I thought JRA always precedes a crash or component failure. I was just riding
along when...
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Use a longer chain?
I also have mostly changed gears with a dingle cog, which limits axle movement.
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Nope. The Quickbeam will do 38mm tires and fenders nicely. More is a hassle to
set up, and a hassle to maintain. The first gen green ones, at least. I could
do nominal 45mm smokes, but I had to shave the side knobs in the rear.
If I wanted the function, I'd get a Black Mountain. If I wanted
Your vacation sounds thoroughly ideal. Trains across Scotland! I agree on
the shoes, too.
The first time my wife and I went to Scotland, we were mistaken for Scots.
Boots, duffel coats, and wool. One man in Pittenweem thought we were from
Historical Scotland to sign off on his home improvement
Well science KNOWS it doesn't know everything. Otherwise it'd STOP
https://youtu.be/uDYba0m6ztE?t=1m51s.
- Dara O'Brien
The popular reporting of science studies is the same as popular reporting
of everything: hysterical, all-or-nothing, and out of context. Exaggerated
for emotional effect.
Cool thread!
60cm green Quickbeam - fixed/free, front basket, 38mm tires.
L Bontrager Privateer - front shock, drop bars, 3x9 speed.
XL Singular Gryphon - singlespeed, drop bars, rigid fork
25 Ross fixie - dingle cogs, moustache bars, 32mm tires. Low trail.
42cm Fisher Utopia - looong
I settled on nine speed when I had to use those chains for my Dingle cogs.
I suddenly have an 8 speed Lemond, with STI, so I might be branching out.
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Thanks for the tip on resuscitating old Shimano triggers. Mine stopped working,
and I thought they had stripped the pawls.
I've been thinking about taking the Bontrager back to its original flat bar,
from drops. I'll see if the shifters are fixable with your method.
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Thanks for that. I'm always glad to remember Seth.
He WAS pretty real online! My ex-coworker knew him from software that way, too.
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Always happy to
see the Seth quote in David's
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If Doug writes that book, I'll edit it and lay it out for print.
That could be an interesting app, right? A guide book that could update in real
time based on community feedback. People would probably buy it who would never
actually do the ride.
Photos, nearby tourists, current conditions...
Thanks for the heads up - just checked the leaderboards. Dang those folks
are cooking!
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On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 1:02:03 PM UTC-7, Chris Lampe 2 wrote:
Both records are about to fall.the men's in just a few hours.
On Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at 7:58:03
:10 AM UTC-5, Philip Williamson wrote:
Ahh! Frankly I thought there was a 1:1 correlation of disbelief in
evolution and disbelief in climate change.
I do like that bike, though. I'm as likely to fly a TIE fighter as ever
ride one, but I like it for the same reasons.
Philip
Ahh! Frankly I thought there was a 1:1 correlation of disbelief in evolution
and disbelief in climate change.
I do like that bike, though. I'm as likely to fly a TIE fighter as ever ride
one, but I like it for the same reasons.
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Yeah, I can't name one!
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On Monday, June 22, 2015 at 3:56:59 PM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote:
Not as far as we're concerned!!!
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Mark Wilkins wilkin...@gmail.com
javascript: wrote:
Seriously, I'm dying here. Waiting.
I
Wow, that is amazing.
Build a bike around something like that... Or put fenders back on the
Quickbeam.
Really nice. I look forward to your webstore.
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On Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 10:56:29 AM UTC-7, Anton Tutter wrote:
As some of you already know if you follow my
Awesome! Second best Fathers Day gift!
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I believe Emily was one of the OG participants on the Fixed Gear email list,
back before fixies became a fad. Saw three in the last two days, so maybe the
fixie fad is coming back? Ironically this time?
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On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 9:33:35 AM UTC-7, Justin August wrote:
Patrick-
Your ride is here, in Crabln Fibre:
http://theradavist.com/2015/06/introducing-the-salsa-cycles-cutthroat-tour-divide-bike/#1
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Deacon - you also ride a Quickbeam built for a 7 foot man!
