On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Earl Grey wrote:
> Oh, and regarding San aesthetics, a year ago any discussion about fork
> bend would have been utterly lost on me, but the sloping tt on the Sam
> almost kept me from buying one. Now I think the San Marcos' fork is a
> crime on such a nice bike, an
Oh, and regarding San aesthetics, a year ago any discussion about fork
bend would have been utterly lost on me, but the sloping tt on the Sam
almost kept me from buying one. Now I think the San Marcos' fork is a
crime on such a nice bike, and the tt hardly bothers me at all. In
fact, I now prefer t
I too have become a big rapid rise/bar end fan due to Grant's
promotion of them. Love the idea of the switchable rear derailer. Good
luck with that. That said, there is another diff, which is that the
cable attachment bolt is on the back plate of the parallelogram
instead of the front one. I assume
I have an RR derailleur on my bombadil, a high-normal derailleur on my
trek, and a suntour cyclone equipped centurion with the 'backward'
front derailleur.I switch between bikes all the time, and after
the first couple of shifts, you don't really have to think about it
anymore.
I think the mai
On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 23:56 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
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>
> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Mike wrote:
> On Oct 2, 8:26 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean
>
> wrote:
> > All I can say is I'm stocking up on RR rear derailers.
> Nothing beats
> > 'em with bar
Parallel TT lovers unite!
Yeah, I can see a quirky sort of appeal that I'd probably nurse into
fondness if I were in the market for a Hunqa-type bike. But basically
it looks too much a mash-up for me. Dare I mention the Pontiac Aztek?
Or would I sound like the King in "Amadeus" if I said "Too many
I think I get the gist. With my mountain-y trigger brifters I use a
normal (non-rapid-rise) derailer. And will continue to do so as wear
requires it. Those things really do work well together. And that's by
design; Shimano documents say that trigger shifters and non-rapid-rise
derailers should be u
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Mike wrote:
> On Oct 2, 8:26 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean
> wrote:
> > All I can say is I'm stocking up on RR rear derailers. Nothing beats
> > 'em with bar-end shifters.
>
> Vas ist "RR" derailleurs? If that means (somehow) "reverse pull" and
someone wants to trade an h
On Oct 2, 8:26 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean
wrote:
> All I can say is I'm stocking up on RR rear derailers. Nothing beats
> 'em with bar-end shifters.
>
I totally agree, and I think therein lies the problem. They don't work
right with regular indexed shifters. I road a friends bike with a RR
derailer
My short list looks very similar - nice to have choices.
On Oct 2, 7:44 am, Justin August wrote:
> I could definitely see myself saving up and grabbing one for Spring/
> Summer fast rides next year. It's on my shirt list now along with the
> VO Rando frame.
>
> On Oct 2, 8:23 am, Mike wrote:
>
>
On Oct 2, 8:26 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean
wrote:
> All I can say is I'm stocking up on RR rear derailers. Nothing beats
> 'em with bar-end shifters.
Yup, it's a great combo. I'll bet you anything Nashbar or one of those
places ends up blowing them out ultra cheap.
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All I can say is I'm stocking up on RR rear derailers. Nothing beats
'em with bar-end shifters.
Yours,
Thomas Lynn Skean
On Oct 2, 1:30 am, Michael_S wrote:
> Grant has posted a lengthy Knothole post about a number of things.
> Included is a link to pictures of the San Marcos... very nice lookin
It looks good but I am still not sure how I feel about the sloping TT
look. I much prefer a straighter TT.
On Oct 2, 11:19 am, eflayer wrote:
> I recently purchased a Gunnar Sport with custom Waterford threaded
> steel fork. The idea was to get to a bike just like the San Marcos.
> The Gunnar i
I recently purchased a Gunnar Sport with custom Waterford threaded
steel fork. The idea was to get to a bike just like the San Marcos.
The Gunnar is gorgeous and rides well, but no lugs and a bit kludgy to
get the 1 inch fork installed into the 1.125 headtube. Love the bike,
but would have probab
the perfect addition to the Soma Fab and Riv families. Sorta like
half way between a Smoothie ES and a Sam. Smoothies are fine and
cheap, but you gotta go modern with shortish headtube and 1.125
steerer. The "San" gets you lugs, old school fork/stem technology
(cool!), I like that barely bent st
I could definitely see myself saving up and grabbing one for Spring/
Summer fast rides next year. It's on my shirt list now along with the
VO Rando frame.
On Oct 2, 8:23 am, Mike wrote:
> Yeah, that really is a very nice looking bike. I'm glad it's
> happening.
>
> --mike
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Yeah, that really is a very nice looking bike. I'm glad it's
happening.
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