Steve,
Was this with the earlier hand glued tires or the more recent vulcanized
ones?
thnks
Ted
On Monday, April 15, 2013 8:36:44 AM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote:
The ride of the Parigi Roubaix is sublime. Pavement cracks magically
disappear. It's uncanny.
However, the tire
And here in the sf east bay it's easy to forget how lucky we are to be able to
just pop over to RBW WHQ and test ride most any riv most any time we like. If I
lived someplace else, I'm not sure what I'd be riding. We more ambasidors of
the non racing options in more places.
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And here in the sf east bay it's easy to forget how lucky we are to be able to
just pop over to RBW WHQ and test ride most any riv most any time we like. If I
lived someplace else, I'm not sure what I'd be riding. We more ambasidors of
the non racing options in more places.
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I am fairly sure the clearance increased with the second generation of
Bombadils.
On Monday, April 22, 2013 9:33:03 PM UTC-7, Jim M. wrote:
On Monday, April 22, 2013 7:42:59 PM UTC-7, Leslie wrote:
I have to admit, I'm now starting to wonder, just how big of a tire would
fit I think
Sloping top tube. Slots on the brakes look like med reach. Could be San
Marcos ish.
On Saturday, May 11, 2013 7:59:36 AM UTC-7, jandrews_nyc wrote:
The new protovelo build is mostly finished. As I mentioned before, I've
never had a proper roadie type bike and I had been collecting parts to
Very nice photos. Reminds me of how much fun it was last time. Might try
and catch you in Sunol again, but only if I get a lot done today. Too much
to do and everything seems to take longer than ..., well you get the idea.
If you'r intent on making it to WC this time, are you planing to save
I have a bike (from rbw) who's fork crown's rear brake hole is different
than others I have seen.
The hole on the rear face of the crown is sort of like a standard one for
brakes with recessed allen nuts but the holes aren't the standard size. The
smaller hole (the one down in the recess) is
Per the RBW geometry chart, the 26 wheeled Alantis has clearance for a
2.35 tire.
The big ben being labeled 2.15 (and ~2.1 actual) that leaves ~.2 for
fenders. At least up front the Atlantis seems to have abundant vertical
tire clearance. If the back is similar in that regard it seems like the
I have (or had) foss tubes with Quasi Moto tires.
I say or had because the rear one is now, due to user error, in the
trash.
I used the cloth (velox?) rim strips that I already had on the wheels,
and had no problems related to that.
The other weekend I picked up several goat heads on the Las
The A. Homer Hilsen is available in 56 and 58 for 650b wheels, and in
57 and 59 for 700c wheels.
So some sizes of folks would fit both 650b and 700c AHHs.
I would like to know AHHs with the different wheel sizes in this
overlap region compare.
Can some of you all please help me out with that?
At the risk of stating the obvious, they are probably discontinued
because they don't sell. Despite a substantial time lag between the
last of the Quickbeams and the introduction of the SimpleOne it seems
they just weren't selling. Why else would they have been cleared out
at a steep discount.
Thanks for the feedback guys.
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Sure, and its great that works so well for you. Probably does, or
would, for most other folks too even.
But as you start except for the dedicated single speed part. I don't
think that should be overlooked so cavalierly. Things like the 120
rear dropout spacing matter to some of us.
Any touring
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Grips ...
Patrick I've done it, too Moore
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 12:57 PM, ted ted.ke...@comcast.net wrote:
Sure, and its great that works so well for you. Probably does, or
would, for most other folks too even.
But as you start except
Jim,
Hmmm. Not quite 58 but yea guilty. It doesn't take me any time to
convert my fixed to a geared bike. I just grab a different bike.
The vintage frames in my garage date from when I bought smaller
bikes by a size or two. That and stuff like standard fixed gear rear
dropout spacing, lugs, quill
Jim,
Thanks for the info. I didn't know that flip flop hubs in the longer
spacings were so readily available.
They must have a fair bit of axle showing though. When I had a ss
freewheel mounted on an old campi hub recently all that axle sticking
out looked a bit odd to me. I suppose they (the
Jim writes: People think single-speed and in the same thought they
think beater or winter bike or bar bike or whatever other
utilitarian, un-romantic category applies.
I figure Jim's dealt with way more folks buying bikes than I have so I
wouldn't take issue with him about what people in the
Ed wrote ... I have to hand it to Grant to even bring the QB and SO
to market.
Hear Hear, and put me down for grateful too.
