I used the Chariot
Cougar:
https://blog.piaw.net/2011/12/review-chariot-cougar-1-strollerbike.html.
It doubles as the world's most luxurious stroller until they turn 10 and
can wear helmets easily. We used the heck out of this thing 2 kids and used
it everywhere, but to be honest once we got
I got my copy just before labor day. Here's my quickie review:
It's no secret that I'd been a follower of the late Jobst Brandt for many
years, and have indeed read all of his trip reports hoping to follow some
of his routes and glean his hotel recommendations. When Isola press offered
a
I have a friend visiting in October and he's going to test ride my Roadini,
so I laid out (and rode) what I consider an ideal loop to show off how
versatile a bike the Roadini is:
https://www.strava.com/activities/9869749317
(Dirt Alpine is closed for construction or I'd use that instead of
Here are my photos from today:
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/5JhQJDI6QnSac37pg2Rmuw.eSgl5m9IE5qYBBDSqnR2gX
Strava link: https://www.strava.com/activities/10121416336
Ran into an A Homer Hilsen rider (one of the tall ones, because his Homer
had a double top tube) while descending to
I've been bike commuting since my roommate crashed my car in 1990.
- Try not to carry stuff - I've gotten to the point where I have 2
computers for work, one at home and one in the office so I don't have to
carry it between home and work. (In the old days it was easy to convince my
I definitely think that too few parents consider tandems/triplets for their
kids. I have a custom kidback built by the late Peter Johnson and my kids
rode them a lot when they were small. Here's what they looked like when
they were 4 and 7 riding in Switzerland:
On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 3:27:09 PM UTC-7 divis...@gmail.com wrote:
Over the last few months, I've flatted three or four times on the RHes;
clearly, the tread has worn thin. I was discussing the issue with a
repairman at one of the local bike kitchens. He mentioned that GK Slicks
hold
I like capris for winter riding in the Bay Area (too hot for the other 3
seasons). I too, first found them in Europe, but earlier this year I
discovered that the Germans call them 3/4
pants: https://blog.piaw.net/2023/01/mens-carpis.html
On Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 1:43:10 PM UTC-7
On Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 8:52:13 AM UTC-7 shu...@gmail.com wrote:
Anyway, I could carry on and on, but I just wish to say that I find the two
*quite* different. The bike also feels noticeably bigger (the frame is a
58) which may also contribute. To shorten what could be a long
I have the GR3. The big advantage of the 3 over the 2 is built in image
stabilization along with a higher resolution sensor. That makes a huge
difference if you're going to shoot from the bike (which I do a lot). The
flash would have been nice, but to be honest I haven't found it to be
Back when Pardo and I were at the University of Washington as grad students
there was a campus bike shop fully equipped with tools and good workstands.
The student body had paid for the shop, but there were also full time bike
repair folks at the shop for people who didn't want to do their own
Tire size should be the determining factor. If you don't need anything more
than 35mm on the rear the lighter bike is better. I'm a big fan of low BBs,
and the 700c version of the Malocchio fits the bill, but I think I'd be
unhappy about not being able to run 700x40mm Terra Speeds, so overall
Foothill/Los Altos isn't the den of bike thieves that a big city college
campus like Berkeley or City College San Francisco is going to be. Of
course, my mother in law left a $1700 REI ebike unattended outside ranch 99
for a few minutes while shopping and of course it was gone before she came
I've been running the Terraspeed 40mm (measuring 38mm on my A23 rims). I
have no stomach for the prices Rene Herse charges for their tires, but I
don't think the Terra Speed are going to satisfy you if you're riding in
mud. My experience with the Terraspeed is that in mud, you're going to spin
I built up my 54cm Roadini on Saturday.
Pictures:
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/2mh2Jr8FRO6v3jzaewoY_Q.iLe5MSVKuBltp0tHHlgV_C
23 pounds as pictured (pump, pedals, bottle cage but no water bottle or
wedge pack). It rides great but I'm slower on descents than on my touring
bike (higher
Yes. They are no longer installing forks unless you're picking up in
person. Nowadays there are many mobile bike shops who will come to your
home to do the bike build if you can't do it yourself, though I don't know
if those bike vans have frame alignment tables. But I wouldn't attribute
the
I have an Ultegra SL triple crankset converted to 1x via a Wolftooth
chainring on my Roadini and a Shimano GRX 810-1 on my custom touring bike
(which is based on a Bridgestone RB-1). There's no appreciable difference
in Q factor that I can tell when riding. The biggest problem with the GRX
is
When I picked up my Roadini they'd already installed a seatpost binder bolt
and aligned the frame. But I picked it up in person to avoid them having to
rebox it.
