Re: [RBW] Hillibikes are so close!
This is the first I'm hearing that you can have tubes knurled on the aftermarket... how did they do it? On Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 8:16:15 AM UTC-7 Erik wrote: > Knurling the seat post at the collar and about three inches down the > insertion into the seat tube. Worked like a charm. I've had this done on > a bike before when I was having a problem with slipping. > > On Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 5:31:59 AM UTC-7 Eric Daume wrote: > >> What was the fix for the slipping seat post? >> >> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/86221f1b-0eb9-4f0b-8e19-132c38de0eaan%40googlegroups.com.
[RBW] Re: Top Ten Names for the next Rivendell Bike
The correct answer is, as always, Blunderbuss. -W On May 5, 1:20 pm, Bridgestone alancr...@mac.com wrote: Top Ten Names for the next Rivendell Bike 10. Travelino 9. Henri Torres 8. Vagabondo 7. Hugonaut 6. Velocipes 5. Navigador 4. Luis Rotundus 3. F. Murray Abraham 2. Uniped (lugged steel unicycle, made for touring) 1. Retro Grouchier -- 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 from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- 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 from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Looking for Nitto Moustache bar
Um. Not to interrupt the War of the Moustaches, but I've got a Soma M- bar that I'd like to sell. It's not Nitto, but I think it's functionally identical. It can be yours for $40 shipped. -Wesley On May 1, 5:27 pm, nathan spindel nath...@gmail.com wrote: After a long morning ride today with a Noodle bar, wishing I was more upright, I'm now looking to buy a Nitto Moustache bar (26.0mm clamp size). Let me know if you've got one for sale! -nathan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: QB rear wheel
I may be drifting off topic, but: On my dinglespeed (Redline Monocog 29er, not a Quickbeam), grinding up steep hills in the lower gear will sometimes cause the rear wheel to slip forward - and this is with a bolt-on axle. Here's my theory: with no derailer, there's no worry of spurious gear-hopping so I worry less about how much torque I put on the cranks, and so I crank harder. For this reason I can put a lot more force into a derailer-less bike. So there might be something to the idea that wheel slippage is a greater threat w/o a derailer. -Wesley --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] FS: SON wheel, lights, etc.
Hi, all. I'm selling my dynamo light setup - featuring the SON28 hub, E6 headlamp, and 4D taillight - on eBay. Link: http://tinyurl.com/dynamo-hub Thanks for your time. -Wesley --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: FS: SON wheel, lights, etc.
I'm selling the wheel and lights because I've found that I just don't use them. It hasn't been on the bike at all this winter, and it certainly wouldn't get any more use in the summer. I've found that LED lights are lighter and - crucially - easier. I've only got the two bikes, but quick release brackets on my headlight and taillight make them a cinch to swap, which the dynohub and wiring are just... not. I also like having the LED headlight to use as a flashlight when camping. -Wesley --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Winter Riding Tips...Best Tires for considerable snow?
I live in Juneau, Alaska, where we get a lot of snow of very different consistencies from day to day. I also have no interest in swapping tires and adjusting pressures each morning before starting my commute. I've found that Schwalbe Big Apple 29er tires in the 60mm size can work in most anything. I keep the pressure very low - no more than 15psi. Basically, I want them as soft as I can get them. As with the other setups described, mine has trouble when the snow's density gradient is cross-wise to the bike's motion. Also in snow bottom-bracket-deep or deeper. And because the tires have no tread or studs, going uphill on ice sometimes just doesn't work. This is my second winter on this setup, and I'm satisfied. Your mileage, though, may vary - more in this case than in most others. -Wesley --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] FS: Rivvish stuff
I have the following for sale, with prices including shipping. See photos at: http://picasaweb.google.com/brooks.wesley/BikeParts?feat=directlink Nitto Technomic Deluxe stem, 9cm extension - $45 Brooks B.17 Champion, honey, with the copper rivets and whatnot. Well broken in, but with the tensioning screw untouched. - $65 Sugino XD2 crankset with 116mm Tange bottom bracket. Chainrings are 46/36/24 teeth - $65 Nitto DirtDrop handlebar - $50 Soma 3-speed handlebar - $30 Shimano Deore rear derailer - $30 All in good condition. I'll ship USPS Priority. Payment via PayPal. Thanks for your time. -Wesley --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: FS: Rivvish stuff
Note: cranks are 175mm in length. -Wesley --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: 63 cm Redwood on ebay
Sounds like shenanigans to me... -W On Dec 30, 4:04 am, JL subfas...@gmail.com wrote: $500?! Someone just got a great deal on a wonderful bike. If it is someone on the list, enjoy! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: 63 cm Redwood on ebay
AThe bike's been re-listed: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=170290135930 On Dec 28, 9:29 am, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Wow, $600... someone got a deal! On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Chris Halasz chal...@gmail.com wrote: The seller mentions it is the advertised 65cm, but measured it as a 63cm. A great deal indeed. Chris Tucson, AZ -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Sam Hillborne geometry is up at RBW site!
With respect to your opinion, I don't think standard threadless stems are ugly. I also don't think it's relevant. I prefer threadless stems for the reasons I listed in my first post to this thread: they make it easier to change stems and handlebars, and they can be serviced or adjusted with just a 5mm Allen wrench, while threaded headsets require large wrenches that have no other purpose on a bike (or anywhere in my life). Others here clearly prefer threaded stems. That's fine, too. It looks like I'd need to ask Rivendell if they have uncut stems available for use with a threadless headset. I still believe that using a threadless headset on a threaded steer tube is no problem. -Wesley --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Sam Hillborne geometry is up at RBW site!