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I have even had them (the faster faster folks I mean) volunteer it for
me.
They have said you ran out of gear or some such with out any prodding.
Sadly I know I'd of been dropped no matter how big a gear I had.
On Apr 10, 7:25 pm, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
Amen to that one! I use
Not quite on point but, I once folded a zephal fender up against the
rear brake.
I think there were 3 or 4 180s in the stack against the brake.
I cleared the cause, straightened it out and it was fine.
I believe those fenders were very similar to the ones riv sells now.
The metal ones sure look
I have SKS longboards. I spaced the rear from the kick stand plate so
that with Jack Browns the wheel will just go to the front of the
dropout slot. The rear clearance is enough to just get the wheel in
and out with the tire inflated. No quick release.
I like em a lot. Never used the Berthoud
OK, I know it's a bit silly to fixate on frame weight, and I apologize
for raising what may be an unwelcome subject, but I got to
wondering
In a comment on a blog one of the folks from RBW recently stated that
a Sam Hillborne weighs about 6.5 lbs
On the RBW product page for the Atlantis it
The comment on the Bombadil product page refers to a 52cm frame. The
one on the Roadeo page is for a 55cm frame. With the Roadeo being
basically parallel top tube, and the Bombadil being 6 deg up sloped, I
think these are comparable. I think it used to be common for folks to
use 56cm or so sized
, I just wanted a frame of reference when the inevitable
question occurred. It's meant to be the
goanywhereanytimeunderanyconditionsfullyloadedforbigboys bike, and it is.
Marc
On Saturday, April 28, 2012 8:31:16 PM UTC-4, ted wrote:
OK, I know it's a bit silly to fixate on frame weight
That surprises me, I thought the Atlantis had a higher crown than
most. The pictures show so much room over the tires.
If I recall correctly, when I fit my mini racks I mounted the fork
crown attachment and then adjusted the legs so they lined up with the
dogbone. I think that mostly involved
The great thing about weight is that although ones opinion about the
weight of a frame (eg is it heavy of not) is strictly subjective, the
actual weight is a purely objective repeatedly measurable quantity. If
somebody I don't know says a bike is very very heavy I don't really
have any idea what
Hmmm. They are the only canti brakes I have ever used (and that only
fairly recently) so perhaps I am just ignorant of how much better
other options may be but they didn't seem that hard to set up, they
look nice, and they are fairly inexpensive. Whats not to like? I did
have lots of trouble
Why ditch the cable hanger? It seems very nice to me.
On May 4, 6:16 am, Ginz theg...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm a fan of the CR720s for the cost. I find them to be much better
than the Oryx. I would have gone for the Paul's but the weren't
going to work with the custom mini-rack I have on my rig.
I don't buy BQ so of course I don't know what they say but ...
It seems that forks will flex as they are loaded and unloaded by
hitting bumps and holes.
With the taper of the fork blade and the bend down near the dropout,
the flexing may be more down there than up near the crown.
If you attach a
Me, Im not really much for selling off bikes. I tend to keep em
around, so I may not be the one to listen to.
But if the Bleriot, Romulus, and Hillbone seem too similar to you,
cutting down to just one of the three sounds reasonable.
I would suggest dragging your feet and thinking long and hard
What is also true is that braking power goes with force on the pads at
the rim, and force at the pads in relation to force at the lever is
the mechanical advantage. Also (regardless of mechanism) mechanical
advantage goes with lever travel. If the ratio of pad movement to
lever movement is the
Patrick,
Interesting comment. It seems to confirm a suspicion I have but lack
the varied experience needed to be sure of. Namely that the
variability between good and bad implementations of a given style of
brake is greater than the inherent variation between designs.
On May 10, 6:18 pm,
Broach joebro...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 8:43 PM, ted ted.ke...@comcast.net wrote:
One of the key features of V brakes is that the tension in the brake
cable is lower that that in a cantilever, side pull, or dual-pivot
brake.
You lost me here. What do you mean by tension
Maybe I just don't know how bad I have it, but I get on just fine the
the CR720s on the two bikes I own that have canilever studs on em.
They seem to work fine to me, they were cost effective, and I think
they look nice. But I don't think that qualifies as having cantilever-
brake-love, whereas
I have a first gen 52 Bombadil, but its not just sitting around and
even if it were I wouldn't sell it cause before long I'd be riding it
again. I suspect you could wait forever for an inexpensive frame only
to show up for sale in the used market. If my experience is any guide
those of us who have
Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 19:37 -0700, ted wrote:
Regarding the link wire design for cantilevers, color me ignorant.