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On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 8:42:54 AM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote:
I ride a 62cm Hunqa on all kinds of stuff and have a PBH of 90cm without
issue ever in the ?? years I've had it. The need for smaller
Boat shoes would probably be fine. I rode in Ralph Lauren fake All-Stars
high-top sneakers today, with thin wool socks. VP-001s with pins.
What BMX pedals are you getting? I have a pair of silver VP-001s coming for
the Ross C-Line makeover, but I'd like to upgrade another bike as well from
Ha! I was drooling over the DIrtbomb yesterday! Soulcraft sent out an email
looking for a couple people who wanted to sign up for next year's NAHBS
bikes (nice discount, but you have to wait nine months).
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On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 10:54:36 AM UTC-7, iamkeith
I have a desire for a similar bike, but without the panniers.
I'd like to have a custom frame to take the parts from the Gravel Roadster
https://instagram.com/p/2u0o-SA5jD/?taken-by=biketinker. It's a Gary
Fisher Utopia frame with a Kona P2 fork. If anyone has a larger frame like
this (Utopia
What are the points of divergence between the way you like a bike to ride
and the way Soulcraft likes a bike to ride?
I most like the way my Quickbeam rides, so I'm interested if the ride of a
Soulcraft is somehow very different. I'd go ride one, but I'm not in the
market to buy one, so I
If you still have one of those ~$1000 bikes, you could move some or all of
the parts over to the new frame.
Then you can spend time finding parts to put the old frame back on the
road, or simply sell the leftovers.
If you don't have a spare bike, there's always Craigslist. Any size bike
will
I reach over the bike, grab the downtube with my right hand kind of low, and
grab the bars with the left. I can alter the angle to go up or down stairs
pretty easily.
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Yep. You can buy shorter crank arms, but it might be cheaper to get the whole
set. Installation is faster to swap cranks than to move rings over and install
cranks.
Are you looking for 165mm cranks? Or shorter?
Good luck with the knee surgery!
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Hi Mike,
I have Big Apples. I want Supermotos, but I need to wear out two sets of BAs
first...
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Outside the sweat will evaporate?
I come back from bike rides with sweaty (wool) clothes, but when I took kung
fu, my outfit could be wrung out, and weighed like two pounds.
I think you'll be fine with wool, riding outside.
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I put stickers all over the bikes I build from the parts bin. Value is in the
cables! The last one really came together when I splurged on new bars and
pedals.
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I agree with what Patrick says, but I'd probably just send it out as a geared
bike. The only downside is if he knows nothing about changing gears, and leaves
it cross-chained all the time. In Berkeley, my feeling is that a single speed
is MORE desirable than a geared bike, and he can convert it
I love your dog! My dog is a super sweetie... once she sees the family
welcome you. Otherwise... *None. Shall. Pass. *
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On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 6:05:31 PM UTC-7, Doug Williams wrote:
If you met him on the street, sure. But at his door...forget it. Again,
that
Very cool! Thanks for the write up!
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Nice! I liked my vintage FS automatic, too. I broke it with a pedal
strike, and it won't shift after I rebuilt it. :^(
Maybe time to just build a new one.
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On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 11:53:10 AM UTC-7, Ron Mc wrote:
my buddy just set an old Schwinn Worldsport with
Excellent!
Such a pretty bike.
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On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 6:19:23 AM UTC-7, Montclair BobbyB wrote:
Been saying that all along, but it's such a versatile bike, it just begs
to be changed up and reconfigured from time to time. This is my latest
remix: Added
That is very very cool. The toptube is long enough for me to ride - the
headtube length might dictate riser bars for a tall person, but...
beautiful.
Looking at that bike, I'd think $3200 to $4500 depending. On the buyer,
mostly. Just a swag, though.
And... I think you'd make more by parting
I will visit that shop! I didn't know it was there.
I have a dream of putting an Airstream in my dad's apple orchard about half
a mile from there, and renting it out to cyclists as a base camp.
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On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 6:45:13 AM UTC-7, dougP wrote:
During a
I'm interested in that. I haven't used any retention in several years, and
so far I haven't had a problem, even fixed offroad. In the situations
where, yeah, I could pop a quad pulling up on the pedals to clean a steep
hill, I just step off and walk. It's more pleasant, and seems faster
So you've got the coveted Two 'Beam System!