On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 3:23:50 PM UTC-7 fra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Extremely sad if you can’t trust your LBS with such an
>
>
> I don't think a rider can meaningfully feel a 5mm difference in BB drop.
> I think what you are feeling is likely Stack related. A 54cm Roadini is a
> bigger bike than a 56cm RB1. Is your stem slammed? Slam that stem! :)
> If you want to split the difference, ride your Roadini for
res and more or less in a
> stock configuration, falls somewhere in the middle.
>
> Random musings brought to you by,
> Jim
> Austin suburbs, TX
>
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 9:57 AM Piaw Na wrote:
>
>> I recently acquired a Roadini, and I've been puzzling over
It's been brutal. I've been getting up at 5:00am to get my ride in.
On Friday, September 9, 2022 at 5:56:37 PM UTC-7 row.n.2...@gmail.com wrote:
> Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. 99' in Colorado. 3 records broken
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2022, 6:53 PM Joe Bernard wrote:
>
>> You think "media" have it
larger/wider tire sizes BB drop should be even lower,
>> especially for those of us who aren't aggressively pedaling around corners.
>> But Grant rides fixies and he pedals around corners so I'm going to lose
>> that argument every time.
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 10, 2022
onger --- the Roadini's long stays already make
>>>> certain sharp steep climbs not as much fun to ride!) My thoughts are that
>>>> with the trend to larger/wider tire sizes BB drop should be even lower,
>>>> especially for those of us who aren't aggressively
;>>>> didn't
>>>>>> go for a 57! Clearly bike sizes are like shoe sizes --- they seem to
>>>>>> change
>>>>>> year to year even from the same designer! I did give Grant a hard time
>>>>>> for
>>>>>>
Europe is super cheap right now because of how low the Euro is. If you can
find cheap tickets it's an amazing time to go.
We went this summer after the COVID pandemic put an end to our touring
plans for a couple of years. It was definitely worth
it:
I have these on my Roadini, and they're the best. Highly recommend. I was
very worried that Campagnolo had discontinued their carbon brake levers,
but the SRAMs are just as comfortable. Brake levers are the only place on
my bike I have carbon fiber. They act as insulators which means your
This might be bad advice since I like brooks saddles (the B-17), and only
gave up on them because my sweat in combination with my riding style
basically destroyed too many B-17s so quickly that I went with a lower
mainteneance solution. I switched over to the Ritchey WCS saddle, and
they've
I went back and measured the height of my tires, and discovered that
indeed, the tires were 8mm taller on the Roadini than on my touring bike.
It's very strange, since these were nominally 700x28 or 700x30mm tires, but
measured only 27mm wide on the rims. I guess all the extra material on
Doesn't seem very circular to me if almost all the extra material went into
height instead of width. :-) I guess that's what I get for running
Velocity Aerohead rims which are narrower than current fashion.
On Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 9:57:44 AM UTC-7 lconley wrote:
> Bicycle tires are
Indeed. That's really appalling. I'm so glad my LBS is competent like that
and would tell me if they can't actually do the work. T
On Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 11:05:04 AM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote:
> That's appalling, I would have LOST it if someone did this to my (very
> expensive) Paul
That cage looks too short to shift a 34t cassette, let alone my current
51t. I did try a bike with a rapid rise RD when I visited Rivendell. It
feels kinda funny, but no doubt I'd get used to it. But the limited
derailleur wrap would definitely rule it out for my use.
On Saturday, September
Anyone can make mistakes. When we got my wife's Rivendell-assembled Cheviot
a few years back, I ended up having to re-tighten the FD, and had to adjust
the shifters several times. It's not a big deal. I'd be a lot less
forgiving of frame prep failures. I'm a good enough mechanic that I can
It's possible that your chain is too long and all that happened was that
the chain bounced and got caught up. Usually something like this is called
"chain suck." I've had a chain wrap itself around the rear derailleur and
ripped the entire derailleur hanger off (that ended the ride!), and I've
Is there something wrong with using GC700 on both front and rear?
On Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 2:49:08 PM UTC-7 Michael Doleman wrote:
> In a previous conversation I promised to post my findings on actual brake
> reach needs for the new Roadini frames. Specifically, I had been
>
I absolutely hate having weight in front on the bike. It messes with the
steering, slowing it down. By contrast, I regularly ride a triplet with 2
kids on the back + panniers and I don't mind that at all. Not even when the
kids pretend to be flying and flap their arms while going down a hill at
I definitely would tour with a Homer. Anything that can stand up to riding
on the kind of unpaved roads that Grant regularly rides on is going to
handle a load just fine! I actually think that the Homer is better built
and has a much better geometry than many other well known dedicated touring
That's because your romanceur is a low trail bike with 36mm of trail as
opposed to the 55-60mm on typical Rivendell bikes. Conversely, that's why
the Romanceur won't ride well without a front load! That makes bikes like
that a specialized item as opposed as a bike meant for general riding
I think the "weight doesn't matter" statement only applies to say, the 3
pound difference between my Roadini and my custom Ti touring bike. Nobody
would say that when comparing my Roadini and my triplet (65 pounds empty,
320+ pounds loaded with myself, 2 kids, a 2 panniers for a 3 week tour).
I could never keep the paint on any of my bikes that immaculate! My new
Roadini already has a paint chipped off the headtube (dunno how!). My
Co-Motion Periscope Trident @ 12,000 miles has so many patched paint areas
that there's no spot that hasn't been patched up. It's all beausage but I'm
If these are the superbe pro sidepull calipers they are junk. I had a pair
and they could never stay centered. Full analysis here:
http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-023/000.html
Dual pivots of almost any make are superior. Other sidepulls exist that
don't have these problems.
On Saturday,
I'm down in the Peninsula. Traditionally the club ride is to climb Mt.
Hamilton on New Year's Day, but with 2 kids I'm unlikely to make it. If you
do come down to the Peninsula we can try to do something.
On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 7:47:49 AM UTC-8 Slin wrote:
> Hi Luke!
>
> I'm also in
It's not hype. The Bay Area has the best winter cycling in the world. But
you don't have to live here to enjoy it --- come visit for a few days in
winter with your bike. It's not a coincidence that the spate of outdoor
companies in the 1980s (Patagonia, Power Bar, Clif Bar, Specialized,
Athens Georgia ranks even below Girona on that lonely planet list, and I
would still consider that a step down (though at least not an entire
staircase down). I would take lonely planet with a grain of salt, since the
thread started with winter cycling, and SF Bay Area is about 5 degrees
I caved and bought a couple of Continental Terraspeed tires and
corresponding tubes, outfitted the Roadini and took it on some mountain
bike trails and single track. (See
photo: https://photos.app.goo.gl/FzYTKdFiQWmFksVAA) The 40mm tires mounted
at 38mm, so I had plenty of clearance. As you
Threadless stem systems are much stiffer than the traditional threaded
systems. It's the first thing I notice when switching bikes other than
tires. Though I will note that I seem to be more sensitive to bike handling
than others --- people claim that they can't tell the difference between
I think there's another factor, which is that he's not designing a bike
that will be resold in 2-3 years for the latest/greatest gadget. The
average mountain biker upgrades much more frequently than I do, and gravel
bikes have evolved quickly as well to try to get people onto the upgrade
Great ride report. Do you have pictures of inside the cabin? Or a map/link
to the cabin?
On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 5:22:44 PM UTC-8 eric...@gmail.com wrote:
> Ride Report: Hawksbill Slope Cabin Overnighter
>
> 14-15 November 2022
> 64 miles, 7,250 ft elevation
>
> [image: 05 Skyline 2
Are those 26" wheels or 650B?
On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 4:36:55 PM UTC-8 Joe Bernard wrote:
> Oh right, I have numbers for why my Rivendell rides the way it does. I
> forgot!
>
> 71.5 seattube, 69.5 headtube. I wanted a pavement-biased frame for
> non-touring-level loads and this is
>
>
> Mackenzy probably nailed it up above. And, I'm sure Rivendell geometry has
> been copied by other brands, but do those imitators get the love that Rivs
> get?
>
> I think the combination of slack seat tube, lowish BB, and long chainstays
is pretty hard to find. Treks go for a 73 degree
Grant's 1993 Bridgestone RB-1 had a 54mm trail with 25mm tires. The 2022
Roadini had a trail of around 58mm but with a 5mm lower BB. The Cheviot (I
can't find numbers for the Platypus) had a trail of 58mm with a 25mm tire
(but obviously few people would run 25mm tires on that bike), but even
No setback preferred.