But it sounds to me like a sort of hybrid design. If it doesn't have a
straddle cable I wouldn't have thought it was appropriate to call
... they are simply amazing, and these will eventually
take the touring world by storm... that's another debate I'll join any
day.
Peace and Love of ALL brakes ...
BB
On May 12, 6:57 am, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 19:37 -0700, ted wrote:
Regarding
If you look at the original platrack struts they are bent right at the
edge of the flattened out part with the whole in it (as opposed to the
round part where folks frequently bend em).
When I adjusted the angle on one of mine I used a crescent wrench with
some cardboard from a tube box to protect
Joe,
I have one of each.
for 150:
bar width is ~67cm
max reach is ~16.5cm center to center measured horizontally from the
extension of the quill axis (long hex wrench).
reach at bar end is ~1cm
extensions are ~16cm long and 17cm apart at the bars
Max rise ~16cm along quill axis from the top of
Many years ago, on the advice of Uncle Al I bought a tube of blue
marine wheel bearing grease (like for boat trailer wheel bearings) at
a local hardware store.
By tube I mean the big cardboard things you can put in calking guns if
you want to.
It was very economical and has worked very well.
On
Wouldn't the obvious suggestion around these parts be the Nitto Big
Back Rack ( http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/r4.htm ) size large?
On May 22, 5:14 pm, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
Ach du scheisse! I forgot to add that me, *I* don't need a
disk-specific rack since Salsa cleverly
If you want to avoid the p clamps you could also use all long struts
and do basically the same thing Grant did but using the dropout
eyelets instead of the mid fork fitting.
On May 29, 10:56 am, Jeffrey unclecowb...@gmail.com wrote:
This is very cool! I have a Mark's rack with the smaller Wald
I Have a bagman support and I find that after some minor rework it is
quite solid.
I adjusted the bends of the rod to suit my country bag better.
I also made an indent in the rod that the set screw seats in (I think
I used a drill).
Before doing that I did have problems with the rod working its
I believe Meiser makes one with a 0 to 30 psi face. The Meiser gauges
look a lot like the accu-gauge being discussed in this thread, and
might be the same mfg.
On Jun 14, 9:32 am, Earl Grey earlg...@gmail.com wrote:
Can anyone recommend a tire gauge specifically for lower pressure
presta
I was just going by this:
http://www.niagaracycle.com/product_info.php?products_id=721863
On Jun 14, 10:55 pm, Earl Grey earlg...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Ted, Accu Gage is a trademark of G.H. Meiser. They are the same
thing. I know they make 30 psi gauges, but I thought those are
Schrader
Looks like an early Toyo version (cast in cable guide on the bb).
There are some nice touches on those frames. I think that the mid fork
and mid seat stay rack mounts were a later addition to RBWs standard
collection of mounts. If the stand over seems a tad tall try riding in
Keens. Thick soles =
I recently bought a 56 AHH frame from Peter, and I have to agree its a
wonderful bike. My current setup is much less full riv than yours. A
bit closer to a late 70's race bike. I took my first ride outside the
neighborhood last weekend and found myself thinking I have got to get
myself one of
42/52 and 13-23 eh? I recall 44/52 and a 14-18 straight block.
Of course after 30+ years and a relocation, now I'm thinking about
28/44 and a 12-36.
On Jul 2, 9:43 am, Michael Hechmer mhech...@gmail.com wrote:
OK, admittedly a bit, ok a lot, off topic... but Riv people have a
nuanced
70 psi seems like a lot for a 40+ mm tire. Might they be skinnier at
say half that?
I have some quasi-motos, and if I pump them way up they seem to grow a
fair bit.
On Jul 10, 10:22 am, BSWP ashtab...@gmail.com wrote:
No doubt - these are good tires, I wish I had more clearance. In that shot,
Peter,
I have an ~1980 Gios race bike that I like a lot and is about as light
as steel bikes get (light frame, light parts). Love that bike.
Thanks to you, I also have a lovely 56 AHH currently sporting GB
Cypres tires on velocity budget riv wheels. Love that bike too.
Now the AHH is certainly
Yes indeed they can, and when I asked previously they did.
me:
How long are the arms from the center of the pivot mount to the cable
clamp / quick release?
them:
That distance measures 83mm. Please let me know if you have any
questions.
Cheers,
Kate
Kate Carmichael
PAUL Component Engineering
Not to rehash old arguments, but cantilevers, but ...
