Re: [RBW] Gus Boots Willsen on Shell Ridge
"Do we know if they are all gonna be fillet?" The announced plan is for two types at two price points, TIGed and fillet. My guess is this could change though... -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Gus Boots Willsen on Shell Ridge
I only rode the parking lot on the Gus Boots, big smiles from that bike, it must’ve been a blast in the hills. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Self-diagnosed Riv addicts (some) since 1994.
I got introduced to Rivendell by my friend who introduced me to road riding. He is a big fan of lugged steel bikes and showed me the Saluki and told me that I needed to get that. At the time, I did my first road ride by changing my mountain bike tires to slicks. I enjoyed road riding, so I got my first lugged frame off ebay. It was a nice used Marinoni frame I purchased. This must have been around 2003-2004. I appreciated the common sense approach to bicycling espoused by Rivendell and latched onto the comfort and safety of wider tires. I had my first child and wanted to take him on a trailer, so I got a used Surly Pacer that accepted "wide" 32 mm 700c tires. Using wide tires was a life and death matter for me because the roads were not always maintained, and there was a highly publicized local death near my house on Grizzly Peak Blvd. when a rider lost control on the road and went into incoming traffic--presumably due to poor road conditions. At this point, I was doing some long distance riding, and riding on a comfortable Rivendell was a big dream for me. I broke into this dream when I purchased a used Riv Rambouillet. I built up this bike myself and rode several brevets up to a 400k. At this point, I wanted even wider tires and more comfort, so I bought my first new Riv, the A Homer Hilsen. I put 38 mm Parimoto 650b tires and was sold on comfortable 650b frames. My first big ride was a 600k on this bike. During this period, the randonneur's dream tire was the 650b Grand Bois Hetre. The Parimoto was nice, but going to 42 mm was supposed to be the optimum of comfort and speed. I bought into that idea and converted my Rambouillet to 650b and honestly did find that the 42mm tires were amazing. At this point I ditched the Surly Pacer and made the A Homer Hilsen my commuter. The 650b Ram became my brevet bike and I did a whole ride series up to 600k with the Ram. The Marinoni was too twitchy and had a carbon front fork to boot, so it had to go and I bought a Roadeo for my "faster" road ride. The carbon fork is a big deal, as an acquaintance of mine who also did double centuries came to the top of Coleman Valley climb and as he was approaching the summit, the fork fell apart and he crashed. If he were 100 feet farther along on the descent, he might have been dead. Anyhow, I managed to do the Triple Crown Stage Race--not really a race for my buddy and I as we were the Lanterne Rouge, but we finished three of the toughest double centuries within the time limit (which was a challenge for the Terrible Two). Anyhow the Roadeo had plenty of good use there. The Ram was a great bike, but it was a bit kludgey as it was converted to 650b and the brakes barely fit and the dynamo lighting required wires everywhere, and the front rack used P-clamps. As you can tell, I just HAD to have a custom :-). The custom rides beautifully, it's so stable and comfortable and beautiful. I rode the SF Randonneurs Populaire this weekend, and I should have taken a picture as there were 50-60 bikes all lying on the grass, and my lone bike upright with a kick stand. OK, I did take the kickstand off for the 600k, but I tell you kickstands are way underrated in the rando scene. Anyhow, I bought my wife a Betty Foy which is the best bike she has ever ridden by far, and my family and I love the Hubbah Hubbah tandem. I even got a Cheviot with Albastache bars. I won't get any more Rivs in the near future unless they are for my kids or I want a divorce :-), but I am still dreaming of a mountain tourer when I have more time to do such stuff! Toshi -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Biking trip in CA?
If you travel the Ventura-Ojai path, please take and post photos. I lived
in the area briefly (Santa Paul/Ojai/Ventura) but it was very long ago and
I'd like to see what the amenities look like now -- certainly there was no
cycling infrastructure in 1979. Who knows, I am hoping ("hoping;" it's not
her first or second or fifth choice) my daughter will attend Thomas Aquinas
College in Santa Paula in 2019, and I may have a chance to try the path
out. We'll see.
On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 7:25 PM Leah Peterson
wrote:
> You are all the BEST. I am looking through the SoCal options now and am
> really excited about a couple of them - The Marvin Braude bike path is
> especially enticing since there is so much to see. Also, the Ventura-Ojai
> path and possibly Irvine. Wow! I’ll talk it over with my beloved yahoos
> (who will be reluctant because that’s a LOT of biking) and then pour it on
> thick next month for my birthday if we don’t make it this weekend. That’s
> fair, right? I may have questions about some of the trails, but I’ll try to
> email you privately so as not to bombard everyone with them.
> Thanks again, friends!
> Leah
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jan 15, 2019, at 5:59 PM, Ed Carolipio wrote:
>
> Thumbs up on the Marvin Braude bike path to the west of Los Angeles, which
> is in my neck of the woods.
>
> We usually park at Miramar Park, in Torrance. Parking's not free but it's
> relatively inexpensive and is for the day. Caution though there's a steep
> walk down to Torrance Beach from the parking lot. From there, it's just a
> matter of choosing where you want to turn around: most adults and big kids
> can make it to Manhattan Beach pier easily, Dockweiler (LAX) with a bit of
> a push, Venice with motivation, and Santa Monica with ambition. The path
> gets wonky right before Hermosa (there may be stairs involved) and around
> Marina Del Rey (a detour into the edge of the city) so check Google Maps on
> the route.
>
> You'll encounter minimal car traffic throughout, and in the winter
> probably not very much foot or bike traffic. It's relatively flat but you
> may have to content with a headwind. Lots of potential stops along the way
> to rest, to grab a bite to eat, or to sightsee and take pictures. (There
> are lots of public restrooms along the way: as a guy I never minded them
> but my sister seemed to always be leery.)
>
> [Pictures show Dockweiler -> Hermosa Beach -> Redondo Beach marina, which
> is from north to south on the path.]
>
> --Ed C.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 1:04:59 PM UTC-8, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!
