[RBW] Re: Touring gear list advice

2010-07-26 Thread William
with a screw driver.  I swore never again.  Now I always include a swiss army knife in my tool kit.  There's only so much civilization I leave behind when I tour. michael On Jul 26, 7:07 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: Who you calling hypercracker? Bring a hypercracker

[RBW] I'm going to draw my own frame! Who else will follow along?

2010-07-27 Thread William
Grant is apparently going to teach us how to draw a bike frame in his little step by step way. I'm going to follow along. I want a custom frame that somewhat resembles a 58cm 650B A. Homer Hilsen. The critical differences will be that I want it 130mm spaced and want it to be a lighter frameset.

[RBW] Interesting tiny upcycled panniers found, cheap!

2010-07-27 Thread William
http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=443 I have no affiliation with this guy. He apparently got his hands on some boxish military surplus bags, and offers them modified to be panniers. They are tiny (maybe not quite big enough for an 8.5 x 11 item), but he offers it as a pannier, a

[RBW] Re: Interesting tiny upcycled panniers found, cheap!

2010-07-27 Thread William
: On Jul 27, 2010, at 1:54 PM, William wrote: http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=443 I have no affiliation with this guy.  He apparently got his hands on some boxish military surplus bags, and offers them modified to be panniers.  They are tiny (maybe not quite big enough

[RBW] Re: I'm going to draw my own frame! Who else will follow along?

2010-07-28 Thread William
this and loved every minute of it.  If you can spare the time and cash, do it. Steve Ames, IA On Jul 27, 1:25 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: Grant is apparently going to teach us how to draw a bike frame in his little step by step way.  I'm going to follow along.  I want a custom

[RBW] Re: Rear Derailleur Capacity Limits

2010-07-28 Thread William
I'm going to answer as if Jim might be wrong. That rarely happens, but just in case. :) I'm assuming there are zero lateral movement issues for this derailleur The thing that makes a rear derailleur run on top of your biggest cogs is not directly a capacity issue. It's more of a max cog

[RBW] Holy moly that's a good looking brake!

2010-07-28 Thread William
http://www.velo-orange.com/grco610cncbr.html Those things are saucy. A Dia Compe center pull brakeset that looks much nicer than the cheap Dia Compes and is much cheaper than the Pauls. It's a medium, 47-61mm, so it won't fit a Hilsen, I'd assume. They're even going to sell a front rack that

[RBW] Re: 60cm Maxway Hillborne Photos

2010-07-29 Thread William
Design flaw? No. Design choice with which some will disagree? Yes. Many cages clear the FD without standoffs...the King Cage Riv sells being my favorite For every frame with a low mount seat tube H2O setup, there's an observer pointing out that it's unnecessarily harder to reach For every

[RBW] Re: s24o in progress

2010-07-29 Thread William
I posted some of the pictures I took. I did a poor job of taking shots during the climb itself. I admire how guys like Manny can take 60 photos during a 3000ft climb. That's not me. http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758...@n04/ On Jul 25, 6:56 am, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote: John Denver! I

[RBW] FS: Big Apple 700x60 tires and tubes

2010-07-30 Thread William
So after lots of soul searching I've decided to hold off on taking delivery of the Hunqapillar. There are actually 3 bikes that I badly want, and I can only afford one, so I'm going to take a few months to decide which one that will be. I have the build kit for a Hunqapillar all set up. It will

[RBW] Re: FS: Big Apple 700x60 tires and tubes

2010-07-30 Thread William
The 60's, I'm told, will not fit an Atlantis. The 50's will, or that is my understanding. Correct me if I'm wrong. On Jul 30, 6:06 pm, Frankwurst fbr...@jwperry.com wrote: Huh? They won't fit an Atlantis? On Jul 30, 6:50 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: So after lots of soul

[RBW] Re: FS: Big Apple 700x60 tires and tubes

2010-07-31 Thread William
. On Jul 31, 4:49 am, Shawn sa240...@yahoo.com wrote: I believe the 60s will fit without fenders and the 50s will fit with fenders. On Jul 30, 10:35 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: The 60's, I'm told, will not fit an Atlantis.  The 50's will, or that is my understanding.  Correct me

[RBW] Re: Rivendell on Cyclelicious

2010-08-01 Thread William
Magaling! On Jul 31, 10:33 pm, manueljohnacosta manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com wrote: On my way back from San Diego I was approached by a guy who wanted to take a picture of me. I found out it was the same blogger who doe Cyclelicious!