Good looking setups.
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On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 10:11:02 AM UTC-7, John G wrote:
Late to the show as usual, but I agree.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/14612032@N00/499428650/sizes/o/
That sounds fantastic.
It also sounds like the beginning phase of a great guide book! Or a blog,
if you wanted to be all modern about it...
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On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 8:37:20 AM UTC-7, KC wrote:
We are researching rides for upcoming vacation but would appreciate
Are you trolling, or is there something I missed with google plus?
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Tony - did you ever build that Jono Hub into a wheel? I've been looking at
it as a possible match for the SON hub on my fixed porteur that might need
to become a geared road bike in the nearish future.
The down side to investing in a freewheel hub is that I sold all my
(multispeed) freewheels
The green steel riser stem is a Salsa I bought in 1988 or so, for my first
mountain bike. I painted it Shamrock Green with a spraycan from the auto
parts store.
Ties the whole bike together. ;^)
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This is my fantasy, too - dyno hub and fenders back on the green 60, light
wheels and expensive tires on an orange 62 or 64!
I almost pulled the trigger on one of the larger QBs flying by recently, but
couldn't rationalize it with logic.
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Ah. I must have some secret setting in gmail. Digests? I can't see
images in my email - I have to click through to the group if something
sounds good.
I get the groups in digest form (I miss out on some amazing FS posts
I got mine today! Somehow the lanyard makes it. Also got a couple cool ACW
stickers and a pin. Stickers are already on the bike; first ever on the seat
post.
Very cool,
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I concur. Quickbeam: https://instagram.com/p/2ANI1qA5vP/
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I'm impressed. I've been using Gmail since forever, I often back up PSD
files by mailing them to myself, I never delete anything (I have a constant
22,222 unread messages) and I'm only at 5.5 GB, including Google Drive
stuff.
Do you have a lot of stuff in Google Drive you could delete?
BOOM! http://bradclick.bigcartel.com/product/new-9oz-stainless-doublewall-mug
A whole set of mugs in the future? Illustrations? Tarik? La Pavoni?
...if you give a mouse a cookie...
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Ha! I've had that run of luck. Best get it out if he way all at once.
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If you had wanted me to be a better customer, you should have been a
better vendor.
Just my riff on an Anne Lamott quote: If people wanted you to write warmly
about them, they should have behaved better.
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On Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 10:52:05 AM UTC-7, Ron Mc wrote:
I have older Shimano 600s with 39/42 rings on my Quickbeam.
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On Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 9:10:10 AM UTC-7, Statrixbob wrote:
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 5:23 AM, Minh mgian...@gmail.com javascript:
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well count yourself lucky that it happened at a pretty
I read for-went as went for three times in a row. Opposite meanings!
Heel shifting sounds pretty awesome. Upshifting harder than downshifting. I
guess that would be toe shifting?
I am going to try this on the Gravel Roadster - two rings, no FD, and I'm
okay at track standing.
Philip
That was very cool!
I met you and overtook you a couple of times, then you continued on your
way...
I guess there's very little time between the picture taking and the live map?
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I have had a couple setups where the 4 tooth spread with the Dingle cog was
matched by a 4 tooth spread in the rings, so the axle position stays almost
the same in high gear and low gear. Mostly that was for my OCD (and fender
line).
The Quickbeam as shipped had an 8 tooth spread in the rings
Beautiful SimpleOne with those fat tires. I'd keep the Paul wheel set on the
off-road bike, and get a cheap set of lightish fixie wheels on Craigslist. I've
been looking at the Milwaukee hubs from Ben's Cycles, myself.
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Beautiful SimpleOne with those fat tires. I'd keep the Paul wheel set on the
off-road bike, and get a cheap set of lightish fixie wheels on Craigslist. I've
been looking at the Milwaukee hubs from Ben's Cycles, myself.
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people's posts.
Just click the subject to read the whole thread on Google Groups. And then
always reply from there. It handles the quotating fine.
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Dang! Good score!
I was like Wait, what did I miss? Oh. Oh! Oh my. All gone.
Congratulations to you, and to everyone who got one - I rode my green QB
today.