Followed by, of course, said rehash.
On Jul 16, 9:24 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com
wrote:
Not to rehash old arguments, but cantilevers have a lot going against them
compared to linear-pulls. Obviously, cantilevers
I believe the physiology research shows folks do have max heart rates,
but trying to predict an individual's max from the published formulas
is not appropriate. The published formulas are based on statistical
fitting of large numbers of people, and the spread in the data is
quite large. Though the
Curious. I think track racers were much slower than road racers to
adopt clipless systems. When I went to the velodrome (several years
ago but long after clipless became dominant on road bikes) the only
folks using clipless were the ones using their road bike pedals on the
rental bikes. Virtually
As others have said, if you are going to set them up quite different
that could make sense.
I have a 56 hillsen and and my wife has a 52 sam. Hers has alba bars
and rumpkin tires, mine has drop bars and GB cypres tires. They are
quite different to ride.
The hillsen is defiantely a really nice
Slightly ot but I didn't realize that there were single top tube
bombadils.
I thought all but the 48s had two. Did they go to one on the 52s when
the others went to the diagatube style with the with the mixtiish
stays added?
On Aug 3, 9:42 am, Peter M uscpeter11...@gmail.com wrote:
So my plans
with another tube. Again, not a second tube hater
but think it has its place and with smaller frames probably a bit over the
top.
se
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:44 PM, ted ted.ke...@comcast.net wrote:
Slightly ot but I didn't realize that there were single top tube
bombadils.
I thought all
, 2012 at 12:07 AM, ted ted.ke...@comcast.net wrote:
Cool. I concur about the second tts. There is only just enough room
for the second tube on the 52s and it's hard to see how it could be
strictly necessary. When I get asked about it I just shrugg and say I
think its sort of gratuitous
If you mean the cx70 it looks like the non standard pad holders take
normal road pads.
You probably want to ask riv, or perhaps someone here has em and will
pipe in, to be sure.
Anyway if the pads are standard short/road ones you can still swap em
out for your preferred salmon pad.
On Aug 4,
Perhaps it could go to 650b in the smaller sizes (like on the Hillsen)
but I fear they wouldn't sell that many. The Rodeo is targeted at club
racer riding, and for that it sorta makes sense to have the same size
wheels as everybody else.
On Aug 5, 2:24 pm, Aaron Young 1ce...@gmail.com wrote:
with those two wheel sizes.
On Aug 5, 6:30 pm, RonaTD teddur...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sunday, August 5, 2012 6:04:46 PM UTC-5, ted wrote:
The Rodeo is targeted at club
racer riding, and for that it sorta makes sense to have the same size
wheels as everybody else.
While I personally have no problem
How long do most riders keep the same bicycle? Looking at folks I know
in the bike clubs I belong to, I get the feeling people keep their cars
longer than their bicycles.
seems to me its a lot like cars. Some folks trade em every year (or
even faster), others run em till they are dust, and
Finally, on the linked comments section, Jan says he likes the Hilsen for
what it is, ...
But I don't think Jan knows what a Hilsen is. I am also skeptical
about his notions regarding oversized main triangle tubes.
I have an old Gios race bike that has what I think Jan calls thin
tubes. I
Ah yesss. Mushy tubulars. The first time (and several times
thereafter) I rode up the dirt to the ridge near home I used an old
road bike sporting conti tubulars at ~50 or 60 psi. Tires worked fine.
Low gear of 39-28 less fine.
One great thing with tubulars was I only ever pinch flatted one once,
I keep thinking how nice if would be if folks would use numbers (and
units if course) more often.
You know, like how many mm wider, or how many mph faster etc.
Even better folks could also state a base state they are comparing to.
Like 1 mph faster at 20 mph.
On a related note, with curves of
snarky and
ought to take a chill pill or something (like maybe go ride a bike).
On Aug 6, 5:51 pm, Allan in Portland allan_f...@aracnet.com wrote:
On Monday, August 6, 2012 4:59:06 PM UTC-7, ted wrote:
Finally, on the linked comments section, Jan says he likes the Hilsen
for what
I don't know what z-man's objection is but the annals of science are
full of wrong or overstated conclusions based on seemingly solid
approaches. I believe Jan concedes, or even boasts, that his
methodology is different that what pretty much the entire tire
engineering and testing industry does.
relevant
group except perhaps BQ subscribers).
On Aug 6, 6:45 pm, Allan in Portland allan_f...@aracnet.com wrote:
On Monday, August 6, 2012 6:18:41 PM UTC-7, ted wrote:
Not a sub.