> wrote:
>>
>> I did not realize this would be a long weekend. After it dawned on us
>> that there is no school Monday, we are considering packing up and driving
>> to CA for a mini-vacation. I would love it to be a bike trip, but I love
>> biking more than anyone else in my family, and you know how that goes - you
>> gotta consider the other yahoos you live with. Does anyone have any
>> suggestions for dazzling places to bike in southern or central CA? Heck,
>> maybe even northern Cal.
>>
>> Wish List:
>> 1. Protected bike path so we all come home alive.
>> 2. Along a water source (living in the desert, if we can ride by/to/along
>> a lake or river or ocean, we’re in raptures!)
>> 3. Not too hilly (because the yahoos will protest and want to quit early)
>>
>> I realize this is a rather dreamy (unrealistic?) wish list but if such
>> paradise existed, someone on this Calfiornia-heavy List would definitely
>> know.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Leah
>
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Re: [RBW] Gus Boots Willsen on Shell Ridge
I have to admit that I am very tempted to try one of Riv's long-wheelbase bikes on dirt roads and paths; it's probably just age. But yours is certainly pretty. 2.8"? What is the actual, measured width? They don't look wider than my (actual) 60s which are labeled 2.35. On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 8:24 PM Olivier Chételat wrote: > Friends of the finest steel bikes, > I was lucky enough to get my hands on a prototypical Gus Boots Willsen > last Saturday and took it for a short ride to Shell Ridge on the flanc of > Mt Diablo. > > This specimen was the large. A perfect fit (89.5 PBH). I tried the small > one and felt cramped. The medium and XL were surprisingly almost as comfy, > yet the large is the one that makes me feel at home. The ride, on the easy > trail upon which I traveled, was as smooth as smooth can be and I'll > attribute that to the generous 2.8" tires and confidence inspiring > geometry. Summarized, GBW feels as good as any other model but with the > biggest, cushiest, pillowy-est tires I've tried on a Rivendell bike. Very > good. > > > Here are a few pictures of the machine in its natural habitat: > https://flic.kr/s/aHskMbBJc6 > > Happy (almost) New Year! > > Olivier in SF > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ** *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* --- J.R.R. Tolkien --- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching Other professional writing services Expensive! But good. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Gus Boots Willsen on Shell Ridge
Do we know if they are all gonna be fillet? -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Self-diagnosed Riv addicts (some) since 1994.
It's (lady racer ad) on a Blahg somewhere, Grant showed it sometime last year I think. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Gus Boots Willsen on Shell Ridge
Fillet, threadless and 1x... 13? What alternative universe am I in where the head tube still says RBW? Jeff Hagedorn Los Angeles, CA USA -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Self-diagnosed Riv addicts (some) since 1994.
That one I didn't see; can anyone post a link or the photo? I remember the neo-retro Pineapple Bob ads. All had what I call a Grant touch. I just found a Sheldon Page of BBUSA catalog(ue)s which contains them and other BBUSA art: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/bridgestone/ On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 5:51 PM Joe Bernard wrote: > The first Bstone ad I remember was the lady racer on an RB-1 with a facial > injury from a recent crash. She was cool! > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ** *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* --- J.R.R. Tolkien --- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching Other professional writing services Expensive! But good. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Gus Boots Willsen on Shell Ridge
Friends of the finest steel bikes, I was lucky enough to get my hands on a prototypical Gus Boots Willsen last Saturday and took it for a short ride to Shell Ridge on the flanc of Mt Diablo. This specimen was the large. A perfect fit (89.5 PBH). I tried the small one and felt cramped. The medium and XL were surprisingly almost as comfy, yet the large is the one that makes me feel at home. The ride, on the easy trail upon which I traveled, was as smooth as smooth can be and I'll attribute that to the generous 2.8" tires and confidence inspiring geometry. Summarized, GBW feels as good as any other model but with the biggest, cushiest, pillowy-est tires I've tried on a Rivendell bike. Very good. Here are a few pictures of the machine in its natural habitat: https://flic.kr/s/aHskMbBJc6 Happy (almost) New Year! Olivier in SF -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Biking trip in CA?
Or anklebiters ;) On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 4:54 PM Joe Bernard wrote: > Everyone knows you meant "yahoos" in the most loving way, Leah, it's like > "knuckleheads". > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- signature goes here -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Biking trip in CA?