There is a minimoot this Sunday, 9:00 am at the Marin Cheese Factory. All
are welcome. 33.3 miles, stopping at 3 cheese mongers. A
I was surprised at how many of my online friends were at this. It's like NAHBS
used to be.
And I met a guy a couple months ago who built up a bike just for L'Eroica. I
have a vintage-enough bike, but no gears, and BMX pedals. Maybe a year is
enough time to gear it up? I'd need a rear wheel...
I have a take-a-look I was mounting on my glasses, but I worry about
flipping my glasses out into the road by accident.
I'm going to zip tie it to my helment instead. Thanks!
I really like the bottlecap mirrors - I have a couple cool caps magented to
my fridge that would be really nice
I concur with both David and Patrick. Keep going with the iPhone, and if the
pull of a camera camera is really strong, the Lumix is dynamite.
There are gloves with capacitative (capacitive?) magic thread in the fingertips
for using a phone. I've seen Instructables for sewing your own into
This has been hanging out on Craigslist for a couple of weeks.
I've been dithering. Apparently that problem just solved itself for me.
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On Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 5:06:48 PM UTC-7, Eric Daume wrote:
I'm also seriously tempted by this: it would be great to combine
Beautiful!
That makes me want to go ride those roads. Which makes me want a geared
road bike...
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On Monday, April 6, 2015 at 10:41:42 AM UTC-7, Cyclofiend Jim wrote:
Got invited along on a Saturday loop with some folks. The ride was
pitched as easy and
I really like having a road bike with 60mm slicks. Ideally, it would be a
light-gauge steel non-disc road frame that fit tubeless Supermotos with
room for fenders. Instead of an aluminum disc brake bike with a superlong
seatpost.
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On Friday, April 3, 2015 at
Howlin' Wolf, Because I'm built for comfort, I ain't built for speed.
http://youtu.be/GlBqo8Pco_A
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No kidding on the white pickups.
I'd do the same as Patrick, but with two fewer fingers. I engage, maybe I
shouldn't.
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Wow, both of these are beautiful. Now I want to see the orange Phil's on the
orange QB!
Good luck with the sale(s)!
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To be fair, used QB prices are about what people paid new. $1100 to $1700
recently, for a $1400-new bicycle but I only pay attention to ones about my
size.
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Thanks, Liesl! Such a pleasure.
Bill - I'll do that, thanks for the heads up.
Doug - they really do ward off punctures, don't they?
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It does look like swapping the cranks and saddle for generic units could move
the bike faster, and net you more money.
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Beautiful! My basket is a full timer, too.
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I think Jacquie said her Otto bike is on loan, possibly to a museum. I don't
think she rides it, since it has become an Artifact. Definitely an LD stem, but
I don't know if any were production, or all were custom.
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Wow. That person is not good. Deep breath. In. Out. Slow. Nice of them to go
around you after they slid you off the hood?
I'm really glad you're recovering, and that your morale is so good!
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Threadless is easy to reallocate bars across different bikes, easy to resize a
bike for a very different sized rider, easy to drop a fork out of a frame for
whatever reason. Easy to buy a new stem in a bike shop. I've never had a stuck
threadless stem. All my threadless parts are
Wow. May you recover speedily and totally!
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I'm 250# and ride a Quickbeam. I'd ride it anywhere. I do ride light, in that
I shift my weight to account for obstacles, but I haven't had any problems with
wheels, or bike feel. Perfect bike.
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I saw an early Vanilla in Portland that had been ridden across the U.S., and
then chained to every light post in the Pacific Northwest. Similar aesthetic.
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QB1@0:32. We bookended the video!
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I got some props for the Quickbeam from other riders, and for riding
singlespeed.
I'll bring gears next year, or ride more before the day. 37mm C-Lines were
fine, except for a little spinning on a climb, and a very sketchy descent
through deep dust/sand, where the guy behind me fell.
Philip
Keep it real is probably the best advice.
Don't offer something you'd think the other person greedy for accepting? Don't
accept something that seems out of line with the effort?
Last time this came up, someone offered, I declined, and I got to feel good on
both counts. ;^)
It's a hobby, not a
Truly a fine day on the bike, and many wonderful people. I'll be back next year
- it was well worth the drive.
