On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Ken Freeman kenfreeman...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't know about pruckelshaus, but I find that a 170 and a 172.5 feel
significantly different and it is important on a long ride.
I agree - though for me it works the other way around (i.e. 170 feels
much better - 165
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Jeremy Till jeremy.t...@gmail.com wrote:
In fact, slick tires probably provide the most traction in wet
conditions. Jobst on the subject:
http://sheldonbrown.com/brandt/slicks.html
I won't swear to the science behind this (though it makes sense to me)
but I
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Bridgestone alancr...@mac.com wrote:
You're an all-steel, tweed, canvas and shellac kind of guy/girl. Has
owning a Rivendell opened you up to new hobbies?
Well, I started this before I'd heard of Rivendell but I see
woodworking with antique, hand-powered tools
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
I look at Grant's bikes and think there is a bike that's put to good
and proper use. Clean bikes look nice and all, but if it's between
cleaning a bike and getting out for a ride I'd rather go for a ride.
Ditto. And if it's
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:59 PM, rcnute rcn...@hotmail.com wrote:
Sip when thirsty. Eat a little bit every 25 miles. If you feel like
you're pushing a comfortable speed, slow down. Enjoy!
The only change I'd make to Ryan's advice is to drink before you get
thirsty. I know that if I wait
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote:
just think of it... you could fly to Colo. buy it, pack it up and fly
home... sound too good to be true.
I remember reading somewhere it takes a good few hours to assemble a
coupled tandem.
Mike,
It will depend upon
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:18 PM, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed
You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed
You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed
You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed
You live on a
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 7:31 PM, MichaelH mhech...@gmail.com wrote:
I got a late start on my ride, after lunch, despite a weather forecast
of possible thunder storms and heavy rain.
Great timing! I was planning to head out for a ride this morning
since the thunderstorms were *supposed* to
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:52 AM, MobileBill bud...@mindspring.com wrote:
2) She has a low tolerance for complicated shifters, and it's
unlikely she will need a wide gear range _ but I'm not keen on 8-speed
internal hubs. Any thoughts on whether an 8-speed cassette with
single chainring
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote:
135, I believe.
I dunno -- inexperience only lasts for a few hours on the saddle.
Maybe, maybe not. My wife has no interest in the technical side of
riding. We tried for most of a summer to get her up to speed, so to
speak,
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Jan Heinehein...@earthlink.net wrote:
The answer is simple: Standover clearance never is a safety issue
even for an only mildly experienced rider.
Jan,
Not so much for safety but the one place where I will insist on
standover clearance is on a tandem. I
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Angus angusle...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
I put a couple of hours on the (fendered) Atlantis in a light rain
this Saturday. Afterwards I lubed the chain, pulled out the stem to
check for water intrusion (there was none) and wiped the gray junk off
the rims.
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:37 AM, james black chocot...@gmail.com wrote:
... I
am mildly annoyed and feel vaguely insulted by the point of view I
sometimes encounter that TCO is an imaginary problem, or that I'm some
kind of dimwit because it bothers me. There are other cyclists
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:02 AM, George Schick bhim...@gmail.com wrote:
As others have said, I have fenders on all my bikes, including one
dual banger MTB, and leave 'em on all year around. In addition to the
unpredictable weather here in the upper Midwest, I ride mostly on
trails converted
Small changes make a difference for me as well. 165's are sweet,
170's OK, 172.5's are hard for me to use. I've had occaision to
forget what length cranks were on a bike only to look down and wonder
just what was going on. Just me, though.
-Ken
On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Bruce Herbitter
Interestingly enough for me the idea was to get lower than that -
closer to the 250mm of the Mariposa. I didn't quite make it but
between the drop I did achieve and the reduced trail the handle of my
(now departed) Heron Road was wonderfully light compared to the same
bike with 700x28's.
-Ken
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Zack zack...@gmail.com wrote:
hey all -
i need some counsel.
i wrote last week about a front derailler problem (i smashed it into the
outer chainring by accident, bending the FD and the chainring).
I have my new chainrings, and am attempting to use my Park
If you can only get two thirds of it in then something is still in
there - a bolt, a stack of washers or something similar. That or the
threads are already fragged. Maybe a picture of what they look like
would be useful.
The Park should provide plenty of leverage but lining it up near
parallel
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Scott Postlewait chsc...@drizzle.com wrote:
My guess is there's a washer in there that, for whatever reason, you aren't
seeing right now.
