Thanks to all for the great advice. The 300k is next weekend on Long Island and
I'm nervously looking forward to it. I did a flat century last Saturday
followed by a hilly 70 miler on Sunday to try the back to back days as Lynne
suggested and they went well so I'm pretty happy with my base. I
As mentioned the controls often have restrooms. I have become expert at
locating porta potties at constructions sites and parks.
Larry Powers
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Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 16:24:01 -0400
Subject: Re: [RBW] 400k plus
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So how do you like your Rivendells, and other modern steel makers' bikes
compared to *your *pre-'80's steel bikes?
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This year ride your series. Next year ride two series before PBP. That is
what I did in '07 and I completed it with not problems
Just ride the brevets in order and you should be OK. I can only train about
100 miles a week but I get out on a Friday between brevets and ride a hard
hilly 90
Not Rivendell related but too good not to share.
My favorite comic strip artist.
Grant Snider.
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I started randonneuring last year and my longest ride to date then was 110
miles. I just worked my way up through the longer distances (although I did
do a 360k Fleche which gave me a great idea of what it was like to ride
through the night and was easier to jump up to a 400k.) But going from a
Awesome Manny!
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My favorite comic strip artist.
Grant Snider.
http://rivbike.tumblr.com/
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So I use Strava. I love Strava. I hated it at first, but I really wanted to
map my rides and look at distances, times, elevation, etc. so I stuck with
it and kept using it on nearly every ride. When I first started using it I
was annoyed and dismayed by the fact that it a) broke rides into
I'm like you Chris. When I use to do a century I felt so beat up after that I
stopped doing them. When I use to do go fast rides with others on their go fast
bikes I was always the slowest. I tried to train and get faster until I
embraced my slowness and realized I enjoy slow rides and using a
It's interesting to hear others' habits. I have no desire at all to spend
more than a few hours on the bike at a time, but I must, or ought, or,
let's say it might be nice to, get out of the habit or rut of riding hard
just for a few miles. I might rediscover the long rambles of my
adolescence,
Isn't the kit hassle a real hassle? Especially when you are half a mile
from home before you realize you forgot your gloves, helmet, glasses, water
bottle, what have you. I do wear shades for my contacts (NM Medicaid still
fg up my application, so no cataract surgery yet), and I do wear
The fast Mammoth rules the road (and trail). Great to hear that a
comfortable, capable, versatile bike doesn't have to give up anything.
Perhaps more comfortable than the Gunnar? Be careful! You're approaching
the slippery slope of ...yea, I've got 5 bikes but my Rivendell is the
only one
I finally got around to finishing my Redwood build. I had initially built
it up with parts swapped directly from an 80s touring frame with low-ish
trail and bars that were 40cm at brake hoods, and with a small front rack
and decaleur for carrying an Acorn tall rando bag. That setup just wasn't
I had the exact same experience with my Rambouillet. I wanted to run a
front rando bag, but the handling suffered and I finally admitted to myself
the frame geo is not optimized for this.
Now I run a similar set that you have - a Brand V small saddlebag as a grab
bag attached to the stem for
It comes with a heavy heart to sell this baby!
I bought this 58cm Rivendell Saluki from memeber Gino. It was already SS
coupled, then I sent it to Rick at DD Cycles for a Bleriot repaint...I
rode it a few times but I never really found time for it.
I have a new custom touring bike incoming in
PS - I would also trade this for a 54cm green Hunqapillar.
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Silver bar end shifters, less than 100km, $50.00 plus shipping
Nitto Tallux stem 9 cm. 26.0. Condition 9 out of 10. $50.00 plus shipping.
or trade both for a pair of Paul Thumbies, Shimano shifter style 22.2 with
the hinge, black or silver.
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I love pastels. The lavender is my choice. Don't see that bike color much. Both
are gorgeous bikes, though.
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Of course I meant Sonoma County, not Sonoma crappy.
On Saturday, May 24, 2014 6:04:40 PM UTC-7, eflayer wrote:
Originally I built the Privateer with Albatross, bar end shifters, Maxxis
Refuse x 28 mm tires, Shimano Sora triple, and Wellgo dual sided
platform/SPD pedals. I tried every fit
Nice indeed... but I can't get my mind off that killer blue Hilsen... wow...
On Saturday, May 24, 2014 3:08:41 PM UTC-4, Michael wrote:
http://rivbike.tumblr.com/
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They are good. The Riv is good.
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*I* can't get my mind off the 3 miles of quill! I'd insist either on a
longer st, or a sloping tt, or an upjutter stem.
But otherwise, it looks wonderful.
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Montclair BobbyB montclairbob...@gmail.com
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Nice indeed... but I can't get my mind off that killer
Very nice, David. I too found Noodles unexciting on 2-3 bikes until I put a
pair of 42s (judging from the Redwood frame, I am a lot smaller than you)
on a Ram with a stem 1 cm longer than my usual 8s, this to accommodate the
sweepback, and very, very slight higher to accommodate the deeper drop
BobbyB, I am with you. I love that color and bike. Stunning!
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I was riding along today wondering how they compare to steel of
yesteryear, and if everyone obsessed about tire choices and builds like we
do now, or if no one tried to improve on them much.
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I guess it depended on make, model, and quality of build then like it does
now.
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If anyone lives near Howard County and wants to do some brevet training
rides, please pm me.
It would be fun to ride together.
But be warned, I only go like about 15mph!
Maybe you are interested in a restorative ride?
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+1. Thanks for sharing!
-E.
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Awesome Manny!
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My favorite
Hard to say, since I worked up to distances, mmm, 9-10 years ago. I rode
my first century, then STP (Seattle to Portland, 200miles) in two days,
then another century, then Cycle Oregon (7 days of not-easy riding). It
kind of got a little out of hand since then. Some years I ride 24 rides
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