right. I over-read the OP's request. None of my comments
would apply to just truing instead of wheel building. I should've read
closer.
On Saturday, October 6, 2018 at 4:41:10 PM UTC-5, Ben Miller wrote:
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> Since the original question was about truing, and not building a
Some items have sold.
Still for sale:
• Soma Portola 26mm handlebar 56cm (used 3 rides) $40
• Sugino 48-36-24 9 speed triple crank and Shimano bottom bracket. $80
• Shimano Deore 9 speed rear + Sora triple front derailleurs $40 for both
• Vintage Suntour stem shifters – open to offer
What they said about 1/4 turns, but I'll get granular as a mechanic who only
works on wobbly spots on the rim, and does it with the wheel in the bike.
First, you gotta remember which way the nipples turn, which can be confusing
with the spoke tool in your hand. Always picture looking down
Like the others have said, it's not difficult; once you understand the
basics of how each turn of the spoke nipple affects radial, lateral, and
center trueness, as well as how it affects the tension of nearby spokes, it
just takes patience. Jobst Brandt's book, The Bicycle Wheel, gave me a good
All good suggestions here about taking on the task of wheel building. You
can do it; just takes time and practice to get the fine points nailed down.
One thing I haven't seen mentioned, though, is to apply a small amount of
lubricant where the nipple meets the rim hole and also a bit on the
My initial infatuation with bikes as a grownup started with the X0-1, so it's
kinda ridiculous that I've never owned an Atlantis. I got close last week with
the All Rounder that's for sale here, but couldn't quite bring myself to pay
asking price. Someday!
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I really hate & avoid labels, but I go way back to the late 80's and especially
the early 90's. I very nearly bought an MB1(but, got a Klein Pinnacle instead),
to this day I wish I'd gotten the Bridgestone, but I made up for it a couple
years later when I bought my Violet XO-1. I continued to
Since the original question was about truing, and not building a wheel, I feel
it should be pointed out you don't need a tensionometer or to lubricate the
nipples. Those are nessecary to build a wheel, but not to true it.
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I also love the Cowchipper, enough that I picked up the Velo Orange quill stem
that handles 31.8 bars. Worth it, and lighter than Nitto.
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Is anyone familiar with a good alternative to the Salsa Cowchipper Bar with a
26 clamp? I like the cowchipper bars a lot and would like a similar bar to use
with my nitto stems.
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John, comparisons are difficult because my previous other bikes were standard
non OS frames that were a bit smaller. But the 61cm Roadeo doesn't feel noodly
at all to me. It's pretty solid on bumpy descents and I'm thankful for that. I
wouldn't want it less "solid" feeling when I'm bombing down
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