You are all the BEST. I am looking through the SoCal options now and am really excited about a couple of them - The Marvin Braude bike path is especially enticing since there is so much to see. Also, the Ventura-Ojai path and possibly Irvine. Wow! I’ll talk it over with my beloved yahoos (who will be reluctant because that’s a LOT of biking) and then pour it on thick next month for my birthday if we don’t make it this weekend. That’s fair, right? I may have questions about some of the trails, but I’ll try to email you privately so as not to bombard everyone with them. Thanks again, friends! Leah Sent from my iPad > On Jan 15, 2019, at 5:59 PM, Ed Carolipio wrote: > > Thumbs up on the Marvin Braude bike path to the west of Los Angeles, which is > in my neck of the woods. > > We usually park at Miramar Park, in Torrance. Parking's not free but it's > relatively inexpensive and is for the day. Caution though there's a steep > walk down to Torrance Beach from the parking lot. From there, it's just a > matter of choosing where you want to turn around: most adults and big kids > can make it to Manhattan Beach pier easily, Dockweiler (LAX) with a bit of a > push, Venice with motivation, and Santa Monica with ambition. The path gets > wonky right before Hermosa (there may be stairs involved) and around Marina > Del Rey (a detour into the edge of the city) so check Google Maps on the > route. > > You'll encounter minimal car traffic throughout, and in the winter probably > not very much foot or bike traffic. It's relatively flat but you may have to > content with a headwind. Lots of potential stops along the way to rest, to > grab a bite to eat, or to sightsee and take pictures. (There are lots of > public restrooms along the way: as a guy I never minded them but my sister > seemed to always be leery.) > > [Pictures show Dockweiler -> Hermosa Beach -> Redondo Beach marina, which is > from north to south on the path.] > > --Ed C. > > > > > > >> On Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 1:04:59 PM UTC-8, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >> wrote: >> I did not realize this would be a long weekend. After it dawned on us that >> there is no school Monday, we are considering packing up and driving to CA >> for a mini-vacation. I would love it to be a bike trip, but I love biking >> more than anyone else in my family, and you know how that goes - you gotta >> consider the other yahoos you live with. Does anyone have any suggestions >> for dazzling places to bike in southern or central CA? Heck, maybe even >> northern Cal. >> >> Wish List: >> 1. Protected bike path so we all come home alive. >> 2. Along a water source (living in the desert, if we can ride by/to/along a >> lake or river or ocean, we’re in raptures!) >> 3. Not too hilly (because the yahoos will protest and want to quit early) >> >> I realize this is a rather dreamy (unrealistic?) wish list but if such >> paradise existed, someone on this Calfiornia-heavy List would definitely >> know. >> >> Thanks! >> Leah > > -- > 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/6-tSV3FTWMM/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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: 26" Rim Brake MTB Championships
That's tempting. I'm coaching NICA races the weekend before and after. I'd probably just enter the 50-59 category on my conventional contemporary mountain bike. I don't have a single speed mountain bike or a 26" rim brake MTB. IT looks like a fun event Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 3:10:40 PM UTC-8, Collin A wrote: > > I came across this event while looking for some trails to explore this > summer up in Sonoma County: > http://grasshopperadventureseries.com/rides/lake-sonoma-mtb/ > > It has a category titled *26" Hardtail (Rim Brake) Championships*, which > I can hardly believe exists in 2019. Has anyone else heard about this > and/or done it before? Regardless, I think I'll participate on my rigid > Clem H with 27.5" rim brakes and see how I do, but mostly to have a good > day on some nice trails in a place I rarely visit! > > Anyone else thinking of going? > > Cheers, > Collin > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Biking trip in CA?
Nah, man, it's all tech millionaires now (and the crackheads who love them). Jeff Hagedorn Los Angeles, CA USA On Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 4:30:08 PM UTC-8, Joe Bernard wrote: > > Just be aware that the Venice side can look a little rough to the > unprepared, it's an..eccentric..community. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Self-diagnosed Riv addicts (some) since 1994.
The first Bstone ad I remember was the lady racer on an RB-1 with a facial injury from a recent crash. She was cool! -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Biking trip in CA?
Ooh, Venice/Santa Monica is a nice flat ride. Just be aware that the Venice side can look a little rough to the unprepared, it's an..eccentric..community. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Self-diagnosed Riv addicts (some) since 1994.
I had a 55 (c-c; I think that was the next smaller size; 56.5 cm tt, c-c) which, with the level tt, was as much as 5 cm too short; but the tt of the 59 was just too long (my ideal flat tt size, c-c, is 60 X 56 or 57). I ended up with a long but very upjutting Tioga T-Bone stem to get the drop bar where it had to be, and back then my bar was about 3-4" below saddle. (And, I used a Cinelli Giro d'Italia with 26.4 mm clamp; I had to do some serious stretching to get it into the 25.4, and very, very wide, clamp of the T-Bone. Thank God for steel.) Really, I think that the XO-1 was really the beginning of a Grantian design trend that led through the All Rounder, the Sam Hill, the various country bikes, and on to the long-stayed sweepback bar bikes of today's product portfolio (if I can borrow a bidniss term). One can jump in and jump out where one likes. On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 12:48 PM Will Rhea wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > Oh man, I loved that XO-1 Feels lighter by comparison with those 26" > wheels. Quick, low profile, nice handling. Great for shorter tours (like > max 4 days) and just plain fun to ride. > > Only downside was that the 59cm seat tube was always a bit small for my > 6'3" height, and the top tube was shortish also. At the end I set it up > with Albatross bars on an old, super-long Nitto-made steel stem off an old > Specialized S-Works mtn bike to bring the bars up and out, and I rode it > that way for years. > > That said, I really like my Rivs, which are all bigger (63cm Rom, 64cm QB, > 63cm Hilsen, 62cm Hunqa). I'm running fillet-brazed Bosco Bullmoose bars > on the Hunqa, and it's just a dream to ride. I used to take it offroad > more, but now it's an all-weather, day/night, racked and basketed beast of > burden. The Rom is my "road" bike that's a blast on dirt roads too. The > Hilsen is currently out of commission as it needs a new rear wheel (rim got > a chunk taken out of it), and it has also gotten a lot of commute miles and > some touring. > > Cheers, > > -br > > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 2:31 PM Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Bill: what did you think of the XO-1? Or, what do you now think of the >> XO-1 after riding so many Rivendells? >> >> I owned, loved, and put many, many miles on a '92 myself, and when I >> ordered my first 26' wheel road custom, I asked Grant: Can you make it as >> good as the XO-1?" He answered, "Oh, much better," and so it proved. In >> fact, my first custom was sorta-kinda based on the All Rounder, but with >> geometry tweaked for road, and full road tubing and lugs. >> >> The XO--1 was very clearly an idea and product at the beginning of a >> process. Riv's road models and all road models are now much, much better -- >> as good as the XO-1 was in its day. >> >> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 3:05 PM Bill Rhea wrote: >> >>> I guess I've been a fan of Grant's bikes and since when I sold >>> Bridgestone bikes as an employee of Bay Area shops Wheelsmith and the >>> Bicycle Outfitter back in the 80's. >>> >>> I've accumulated some great stuff from Riv over the years, bikes, racks >>> and bags (Carradice saddle bag, then Baggins Bags, Sackville), and plenty >>> of wool. >>> >>> First Bridgestone was a 1992 X0-1, which I just gave to my son-in-law to >>> use. Tons of commute miles and touring on that one. >>> >>> Second Bridgestone was an X0-5, bought for $99 on Bridgestone USA's last >>> day of business. This was a great commuter when I was in grad school. >>> >>> First Riv was a Quickbeam from the first production run, now set up with >>> an S3X fixed 3sp hub. I may need to find a home for this, as it's less >>> practical for my needs / geography these days. But what a sweet ride >>> >>> Second Riv was a Romulus, which I broke but had repaired. This is now >>> my only bike without racks and fenders, set up with NOS parts for L'Eroica >>> CA. This is my only non-commuting bike. >>> >>> Third Riv was an A. Homer Hilsen, which I got while the Romulus was >>> being repaired. >>> >>> Fourth Riv was a gray Hunqapillar from the first production run. This >>> one has more miles than any of the others, and is my everyday go-to >>> commuter and load hauler. >>> >>> I can safely say that my bike experience over the last 20 years has been >>> positively enhanced by Riv products and cyclosophy. >>> >>> -br >>> >>> >>> On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 11:25:13 AM UTC-8, Abcyclehank wrote: Anyone want to add themselves and their Rivendell fleet or history to a POSITIVE ONLY commentary on how Grant and RBW has affected your relationship riding bikes in the spirit of JUST RIDE in all it details. For a starting tease: I currently have 10 Rivendell’s in a fleet of 16 bikes for my family of four (2 adult children). Ryan “equally proud and embarrassed” Hankinson West Michigan >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group
Re: [RBW] Re: Self-diagnosed Riv addicts (some) since 1994.
