[RBW] WTB: Rosco Platypus 50cm Purple

[Dan Vee]

Hey.

Curious if anyone here might have one they are looking to sell?  Could be a
frameset or possibly a complete.

Thanks
-Dan

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[RBW] WTB: Discord Peeper 30mm aluminum Stem

[Dan Vee]

Hey

Curious if anyone might have one of these they’re looking to sell? Thanks!

- Dan
Jersey

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Re: [RBW] Sweepy bars, stem length, and climbing out of the saddle

[Dan Vee]

Hey.

Just to clarify.  The frame  does have a longer “reach” number also to be
used with a flat bar set up.  But yes I was saying that also.

On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 10:56 AM Patrick Moore  wrote:

> It's very easy to imagine, and anyway the point in question doesn't really
> involved long top tubes, it simply refers to reach. The OP said that when
> he installed the bar on a long stem he could climb standing comfortably
> holding the grips, but when seated the grips were too far away. When he
> installed a shorter stem, he felt comfortable seated but standing to climb
> and holding the grips felt "weird." I counseled that holding forward of the
> grips while standing might solve the problem, and gave instances. Not
> rocket science.
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 4:16 AM Garth  wrote:
>
>>
>> You can't image it *with the frame designs you've been riding *Patrick.
>> Of course you hate swept back bars on your bikes, of course you consider
>> that "sit up and beg". The frame reach is too darn short of reach for those
>> bars. That square pegs don't fit into a round holes is obvious, they simply
>> don't match.
>>
>>
>> A frame with a much longer reach is where they function best, and even
>> then, the design of the frame's handling will effect how those bars feel in
>> all riding conditions. I have 2 distinctly different handling bikes, the
>> Bombadil and a Franklin custom(sport/touring), both with long reaches, tall
>> stack heights, 13cm stems and 56cm Alba bars set up the same way. I mostly
>> ride at say a 45-65 degree angle. With drop bars on the Franklin it was
>> much less than that.
>>
>> The Bomba up/down hill can feel like turning a wheelbarrow,  there is
>> definite resistance to steering inputs wherever my hands are on the bar
>> fore-aft while the Franklin feels completely neutral
>> everywhere-all-the-time meaning the bike isn't offering much resistance to
>> steering inputs. It's free and easy, slow/fast/up/downhill, I find this
>> most intuitive. Same bar and stem, similar frame reach, two very different
>> experiences. I ride both all the time.  Different bikes for different
>> moods.
>>
>> I like Dave Moulton's depiction of a vertical pencil on a table. Turning
>> left and right is very easy. Now tilt it back some and try steering left
>> and right. The more tilt, the more resistant it feels to turning inputs,
>> like a wheelbarrow.
>>
>>
>> The Bomba up until the last Clem/Hillybike designs, had the the longest
>> reach of any Riv design per given frame size. It was the only Riv frame
>> that would work for me with swept back bars because I know how much frame
>> reach I prefer. I can see why people say they disliked the Alba, or swept
>> bars in general. On a frame with not enough reach you can/may end up with
>> too much weight/pressure on your hands and feel too upright, especially
>> when you limit yourself to the bar ends. Add that with the design of the
>> steering and a customers intangible expectations,  and you have all sorts
>> of opinions expressed.
>>
>> So having swept back bars with plenty of reach is a totally different
>> experience from "sit up and beg". Yeah ... you're begging for a better
>> fitting bike... more frame reach please !   I remember riding English
>> 3-speeds back in the day, gawd was that awful. Wy too short of reach ,
>> straight up riding and your knees almost hitting the bars. Quite unstable.
>> How anyone put up/puts up with that is beyond me ! Ahahahahahaa 
>> To each their own.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [RBW] Sweepy bars, stem length, and climbing out of the saddle

[Dan Vee]

Thanks for the responses guys.

I agree that the longer reach measurement (relative to the bb) Defintely
helps, which this bike does have.  I have ridden sweepier bars on bikes
designed around drops and always felt weird to me.  Trail on this bike is
around 65-69mm depending on tire size.   I suppose it does differ a little
from a riv in chainstay length at 423mm with the sliding drop outs slammed
forward but does have a 20mm to play with (423-443).  I’d assume that this
could alter handling slightly too weight distribution wise.

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 8:26 PM Paul Clifton  wrote:

> I disagree with Patrick, and without having read the articles, I think I
> agree with Garth. It really depends on the frame. Swept back bars work
> better on some frames than others. A long top tube is helpful. I climb
> stand with Albatross and Bosco bars with my body up in between the grips
> without sliding my hands forward very much. A longer top tube makes that
> position, relative to the pedals, more similar to a bike with drop or
> straight bars, where the grips are more in line with or in front of the
> head tube. Bar width also matters some.
>
> Paul in NW Arkansas
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Re: [RBW] Re: Rene Herse Fender Install for QB

[Dan Vee]

Hey

Wow I’m using a Phil fixed/fixed track hub and didn’t even think of that until 
you said it! Totally forgot that that happens when you fully remove the bolts! 

-Dan

New jers

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Re: [RBW] Re: Rene Herse Fender Install for QB

[Dan Vee]

This is good Information.  Thanks.  I will be getting a custom 650b fixed gear 
soon and have been contemplating fenders... but between the rear wheel flipping 
for gear Changes and the general style of riding I do, I feel like the 
simplicity of the bike kinda gets lost somewhere.  I think I’ll just get wet. 
:-).  Thanks for posting your experience update.

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Re: [RBW] Re: Not even a fistfull of seatpost!

[Dan Vee]

Awesome stories 

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Re: [RBW] Re: Reading saddle threads, B17, Berthoud Mente

[Dan Vee]

I have a berthoud Aspin and a b17. I find so far that the Aspin is more 
comfortable a little less upright and the b17 is more comfortable if your 
upright.  

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[RBW] Organized Rides 2020

[Dan Vee]

Hey ! Also in jersey was wondering where I could get some info on those 
rides If you know? Thanks!

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Re: [RBW] Rene Herse Tires with tubes

[Dan Vee]

Yep that is true. Same tread rubber less sidewall

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[RBW] Re: Gus is a sit-up guy and his neck flows like a swan now

[Dan Vee]

Ahh just checked out your blog story makes me want one of those Bikes

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[RBW] Re: Center pull/Herse Brake Help

[Dan Vee]

Don’t know much about the squeal but was wondering how anyone who has these 
brakes likes them?

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