Re: [RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-12 Thread Deacon Patrick 
The mascot of my high school was the might fighting lambkins, and they 
never let us gamble. Sigh. Grin.

With abandon,
Patrick

On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 5:14:37 PM UTC-6, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Those are a lot of Ifs. 
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Patrick Moore  > wrote: 
> > If Heaven smiles on me, and God willing, and things go well, and the 
> earth 
> > continues blithely in its orbit, while lambkins gambol and larks sing: I 
> > will have a size M, original edition (non-susp-corrected) Fargo frameset 
> for 
> > sale in about 2 months. 
> > 
> > On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 2:39 PM, 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch 
> > > wrote: 
> >> 
> >> I visited my favorite LBS today and they had a Vaya and a Fargo on the 
> >> floor!  Two bikes I've admired and wondered about for a couple of 
> years.  I 
> >> really wanted to test ride them but instead, I limited my test rides to 
> the 
> >> bikes I'm actually considering purchasing.  I dropped off a frame for 
> some 
> >> work so I plan to ride the Fargo, at the least, when I pick it up on 
> Monday. 
> >> If I ever get heavily into dirt riding, a flat-bar Fargo might be a 
> good 
> >> choice for me. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 11:39:50 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: 
> >>> 
> >>> Ooooh, oooh, and with Class 5 Vibration Reduction System. I'm still 
> using 
> >>> Class 1 -- fat soft tires. 
> >>> 
> >>> Actually, it sounds very interesting and I'd love to try one, but I 
> >>> wonder if it can handle fenders and loads the way I hope any Fargo 
> >>> replacement I buy will. 
> >>> 
> >>> I don't suppose that there is any real liability to carbon fiber in 
> this 
> >>> sort of bike, where you're not trying to build a 2 lb frame? 
> >>> 
> >>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Justin August  
>
> >>> wrote: 
>  
>  Patrick- 
>  Your ride is here, in Crabln Fibre: 
>  
> http://theradavist.com/2015/06/introducing-the-salsa-cycles-cutthroat-tour-divide-bike/#1
>  
>  
>  -J 
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Re: [RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-12 Thread cyclotourist 
Those are a lot of Ifs.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Patrick Moore  wrote:
> If Heaven smiles on me, and God willing, and things go well, and the earth
> continues blithely in its orbit, while lambkins gambol and larks sing: I
> will have a size M, original edition (non-susp-corrected) Fargo frameset for
> sale in about 2 months.
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 2:39 PM, 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch
>  wrote:
>>
>> I visited my favorite LBS today and they had a Vaya and a Fargo on the
>> floor!  Two bikes I've admired and wondered about for a couple of years.  I
>> really wanted to test ride them but instead, I limited my test rides to the
>> bikes I'm actually considering purchasing.  I dropped off a frame for some
>> work so I plan to ride the Fargo, at the least, when I pick it up on Monday.
>> If I ever get heavily into dirt riding, a flat-bar Fargo might be a good
>> choice for me.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 11:39:50 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote:
>>>
>>> Ooooh, oooh, and with Class 5 Vibration Reduction System. I'm still using
>>> Class 1 -- fat soft tires.
>>>
>>> Actually, it sounds very interesting and I'd love to try one, but I
>>> wonder if it can handle fenders and loads the way I hope any Fargo
>>> replacement I buy will.
>>>
>>> I don't suppose that there is any real liability to carbon fiber in this
>>> sort of bike, where you're not trying to build a 2 lb frame?
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Justin August 
>>> wrote:

 Patrick-
 Your ride is here, in Crabln Fibre:
 http://theradavist.com/2015/06/introducing-the-salsa-cycles-cutthroat-tour-divide-bike/#1

 -J

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Re: [RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-12 Thread Patrick Moore 
If Heaven smiles on me, and God willing, and things go well, and the earth
continues blithely in its orbit, while lambkins gambol and larks sing: I
will have a size M, original edition (non-susp-corrected) Fargo frameset
for sale in about 2 months.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 2:39 PM, 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I visited my favorite LBS today and they had a Vaya and a Fargo on the
> floor!  Two bikes I've admired and wondered about for a couple of years.  I
> really wanted to test ride them but instead, I limited my test rides to the
> bikes I'm actually considering purchasing.  I dropped off a frame for some
> work so I plan to ride the Fargo, at the least, when I pick it up on
> Monday.  If I ever get heavily into dirt riding, a flat-bar Fargo might be
> a good choice for me.
>
>
>
> On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 11:39:50 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote:
>>
>> Ooooh, oooh, and with Class 5 Vibration Reduction System. I'm still using
>> Class 1 -- fat soft tires.
>>
>> Actually, it sounds very interesting and I'd love to try one, but I
>> wonder if it can handle fenders and loads the way I hope any Fargo
>> replacement I buy will.
>>
>> I don't suppose that there is any real liability to carbon fiber in this
>> sort of bike, where you're not trying to build a 2 lb frame?
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Justin August 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Patrick-
>>> Your ride is here, in Crabln Fibre:
>>> http://theradavist.com/2015/06/introducing-the-salsa-cycles-cutthroat-tour-divide-bike/#1
>>>
>>> -J
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>> *
>> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a
>> circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and
>> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu
>>
>> *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle
>>
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Re: [RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-12 Thread 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch 
I visited my favorite LBS today and they had a Vaya and a Fargo on the 
floor!  Two bikes I've admired and wondered about for a couple of years.  I 
really wanted to test ride them but instead, I limited my test rides to the 
bikes I'm actually considering purchasing.  I dropped off a frame for some 
work so I plan to ride the Fargo, at the least, when I pick it up on 
Monday.  If I ever get heavily into dirt riding, a flat-bar Fargo might be 
a good choice for me.  