I wonder how many Rivendell aficionados were first attracted by Grant's
Bridgestone USA ads. I know that they caught my eye, attention, and
sympathy, for their retro/contrarian/poster-art aesthetic -- this when bike
ads had already become neon/flashy/agressive (far worse now!).
Speaking of poster art (forgive me Father, etc., for here starteth a rant):
It's to be expected that artistic skills and skills generally ("skills
generally" means "artistic skills") flourish in a suitable environment; you
don't expect high-craft blacksmithing in today's auto industry. But the
mechanization of work, where machines take over more and more of human and
creative (= satisfying) art and skill (note: I use the word "art" in the
traditional sense of habitual and acquired knowledge of translating
concrete imagined forms into given material or combination of materials -- *ars
recta ratio factibilium*) leaves the "worker" more and more of a machine
minder, that is, a drudge; a slave, to put it bluntly but accurately. And I
have been reading recently how AI will take over even more highly-skilled
work; even that of surgeons! -- leaving programmers on one hand and Orwells
proles on the other to be bought off with elusive and unaffordable
guaranteed minimum incomes, or else bread and circuses. The computer is the
apotheosis of the machine; and I predict it will become the machine
antichrist. Note: I do not by any means condemn all those who are in IT; my
worth brother in law is in IT; we do the best we can in the circumstances
given us. But no one can stop us from looking reality in the eye.
Look back at advertising in the late 19th and early 20th century, before
radio and later television. Although poster art was already a debased form
enslaved to the profit motive and the machine, it still had scope for real
human creativity; even if only on hoardings and flyers stuck up in public
places. I have a very nice, framed repro "Cycles Gladiator" poster in my
garage: it's not Chartres cathedral or Siva Nataraj, but it's still humanly
creative and, to that extent, a medium for beauty. Now, it's not even TV
ads; it's Twitter -- our Golem of Greatness, to use Kunstler's phrase, is a
man of his time.
I am acutely aware of this because my daughter, a senior in high school
with some graphic talent and interest, will have to find a job and, one
hopes and prays, not only a job but a remunerative and satisfying craft and
profession, in a world that is more and more, and at an accelerating pace,
more and more merely an adjunct to the machine. Or else she'll have to
write resumes.
Anyway, Grant's ads harked back to that already modern but still
*relatively* human medium, and -- one grasps at even very small and
relative goods -- they were very refreshing and intriguing.
I wish I'd kept my small collection of BUSA catalogues. (Yes, "...gues".)
On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 8:33 AM William R. wrote:
> I was super aware of Bridgestone in the late 80's and early 90's. Didn't
> know who Grant was, but I loved the ads and the bikes spoke to me. Never
> owned a Bridgestone though. I think the first time I became aware that
> Rivendell existed was not until late 1999 or early 2000 when I saw a
> beautiful Rivendell custom cross bike on eBay. I remember being stuck on
> that one and drooling over it, but not being remotely able to afford it. I
> lived in San Francisco at the time and they had the US National Cyclocross
> Championships in the Presidio in 1999. I attended and thought cross was
> awesome and I thought the bikes were awesome because they afforded the
> clearances that my road bikes at the time didn't have. I was stuck in a
> racing frame of mind back then and bought a pretty cool cross bike to use
> as a commuter. All was well for a few years. I didn't look deeper into
> Rivendell and in 2000 I moved to Colorado. I kick myself now for not being
> more aware and taking advantage of having Walnut Creek so close and the
> possibility of visiting RBWHQ in the early years. Ouch! In CO I was still
> clinging to the racer mentality but all the time wishing I could have
> bigger tires on my nice road bike for all of the dirt farm roads out there.
> I experimented a lot and was following Riv more and more. Moved east in '04
> and was dreaming heavily of Atlanti and Hilsen's by then, but they still
> seemed a little out of reach for me. Power clip ahead to 2009 and I finally
> made my first plunge and bought a orange, canti Hillborne. Hooked: I've
> always had a Riv since then. A bleu Hillborne next. Today we have 3 Rivs in
> the house: 1 Roadini (mine), 1 Appaloosa (also mine!) and one Betty Foy (my
> wife's). Our kids bikes are also heavily influenced by Riv. My son rides a
> Cross Check and my daughter has a neat Diamondback step through/mixte that
> we got at REI. I'm totally addicted to Rivendells bikes and their ways.
> Current dream is to fill in the gap between the Roadini and Joe with a new
> MIT Hilsen. That may not be in the cards and I
[RBW] Re: Self-diagnosed Riv addicts (some) since 1994.