[RBW] Re: FS: Big Apple 700x60 tires and tubes

2010-08-02 Thread William
not be 35 mm. dougP On Jul 31, 9:04 am, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: On the Schwalbe site there is a comments forum, and one of the posters begs Schwalbe to make a 55, because the 50 is too skinny and the 60 rubs on the chainstays of his Atlantis.  Again, that's second hand info

[RBW] Re: I'm going to draw my own frame! Who else will follow along?

2010-08-02 Thread William
:00 am, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: I think Laney College here in Oakland did aframebuilding class, as well as The Crucible, which is a vocational arts school with every kind of heat based trade (glass, welding, blacksmithing, etc).  Maybe I should look into that. On Jul 27, 9:08 pm

[RBW] Re: New Sugino Crankset

2010-08-02 Thread William
If you mean this one: http://www.suginoltd.co.jp/english/ox801d_main_english.htm Nobody here on the board knew of how to get it or how much it would cost. Could be $300, could be $700. I have no clue. I think you'd have to talk to an importer who deals with Sugino or a friend who could try to

[RBW] Re: New Sugino Crankset

2010-08-02 Thread William
. Obviously no hints at all about pricing. I'd be floored if it was under $500. On Aug 2, 11:32 am, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: I just called Riv and talked to Mark.  They sometimes get big orders directly from Sugino.  Like a few times a year.  The rest they backfill from Merry Sales.  Short

[RBW] Re: New Sugino Crankset

2010-08-02 Thread William
wrote: On Aug 2, 11:42 am, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry to bully the thread, but I also called Merry Sales.  They don't import it, and don't know what Sugino products they will add in 2011 until after Interbike in September.  After Interbike, if they've decided to bring

[RBW] Re: I'm going to draw my own frame! Who else will follow along?

2010-08-02 Thread William
, 1:44 pm, Pondero cj.spin...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent!  Now scan it and show the rest of us.  It's critique time. Seriously, your approach sounds exactly like what I would do, and I'd love to see it. On Aug 2, 12:35 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: I went ahead and worked ahead

[RBW] Re: I'm going to draw my own frame! Who else will follow along?

2010-08-03 Thread William
to do to be ready for PBP 2015 is ride 20,000km! On Aug 2, 10:44 am, Pondero cj.spin...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent!  Now scan it and show the rest of us.  It's critique time. Seriously, your approach sounds exactly like what I would do, and I'd love to see it. On Aug 2, 12:35 pm, William

[RBW] Re: New Sugino Crankset

2010-08-04 Thread William
The TA is a fantastic option at least for me. 50/34 compact doubles are almost literally a dime a dozen these days. To try out the compact double thing I bought a square taper Campy Mirage for $30 on ebay, NIB. The key things for me are: comes in 172.5 takes a 29 or 30 tooth small ring looks

[RBW] Re: New Sugino Crankset

2010-08-04 Thread William
 am, bfd bfd...@yahoo.com wrote: On Aug 4, 8:04 am, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: The TA is a fantastic option at least for me.  50/34 compact doubles are almost literally a dime a dozen these days.  To try out the compact double thing I bought a square taper Campy Mirage for $30

[RBW] Re: Root beer Rambouillet

2010-08-09 Thread William
I'm currently the high bidder, and have been for several days. I doubt that my current bid will win, but I really do want it and will put it right to use if I do win. If somebody does outbid my current max bid I will most likely bid again. If anyone here on the list is planning to blow me out

[RBW] Re: A basket/saddlebag setup on a Saluki

2010-08-09 Thread William
FWIW, on my 56cm Hillborne I ran a Nitto Mini/Platrack in front with a R14 and a Saddlesack Large in back for my S24O on Mt Diablo. The tent, sleeping bag, and thermarest lashed to the platrack in front. Everything else went in the Saddlesack. Worked great, including no hands riding. A picture

[RBW] Re: Root beer Rambouillet

2010-08-09 Thread William
, if interested]... https://www.myibay.com/ Just a suggestion to minimize stress and such... -Scott On Aug 9, 1:42 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: I'm currently the high bidder, and have been for several days.  I doubt that my current bid will win, but I really do want

