Re: [RBW] Re: FS: 60 cm Quickbeam

2024-01-08 Thread D D
Of course!  There it is as soon as I hit send. On Jan 8, 2024, at 1:43 PM, D D wrote:Hi, Joe. Maybe I missed it, but I didn’t get an attachment with prices. Try again?  Dyno curious Dustin in VAOn Jan 8, 2024, at 1:35 PM, 'joe kelly' via RBW Owners Bunch wrote:UpdateThe ff/hs/bb has sold along

Re: [RBW] Re: Roadini Feedback

2024-01-08 Thread Maggie Zhou
I have contemplated selling my 50cm roadini that has a modern brifter build (all Shimano 105). It's the first production batch circa 2017, so only has spacing for ~35s, and I've personally never succeeding at running larger than 28s with fenders + 105 mid reach brakes. It kinda sounds like this

Re: [RBW] Re: ISO Clem Smith Jr L 45

2024-01-08 Thread Carlos Quinteros Jr
Thanks everyone! I have a bike lined up to view in person later this week. If for some reason that doesn't work out I'll have plenty of options here. On Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 11:27:01 PM UTC-8 Kim H. wrote: > @Chung Eun Kim - > > You are more than welcome. > As far as my interest in your

Re: [RBW] Re: Los Angeles Riv Ride

2024-01-08 Thread galen....@gmail.com
Hi all, I'd like to join an LA Riv Ride. I'm on the westside, near Keith P. but I could bike, metro or drive to a starting point further east. Looks like things are trending toward the 17th. I unfortunately can't make it that day—enjoy the ride. If there's a pivot to the 11th/12th I could

Re: [RBW] Re: Drivetrain maintenance / life

2024-01-08 Thread Kim H.
.. I should say with the Phil Wood BB I installed on my old road bike in a singular tense, not plural. Kim. On Monday, January 8, 2024 at 9:50:59 AM UTC-8 Kim H. wrote: I have had no complaints with Dr. Phil Phil Wood, that is, and their sealed bottom brackets with thousands of miles on

[RBW] Re: Roaduno

2024-01-08 Thread Bill Lindsay
For those of you planning, plotting, conspiring to do a build of your own, one thing that is not crystal clear is that you'll need is a pair of long reach caliper brakes. I've got two sets that I would like to sell. One is the very modest Tektro 365. It's got the identical forgings and

[RBW] Re: Roaduno

2024-01-08 Thread CMR
Anyone test ride and can tell whether they will be a long top tube model (e.g., Atlantis, Clem), or a shorter top tube model (Hillborne, Homer)? The front-center looks super long in the photos which makes me think a long top-tube, upright bars only build - which I'd prefer! On Monday,

Re: [RBW] Re: FS: 60 cm Quickbeam

2024-01-08 Thread D D
Hi, Joe. Maybe I missed it, but I didn’t get an attachment with prices. Try again?  Dyno curious Dustin in VAOn Jan 8, 2024, at 1:35 PM, 'joe kelly' via RBW Owners Bunch wrote:UpdateThe ff/hs/bb has sold along with the crank, the original wheels, post and the 5sp rear wheel. This leaves me with

Re: [RBW] Re: Who’s getting a Platypus tomorrow?

2024-01-08 Thread Josh C
Leah - She was pleased with the color in person. She wasn’t sure she’d like it as much as she does. She seems to like it. She did not grow up riding bikes and has only really started riding over the last few years. She doesn’t ride solo or for the sport of it, but more to go around town with

Re: [RBW] Re: Who’s getting a Platypus tomorrow?

2024-01-08 Thread Ryan
Nice presentalso I love your Christmas tree! On Monday, January 8, 2024 at 3:30:04 PM UTC-6 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Josh, how wonderful! I’m so happy for her. What did she think when she > saw? Has she been out riding? > > On Monday, January 8, 2024 at 2:13:52 PM UTC-5 Josh C

Re: [RBW] Re: Why do some bikes just feel consistently faster?

2024-01-08 Thread Patrick Moore
All bikes have the same effective sta: the 1999 and the Matthews #2 clone both have 73* stas, and the Matthews #1 has the saddle forward on the rails to compensate for the 72* sta. I start setup with saddle height and setback wrt the bb centerline -- pretty close to identical for all my bikes --

[RBW] Re: FS: 60 cm Quickbeam

2024-01-08 Thread 'joe kelly' via RBW Owners Bunch
Update The ff/hs/bb has sold along with the crank, the original wheels, post and the 5sp rear wheel. This leaves me with a pile o’ parts! I have sks fenders, downtube shifters on bar end pods, albatross bars, technomic stem, campee front rack, two wald baskets lg and sm, eyc front light, Bm

Re: [RBW] Re: Roaduno

2024-01-08 Thread Edwin W
I heard from Riv HQ that they will come as frames ($1750 like other lugged frames) and completes (price and build list not released yet). Looking forward to seeing the colors and build list! Edwin On Monday, January 8, 2024 at 8:06:52 AM UTC-6 rmro...@gmail.com wrote: > Well, the

Re: [RBW] Re: Drivetrain maintenance / life

2024-01-08 Thread Kim H.
I have had no complaints with Dr. Phil Phil Wood, that is, and their sealed bottom brackets with thousands of miles on my old road bike that I installed in the early 1970's. If my Clem BB needed replacing, I would consider buying a Phil Wood BB. Kim Hetzel. On Monday, January 8, 2024 at

Re: [RBW] Re: Who’s getting a Platypus tomorrow?