Stopping to think about it the washer may not be obvious if you
haven't done this before. If you look in there and don't
Auto-extractors?
-Ken
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
thill@gmail.com wrote:
I'm a taper greaser.
(a little confused that you say there's no bolt holding the crank on, but it
sounds like it worked out)
--
You received this message because you are
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:10 PM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
My main concerns are,
(1) do they feel icky (that's a technical term) on your back on a hot day?
YMMV but I hated it.
2). Do they mold up? How do you clean them to prevent mold?
I didn't have a mold problem but the
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
It's a beautiful sunny morning here in PDX. Sadly today is my Monday and
I'll be working through the weekend. Still, it's one of those days when you
can feel summer on the way. Looking through Manny's and other list members'
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Brian Hanson stone...@gmail.com wrote:
I rode a total of 36 miles today, and never got used to the handling.
Talk about a great way to make you appreciate how great the frames are that
Rivendell makes. I was mentally comparing the ride of my Hunqapillar and
Blessing here. I spend more time riding and less time thinking,
writing, talking or stressing about bikes. I have more money in my
pocket because I don't worry about trying to find something better
than what's already on the bike. The only tweaking I've done on the
bike since I got it has been
are using.
Thanks.
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Kenneth Stagg kenneth.st...@gmail.com
wrote:
Blessing here. I spend more time riding and less time thinking,
writing, talking or stressing about bikes. I have more money in my
pocket because I don't worry about trying to find something
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
Yes, but honestly, Ken, that Mariposa of yours is literally nothing shy
of perfection. Of course you don't worry about tweaking it -- any more
than they worry about tweaking the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
And the
.
Not 1.5, but for 1.35 the Schwalbe Kojaks are very nice.
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Kenneth Stagg kenneth.st...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
Yes, but honestly, Ken, that Mariposa of yours is literally nothing shy
of perfection
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:37 PM, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
Give me a break! You can always improve a bike. That's just laziness and
settling for 'good enough'.
Well... Maybe. I have thought about swapping the headlamp out for
one of the new LED headlamps that wasn't available when
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Beth H periwinkle...@yahoo.com wrote:
So, as my bicycling life evolves and my atorage options aren't increasing,
it makes sense for me to transition to bikes I will actually ride, and will
enjoy riding as I age.
Beth,
Good for you. Circumstances change and
I don't think I've ever had that response, but last weekend supplied a
pair of interesting comments on the Mariposa.
I did a century out of Newburg, WI and on the first leg a much
stronger rider on a rather pretty piece of plastic commented on how
nice my bike looked as he went by me. I caught
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Michael Hechmer mhech...@gmail.com wrote:
OK, admittedly a bit, ok a lot, off topic... but Riv people have a
nuanced relationship with technological biking advancements. So
consider this a philosophical inquiry. (Perhaps even GP will be interested
in this
But that's not from the last 35 years If we're talking in general
then I'd say the safety bike followed by pneumatic tires.
-Ken
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 7:50 AM, James Warren jimcwar...@earthlink.net wrote:
Wait, it has to be the quick release.
On Jul 2, 2012, at 6:08 PM, Eric Platt
I'll vote for wisdom. If you don't feel comfortable with the speed on
a particular section of road then take it slow there. Discretion,
valor and all of that. A rough road will have me taking it easy every
time even though I'm running medium pressure 26x1.5s. I surely love
flying down a decent
Or use disks. That's one of the reasons we got disks on the new
tandem, though I still alternate front/rear to allow the disks
themselves to cool.
It's been interesting to see how people limit their speeds. I do if
I'm unsure of the road but if it's a nice, visible road with no cross
traffic I
On Wednesday, June 1, 2011, Rene Sterental orthie...@gmail.com wrote:
Reviews and online discussions show that a number of people have found the
solution to their comfort/fit problems with these bars, and
that they're very popular in Europe. Has anyone on this list tried them at
all?
Not
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:15 PM, cm chrispmur...@hotmail.com wrote:
I think an IGH bike makes the most sense and possibly even a Rohloff.
What other IGH would you want to ride off road and take touring? And
that would put a lot of restrictions on the bike. What else would
there be left to
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Roger rogerdhod...@gmail.com wrote:
It would be very cool if they also made a real shifter for the
Rohloff. I'm not in the market for a new bike but I'd be very, very
happy to get a bar end shifter that was setup to handle the extra
throw required by the
On Friday, July 22, 2011, Michael Hechmer mhech...@gmail.com wrote:
Two contradictory pieces of learned wisdom about this.