[RBW] Re: Root beer Rambouillet

2010-08-09 Thread William
Scott and Steve You are both right. The stress is really based on wanting the thing and wanting it for the price I want it for. Sure, if somebody wanted that Rambu so badly that they bid $4000 for it, I would on one level be fine with that, but on another, you're still bummed you couldn't have

[RBW] Re: Root beer Rambouillet

2010-08-09 Thread William
Yeah, and now I'm outbid. I guess that still gives me all night to really contemplate my max/max to take a shot at it in the morning. On Aug 9, 5:51 pm, Ken Yokanovich reflector.collec...@gmail.com wrote: I'm with you William, the ebaY can be rough on the emotions.  I subscribe to the put your

[RBW] Re: Grant doesn't TOTALLY discount the value of TT length

2010-08-10 Thread William
Perhaps I was more controversial in the title of my original post than I intended. I meant 'discount' as in, you know, discount: 1 : a reduction made from the gross amount or value of something Some people think TT length is THE most important dimension on a bike. Every one of you has read a

[RBW] Re: Hillbourne handling - was: Grant discounts the value of top tube length

2010-08-10 Thread William
Vectors?! Next you're going to ask me to handle polar coordinates! Just kidding. You're totally right. I'm working on drawing those out on all my bikes. On Aug 10, 9:46 am, newenglandbike matthiasbe...@gmail.com wrote: I think at the heart of the matter is the notion of length/angle (or

[RBW] Re: Time to think, time to ride: Sage-scrub Special along the coast

2010-08-10 Thread William
Dang Mike Before kids we used to do Onion Valley every year. My best ride on my old Orange XO1 was the descent/climb from Onion Valley down to Independence and back. The kids are old enough now to go back. Thanks for showing that it's right where I saw it last. Bill On Aug 10, 4:54 pm,

[RBW] Re: Root beer Rambouillet

2010-08-10 Thread William
to the auction. Unless I really want the part to complete a collection I usually let them spend to their heart's content. On Aug 9, 7:51 pm, Ken Yokanovich reflector.collec...@gmail.com wrote: I'm with you William, the ebaY can be rough on the emotions.  I subscribe to the put your top bid

[RBW] Re: Root beer Rambouillet

2010-08-10 Thread William
Yeah, the winning price was about $100 more than my max. My max was sincere, and I'm fine with losing. I would have built it right up and rode it straight away, but I'll live with the stable I've got. On Aug 10, 8:17 pm, Ken Mattina ken.matt...@gmail.com wrote: If I remember right, I paid a

[RBW] Re: Root beer Rambouillet

2010-08-10 Thread William
Kim That's what I'm drawing along with Grant! A 650B Rambouillet that fits Hetres. I just need to pick my builder. Losing this auction bumps that project up a notch. living with defeat Bill On Aug 10, 8:50 pm, kps kshe...@gmail.com wrote: william, i'm sorry you didn't win. i had hoped

[RBW] Re: Root beer Rambouillet

2010-08-10 Thread William
to your new bike.  :-) Kim On Aug 10, 11:42 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: Kim That's what I'm drawing along with Grant!  A 650B Rambouillet that fits Hetres.  I just need to pick my builder.  Losing this auction bumps that project up a notch. living with defeat Bill On Aug

[RBW] Re: Tektro CR720 w/Marks Rack Conflicting

2010-08-11 Thread William
When I thought about a Mark's rack on the front of my Bombadil, Rivendell recommended against it (Dave). Dave told me to only use the Marks Rack if I absolutely have to. If you can use the Mini front, on any bike, absolutely that rack wins, he said. Those lower struts are load bearing. On the

[RBW] SimpleOne for sale!

2010-08-12 Thread William
There's a SimpleOne prototype frameset for sale on the Riv Site. A 56cm in Maroon. Looks pretty nice. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe

[RBW] Re: Grant's frame-drawing posts - link to #7?

2010-08-13 Thread William
I wonder why Grant stopped at #8. I'm looking at fork crowns, and thinking about how I'd file my lugs waiting for the next step. On Aug 13, 9:39 am, Tim McNamara tim...@bitstream.net wrote: On Aug 13, 2010, at 11:08 AM, CycloFiend wrote: on 8/13/10 8:17 AM, Philip Williamson at  

[RBW] Re: Grant's frame-drawing posts - link to #7?