I rode a Rossin Record for 20+ years. Nice stage racing frame. Around 2008 I decided I wanted a fatter tire roadish bike. Something more practical but not a MTB. I'm not sure how I stumbled on Riv but I got a 55 Bleriot, loved it and miss it. I have a 53 MIT Atlantis that is my all rounder and it fits better than any bike I have ever had. I keep eyeing and considering a 51 MIT AHH but I don't 'need' it. Yeah, right. On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 2:25:13 PM UTC-5, Abcyclehank wrote: > > Anyone want to add themselves and their Rivendell fleet or history to a > POSITIVE ONLY commentary on how Grant and RBW has affected your > relationship riding bikes in the spirit of JUST RIDE in all it details. > > For a starting tease: I currently have 10 Rivendell’s in a fleet of 16 > bikes for my family of four (2 adult children). > > Ryan “equally proud and embarrassed” Hankinson > West Michigan -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Self-diagnosed Riv addicts (some) since 1994.
I rode a Rossin Record for 20+ years. Nice stage racing frame. Around 2008 is decided I wanted a fatter tire roadish bike. I'm not sure how I stumbled on Riv but I got a 55 Bleriot, loved it and miss it. I have a 53 MIT Atlantis that is my all rounder and it fits better than any bike I have had. I keep eyeing and considering a 51 MIT AHH but I don't 'need' it. On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 2:25:13 PM UTC-5, Abcyclehank wrote: > Anyone want to add themselves and their Rivendell fleet or history to a > POSITIVE ONLY commentary on how Grant and RBW has affected your > relationship riding bikes in the spirit of JUST RIDE in all it details. > > For a starting tease: I currently have 10 Rivendell’s in a fleet of 16 > bikes for my family of four (2 adult children). > > Ryan “equally proud and embarrassed” Hankinson > West Michigan -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Biking trip in CA?
There's a nice bike path along the beach that goes from Redondo Beach up towards Malibu. There is a bit of a jaunt onto roads at Marina del Rey, so you if you want to avoid that, then you can go from Venice up north through Santa Monica until you feel like you want to turn around. Venice/Santa Monica is kind of fun to visit, so I would recommend that, and there is ice cream and other food stalls/restaurants set up along the beach in Venice. Toshi (it's raining in Oakland) On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 2:54 PM Joe Bernard wrote: > Everyone knows you meant "yahoos" in the most loving way, Leah, it's like > "knuckleheads". > > -- > 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] 26" Rim Brake MTB Championships
I came across this event while looking for some trails to explore this summer up in Sonoma County: http://grasshopperadventureseries.com/rides/lake-sonoma-mtb/ It has a category titled *26" Hardtail (Rim Brake) Championships*, which I can hardly believe exists in 2019. Has anyone else heard about this and/or done it before? Regardless, I think I'll participate on my rigid Clem H with 27.5" rim brakes and see how I do, but mostly to have a good day on some nice trails in a place I rarely visit! Anyone else thinking of going? Cheers, Collin -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Biking trip in CA?
Everyone knows you meant "yahoos" in the most loving way, Leah, it's like "knuckleheads". -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Biking trip in CA?
Well ok, let’s all be yahoos then! At least it’s funny. And I can always do with more of that. I’m looking into the links the rest of you sent. I must say, I came to the right place - you guys are like genies in a bottle! Definitely not yahoos! Keep ‘em coming, Leah Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 15, 2019, at 2:50 PM, 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch > wrote: > > Yahoo has taken on less severe connotations, aye, Leah? Intended or not, you > left all of us in hysterics laughing at eachother and ourselves all over > again! That’s always a good thing. Afterall, aren’t we all yahoos? Grin. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > -- > 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/6-tSV3FTWMM/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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Biking trip in CA?
Yahoo has taken on less severe connotations, aye, Leah? Intended or not, you left all of us in hysterics laughing at eachother and ourselves all over again! That’s always a good thing. Afterall, aren’t we all yahoos? Grin. 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Biking trip in CA?
Leah: Here's a link to the City of Irvine that has maps: https://www.cityofirvine.org/transportation/irvine-shares-way Scroll about half-way down to the "Bikeways" heading. dougP On Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 1:04:59 PM UTC-8, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > > I did not realize this would be a long weekend. After it dawned on us that > there is no school Monday, we are considering packing up and driving to CA > for a mini-vacation. I would love it to be a bike trip, but I love biking > more than anyone else in my family, and you know how that goes - you gotta > consider the other yahoos you live with. Does anyone have any suggestions > for dazzling places to bike in southern or central CA? Heck, maybe even > northern Cal. > > Wish List: > 1. Protected bike path so we all come home alive. > 2. Along a water source (living in the desert, if we can ride by/to/along > a lake or river or ocean, we’re in raptures!) > 3. Not too hilly (because the yahoos will protest and want to quit early) > > I realize this is a rather dreamy (unrealistic?) wish list but if such > paradise existed, someone on this Calfiornia-heavy List would definitely > know. > > Thanks! > Leah -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Biking trip in CA?
The weather on SoCal is predicted to be sunny on both Sat & Sun. I'm biased since I live here but for the conditions you describe, Irvine has a wonderful system of paved, off-road trails with gentle grades. Many loops are possible so you can do 20+ miles, not just out'n'backs. Especially good is the Mountains to the Sea trail that loops around the Newport Back Bay. I'll check the city website to see if there are links to any maps. PM me with questions. dougP On Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 1:04:59 PM UTC-8, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > > I did not realize this would be a long weekend. After it dawned on us that > there is no school Monday, we are considering packing up and driving to CA > for a mini-vacation. I would love it to be a bike trip, but I love biking > more than anyone else in my family, and you know how that goes - you gotta > consider the other yahoos you live with. Does anyone have any suggestions > for dazzling places to bike in southern or central CA? Heck, maybe even > northern Cal. > > Wish List: > 1. Protected bike path so we all come home alive. > 2. Along a water source (living in the desert, if we can ride by/to/along > a lake or river or ocean, we’re in raptures!) > 3. Not too hilly (because the yahoos will protest and want to quit early) > > I realize this is a rather dreamy (unrealistic?) wish list but if such > paradise existed, someone on this Calfiornia-heavy List would definitely > know. > > Thanks! > Leah -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Biking trip in CA?