2024-01-08 Thread Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!
Josh, how wonderful! I’m so happy for her. What did she think when she saw? Has she been out riding? On Monday, January 8, 2024 at 2:13:52 PM UTC-5 Josh C wrote: > [image: IMG_0972.jpg] > Should have reported back sooner but the bike did come in time for > Christmas. > On Monday, December 11,

Re: [RBW] Re: Los Angeles Riv Ride

2024-01-08 Thread Heike Larson
I'm fine with 30+ miles and fire roads; not so sure about any kind of steep or technical single-track (not sure what you mean by flowy, Riv-friendly single-track, P.W.. I've done a limited amount of single-track with my mountain bike, and I've gotten off and walked on steep, rocky parts, and I

[RBW] sRe: FS: Rockgeist Boxy Randonneur bag - one of a kind

2024-01-08 Thread lukeheller
still available On Monday, July 10, 2023 at 1:31:28 PM UTC-4 lukeheller wrote: > A local bag maker, https://rockgeist.com/, made this for my sister for > PBP2019 and she never used it. It's got a VO decaleur attached and it's > ready to roll. > > Rockgeist is a very well known and respected

Re: [RBW] Re: Roaduno

2024-01-08 Thread P W
If the colour choices are compelling, it may well be my first ever brand new bike.Although I’m also kinda hoping someone else gets one in my size and has buyers remorse a few months later!Which strangely seems to happen around here quite frequently.It sounds like a pretty great and practical bike

Re: [RBW] Re: Platypus or Clem - Please help me choose

2024-01-08 Thread Johnny Alien
Congrats to you and your wife! Thats a killer color too! We shall all demand photos when it arrives. On Monday, January 8, 2024 at 8:04:02 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > I have Rivets! I would love to try the Loveland but only have the Sonora. > It’s really great. Mount it level.

[RBW] 5 Boro Bike Tour (was NYC Riv Ride?)

2024-01-08 Thread velomann
The 5 Boro Bike Tour in NYC has been on my bucket list for years, and I decided this year is the year. First Sunday of May (5/5 this year). https://www.bike.nyc/events/td-five-boro-bike-tour/ Registration opened this week, and I signed up. I've got my lodging and flight booked as well. This will

[RBW] Re: Roaduno

2024-01-08 Thread velomann
When the initial info about the Roaduno was coming out, I was pretty stoked about it. I was anticipating a true, clean, Rivendell lugged single speed with 120 rear spacing and the ability to take wide-ish 700c tires courtesy of cantilever mounts. The addition of the derailleur hanger was the

[RBW] Re: Roaduno

2024-01-08 Thread Bill Lindsay
The Crust Single Speed Lightning Bolt is also less than half the price of a Roaduno. Get one of each! Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Monday, January 8, 2024 at 6:51:21 PM UTC-8 velomann wrote: > When the initial info about the Roaduno was coming out, I was pretty > stoked about it. I was

Re: [RBW] Re: Platypus or Clem - Please help me choose

2024-01-08 Thread SeanMac
Hey everyone. Wanted to take a moment to close the loop on this conversation. Earlier today, after much discussion, my wife and I ordered a Platypus! She snagged a web special - 50 cm in Sergio Green with a triple crank and a Billie Bar. She [we] nearly pulled the trigger on a purple

Re: [RBW] Los Angeles Riv Ride

2024-01-08 Thread Neale Stokes
The sports complex singletrack isn’t wildly technical, and there’s at least one alternate way down (gravel/paved road from the shooting range) that ends at the same point at the actual Glendale sports complex - that could be an alternate route. I like the sound of 20-30 miles with some dirt and

Re: [RBW] Re: A Homer Hill build....