2010-08-14 Thread William
://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Gallery updates now appear here -http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of grace. William

[RBW] Re: Riv's Retreat from 650B in Larger Sizes, Optimum Tire Pressures/Sizes

2010-08-15 Thread William
The 58cm Betty Foy takes 650B, is a super bike, and would easily fit a 6'0 or 6'1 dude. I'm only half joking. Maybe not even half. With drop bars on a dirt drop stem, that would be a super touing/rando bike. Only one water bottle cage but otherwise would have everything you need. On Aug 15,

[RBW] Re: Hunquapillar

2010-08-15 Thread William
Waterford and Toyo? Wow, that's a lot of changes. I thought it was going to be a Taiwan frame. On Aug 15, 3:44 pm, Marty mgie...@mac.com wrote: To save a call, I happened to get an Email from Grant this weekend, and he mentioned that they would be ready in September. I can't say - and he

[RBW] Re: RIV status of 650; and big frames .

2010-08-16 Thread William
I gotta get me one of those 58cm 650B Hilsens. Saving up the pennies. On Aug 16, 9:40 am, grant grant...@gmail.com wrote: We stock ten 650B tires, which -- does anybody stock more? As many? At least four bike models have 650B wheels. We stopped making biggies in 650, because the head tubes

[RBW] Re: Kickstand Trimming

2010-08-16 Thread William
My rule of thumb is to tell Mark what bike I am putting it on, and he usually knows what to cut it down to. If you've already crossed that bridge, then Riv says 1cm at a time and iterate. I'd recommend following that advice. On Aug 16, 1:10 pm, Brad Gantt brdg...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, So,

[RBW] Re: SP-60 Snobbery

2010-08-16 Thread William
The buffonery is made all-the-better by the description already insulting you for being an inept mechanic and having to struggle with it and cursing yourself for buying and Riv for selling such a thing. The hupe refugees must already feel the sting. On Aug 16, 9:19 pm, jandrews_nyc

[RBW] Re: Friction shifting with Dia Compe bar end “Silver Shifters”

2010-08-17 Thread William
I think what he meant is the general comment that the more pressure you have on the pedals, the harder it is for your drivetrain to execute a shift. Selecting the right gear and sticking with it for the entire hill is one approach. The single speeders here certainly know what that feels like.

[RBW] Re: Friction shifting with Dia Compe bar end “Silver Shifters”

2010-08-18 Thread William
I use 8-speed on all the Rivendells. Silver shifters with an 8speed SRAM 11-32 cassette. I use a normal rise rear derailleur, and I can absolutely shove it from the second-largest to the largest cog under load silently. Shifting to a smaller cog is already lightly loaded, because I'm shifting

[RBW] Re: Riv's Retreat from 650B in Larger Sizes, Optimum Tire Pressures/Sizes

2010-08-18 Thread William
Life under the big tent of CYCLING. There's still plenty of room for all of us. I hope we don't revert down to the reverse snobbery of dismissing things just because they are expensive. It's possible to find a sandwich that costs $20, a cocktail that costs $35, socks that cost $80, a wallet

[RBW] FS: Paul Touring Cantilevers plus extra

2010-08-18 Thread William
My Bombadil has Paul Touring Cantilevers on it. The brakes are great, mechanically perfecto, except they ride tall on the posts. The consequence is that my Nitto Mini front rack doesn't fit without hitting the cable hanger. I checked out a spacer fix, but have decided that I'm just going to run

[RBW] The ultimate compact double (IMO)

2010-08-19 Thread William
OK, well it's my favorite compact double that I've used. The Sugino made Ritchey Logic 5-arm 94/58 bolt circle crankset is super strong, super stiff, nice and light, very low Q, and you can go all the way down to a 22 with a triple and a 29 with a double. These are especially good for me,

[RBW] Re: The ultimate compact double (IMO)

2010-08-19 Thread William
arm lengths. It has a low Q (requires only 103 bb). It can be run as a dbl or triple.  I run the triple on both my all purpose ebisu and tandem and like the crank very much. michael On Aug 19, 2:13 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: OK, well it's my favorite compact double

[RBW] Re: Renovelo Frames

2010-08-19 Thread William
that's a heckuva price! On Aug 19, 3:11 pm, Cycletex clifwrightpho...@yahoo.com wrote: Crap, a 68cm Rambouillet Renovelo. Oh well. You can't have em all... I guess. On Aug 19, 5:01 pm, cm chrispmur...@hotmail.com wrote: First of'em posted on riv.com. Cant wait to see them. Cheers!

