On 6/29/09, GeorgeS chobur...@gmail.com wrote:
Well. The consensus seems to be that it's my fault. This is not
exactly what I was looking for. Doesn't anyone want to suggest
special gravel wheels or, even better, a new frame of the country
variety? I mean I fell twice. Should be some
On 6/30/09, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
On 6/29/09, GeorgeS chobur...@gmail.com wrote:
Well. The consensus seems to be that it's my fault. This is not
exactly what I was looking for. Doesn't anyone want to suggest
special gravel wheels or, even better, a new frame of the
George,
Jan Heine and Jim Edgar make some very good points.
I spent five years doing cyclocross (on a Rivendell) and riding narrow
tires on loose surfaces took practice. Lots of feeling the bike
sliding around under you.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16951...@n08/1992613270/
I think it's 90+%
Quoting JimD rasterd...@comcast.net:
Steve,
What fenders are those on your Saluki with the Hetres?
thanks,
JimD
58mm Honjo fluted.
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Only half my tongue is in my cheek. (The other half is in my pocket.)
I really love my Monocog 29er set up as a on/off road allrounder with
said BAs and Snowcats, drops, fenders, and a modest 63 gear. Not
Rivendellian, but unfortunately the only Riv that comes close, the
Bomdadil, only takes
I'm a startling 5'10 in bare feet on a level, hard surface.
I've not ridden 584, and my comments about it were largely facetious.
I went from 60 mm Big Apples in the 559 size (26 3/4 inches diam) to
ditto on 722s (29 1/4) and the float over sand, the cush over, say,
washboard, and the traction
Do you have the BAs on a road bike frame or a mountain bike frame?
I could probably do alright on a 29er, as MTB geometry puts the rider
somewhat lower in any event.
When I first put the BAs on the road frame, I tried lowering the seat.
On my first ride it occurred to me the higher tires do not
The bike, or what is left of it, is a 2008 (I think it's an '08) Redline
Monocog 29er, the cheap tigg'd chromo very compact 29er mtb frame that,
built up OEM, rolls out the door for a list of $500 plus tax. I've
considerably upgraded mine, but the frame, despite it's girder-like
stiffness and
Quoting GeorgeS chobur...@gmail.com:
Last week I posted a question about tires for gravel. Thanks for the
response. I've gone with the consensus and ordered a pair of Pasela's
w/o TG.
Since then, I've had two kind of scary falls, both in exactly the same
situation - fast descent on
You have the wrong tires.
The protocol is to vociferously denounce those tires in every
discussion of any relevance to bicycling, especially on the internet.
Then try a series of progressively more expensive tires until you have
honed your gravel-riding skill to the point where you no longer
Quoting Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com:
You have the wrong tires.
The protocol is to vociferously denounce those tires in every
discussion of any relevance to bicycling, especially on the internet.
Then try a series of progressively more expensive tires until you have
On Jun 29, 2009, at 4:56 AM, GeorgeS wrote:
Last week I posted a question about tires for gravel. Thanks for the
response. I've gone with the consensus and ordered a pair of Pasela's
w/o TG.
Since then, I've had two kind of scary falls, both in exactly the same
situation - fast descent
Gravel is fun because you can improve your skills without risking a
crash. On pavement, you only know you've gone too fast in a corner
when you crash. You don't want to do that, so you stay well below the
limit.
On gravel, you can successively go faster, brake later, etc. If you go
just a touch
on 6/29/09 2:56 AM, GeorgeS at chobur...@gmail.com wrote:
Last week I posted a question about tires for gravel. Thanks for the
response. I've gone with the consensus and ordered a pair of Pasela's
w/o TG.
Since then, I've had two kind of scary falls, both in exactly the same
situation -
Well. The consensus seems to be that it's my fault. This is not
exactly what I was looking for. Doesn't anyone want to suggest
special gravel wheels or, even better, a new frame of the country
variety? I mean I fell twice. Should be some equipment here that I
could explain to my wife is
On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 16:00 -0700, GeorgeS wrote:
Well. The consensus seems to be that it's my fault. This is not
exactly what I was looking for. Doesn't anyone want to suggest
special gravel wheels or, even better, a new frame of the country
variety? I mean I fell twice. Should be some
And Salukis come in canti version which lets you put really fatso tires in
From: Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com
Or, pity they're not made any more, to stay in the Riv family look for
either a Bleriot or a Saluki. And no I do NOT mean a Hilsen, because
they
On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 17:14 -0700, Bruce wrote:
And Salukis come in canti version which lets you put really fatso
tires in
Like mine, with Hetres:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/97916...@n00/sets/72157617915097787/
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In a message dated 6/29/2009 7:27:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
palin...@his.com writes:
Beyond that, obviously you need a new 650B bike
That's obvious. Definitely a new bike! Whichever one you decide on,
don't make the mistake of telling your wife that this new expensive bike will
Steve,
I don't understand. My understanding is that the Saluki functionally
still exists in that the AHH in sizes 58 and below is just a Saluki by
a new name.
The only thing I see not being made now that was made before are the
following two things:
1) Sidepull Salukis (whether they are
On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 19:23 -0700, James Warren wrote:
Steve,
I don't understand. My understanding is that the Saluki functionally
still exists in that the AHH in sizes 58 and below is just a Saluki by
a new name.
The Hilsen is a 700C bike except in small sizes, where it is 650B. In
Steve,
What fenders are those on your Saluki with the Hetres?
thanks,
JimD
On Jun 29, 2009, at 5:27 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 17:14 -0700, Bruce wrote:
And Salukis come in canti version which lets you put really fatso
tires in
Like mine, with Hetres:
Is the loss of either or both of these things what you are objecting
to?
Because it looks to me that if your frame size is from 47 to 58, the
AHH offered is identical to what used to be the sidepull Saluki, and
that bike is very similar to the Bleriot (excluding sizes 59 and 61).
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