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 dirt/gravel road with sweeping right turn
at the
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
Hi,
I have a really mint Bleriot which I am hoping to sell, as I located
a 61cm if anyone is interested please drop me a lineit will be
built with the following:
sugino compact double xd500 crankset, fsa compact front der, real nice
wheelset xtr rear hub with dt revolution 2.0/1.5 db
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
I posted this on another thread by didn't get any answers. Anyone
ride T-servs before? How do they compare with Paselas?
Thanks!
On Jun 28, 8:38 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 17:51 -0700, hihi wrote:
I have what may be a stupid question about Paselas.
I have read/heard but not personally experienced that the T-serve has a
beefier, thicker tread and sidewall, and is thus is more durable but less
pleasant to ride. In short, more of an urban/commuter tire.
Steve Frederick, East Lansing, MI
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On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Beardpapagts...@gmail.com wrote:
I posted this on another thread by didn't get any answers. Anyone
ride T-servs before? How do they compare with Paselas?
I've got the tservs PTs with the reflective strip on our tandem. They
are more rigid than the
I've been riding my 58 riv mixte for the past 2 years, trying various setups,
trying to get it nicely dialed in.
To me, the main focus of the mixte is a comfortable ride. If I want to go
faster (or carry lots of stuff), I have other bikes.
When I'm riding the mixte in a fully upright position,
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 -
Thanks Seth!
On Jun 29, 10:58 am, Seth Vidal skvi...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Beardpapagts...@gmail.com wrote:
I posted this on another thread by didn't get any answers. Anyone
ride T-servs before? How do they compare with Paselas?
I've got the tservs PTs with
Thanks Steve. Appreciate that.
On Jun 29, 10:54 am, Frederick, Steve frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu
wrote:
I have read/heard but not personally experienced that the T-serve has a
beefier, thicker tread and sidewall, and is thus is more durable but less
pleasant to ride. In short, more of an
http://web.archive.org/web/20041211045554/http://www.koopmann.lightup.net/crane/
I just read about these guys on the CR list and found the above link.
Two cousins from Great Britain bike to the Centre of the World..
(somewhere in China...through Gobi desert, Tibet, Himalayas?). They
did it on
Peter White just got a shipment of Bagmans. Mine works great with my
Barley.
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I got 2.173 with an unweighted roll-out. JB Green with moderate wear
on a Mavic Open Pro rim.
Anyone know the approx circumference of the Jack Browns on a Mavic
Open Pro? I need to program an odometer, but don't have a ruler handy.
Thanks.
Aaron
Hi Roger,
I have a velo orange support if you are interested. Never mounted but taken
out of plastic. Yours for $35 shipped to CONUS. Let me know if that is of
interest.
Thanks,
Clayton Scott
San Francisco
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Roger and Carolyn SKALLERUD
rcska...@msn.com wrote:
I found the TServ's very dicey in wet conditions. They're sluggish
because they're very rugged and the profile is somewhat pointed
instead of being nicely rounded. Perhaps unfairly, I view them as
being partially responsible for a nasty crash on an off-camber turn in
the pouring rain -- so I
Took the Protovelo off the kickstand this morning, and the rear tire
was flat! Best time to get a flat after a long riding weekend: the
next morning at home. Besides that and the bug bites on my ankles, we
came out unscathed.
The climbing and descents were the highlights of the trip.
That's an excellent price, saving you about $15 over an order new from VO.
I use one, and it's very good.
On 6/29/09, Clayton Scott clayton...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Roger,
I have a velo orange support if you are interested. Never mounted but taken
out of plastic. Yours for $35 shipped to
Rob, thanks for the link. I'll be spending more time reading over
those pages in the coming days.
--mike
On Jun 29, 9:53 am, rob markwardt robmar...@hotmail.com wrote:
http://web.archive.org/web/20041211045554/http://www.koopmann.lightup...
I just read about these guys on the CR list and
I've installed SKS fenders on my Quickbeam and now I have to detach
the rear fender stays to remove the rear wheel, either to reverse the
wheel or to fix a flat. Is there any way around having to do this
and, if not, does anyone have any tricks to make the procedure less
time consuming?
The key is to leave enough room on the rear stays to be able to loosen
the fender and slide it back. This works best with plastic or wood
fenders. Others will have to chime in on metal fenders, as I've seen
a few alum steel clad Quickbeams out in the wild. I have plastic
wood for the QB:
If you're using Phil hubs, you should be able to remove the axle nuts
all the way, in which case the wheel will drop straight down. Not
sure about the stock hubs.
--Eric
campyonly...@me.com
www.campyonly.com
www.wheelsnorth.org
On Jun 29, 2009, at 3:22 PM, R Gonet wrote:
I've
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,
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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
Round up another pair of the black plastic quick release clips that
came with the SKS fender set (the ones intended for use on the front
fender stays). They'll allow you to pop the rear stays out and remove
the wheel. RBW probably has them, but you could try your LBS
first.
hope this helps,
Great, thanks Nick. I opted for the Pasela's and put in my order with
my LBS.
On Jun 29, 2:39 pm, Nick Bull nick.bike.b...@gmail.com wrote:
I found the TServ's very dicey in wet conditions. They're sluggish
because they're very rugged and the profile is somewhat pointed
instead of being
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
A few questions regarding this:
1. Do fenders (45mm wide +) fit better with Silver or somesuch wide
sidepulls than they do with the DiaCompe CPs?
2. Anyone running the Hetres under fenders on their Bleriot?
Cheers,
Colin Cummings
Amarillo, TX
Rivlovers,
Last ditch effort before this goes on the bay...
Green QB, 58cm, good condition, frame/headset/BB only: $750. Shipping
not included.
Pics: http://tinyurl.com/m3kks9
Cheers,
Colin Cummings
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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:
Jay: I like that idea. Have you actually tried it? I'm wondering if
you can pull the fender up and back enough to release the wheel, given
that the fender is attached to the seat stay bridge.
On Jun 29, 9:13 pm, J. Burkhalter burk...@yahoo.com wrote:
Round up another pair of the black
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).
Those Brits are hardy souls. There's another tale, in a book titled
Sting in the Tail: By Racing Bicycle Around the World written by
Peter Kuker (Pelham Books, 1973). The book describes the author's
solo ride on a Raleigh Professional racing bicycle around the world
with a kit of around 20
Hetre + Bleriot:
http://www.veloweb.ca/mybikepages/blerioso.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tylerphelps/3507349029/
I don't have experience with the Dia-Compe brakes, but the Silvers will fit
45mm honjos just fine.
-Gino
p.s. to all list members: search the archives before posting questions.
Oh, this is a challenge! You are lucky that you are dealing with an
eleven year old as the options are much better. I have an 8 year old
and could not find a road bike to fit his 52 height. I got him a
Fuji dynamite and replaced the knobby tires with schwab marathon
ones. No comfort issues.
On Jun 29, 10:45 am, Phil B phi...@sonic.net wrote:
I got 2.173 with an unweighted roll-out. JB Green with moderate wear
on a Mavic Open Pro rim.
I use the lookup table that Cateye provides: 700x32C is 2155mm, and
700x35C is 2168mm. Therefore, 700x33.333C must be 2161mm. :)
Seriously though,
Dia-Compe centerpulls fit much better. I had the Silvers on my
Bleriot w/45m Berthouds and made the switch to the DC's. When I
gripped the levers tightly with the Silvers the front fender
noticeably moved up front (not a lot but there was movement). Would
have likely been fine but there's ton's
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