[RBW] Re: Renovelo Frames

2010-08-20 Thread William
Earlier this morning there was a 64cm former Atlantis. Did that also already get snapped up? This single speed is the deal of the century at $1300. On Aug 20, 10:37 am, cm chrispmur...@hotmail.com wrote: Here IT is! http://www.rivbike.com/products/show/renovelo-frames/40-029 WOW! Someone

[RBW] Re: Renovelo Frames

2010-08-20 Thread William
...@rocketmail.com wrote: where are the frames for us Average sized people?  like the 57-61cm size? On Aug 20, 11:32 am, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: Earlier this morning there was a 64cm former Atlantis.  Did that also already get snapped up? This single speed is the deal of the century at $1300

[RBW] I finished an Yves Gomez for my wife

2010-08-20 Thread William
I've finished setting up my wife's mixte. It's turned out quite nicely. 52cm Yves Gomez. She's adjusting to the Albatross bars, but so far so good. She wanted a black and tan looking bike and has no qualms about having her decals say International Mens Mixte. The rack that we use with the

[RBW] Re: Review Instructions for Snobbish Nitto SP-60 Seat Post

2010-08-20 Thread William
Nicely done. Can you tell me about that pale yellow JPValiensi labelled frameset? On Aug 20, 1:51 pm, James Valiensi valie...@mac.com wrote: FYI, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamespatrickvaliensi/sets/72157624644201... James Valiensi, PE Northridge, CA H818.775.1847 M.818.585.1796 --

[RBW] Re: FS: Rivendell All-Rounder 59cm

2010-08-21 Thread William
That bike is really beautiful On Aug 20, 6:26 pm, Chris Cullum cullum.ch...@gmail.com wrote: OK, this one hurts but I really don't use it enough to warrant holding on to it... Rivendell All-Rounder, Joe Starck built, Joe Bell paint burnt orange with cream headtube 59cm C-T, 57cm top tube,

[RBW] Re: I finished an Yves Gomez for my wife

2010-08-21 Thread William
Gomez on order from Riv and hope to see it on my doorstep within the month.  So this was kind of like a sneak peek of what is to come.   Glad to know I will not be the only female riding the 'international mans mixte' Keely On Aug 20, 12:31 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: I've finished

[RBW] Re: Renovelo Frames

2010-08-21 Thread William
and the listing for THE ONE is now gone. Best of luck to the lucky individual that bought it. On Aug 20, 9:02 pm, Bill webe...@gmail.com wrote: Had I known they'd be selling the Renovelos at such give-away prices I might have held off buying my Sam.  Now the only alternative is to try

[RBW] Angel Island S24O

2010-08-23 Thread William
Talk about perfect timing. It's been the arctic wasteland summer in El Cerrito, and near the SF bay in general. I wake up in the hils and it's low 50s and shrouded in fog. I'd been halfway dreading the conditions for my late-August S24O on Angel Island in the middle of the bay. Turns out today

[RBW] Re: Angel Island S24O

2010-08-24 Thread William
Some photos are up on my flickr now. I got some super great video that I'll piece together for the family memories vault/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758...@n04/4923614167/ On Aug 23, 8:26 pm, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: William: It's not about the length of the ride

[RBW] Re: Renovelo Frames

2010-08-24 Thread William
And it's gone again. Maybe for good this time. On Aug 23, 3:13 pm, Jim M. mather...@gmail.com wrote: It's baaack:http://www.rivbike.com/products/show/renovelo-frames/40-029 Maybe the sale fell through. On Aug 22, 5:19 am, RonaTD teddur...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On Aug 21, 4:01 pm, William

[RBW] Re: Which size Noodle Bar?

2010-08-24 Thread William
I tend to agree with Dave. I'm 5'10 size medium dude. I love 46cm Noodles on the Hillborne, for touring and mixed terrain stuff. I'm going to go with 44 Noodles for the next build, a lightish brevet kind of bike. On Aug 24, 4:59 pm, Dave Craig dcr...@prescott.edu wrote: I believe that

[RBW] Re: Angel Island S24O

2010-08-25 Thread William
  weather here to try this with the boy. Rob in Seattle On Aug 23, 2010, at 6:21 PM, William wrote: There wasn't a ton of riding, by this group's standards, but it was an awesome adventure for me, my 9 year old son and 6 year old daughter. Mom stayed home.  The travel included: -- You

[RBW] Re: Hunqapillar or Bombadil for the trails?