Well, those definitions are not at all what I meant! Where I come from a yahoo is an affectionate term for the impishness and quirks you find in someone. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 15, 2019, at 2:13 PM, 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch > wrote: > > Worth noting is the definition, etimology, and synonyms for yahoo: > > 1capitalized : a member of a race of brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels who > have the form and all the vices of humans > 2 [influenced by 2yahoo] : a boorish, crass, or stupid person > > Synonyms: airhead, blockhead, chucklehead, dimwit, dodo, dolt, donkey, dope, > dork, dullard, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, goof, goon, half-wit, idiot, > ignoramus, imbecile, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loon, lunkhead, > moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), > oaf, pinhead, saphead, simpleton, stock, turkey, yo-yo > Antonyms: brain, genius > > -- > 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/6-tSV3FTWMM/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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Perhaps not too off topic: Wealth and poverty: 2 articles from The Guardian of 1/14.
Patrick, thanks for those links. I read The Guardian as well but hadn't seen either one. Very thought provoking. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Biking trip in CA?
Worth noting is the definition, etimology, and synonyms for yahoo: 1capitalized : a member of a race of brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels who have the form and all the vices of humans 2 [influenced by 2yahoo] : a boorish, crass, or stupid person Synonyms: airhead, blockhead, chucklehead, dimwit, dodo, dolt, donkey, dope, dork, dullard, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, goof, goon, half-wit, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loon, lunkhead, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, saphead, simpleton, stock, turkey, yo-yo Antonyms: brain, genius -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Biking trip in CA?
The yahoo equation trumps all else and often renders the equation unsolvable for anything but day rides. Sardonic grin. We try and combine activities of intersection as much as possible, and allow time for individual/different group activities that have us doing things in smaller groups before reconvening. But I knew I was in trouble with the yahoos and lost all credibility when I said: “that’s the last hill. It’s flat the rest of the way.” Not long after followed by them at the base of the flat looking up at the top of the flat and asking me what this was. Sardonic grin. Oops. Their hill is my flat. My flat contains a lot of their hills. My hills are their unridable. Grin. Yahoos see the world differently. 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Biking trip in CA?
How about the Ojai Bike path out of Ventura. Ventura is a nice sea side town worth a visit even for any reason. http://venturacountytrails.org/TrailMaps/OjaiBikePath/AreaHome.html https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60769-d2559646-Reviews-Ventura_to_Ojai_Paved_Bike_Path-Ventura_California.html http://www.pathlesspedaled.com/2014/01/15/rode-trip-exploring-ojai-by-bike/ Enjoy, Curtis On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 1:30 PM Leah Peterson wrote: > We definitely are fair-weather bikers on vacation! Looks like So Cal has > hope of sun and warm weather this weekend but Joe is right, Nor Cal is > going to be wet. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jan 15, 2019, at 1:26 PM, Steven Sweedler wrote: > > I am riding down the coast I’m in Guadalupe and it’s very windy with some > rain, wind from the south! > Steve > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 1:23 PM 'Eric Norris' via RBW Owners Bunch < > rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Fewer crowds on the bike trail when it’s raining a little :-) >> >> --Eric Norris >> campyonly...@me.com >> @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) >> >> On Jan 15, 2019, at 1:22 PM, Joe Bernard wrote: >> >> One caveat for NorCal is it's cold and raining right now. Saturday is >> sorta ok for 60° and cloudy, but rain Sunday. Monday looks a little better. >> >> -- >> 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Steven Sweedler > Plymouth, New Hampshire > > -- > 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/6-tSV3FTWMM/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 https://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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Biking trip in CA?
We definitely are fair-weather bikers on vacation! Looks like So Cal has hope of sun and warm weather this weekend but Joe is right, Nor Cal is going to be wet. Sent from my iPad > On Jan 15, 2019, at 1:26 PM, Steven Sweedler wrote: > > I am riding down the coast I’m in Guadalupe and it’s very windy with some > rain, wind from the south! > Steve > >> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 1:23 PM 'Eric Norris' via RBW Owners Bunch >> wrote: >> Fewer crowds on the bike trail when it’s raining a little :-) >> >> --Eric Norris >> campyonly...@me.com >> @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) >> >>> On Jan 15, 2019, at 1:22 PM, Joe Bernard wrote: >>> >>> One caveat for NorCal is it's cold and raining right now. Saturday is sorta >>> ok for 60° and cloudy, but rain Sunday. Monday looks a little better. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > Steven Sweedler > Plymouth, New Hampshire > -- > 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/6-tSV3FTWMM/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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Biking trip in CA?
I am riding down the coast I’m in Guadalupe and it’s very windy with some rain, wind from the south! Steve On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 1:23 PM 'Eric Norris' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Fewer crowds on the bike trail when it’s raining a little :-) > > --Eric Norris > campyonly...@me.com > @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) > > On Jan 15, 2019, at 1:22 PM, Joe Bernard wrote: > > One caveat for NorCal is it's cold and raining right now. Saturday is > sorta ok for 60° and cloudy, but rain Sunday. Monday looks a little better. > > -- > 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Steven Sweedler Plymouth, New Hampshire -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Biking trip in CA?
Fewer crowds on the bike trail when it’s raining a little :-) --Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) > On Jan 15, 2019, at 1:22 PM, Joe Bernard wrote: > > One caveat for NorCal is it's cold and raining right now. Saturday is sorta > ok for 60° and cloudy, but rain Sunday. Monday looks a little better. > > -- > 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Biking trip in CA?
One caveat for NorCal is it's cold and raining right now. Saturday is sorta ok for 60° and cloudy, but rain Sunday. Monday looks a little better. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Biking trip in CA?