Don't have time to track down any blog posts on it, but the triangle
stoutness is in the magazine quite a bit
Jan writes: It would be easy for Rivendell to sell TIG-welded frames
Not to dispute Jan's assertion that he and riv both sell what they
sell because they like it and not the other way around (ie liking what
they sell because they sell it), I buy that hook line and sinker for
both businesses, but I
... in every case the VO performs differently in a
way that I would characterize as better.
Here Here. Surely some bikes behave differently than others, and
informed people develop preferences.
A difference in preferences doesn't make one party right and the other
wrong.
On Aug 6, 7:26 pm, Steve
, then again I
only have one top tube, thankfully.
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 19:21 -0700, ted wrote:
I wouldn't say a complete kook, but a bit kooky maybe. Certainly he
even describes himself a well outside
wrote:
On Aug 6, 2012, at 9:32 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 19:21 -0700, ted wrote:
I wouldn't say a complete kook, but a bit kooky maybe. Certainly he
even describes himself a well outside of mainstream thought on these
topics. I suspect that planing is only mostly
.
On Aug 6, 2012, at 11:42 PM, ted ted.ke...@comcast.net wrote:
Certainly fads or styles or whatever have ebbed and flowed over
whether or not a noodly frame is undesirable, or how stiff is stiff
enough, or if stiff is harsh and uncomfortable, or whatever, but I
think Jan is fairly
I think Jan asserts that stiffer is slower, which is objectively
measurable.
On Aug 7, 5:02 am, justinaug...@gmail.com wrote:
I think the key point here is that you (or me or Jan or Sheldon) are making
judgement calls about what 'better' means. 'Better' is not a scientific
measurement. It's
.
If I have misconstrued his meaning I certainly regret it.
Please consider anything I have written about what he thinks or writes
retracted.
On Aug 7, 11:14 am, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 21:42 -0700, ted wrote:
Certainly fads or styles or whatever have ebbed
I can't recommend a bicycling publication, but there is an entire tire
industry and I strongly suspect there has been a fair amount of both
theoretical and experimental work on the rolling resistance of tires
published in scientific and engineering journals.
Decades back I interviewed a tire
and went with stiff OS
tubing on Rivendell bikes.
Cheers,
Ryan in Albuquerque
On Aug 7, 2012, at 6:28, ted ted.ke...@comcast.net wrote:
Jan has tried to explain that, mainly he came up with the term when
he was first thinking about the issue, IIRC. He borrowed the term
from boating
it?
On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 10:39:23 PM UTC-5, ted wrote:
Call me lazy or incompetent but I can't find an explanation of why
whoever coined the terms use as related to bicycles thought it was
apt. Can anybody here explain why planing is an apt term for
beneficial flexing of a bicycles main
'.
Sheesh , we're talking about bicycles.
We will Ride what we like, believe what we want, none of it will amount to a
hill of beans
when seen in the context of (just) riding our bike/s.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it,
JimD
On Aug 7, 2012, at 8:39 PM, ted wrote:
Call me lazy
Jan,
Thank you very much. I found that quite helpful.
On Aug 9, 6:12 am, Jan Heine hein...@earthlink.net wrote:
On Aug 8, 8:45 pm, ted ted.ke...@comcast.net wrote:
And I expect you are right. Sadly at least one of us (me) somehow
managed to remain ignorant of of some of it up to now.
I
Back when bikes had freewheels, and freewheels had 5 cogs on em I
bought a bike with a 14-18 straight block and 44 52 chainrings.
I was skeptical about the gears, but the guy said something along the
lines of sometimes its nice to be able to hit just exactly the gear
you want, and I decided to
I have had good luck getting Quasi-Moto tires to seat evenly on
Synergies by pumping em up much harder than I would ride em and then
bouncing em on the patio.
On Aug 10, 8:43 am, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
I just built a set of 650B A23s a few months ago. I built three sets of
I have heard or read that wear is more of a problem with fewer teeth
and that that was why chainrings are usually al and cogs are usually
steel. That seemed pretty plausible when the small ring was 39 or 42
and the big cog was 21 or 25. When small rings are 24 or 26 and the
big cog is 32 or 34 or
In the comments section of his blog Jan wrote ... I’d love to try 45
mm tires or even 50 mm, but you cannot easily fit tires that wide
between cranks with narrow tread (Q factor).