2010-08-25 Thread William
One bike and two wheelsets certainly can add some versatility to one bike, but in 26, I don't think a Touring wheelset and a mountain wheelset needs to be different at all. It could just be two sets of tires. But when it comes to versatility on Rivendells, I think every Rivendell out there could

[RBW] Re: WTB: Saddlesack Large Platrack

2010-08-25 Thread William
I agree with you. You do want to buy both those things. I'm loving mine, on both counts. On Aug 25, 3:48 pm, Rob Harrison robha...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, it's worth a try. :) Rob in Seattle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group.

[RBW] Re: OT: WTB Cannondale

2010-08-25 Thread William
John It was not $999. It was $995. I had one, in a 58. It was my first nice race bike. I bought it when I was 15, employed at a Cannondale dealer. Their employee purchase program was 50% of retail, so I got mine for $497.50 + tax. Mine was white. A buddy of mine borrowed my car and drove

[RBW] Re: Hunqapillar or Bombadil for the trails?

2010-08-26 Thread William
Since we're back to the practicality of wheelsharing, and since the original poster is on the smaller side of medium frame sizes, I'll vote for a 650B A. Homer Hilsen as a road and light tourer and a 650B Bombadil as a heavy tourer and trail bike. There's nothing a bike can do that you couldn't

[RBW] Re: VO 50.4 BCD Crankset is here

2010-08-26 Thread William
I personally have a hard time understanding the fixation with 172.5, and would be interested in the results of some double-blind tests for the aficionados. I guess I'm one of the fixated, although I wouldn't call it a fixation. I prefer to buy things in my size, and I've determined through

[RBW] Re: Angel Island S24O

2010-08-26 Thread William
for a   Saddlesack Large and Platrack! Rob in Seattle On Aug 24, 2010, at 11:24 PM, William wrote: OK, this is the kind of video that I think only my relatives and maybe some soft-hearted fellow parents will enjoy, but here is my little video edit from the trip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

[RBW] Re: VO 50.4 BCD Crankset is here

2010-08-26 Thread William
Even if you wore elevator shoes that were 4 inches thick, you still would pedal bigger circles with longer crankarms. The radius of that circle is the crank arm length, and has nothing to do with shoe thickness or pedal thickness, provided your foot is actually on top of the pedal at all times.

[RBW] Re: VO 50.4 BCD Crankset is here

2010-08-26 Thread William
thinking about it. On Aug 26, 3:35 pm, james black chocot...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:00, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: I guess I'm one of the fixated, although I wouldn't call it a fixation.  I prefer to buy things in my size, and I've determined through experience

[RBW] The final frame drawing lesson is up

2010-08-26 Thread William
Didn't quite end with the flourish that I might have worked myself up to expect. Anyway, pull down all the PDF's and go through it if you've been waiting. Grant says he'll pull them down, for reasons that are not obvious to me. What I drew was a 650B road/brevet bike. It look a LOT like a 58cm

[RBW] Re: what we need is plaid bartape

2010-08-26 Thread William
They sell patterned 1 wide rolls of gaffer tape. Gaffer tape is like adhesive backed canvas. I use gaffer tape as rim tape frequently. And Riv recommends rim tape as bar tape, so by the transitive property of adhesives, that means gaffer tape would make good bar tape. Joann Fabric has lots of

[RBW] Re: The ultimate compact double (IMO)

2010-08-27 Thread William
lengths. It has a low Q (requires only 103 bb). It can be run as a dbl or triple.  I run the triple on both my all purpose ebisu and tandem and like the crank very much. michael On Aug 19, 2:13 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: OK, well it's my favorite compact double that I've

[RBW] I wanna see another Renovelo!

2010-08-27 Thread William
and another and another I'm sure they're not making profit on them, but the cashflow couldn't hurt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe

[RBW] Re: Hunqapillar or Bombadil for the trails?

2010-08-28 Thread William
nice. On Aug 26, 7:34 am, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email

[RBW] Re: Hunqa and SO update on Riv site!