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Welcome! Always nice to see another Quickbeam owner. I'm really impressed with
your Bendix wheel, and the Wald mod. Beautiful bike - very sharp!
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I'm with Eric. I simply found that for my riding, I preferred the direct drive
feel of a fixed wheel more than the convenience of onboard shifting.
As far as an easy on and off, I used my seat stay rack boss and a longer bolt
to mount the thumb shifter. Pictures in my flickr and blog (search
That looks very nice. It does look like it was designed that way!
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I've tried it both ways, and I'm happier running it up to the stem. I didn't
like the housing exiting the bar in the grip zone.
Both my bar end bikes have the full wrap now. The most recent setup is just the
right shifter, but I need to move the cable a bit where it passes the hood,
since it
I got mine in!
http://www.biketinker.com/2015/rambles/pi-day-ride/
No pie, though.
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On Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 8:20:13 PM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote:
ULTIMATE PI
JB WELD!!
Just kidding.
I got nothing.
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Please share pictures of the Jones when it arrives. I have 37mm tires on the
Quickbeam, and a 700c Big Apple road bike. The one Jones I rode for about 10
minutes off-road was pretty phenomenal.
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Getting a rim with the same ERD (Effective Rim Diameter?) is a really
good idea. It makes the replacement dead simple - tape the new rim to the
old rim, and move the spokes over, one at a time. Untape the rims, recycle
the old one, and tension the spokes in the new rim.
I've replaced a couple
Ha!
Philip
On Monday, March 9, 2015 at 8:39:17 PM UTC-7, Eunice Chang wrote:
Well. You could always ask her to ride a Riv frame that's just a wee bit
too small for you, Like, say, an Atlantis. Let her enjoy it and discover
that not all bikes ride like that- that it is possible to have a
I have a set of these AX cranks with pedals (stiff bearings and only one
cage, I think) and two BBs (Phil and Suntour) that y'all can have very
reasonably.
You know, if anyone wants to try this. Otherwise, I probably will!
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On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 12:52:34 PM
I love that. I had good luck with a 1x White setup and no keeper, but I
like the narrow/wide idea, too.
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On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 12:30:01 PM UTC-8, Mark Reimer wrote:
A while back there was talk about running single-chain ring setups with
White Industries
I have. http://www.biketinker.com/2011/projects/brooks-saddle-repaired/
I'd just leave the nuts in, if I were you. Rivets are cool, but if it's
rideable and the nuts don't chafe, I'd call it done.
I pounded on the rivet post side, with the top of the rivet on a piece of
wood on a heavy bench.
I worked with solvent tanks in my youth, and have never once missed them. I
don't really clean my bike drivetrains, though.
Let us know if it turns out to be the bee's knees!
Philip
www.biketinker.com
On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 10:35:22 AM UTC-8, Jim Bronson wrote:
Does anyone have a
I am going to steal your idea and do a Pi Day ride myself. Genius.
I might even make some pie the day before.
Roll out at 9:26:53 am, eat pie at 3:14pm... I think there's a nice Russian
River loop that will hit the mark.
Philip
On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 10:55:19 AM UTC-8, Steve
And add 14k to the distance. :^)
On Monday, February 23, 2015 at 10:08:04 AM UTC-8, Jim Bronson wrote:
Hmm I am hosting a 300K that day with the Hill Country Rando Nerds, maybe
we should stop and eat pie at 9:26:53 :/
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Philip Williamson philip.w...@gmail.com
It's good for big-foot heel clearance, too. I have Tektro 720s on the front
of my Quickbeam, and the original low-profile brakes on the rear. The rear
CR720s hit my foot sometimes, so I switched that brake back to stock.
I'd call the CR720s pretty (I like the look more than the Pauls), and
That is a great looking bike, and very clean setup!
The KOM was a bike I liked from new, and a friend of mine had one for years and
years. The last time I saw it, it was set up much like yours.
Philip
www.biketinker.com
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I love that the bike has helped you. Quickbeams are especially therapeutic,
I believe! :^) (grin)
I just flipped my wheel around to the fixed side again. Seems right.
I'm wrapping my brain around your self-prescription to push what you can
do further, instead of stalling out on what you can't
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