I did not realize this would be a long weekend. After it dawned on us that there is no school Monday, we are considering packing up and driving to CA for a mini-vacation. I would love it to be a bike trip, but I love biking more than anyone else in my family, and you know how that goes - you gotta consider the other yahoos you live with. Does anyone have any suggestions for dazzling places to bike in southern or central CA? Heck, maybe even northern Cal. Wish List: 1. Protected bike path so we all come home alive. 2. Along a water source (living in the desert, if we can ride by/to/along a lake or river or ocean, we’re in raptures!) 3. Not too hilly (because the yahoos will protest and want to quit early) I realize this is a rather dreamy (unrealistic?) wish list but if such paradise existed, someone on this Calfiornia-heavy List would definitely know. Thanks! Leah -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] WTB: XSmall Saddlesack
I'm looking for an xsmall saddleback. If you have one to sell, please PM me. Thanks, Steve Cole -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Self-diagnosed Riv addicts (some) since 1994.
Hi Patrick, Oh man, I loved that XO-1 Feels lighter by comparison with those 26" wheels. Quick, low profile, nice handling. Great for shorter tours (like max 4 days) and just plain fun to ride. Only downside was that the 59cm seat tube was always a bit small for my 6'3" height, and the top tube was shortish also. At the end I set it up with Albatross bars on an old, super-long Nitto-made steel stem off an old Specialized S-Works mtn bike to bring the bars up and out, and I rode it that way for years. That said, I really like my Rivs, which are all bigger (63cm Rom, 64cm QB, 63cm Hilsen, 62cm Hunqa). I'm running fillet-brazed Bosco Bullmoose bars on the Hunqa, and it's just a dream to ride. I used to take it offroad more, but now it's an all-weather, day/night, racked and basketed beast of burden. The Rom is my "road" bike that's a blast on dirt roads too. The Hilsen is currently out of commission as it needs a new rear wheel (rim got a chunk taken out of it), and it has also gotten a lot of commute miles and some touring. Cheers, -br On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 2:31 PM Patrick Moore wrote: > Bill: what did you think of the XO-1? Or, what do you now think of the > XO-1 after riding so many Rivendells? > > I owned, loved, and put many, many miles on a '92 myself, and when I > ordered my first 26' wheel road custom, I asked Grant: Can you make it as > good as the XO-1?" He answered, "Oh, much better," and so it proved. In > fact, my first custom was sorta-kinda based on the All Rounder, but with > geometry tweaked for road, and full road tubing and lugs. > > The XO--1 was very clearly an idea and product at the beginning of a > process. Riv's road models and all road models are now much, much better -- > as good as the XO-1 was in its day. > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 3:05 PM Bill Rhea wrote: > >> I guess I've been a fan of Grant's bikes and since when I sold >> Bridgestone bikes as an employee of Bay Area shops Wheelsmith and the >> Bicycle Outfitter back in the 80's. >> >> I've accumulated some great stuff from Riv over the years, bikes, racks >> and bags (Carradice saddle bag, then Baggins Bags, Sackville), and plenty >> of wool. >> >> First Bridgestone was a 1992 X0-1, which I just gave to my son-in-law to >> use. Tons of commute miles and touring on that one. >> >> Second Bridgestone was an X0-5, bought for $99 on Bridgestone USA's last >> day of business. This was a great commuter when I was in grad school. >> >> First Riv was a Quickbeam from the first production run, now set up with >> an S3X fixed 3sp hub. I may need to find a home for this, as it's less >> practical for my needs / geography these days. But what a sweet ride >> >> Second Riv was a Romulus, which I broke but had repaired. This is now my >> only bike without racks and fenders, set up with NOS parts for L'Eroica >> CA. This is my only non-commuting bike. >> >> Third Riv was an A. Homer Hilsen, which I got while the Romulus was being >> repaired. >> >> Fourth Riv was a gray Hunqapillar from the first production run. This one >> has more miles than any of the others, and is my everyday go-to commuter >> and load hauler. >> >> I can safely say that my bike experience over the last 20 years has been >> positively enhanced by Riv products and cyclosophy. >> >> -br >> >> >> On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 11:25:13 AM UTC-8, Abcyclehank wrote: >>> >>> Anyone want to add themselves and their Rivendell fleet or history to a >>> POSITIVE ONLY commentary on how Grant and RBW has affected your >>> relationship riding bikes in the spirit of JUST RIDE in all it details. >>> >>> For a starting tease: I currently have 10 Rivendell’s in a fleet of 16 >>> bikes for my family of four (2 adult children). >>> >>> Ryan “equally proud and embarrassed” Hankinson >>> West Michigan >> >> -- >> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > > > > > ** > > > > > > *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And > though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the > hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* > --- J.R.R. Tolkien > --- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching > Other professional writing services > Expensive! But good. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis
[RBW] Re: Self-diagnosed Riv addicts (some) since 1994.
I’ve been immersed in bikes for most of my life. I was familiar to a certain extent with GP/Rivendell. A few years back I read some glowing reviews of his bikes in a magazine and that sparked my interest. So like eating potato chips, I start d buying them. I now own a Sam, Roadini, Joe A, Quikbeam, Cheviot, Rosco Bubbe Mixte, and a Soma San Marcos. My cycling needs are well taken care of! -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: FS: New small khaki saddle sack
Sold. On it's way to Brooklyn, NY. Right across the bridge from Chinatown. On Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 10:42:41 AM UTC-5, Lester Lammers wrote: > > New, never used. $135 OBO shipped to the lower 48. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Perhaps not too off topic: Wealth and poverty: 2 articles from The Guardian of 1/14.
I love my Rivendell bikes! -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Self-diagnosed Riv addicts (some) since 1994.