2010-08-28 Thread William
There's a very early Breezer on display at Oakland Airport. On Aug 28, 5:46 pm, Marty mgie...@mac.com wrote: Riv has built Breezeresque bikes before. (Link follows) Interesting to note that the real Breezer had a downward sloping top tube - toward the head tube that is - and twin diagatubes

[RBW] Re: Hunqa and SO update on Riv site!

2010-08-28 Thread William
That's the one. My photo was on my phone, and not worth sharing. On Aug 28, 9:23 pm, Joe Bunik jbu...@gmail.com wrote: 'ere you go - springer fork, even!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/66275...@n00/4899070155 On 8/28/10, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: There's a very early Breezer

[RBW] Re: Check 'dem Chains Folks

2010-08-29 Thread William
12K on one chain? Isn't that way way way more than anyone would ever recommend? On Aug 29, 3:43 pm, S.Cutshall clotht...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. Yeah, this year my project has been, what I call, The Year of The Pug.  I've tried [am trying] to do all my rides [pleasure, errands, etc] via

[RBW] Bombadil ride video

2010-08-29 Thread William
I've been having fun playing around with my ultra-compact video recorder, and with iMovie. This is a little tribute video to my very beloved Bombadil. Also, from a filmmaking standpoint, I attempted to make my vanilla little local mixed terrain loop out my front door look far more 'extreme' than

[RBW] Re: Check 'dem Chains Folks

2010-08-30 Thread William
29, 6:10 pm, CycloFiend cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote: on 8/29/10 4:09 PM, William at tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: 12K on one chain?  Isn't that way way way more than anyone would ever recommend? Probably. On multi-geared bikes, it will tend to degrade the cassette cogs if you run

[RBW] Re: Bombadil ride video

2010-08-30 Thread William
Fatties. Was your vid shot in California? Kip On Aug 30, 10:46 am, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: I've been having fun playing around with my ultra-compact video recorder, and with iMovie.  This is a little tribute video to my very beloved Bombadil.  Also, from a filmmaking standpoint

[RBW] Re: Check 'dem Chains Folks

2010-08-30 Thread William
the answer is a lot of miles per 1/8 of stretch. A lot more miles than it was in my youth when my granny gear was a 42/24. On Aug 30, 8:33 am, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 8:29 AM, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: 1/2 per foot.  Wow.  I was brought up by some

[RBW] Re: My First S24O

2010-08-30 Thread William
Excellent work. Clearly the first of many. Thanks for sharing the shots! On Aug 30, 12:39 pm, Rob Harrison robha...@gmail.com wrote: This past weekend I finally got a chance to try a S24O. What a great   idea! It was a gorgeous weekend in the Seattle area. I rode out to   Vashon Island from

[RBW] Hunqaposter!

2010-08-30 Thread William
The Hunqaposter is Hunq-larious, in my opinion. Primal caveman with stone helmet hiding from three wooly mammoths, but he's got his wristwatch! http://www.rivbike.com/assets/payloads/356/original_hunqaposter.jpg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW

[RBW] Re: Check 'dem Chains Folks

2010-08-31 Thread William
That clears a lot up. I was seriously pondering half inch per foot?dang, the 'fiend is an animal! On Aug 30, 11:00 pm, CycloFiend cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote: on 8/30/10 7:29 AM, William at tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: 1/2 per foot.  Wow.  I was brought up by some pretty fastidious

[RBW] Re: long low

2010-08-31 Thread William
The photos are certainly of the whole bike, but the title clearly says Frame Fork Only. On Aug 30, 3:52 pm, Fai Mao i.am.fai@gmail.com wrote: It looks like the whole bike so 1500 might be OK I don't need another bike and the shipping would kill me anyway. Now, if it were orange like the

[RBW] Re: Seatpost diameter for Betty?

2010-08-31 Thread William
My wife's new Yves Gomez is also 26.6mm. I hadn't even looked at it. Perhaps with a mixte, a thicker walled straight-gauge seat tube is called for with the normal 28.6mm OD. I imagine the long parallelateral design many of us like so much with the Breezer and many mixtes wouldn't need as beefy

[RBW] Re: FS: Paul Touring Cantilevers plus extra

2010-08-31 Thread William
of koolstop pads, and a hanger with the name Curve on it. $55 shipped. I'm going to separate the brake booster. $20 shipped. It's black. Here's the Paul photo of it: http://www.paulcomp.com/brakebooster.html On Aug 18, 4:05 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: My Bombadil has Paul Touring

[RBW] Re: FS: Paul Touring Cantilevers plus extra

2010-08-31 Thread William
Silver caliper sold. Black caliper from above for sale, $55 shipped in the Continental US. Paul brake booster (black) and hardware available separately for $20 shipped in the continental US. On Aug 18, 4:05 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: My Bombadil hasPaulTouringCantilevers

[RBW] Re: I wanna see another Renovelo!