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I'm a serious under-biker, so I'd probably pick a Roadini or A Homer
Hilsen. For years I only owned a single road bike as my do-it-tall bike.
My touring frame takes at most 32mm tires but I'd actually tour on 25mm
tires. Everywhere I rode people would swear up and down that I needed a
Weight is always dependent on context. Here are the factors that I consider:
- The lighter you and your load is, the more weight of the bike matters.
My 200 pound friends will never feel the difference between a 17 pound bike
and a 28 pound bike, but at 140 pounds, I can tell the
I would consider Ted Neugent's
wheels: http://www.neugentcycling.com/Alloy-Wheels.html
The TwoX technology (16 drive side spokes, 8 non-drive side spokes so you
can have equal tension of spokes on both sides, with washers on the
non-drive side so you can tension them safely without the rim
Yup. I worked with Rivendell on my kalloy seatpost that came with the
Roadini slipping. Greased the binder bolt, etc. Darn thing still slipped,
and in any case that kalloy would never stay level (I guess I know why all
those pictures of Rivendell bikes have saddles pointed upwards!). I gave up
Get well! I've been riding, getting stuff in between the bouts of rain here
in the Bay Area. We did a ride today, but I wasn't on my Roadini, since
with all the mud off pavement I wasn't going to try riding off pavement
today. With trees and power lines down here and there, there are lots of
I found this
today:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/isolapress/jobst-brandt-ride-bike-book?ref=4ivtqo
I have Isola Press's "Rough Stuff Fellowship" book, and it's great. I've
met Jobst Brandt a few times (and gotten advice from him on touring once or
twice). So I jumped in and supported
I buy my bicycles to ride. So I ride them. I don't wax the chains,
preferring to just replace them when they're worn out rather than spend
time waxing them. I ride my road bikes off road, with and without a load.
My tandem/triplet has paint patches all over, and I expect that to
eventually
I'm curious as to how much load you folks are putting on the kickstand?
When I bought my triplet/quad Co-Motion Periscope Trident, the shop talked
me into letting them install a kickstand. My son was 3.5 years old at the
time. After about 3 years of use the kickstand bent and I ditched it and
Photo please! I've never seen a Rosco Bubbe Road!
On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 11:07:47 AM UTC-7 Gabriel Bruguier wrote:
> @Joe: I didn't have to keep the faith for long! Last weekend another
> list member contacted me that he had one he could move on, it arrived this
> morning, and I
Hi Ted, like you, I started riding Bridgestone with the 1993 RB-1. At one
point Eric House (who was sponsored by Grant) was riding "sunrise
centuries" to get ready for his RAAM attempt, so I joined him on a few
rides. At one point I got invited to a ride on Grant Petersen's commute to
No. He did not land on his head! His brain injury was caused by a stroke
during the surgery that was done after he'd broken his leg from a fall.
On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 10:10:30 AM UTC-8 John Dewey wrote:
> Yes, that would be most interesting debate, the two Js: Jobst V. Jan. Of
>
I promised a review of those wheels earlier, so here it
is: https://blog.piaw.net/2023/03/review-neugent-cycling-a422towox-wheels.html
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I've used rain capes for a good 10 years, and they're great except in
sidewind. The ventilation can't be beat. With a sidewind, turning feels a
lot more like coming about in a sailboat. I stopped using them because I
started riding my road bikes off pavement a lot, and full fenders kept
making
I should have ridden my Roadini today, but I hadn't planned on the road
closure on highway 9 changing my plans --- I ended up riding over the top
of Black Mountain instead. The Roadini with 38mm tires would have made
short work of the traverse from Montebello Raod to Page Mill road, but
Not many people know this, but Shimano makes pairs of beginner SPD pedals
called Click'R
(https://blog.piaw.net/2017/05/review-shimano-pd-t400-clickr-pedal.html).