Along the way, I became a Rivendell "Lifetime Member," which meant you had a lifetime subscription to the Rivendell Reader. Before Rivendell had a website, those Rivendell Readers were the thread that held us all together. I still have them all in a binder, they're still informative (and relaxing) to read. On Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 8:34:23 AM UTC-8, Jonathan K. wrote: > > 3 in the house currently - my Appaloosa and Sam and my wife's Clem L. > 1 on order - Hubbuhubbuh > > From the time I came across Rivendell's website 10 or so years ago, I've > admired the bikes and enjoyed reading Grant's writings but really thought > that owning a Riv was a pipe dream. Eventually, though, things fell into > place and I found myself in a position to afford one. So, after years of > struggling with bike fit, and trying lots of different bikes, I decided to > buy my first Rivendell - an Appaloosa. I was so amazed by how well it rode > that I bought a Hillborne a few months later, and then a Clem for my wife, > and last week I preordered a HHH. Strongly considering a Roadini too... > > The bikes are amazing, but the other Rivendell offerings have been just as > life-changing for me. I can't imagine my Appaloosa without the luxuriously > comfortable Boscomoose bars. My Sam would be a different bike altogether > without the Albastache bars. Neither would be nearly as capable commuters > without the Nitto Racks, Wald baskets, and the Sackville bags. I seriously > cannot stress enough how much I love my Shopsack, medium Saddlesack, and > Baggabond. I've tried lots of arrangements for carrying stuff bikes, and > these are absolutely the best bags for me and my commute, no contest. > > I've always liked riding bikes. I've owned a lot of different types of > bikes from a lot of different companies. I've never enjoyed riding as much > as when I am riding one of my Rivendells. What could be a better compliment > for a bike? > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Self-diagnosed Riv addicts (some) since 1994.
3 in the house currently - my Appaloosa and Sam and my wife's Clem L. 1 on order - Hubbuhubbuh >From the time I came across Rivendell's website 10 or so years ago, I've admired the bikes and enjoyed reading Grant's writings but really thought that owning a Riv was a pipe dream. Eventually, though, things fell into place and I found myself in a position to afford one. So, after years of struggling with bike fit, and trying lots of different bikes, I decided to buy my first Rivendell - an Appaloosa. I was so amazed by how well it rode that I bought a Hillborne a few months later, and then a Clem for my wife, and last week I preordered a HHH. Strongly considering a Roadini too... The bikes are amazing, but the other Rivendell offerings have been just as life-changing for me. I can't imagine my Appaloosa without the luxuriously comfortable Boscomoose bars. My Sam would be a different bike altogether without the Albastache bars. Neither would be nearly as capable commuters without the Nitto Racks, Wald baskets, and the Sackville bags. I seriously cannot stress enough how much I love my Shopsack, medium Saddlesack, and Baggabond. I've tried lots of arrangements for carrying stuff bikes, and these are absolutely the best bags for me and my commute, no contest. I've always liked riding bikes. I've owned a lot of different types of bikes from a lot of different companies. I've never enjoyed riding as much as when I am riding one of my Rivendells. What could be a better compliment for a bike? -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Silver Legolas on the blug
Eamon is correct, those are 38mm Barlows, from the company formerly known as Compass. On Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 7:41:24 AM UTC-8, Eamon Nordquist wrote: > > Those look like the Compass 700c x 38mm Barlow Pass tires. > > Eamon > Seattle > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Silver Legolas on the blug
Those look like the Compass 700c x 38mm Barlow Pass tires. Eamon Seattle -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Self-diagnosed Riv addicts (some) since 1994.
I was super aware of Bridgestone in the late 80's and early 90's. Didn't know who Grant was, but I loved the ads and the bikes spoke to me. Never owned a Bridgestone though. I think the first time I became aware that Rivendell existed was not until late 1999 or early 2000 when I saw a beautiful Rivendell custom cross bike on eBay. I remember being stuck on that one and drooling over it, but not being remotely able to afford it. I lived in San Francisco at the time and they had the US National Cyclocross Championships in the Presidio in 1999. I attended and thought cross was awesome and I thought the bikes were awesome because they afforded the clearances that my road bikes at the time didn't have. I was stuck in a racing frame of mind back then and bought a pretty cool cross bike to use as a commuter. All was well for a few years. I didn't look deeper into Rivendell and in 2000 I moved to Colorado. I kick myself now for not being more aware and taking advantage of having Walnut Creek so close and the possibility of visiting RBWHQ in the early years. Ouch! In CO I was still clinging to the racer mentality but all the time wishing I could have bigger tires on my nice road bike for all of the dirt farm roads out there. I experimented a lot and was following Riv more and more. Moved east in '04 and was dreaming heavily of Atlanti and Hilsen's by then, but they still seemed a little out of reach for me. Power clip ahead to 2009 and I finally made my first plunge and bought a orange, canti Hillborne. Hooked: I've always had a Riv since then. A bleu Hillborne next. Today we have 3 Rivs in the house: 1 Roadini (mine), 1 Appaloosa (also mine!) and one Betty Foy (my wife's). Our kids bikes are also heavily influenced by Riv. My son rides a Cross Check and my daughter has a neat Diamondback step through/mixte that we got at REI. I'm totally addicted to Rivendells bikes and their ways. Current dream is to fill in the gap between the Roadini and Joe with a new MIT Hilsen. That may not be in the cards and I will have to live with what I've got! Good thing Rivs are so versatile. My two can handle just about anything I could dream of doing on a bike at my age. It would just be neat to have that Hilsen as my full time fendered bike, the Appaloosa as my full time dirt bike and the Roadini as my full time road bike. My love for Rivendell continues in tandem with my dreaming! Hmm... tandem... there's a thought... Bill in Westchester, NY -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: FS: Brooks B17
No interest? I'll drop it to $50 shipped CONUS and add a photo. [image: 0.jpg] On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 9:03:41 AM UTC-5, Marc Irwin wrote: > > Brooks B17, antique brown. Well used, well cared for. Some Profide and > a spanner included. $60 shipped USPS Priority CONUS. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Take-apart Cheviot?
Indeed... am contemplating doing this to my other bikes, too, although perhaps going with the Ritchey Breakaway contraption, if that’s possible as a retrofit on a regular frame. Wonder what frame builders would be up for the task... - Max (one of my bikes needs a repaint anyway, so...) -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Silver Legolas on the blug
Max, that’s a gorgeous looking do-it-all bike. What size are those tires, btw? - Max (no relation :-P ) -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