2010-08-31 Thread William
, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: and another and another I'm sure they're not making profit on them, but the cashflow couldn't hurt What is arenovelo? Is this another brand from Riv? Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[RBW] Re: I wanna see another Renovelo!

2010-08-31 Thread William
and the bike is gone. It was a black Bleriot.  Frame and fork were $525.00. I did not see any canti mounts. On Aug 31, 4:22 pm, Johnny Alien johnnyal...@verizon.net wrote: The photos gone.  I would have liked to see this one. On Aug 31, 5:06 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: Well

[RBW] Re: I wanna see another Renovelo!

2010-08-31 Thread William
Photo uploaded http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758...@n04/4946698506/ On Aug 31, 3:10 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: I copied the photo before I bought it.  I will upload it to my flickr.  It's black!  My 650B wheelset has black Synergy rims!  It was meant to be On Aug 31, 2:58 pm

[RBW] Re: I wanna see another Renovelo!

2010-08-31 Thread William
, 2:06 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: Well, my OCD finally paid off.  I hit refresh over and over and they finally listed a 57cm former Bleriot ...and now it's mine! On Aug 28, 4:23 am, JoelMatthews joelmatth...@mac.com wrote: Dude!  Where have you been? As part of his

[RBW] Re: RBW Crowd at Triple Rock Berkeley

2010-08-31 Thread William
Corwin I'm not the owner of either of those Rivs, but I've been to Triple Rock frequently, including my 21st birthday, more than 20 years ago. I'm in El Cerrito, up by Mira Vista CC. Overworked father of 2, it's hard to plan rides, but I will say that I for sure hope to attend the Rivendell

[RBW] Re: In praise of versatility

2010-09-01 Thread William
OK, I'll play: one bike can't do it all - I've tried. define can't. With a Bombadil and maybe 4 sets of tires and maybe 3 handlebar/cockpit setups, I'd argue that there is no ride under the big umbrella of it all' that this theoretical one bike can't do. In order to say that it can't, I think

[RBW] Re: In praise of versatility

2010-09-01 Thread William
on the handlebars that can adjust the diameter and wall thickness of your frame tubing. Build me a bike with that feature, and that bike could 'do it all' for me. On Sep 1, 9:03 am, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:43 AM, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I'll

[RBW] Re: Seen From My Riv Road ....

2010-09-01 Thread William
Dont stare too long! You'll miss the turn! On Sep 1, 7:34 am, Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com wrote: ... on Sunday's ride.   http://www.flickr.com/photos/35176...@n03/4946596415/in/set-721576247...  --Eric campyonly...@me.comwww.campyonly.comwww.wheelsnorth.org -- You received this

[RBW] Re: 1982 Bridgestone Atlantis

2010-09-01 Thread William
Yeah, but BESIDES all that On Sep 1, 9:42 am, cm chrispmur...@hotmail.com wrote: ...but how is it appropriate to this list, please? 1) Made by Bridgestone- the company that Grant used to work for 2) Has been discussed in depth in several RR 3) Has a direct link to the Riv Atlantis, so

[RBW] Re: 1 Toptube or 2 -- Comparing the Two Versions of the Hillborne

2010-09-01 Thread William
I'll vote (kind of). I'm surprised at how close the weights are. I think the double TT looks cool, and I'd find useful. On BART I have to grab hard on the seat tube to portage the bike up stairs, because I'd get a handful of frame pump if I grabbed the TT. A second TT would be a portage handle

[RBW] Re: 1 Toptube or 2 -- Comparing the Two Versions of the Hillborne

2010-09-01 Thread William
wonders why the one pictured by Bryan seems stockier. To be honest, both bikes look great to me. I like the paint on the Maxway a bit better, but agree that the Waterford crown is nicer. From: William tapebu...@gmail.com To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners

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