First, the ego wants wanting more than it wants having. So, as soon as we
satisfy a want, the ego
move on to wanting something else. If that weren't true our consumer
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Shifty seandes...@earthlink.net wrote:
I've been admiring bags and racks on the Rivendell Flicker site:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rivendell/pool/tags/ahomerhilsen/ and have been
pondering the purchase of a larger bag. I've used Acorn Saddlebags for
awhile
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Peter Pesce petepe...@gmail.com wrote:
There are some benefits to the front bag, depending on your needs. It's not
necessary to use only a front bag, and many people combine front and rear
as needed. Among the benefits are the ability to easily get things from
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:58 PM, SteveD stephendem...@gmail.com wrote:
Everyone's enjoying their day on the tree-lined trail with a nice little
breeze. You notice that there's a threesome of pedestrians abreast of each
other, chatting, about 50 feet or so ahead of you. There are other cyclists
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:14 PM, lungimsam john11.2...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
Since I am new to Riv, I am also new to Brooks.
In Just Ride Grant tells how to care fof a leather saddle.
He says to cover it with something to keep it dry - whether from sweat or
rain. He says sweat from
Not that curious. It's advice concerning weight on the hands, not power.
Peter White has an excellent explanation of why this works, but he also says
that it's not for everyone. Personally I find it more comfortable well back
but if I'm working harder (i.e. trying to go fast, or at least
It also makes sense for morning people like me. I'm already awake, I love
sunrise, I love riding. Put them all together
-Ken
On Oct 8, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Anne Paulson anne.paul...@gmail.com wrote:
Dawn touring makes tons of sense where it's very hot. Even non-hardcore
tourists quickly
Steve,
Arm length?
-Ken
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:43 PM, notesman sbauman...@earthlink.net wrote:
Folks, Before I list them on e-bay I have a Velo Orange Gran Cru 50.4
BCD crankset for sale. This is a high quality copy of the well known
TA cyclotourist crankset that sells new, when
On Friday, January 13, 2012, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
thill@gmail.com wrote:
I'd be willing to put together a Riv Rally Midwest sometime this upcoming
summer. Most likely it would be somewhere between Minneapolis
and Madison and a 2-day weekend format with camping and hotel options.
I didn't know anything about low trail when my Mariposa arrived, I just
knew that the handling was amazing compared to my Heron, or pretty much
anything else I'd ever ridden (exception being Moultons) and I wanted to
know why. Digging showed that it was a combination of three main factors
in the
Maybe some of the time, but I was used to the Heron's handling and its
handling was the reason I ordered the Mariposa. I specifically told Mike
that I wanted the new bike to have lighter handling than the Heron because
I was tired of having to muscle it around. I actually had a hard time
I've had the Mariposa for 8 or 9 years now and the fenders have never been
off.
-Ken
On Monday, January 7, 2013, René Sterental wrote:
I just leave mine on year-round. I find that in the summer months, the
fenders help keep the bike/parts cleaner as well from the dust/dirt on the
roads and
The key thing here is Assuming the seat tube angles are
identical Typically smaller frames have steeper seat tube
angles, though I don't know about the AHH. That will, once again
'typically', mean that smaller frames will put you further forward.
In my case it's one of the reasons I'm so
I much prefer wider tires - our current Bushnell is running 26x1.5s -
but that's nothing compared to how much my dear stoker prefers the
wider tires. The real issue is having it designed to actually play
well with those wider tires - just increasing the width on a bike
designed for 25c tires
Not so sure about that. Looking at Schwalbe's website I don't see that
size listed. They do show a 584 but it's a 1.65 (650 x 42b):
http://www.schwalbetires.com/bike_tires/road_tires/marathon_420
-Ken
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 4:49 PM, hsmitham hughsmit...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey new to the
Michael,
26 tires come in various bead seat diameters. Mores the pity. As
Steve pointed out the fractional width decimal width. That's why
it's always best to use the ETRTO size so you know what you're
getting.
-Ken
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Michael john11.2...@gmail.com wrote:
You
Seth,
No experience with this group in particular. Flat is a relative thing when
it comes to bike rides - to me most of Wisconsin so far is 'flat' but
that's because I'm judging it against long, sustained climbs. I don't
think I've done a climb that was much longer than one mile yet (though I
I agree with Dan on this one. Most of the time on the lists that are
configured to always reply to the list I just don't reply. I dislike the
chatter that comes from people replying to everyone with things that only
apply to the individual and it's a hassle to cut their address and change
the
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