2024-01-08 Thread Donzaemon
So I'm about a couple weeks into owning my Homer, which I'm loving so far. Its use has been limited to pavement save for a short segment of dirt trail that connects official segments of SF Bay Trail in Alameda, CA. I've made a couple of observations so far: *Cockpit* I enjoy the relaxed

Re: [RBW] Re: Los Angeles Riv Ride

2024-01-08 Thread Donzaemon
Sounds like a fun ride. Wish I was still local! On Monday, January 8, 2024 at 5:04:07 PM UTC-8 heike...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm fine with 30+ miles and fire roads; not so sure about any kind of > steep or technical single-track (not sure what you mean by flowy, > Riv-friendly single-track,

Re: [RBW] Re: FS: Acorn, Nigel Smythe Bags-Obsolete Tan, Tweed

2024-01-08 Thread mikel66...@juno.com
all the bags are sold. frost river as well as acorn makes a nice looking bag. see the acorn site for which are front and rear mounting mike goldman rhode island -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this

[RBW] Re: Why do some bikes just feel consistently faster?

2024-01-08 Thread Ted Durant
On Monday, January 8, 2024 at 10:15:31 AM UTC-5 I wrote: The Heron Road bikes have .1mm thinner top tube walls than down tube, and my prototype has extra heavy stays, so there you go. A bit more on this, just for fun. I had Waterford build an ST-22 that is in many ways a duplicate of the

Re: [RBW] Re: lowrider rack advice / recommendations

2024-01-08 Thread Stephen
I appreciate this thread, was having the same question/thought process for my appaloosa too and was thinking of starting a similar thread. Any users of the marks hub area rack- does it only work for mini panniers or could you mount regular back o bike bags to it? any favorite dedicated lowrider

Re: [RBW] Re: 26.8 seatposts with generous setback

2024-01-08 Thread Garth
My experience mirrors Johnny's. I went from using an S84 to a 25mm setback Ritchey post to now a zero setback Ritchey. I ride 150mm cranks too, midfoot position. 74" tall, proportional legs. As I see it , the more I moved forward over the BB, the more effectively I can push down and back to

[RBW] Re: Roaduno

2024-01-08 Thread Doug H.
I too saw that they are planning to shorten the chainstays on the production Roaduno. At what point are the stays too long and how does too long affect ride quality? Doug On Monday, January 8, 2024 at 12:10:07 AM UTC-5 iamkeith wrote: > On Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 9:32:33 AM UTC-7

[RBW] Re: NYC Riv Ride?

2024-01-08 Thread Norman R
Almost 11 years since 2 day Riv Ride along Delaware Water Gap up and railtrail down. https://flic.kr/p/ebw2Rz Norman R Montclair, NJ On Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 11:46:00 AM UTC-5 Bob Ehrenbeck wrote: > I'm also in NJ. I might be up for joining you, depending on the location > (and the

[RBW] Re: Why do some bikes just feel consistently faster?

2024-01-08 Thread Ron Mc
Terrible word or not, it's easier to use the word than to describe the natural frequency that occurs in the rear triangles, to take excess mash energy and push the frame forward, making the bike feel lighter. It's a true phenomenon of steel, designed into good-climbing bikes, and it's always

[RBW] Re: FS: Acorn, Nigel Smythe Bags-Obsolete Tan, Tweed

2024-01-08 Thread Caroline Golum
Definitely interested in one of these tan canvas bags, but unsure which are for handlebars... On Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 8:14:12 PM UTC-5 Minh wrote: > wow great collection, great opportunity for someone to pick up some > matching bags. good prices too. > > On Sunday, December 10, 2023

[RBW] Re: Why do some bikes just feel consistently faster?

2024-01-08 Thread Ted Durant
Not to be overly contrarian, but ... Planing is a terrible word for the phenomenon in question, which is when the flex characteristics of the bike are such that the energy stored in deformation (of the frame and all the attached parts) is efficiently returned to power the rear wheel during the

Re: [RBW] Re: Roaduno

2024-01-08 Thread Richard Rose
Well, the indication was a small adjustment but still long. I am guessing they will be shortened less than the length of the dropout slot. As a Clem & Gus owner the long stays are the main attraction of this particular single speed. That and it being fully lugged. I cannot answer the question of

Re: [RBW] Re: lowrider rack advice / recommendations

2024-01-08 Thread Pat Smith
If you're willing to do a full upper rack with low riders the Pelago commuter with optional low rider attachment looks really slick. On Monday, January 8, 2024 at 7:44:46 AM UTC-5 Stephen wrote: > I appreciate this thread, was having the same question/thought process for > my appaloosa too

Re: [RBW] Re: Drivetrain maintenance / life

2024-01-08 Thread Richard Rose
Mine is the un300. I’ve just removed it & it is noticeably smoother off the bike. It’s not “crunchy” & had no side to side play when installed. So maybe it’s not toast yet but it’s out now so…I am honestly considering the traditional cup/cone one Riv sells. The installation does not bother me - I

Re: [RBW] Re: Drivetrain maintenance / life

2024-01-08 Thread Will Boericke
Tange for me - fits the budget and quality criteria. SKF are very nice. People also like Omniracer. This debate just went down on the iBob list. Will On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 10:12 AM Richard Rose wrote: > Mine is the un300. I’ve just removed it & it is noticeably smoother off > the bike. It’s