Re: [RBW] Introduction - Doug Shaker

[Douglas Shaker]

Nope, man, never did. I felt guilty about it after you went to all the trouble 
of making it. Still have it though. Beautiful fork with a sweet curve to it.  
The paint match is great. 

Background for the others: My Saluki is set up as a camping bike with front and 
back racks.  I'm a pretty terrible climber and I don't get better with a load. 
I had the gears though and could, on a steep hill, chug away at about two miles 
per hour.  However, with loads in the front panniers, the Saluki became tippy 
as could be at low speed.   Down right scary if you had traffic at your back.  
I got off and walked up a lot of hills.

I had a theory that if the front fork had more trail the bike would be less 
tippy under load at low speed.  Tom made a fork for me, really good paint 
match, with more trail.  The fork, unfortunately, is still in my garage in my 
shamefully large pile'o'bike stuff.
And now, tell the truth, I need to sell the Saluki to clear space in the 
garage.  Sigh. Thus are laid low the plans of humans in general and bike fiends 
in particular.

Doug Shaker

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> On Jun 15, 2018, at 7:23 PM, 'Tom Matchak' via RBW Owners Bunch 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hey Doug, good to see you back in action in the group. Did you ever install 
> that new fork on your Saluki?
> 
> Tom Matchak 
> Glen, NH
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[RBW] Introduction - Doug Shaker

['Tom Matchak' via RBW Owners Bunch]

Hey Doug, good to see you back in action in the group. Did you ever install 
that new fork on your Saluki?

Tom Matchak 
Glen, NH

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[RBW] Introduction - Doug Shaker

[Philip Williamson]

Hey Doug!
I recognize you. Welcome back!

Philip
Santa Rosa, CA

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Re: [RBW] Introduction - Doug Shaker

[James Warren]

Doug,

I remember your name. 2003-4-5 really don’t seem like 15-14-13 years ago. I’m 
glad you’re back!

-James Warren


> On Jun 12, 2018, at 10:40 AM, Doug Shaker  wrote:
> 
> I'm just joining the group, so I thought it would be polite to introduce 
> myself.
> 
> I've been riding Rivendells since about 2003, when I realized that I'd never 
> bought a bike for myself and had just had them given to me.  I bought a 
> Rambouillet and was instantly hooked.  I still ride that Rombouillet, but I 
> also have a Saluki and some generic cross bike that has been made into a 
> cargo bike with an Xtracycle attachment.
> 
> I used to be a regular contributor to the old RBW mailing list, but I faded 
> out and got interested in other things.  I build bikes for short friends that 
> can't find bikes that will work for them in the commercial sphere.  And I 
> work for a bike charilty (www.bikex.org) that donates fixed up bikes to 
> social service agencies.
> 
> I live in Palo Alto and am newly retired.  I used to run a business that did 
> contract technical writing.
> 
> There we have it.
> 
> -Doug Shaker
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[RBW] Introduction - Doug Shaker

[Joe Bernard]

I remember that name. Welcome back, Doug!

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[RBW] Introduction - Doug Shaker

[Doug Shaker]

I'm just joining the group, so I thought it would be polite to introduce 
myself.

I've been riding Rivendells since about 2003, when I realized that I'd 
never bought a bike for myself and had just had them given to me.  I bought 
a Rambouillet and was instantly hooked.  I still ride that Rombouillet, but 
I also have a Saluki and some generic cross bike that has been made into a 
cargo bike with an Xtracycle attachment.

I used to be a regular contributor to the old RBW mailing list, but I faded 
out and got interested in other things.  I build bikes for short friends 
that can't find bikes that will work for them in the commercial sphere.  
And I work for a bike charilty (www.bikex.org) that donates fixed up bikes 
to social service agencies.

I live in Palo Alto and am newly retired.  I used to run a business that 
did contract technical writing.

There we have it.

-Doug Shaker

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