Unless I'm missing something, there's no need to cut the threaded portion off. One possible hiccup would be if the uppermost race couldn't be slid into place over the threads, but I think that's unlikely. The stem will then clamp quite happily over the threads. In order to keep the geometry as designed, I think it would be best to use the frame's original fork - but to get one that was not yet cut to length for a threaded setup. Do they arrive at RBW HQ already cut? -Wesley On Dec 23, 6:30 am, Atlantean softlysoftlycatcheemon...@gmail.com wrote: Cutting the threaded part off works just fine, if the steerer is long enough. In the case of my fixie, I did find a few threadless forks on eBay and such some time back, but I was having trouble even finding a new threadless steerer that's long enough for a 25 frame. Typical 9/8 threadless mountain bike forks come with 265mm steer tubes, but 275 would work a lot better for me. Maybe when the hipsters all move on to unicycles, I'll ride my fixie more, and it will seem worthwhile to pay for the modification. The fork on the Merckx is a wild looking thing with aero styled blades brazed into a custom crown, so I'd like to keep it. Maybe I'll just get a chomoly stem that's the right size and angle and clamp diameter. That's probably harder to find than a threadless steel road fork. Hmmm. I wonder if Grant would sell a Legolas fork separately? Or are they oversized as well as threadless? Is this question any less sensible than the whole 650b industry? Or anything else we obsess about around here? I don't think so. Surely it's more productive than yet another discussion of trail. On Dec 23, 7:39 am, Frederick, Steve frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu wrote: Perhaps a bit off the wall, but couldn't you buy a threaded fork with a too long steerer and cut the threaded bit off? -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of Atlantean Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:02 AM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Sam Hillborne geometry is up at RBW site! From what I have seen, one-inch threadless forks of any description are pretty scarce. I have one bike in particular that I'd like to switch to threadless, but I haven't run across anything suitable. New uncut one inch threadless steel forks tend to be generic and the tubing is usually not specified. I looked into having the steer tube replaced, and like a lot of things it is fairly easy to have done but not cheap. It's not that big a deal on this particular bike, a Merckx I've converted to fixed, but I would like a stiffer front end. Out of the saddle mashing up a hill makes the M bar pretty floppy, even on an 80mm Dirt Drop all the way down in the fork. The Dirt Drops are great stems; the stiffest aluminum quill stems I've found. I think it would be cool to have the option of threadless on a new Riv, kind of like the custom color option. Nickel plated fillet brazed or lugged stems would look really good on a Riv with a threadless setup. But then lots of things would be cool. On Dec 22, 9:39 pm, CycloFiend cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote: on 12/22/08 7:19 PM, CycloFiend at cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote: on 12/22/08 6:49 PM, JoelMatthews at joelmatth...@mac.com replied to: lBut I don't want to start an argument over this, I just want to know whether I can get an Rivendell sells uncut forks for use with a 1 threadless headset - and if so, how long is the steerer. with: Grant could probably have Noblilette make you a threadless fork custom. It would cost you no doubt - kind of defeating the purpose of getting a Hillborne. You would probably be better off asking if there is a Hillborne frame without a fork (I suppose one might break during the voyage from Taiwan) and just buy a steel threadless fork from Ben's Cycles or such outlet. Actually, it may be simpler to order an appropriate threadless fork at the same time. The steerer tube is just set into the fork crown, and it could be just a matter of getting an unthreaded tube put in. That way, you have the dimension of fork blades that the bicycle was designed for. sorry - wasn't quite clear in this post. I meant that if you knew that's what you wanted, it would make sense to try to see if you could order it now, while the frames are being built. If there's a possibility, it's best pursued now while orders are being put together and finalized. I'd give 'em a call over at RBWHQL. - J -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Send In Your Photos! - Here's how:http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines 'You both ride your bike?' He held his hands out and grabbed imaginary handlebars,
[RBW] Re: Sam Hillborne geometry is up at RBW site!
What's the uncut steer-tube length on the Sam Hillborne fork? The frame is wonderful, but I'm leery of threaded headsets and would want to go threadless if I owned one. Follow-ups: are frames even available with uncut forks? What about the Atlantis and AHH? -Wesley --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Sam Hillborne geometry is up at RBW site!
I know that threaded headsets are reliable, of course. But headsets use bearings and as such will occasionally require service. I'd prefer to have a part that I can disassemble (if necessary) on tour with just a 5mm Allen wrench, instead of a couple of tools (32/35mm cone wrenches) that have no other use on a bicycle. If nothing else, I can save $30 by not having to buy the wrenches. A lesser quibble is that a clamping stem (as in threadless-type stems) seems like a better design than the expanding wedge bolt on a threaded- type stem. And finally, I like stems where a cap pops off to release the handlebars over Nitto's design that requires sliding half the handlebar through the stem clamp. Changing handlebars is a lot faster/ easier without unwinding all that bar tape and taking off a brake lever. But I don't want to start an argument over this, I just want to know whether I can get an Rivendell sells uncut forks for use with a 1 threadless headset - and if so, how long is the steerer. And I'd always thought that threaded steer tubes have to be cut to length just like threadless ones do - in fact, I thought it was more important to cut a threaded steerer to length. Otherwise how can a fork fit different-sized bikes with different-sized headtubes? -Wesley --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Shimagnolo
How about using a 9-speed chain on a 10-speed chainring? Will that cause any trouble? -Wesley --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Shimagnolo
Thanks, Eric. I'll sleep easier now while I wait for my new crankset to arrive. -Wesley --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