My kids use them both on tandem and mountain bike and love it. Kids don't
lie about these things --- with the pedals they can climb
I looked up the BMC Cross geometry and it has a higher BB and with bigger
tires would ride even taller, which would lead to the feeling of
instability at speed. I've never understood why gravel bikes that aren't
going to jump logs are designed with such high BBs. It seems to me that the
bigger
I got the same frame and it rides great. I think the BB could be 5mm lower,
but I think you'll be hard pressed to find a production frame that's got a
80mm BB drop anyway. The bike handle greats on pavement and even better off
pavement --- I've ridden it with 25mm tires, 30mm tires (which
This is the status page I use for trail conditions in the
Peninsula: https://www.openspace.org/where-to-go/trail-conditions
I'm very surprised that the Long Ridge trails are still closed. Those are
vital connectors for my favorite MTB loop. Similarly, the Monte bello park
trails that are
I actually haven't had any problems with the hydraulic disc brakes on my
MTB, my kids MTBs, and my wife's MTB. We push our bikes hard enough off
road to make them squeal so it's not like we're easy on them. The squealing
on them isn't anywhere as bad as the squealing I've had on previous MTBs
Here are mine from
today:
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/2TVn70XjQf-wVrMjT2uP5g.d7awc2uVNciNWtE3U_QWxV
Yesterday I took the family on a hike/drive trip down the backside of Mt.
Hamilton, and it looks like Highway 130/San Antonio Valley Road/Mines road
is now at peak
flowering:
I had no idea Sams ever came in a caliper brake version. No way am I taking
my 320 pound triplet with 2 kids down the kind of dirt descents I'd take
the single bike. But I have descended 20%+ grades on the triplet with mid
reach calipers. But yeah, with that kind of weight I'd skid both wheels
I'm one of the few people who prefer sidepulls over cantis or v-brakes. I
bought one of the last Cheviots, which had sidepull caliper brakes for my
wife. I wouldn't have bought it if it had required V-brakes or Cantis as I
have never been able to even replace brake pads on those without causing
You may wish to consider the Shimano BC-9000 polymer coated cable set
(https://amzn.to/420Hye1). I have them on my Roadini with the Tektro 559s
and cannot tell the difference between the long reach calipers and the
medium reach on my other bike --- and I take my Roadini down trails other
I think I used up all my luck for the next few years:
https://www.strava.com/activities/8984851311. Coming down Prospect road on
my Roadini, a deer tried to cross the road as I came around the corner. He
swerved, I swerved, but we collided, and bounced. I saw my vision go up and
down and
In my garage, I have:
1. Custom touring bike
2. Rivendell Roadini
3. Airborne Seeker MTB
4. Co-Motion Tandem/Triplet/Quad Periscope
5. Wife's Cheviot
6. Wife's Santa Cruz 5010 MTB
7. 11-year-old's MTB
8. 7-year-old's MTB
For many years I lived with just 1 road bike (the ti custom), but after I
I'm a huge fan of Specialized BG gloves. Their grail series have no
velcro:
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/mens-body-geometry-grail-short-finger-gloves/p/156948?color=262160-156948.
Their customer service is also great --- I wore out a pair of (unpadded)
long fingered gloves in 3 months of
It depends on why you need padding. For me, it's not just about the padding
--- I could ride without gloves, but a physical therapist once told me that
he wouldn't advice me to do so after seeing nerve damage from other
patients. The placement of the pads to encourage your hands to be in a good
The biggest recommendation is to do it in reverse! In good weather you get
a tailwind North to South. Grinding against the headwind South to North is
no fun. You won't win the fight against mother nature and it won't be
nearly as fun!
On Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 9:06:51 AM UTC-7 jamin orrall
I've actually met Jobst while touring (and he showed up for Western Wheeler
rides once in a while). I was at the Jobst memorial ride with Tom Ritchey,
etc., and watched as Ritchey cleared tree roots, etc., with 23mm tires that
I wouldn't be able to do with a MTB. Jobst, once he found something
When I first picked up my Co-Motion triplet
(https://blog.piaw.net/2015/02/first-impression-co-motion-periscope.html),
the shop employee raved and told me that he'd gotten Peter Johnson to
fabricate the BB on the kid's position. At that time I didn't realize that
this was one of the last
Paul: that picture is from the top of Stelvio pass. While it is long (48
switchbacks) and about 6000' of climbing, it's actually a steady 7-10%
grade, and nowhere as fearsome as some of the steepies here in the Bay
Area. I did drag my 10 year old and 7 year old over the top of that pass
last
Consider the Shimano OT-SP41 coated shift cables: https://amzn.to/463eUM8
I haven't needed them yet, but I did try the brake cable version and it's
very impressive.
On Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 6:28:07 PM UTC-7 John Rinker wrote:
> Thanks, Eliot. Yes, cable housings are filed and run in very
A seized quill stem is one of the problems the aheadset style stem was
designed to solve. In time, water, sweat, etc., goes down between the neck
of the stem and the headset entryway and causes galvanic corrosion. The
preventive measure is to remove the stem once a year, regrease it, and put
The differences for me usually come from type of shifter (downtube shifts
faster than handlebar shifters), length of cable, how they're routed,
lubrication, and age. Since what you have is all new, I'd suggest routing
and length of cable. Post pictures and someone here might be able to tell
I have a white industries rear hub hanging on a hook also because I can't
deal with the noise. I swapped it out for a pair of wheels from Ted Neugent
which were much quieter and lighter. I also have a set of wheels built with
Miche Primato Syntesi hubs that are also a lot quieter. But people
A drop bar Roadini with 25mm tires will feel great. With 32mm tires it's
not going to feel like a 1993 Bridgestone RB-1 with 700x23 tires! But you
already knew that. I don't think there's anything disappointing about the
Roadini's ride. I think the extra long chainstay takes away from the
My '93 RB-1 fit 32mm Avocet inverted thread cross-type tires. I bought the
frame and fork (it came with a headset) and weighed it at the time. It was
6.2 pounds or so (corroborated
here:
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/778487-bridgestone-rb-1-1993-a.html).
My Roadini, by contrast
What I want to know is how did you get over that gate? I've always wanted
to ride all the way up to the concert venue but it always said no bikes.
Your 26x28 gearing is still a higher bailout gear than my 40x51 (or 38x51
on the roadini). I use the lowest gear on Bohlman-On Orbit-Bohlman (and
=- Joe Bunik
> Walnut Creek, CA
>
> On 5/25/23, Piaw Na wrote:
> > Are these the 3 pawl or 4 pawl versions? We broke one of the 3 pawl
> > versions and Phil Wood refused to warranty it because they didn't have
> any
> > 3 pawl versions left. We were stuck w
On Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 12:40:30 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote:
What size are the tires on the Roadini? I seem to recall reading that that
frame can take 42s?
I'm using Continental Terraspeed 40s, which actually measure 38. There's
more room, but I didn't want to run at the absolute
Thanks so much for the link to the Tumblr page for the 2017 version of the
Roadini. Sorta jibes with what Ed told me. He said I might be able to get
35mm in there with the sidepulls. But I guess that text from Grant was
presuming use of their complete stock build's mid-reach sidepulls?
If the chain is coming off the crank, my experience is (1) you need a
narrow-wide chainring -- if you don't have one, you need to get one. (2)
the rear derailleur might not have a clutch. (3) you might have excessive
chain length. Too much chain and your 1x setup will be prone to derailling.
11s MTB is the same spacing as 10s Road. You won't have any trouble. I've
used it even on Duraace 7700 rear hubs from 2004!
On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 8:08:17 AM UTC-7 Stephanie A. wrote:
> Thanks, all, and sorry for the light thread hijack. I'm planning on
> installing the Deore M5100
I'm not going to provide specific tire recommendations, but I ride "gravel"
and single-track quiet a bit on my Roadini. I still remember that time in
the 1990s when I was riding with Bridgestone-sponsored cyclist Eric House,
and we all showed up in the East Bay proud of ourselves for riding
If the bike came with mid-reach Shimano brakes you're unlikely to get
anything wider than 38mm in clearance no matter what brakes you run. It's
also unlikely that centerpull calipers will provide appreciably more
stopping power than the Shimano dual pivot calipers which already have
plenty of
As for max'ing out tires, Piaw is running 38s on his Roadini:
https://groups.google.com/g/rbw-owners-bunch/c/77-YZzm-Edk/m/rbDytYzDAAAJ
My Roadini is from 2022, not 2017. Grant's been increasing the brake reach
and the 2022 no longer uses mid-reach caliper brakes.
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> As for max'ing out tires, Piaw is running 38s on his Roadini:
> https://groups.google.com/g/rbw-owners-bunch/c/77-YZzm-Edk/m/rbDytYzDAAAJ
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> My Roadini is from 2022, not 2017. Grant's been increasing the brake reach
> and the 2022 no lon
I'm curious now. Is goose poop worse than horse poop?
On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 1:30:58 PM UTC-7 Ted Durant wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 9:10:11 AM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!
> wrote:
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> I find a use for them nearly every ride - there is always some puddle or a
> bunch of
It's a really special bike and a relic of the Toyo days, but I really need
a 58, not a 60.
I'm 5' 10" with a PBH of 86 and Will/Grant sized me down to a 54cm Roadini.
It was a good choice!
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