The 650B Hillsens will fit a 45mm tire. Since I expect the new RH
cranks were developed with a narrow tread, I am now
don't really care, but it seems a bit odd.
On Aug 11, 6:48 pm, Marc Schwartz mschw...@nmsu.edu wrote:
Darn, sorry, Ted all, my last reply was to this thread, not the narrow
tread one.
For that one, use the shortest bottom bracket length that clears
satisfactorily. Q factor will be minimized
I didn't mean to start a thread on tires. I only posted Jan's comments
to explain why I was curious about how the RH crank fits on the
Hillsen which fits 45mm tires.
On Aug 11, 6:51 pm, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote:
Not everyone needs a narrow Q, but the other issue is that there
Looks like Vaughn is using the longer Nitto brake hanger. Discontinued
but still available on the RBW site.
I don't have a small Hunqapillar but I am using one of those hangers
on my SimpleOne and it seems pretty good to me.
I think the perfect length for that piece of housing may be a bit of
a
I only skimmed over that write up, but I think its much simpler to
stick with vertical and horizontal components at the cable attachment
to the brake. The vertical component is independent of straddle wire
angle, the horizontal part goes to infinity as the straddle wire
becomes straight. I think
I only skimmed over that write up, but I think its much simpler to
stick with vertical and horizontal components at the cable attachment
to the brake. The vertical component is independent of straddle wire
angle, the horizontal part goes to infinity as the straddle wire
becomes straight. I think
What kind of brakes do you have?
It took me a while to get the cr720s on my Bombadill to run quiet but
they are fine now.
On Aug 18, 6:45 pm, Peter Morgano uscpeter11...@gmail.com wrote:
Nice stuff, did you hand paint that rear rack or find a spray that was a
good match? I am this close to just
good but rear is somewhat tight.
On Aug 19, 2012 12:02 AM, ted ted.ke...@comcast.net wrote:
What kind of brakes do you have?
It took me a while to get the cr720s on my Bombadill to run quiet but
they are fine now.
On Aug 18, 6:45 pm, Peter Morgano uscpeter11...@gmail.com wrote
:
Paul touring, I noticed now my cable straddle is pretty high but lowering
it means replacement on the cables. Will wait for a rainy day and see if I
can get it right. Front is pretty good but rear is somewhat tight.
On Aug 19, 2012 12:02 AM, ted ted.ke...@comcast.net wrote:
What kind
I use a dry bag in a Wald basket zip tied to a Nitto rack. A bungie
net keeps the dry bag from getting out.
On Aug 19, 10:25 am, lungimsam john11.2...@gmail.com wrote:
How do you attach bags to Nitto racks? There are loops in the botom of one
bag I saw with snaps. Is that how it is done?
I have bikes with drops, bullmoose, and bullhorn (rb-019) bars. Each
setup is quite different though I think the body positions are not as
different as one might expect. In any case I like them all.
On Aug 21, 1:57 pm, lungimsam john11.2...@gmail.com wrote:
1. Do you set your bikes up the same
I have a clear coated Bombadill. I'm in the SF bay area, east bay,
past the oakland hills.
The frame was not spotlessly prepped before the powder coat went on.
There are areas with what I suspect is flux from the assembly. There
are some areas that might be a touch of oxidation, but more lace like
When my younger daughter who basically didn't ride went to college we
got her a Bianchi Milano which served her very well.
I replaced the stock bar with a Dove bar and cork grips from RBW, and
she loved it.
Would need some additions to tick all the requirements you list
(lights, rack, armored
I piked up more than half a dozen one day last year. Definitely not
proof against goat heads, thought they may leak down more slowly.
On Aug 24, 12:03 pm, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
So, not proof against goatheads -- thanks for guinea-pigging these things.
Ryan Watson: weren't
, and so forth. If friend's budget were 3X what it is, of
course a Glorius, all dressed.
Thanks for all the helpful comment on city bikes.
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 6:32 PM, ted ted.ke...@comcast.net wrote:
I piked up more than half a dozen one day last year. Definitely not
proof against
I am not convinced that rd cage length is the culprit here.
The extra length is from the pivot to the lower idler wheel isn't it?
The top idler wheel is in pretty much the same place and thats the one
driving how the chain comes at the cluster.
What mechanism do you think causes the long cage
Of course both pedal and shoe thickness variations may induce us fussy
folks to tweek saddle height, but the radius of the circle your foot
goes in stays the same. With longer cranks the circle is bigger so
knees come up higher (for same max extension) and feet go further
front to back. Not really
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