On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 11:39:50 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote:
>
> Ooooh, oooh, and with Class 5 Vibration Reduction System. I'm still using 
> Class 1 -- fat soft tires.
>
> Actually, it sounds very interesting and I'd love to try one, but I wonder 
> if it can handle fenders and loads the way I hope any Fargo replacement I 
> buy will.
>
> I don't suppose that there is any real liability to carbon fiber in this 
> sort of bike, where you're not trying to build a 2 lb frame?
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Justin August  > wrote:
>
>> Patrick-
>> Your ride is here, in Crabln Fibre: 
>> http://theradavist.com/2015/06/introducing-the-salsa-cycles-cutthroat-tour-divide-bike/#1
>>
>> -J
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> *
> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a 
> circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and 
> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu
>
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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-12 Thread [email protected] 
Vertically compliant, yet laterally stiff! 

On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 11:25:29 AM UTC-7, Philip Williamson wrote:
>
> Dude.
>
> Philip
> www.biketinker.com
>
> On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 9:33:35 AM UTC-7, Justin August wrote:
>>
>> Patrick- 
>> Your ride is here, in Crabln Fibre: 
>> http://theradavist.com/2015/06/introducing-the-salsa-cycles-cutthroat-tour-divide-bike/#1
>>  
>>
>> -J
>
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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-12 Thread Philip Williamson 
Dude.

Philip
www.biketinker.com

On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 9:33:35 AM UTC-7, Justin August wrote:
>
> Patrick- 
> Your ride is here, in Crabln Fibre: 
> http://theradavist.com/2015/06/introducing-the-salsa-cycles-cutthroat-tour-divide-bike/#1
>  
>
> -J

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Re: [RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-12 Thread Patrick Moore 
Ooooh, oooh, and with Class 5 Vibration Reduction System. I'm still using
Class 1 -- fat soft tires.

Actually, it sounds very interesting and I'd love to try one, but I wonder
if it can handle fenders and loads the way I hope any Fargo replacement I
buy will.

I don't suppose that there is any real liability to carbon fiber in this
sort of bike, where you're not trying to build a 2 lb frame?

On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Justin August 
wrote:

> Patrick-
> Your ride is here, in Crabln Fibre:
> http://theradavist.com/2015/06/introducing-the-salsa-cycles-cutthroat-tour-divide-bike/#1
>
> -J
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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-12 Thread Justin August 
Patrick-
Your ride is here, in Crabln Fibre: 
http://theradavist.com/2015/06/introducing-the-salsa-cycles-cutthroat-tour-divide-bike/#1

-J

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-12 Thread Mike Schiller 
Philip, He doesn't divulge much about his geometry on-line but from what I 
can see  about his Dirt Bomb , the  BB is too high, HTA too shallow and 
tubing and fork too stiff.  His dirt bomb is more MTB like than my Bantam 
which is a road bike version of a Dirt Bomb.  I've seen a number of his 
bikes closeup as a local shop down here ( Pacific Coast Cycles) is a dealer 
and the owner has 3 or 4 Soulcrafts and they all follow the same approach. 
  Lots of people like his bikes and he appears to be an excellent 
craftsman. 

I like quicker steering, flexier frames and lower BB's.  And low trail 
geometry.  IMO you want a bike that fits fatter tires and rides like your 
Quickbeam I would look elsewhere.  Talk to John Fitzgerald at Fitz up there 
in your neighborhood.

~mike


 



On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 5:31:39 PM UTC-7, Philip Williamson wrote:
>
> What are the points of divergence between the way you like a bike to ride 
> and the way Soulcraft likes a bike to ride? 
> I most like the way my Quickbeam rides, so I'm interested if the ride of a 
> Soulcraft is somehow very different. I'd go ride one, but I'm not in the 
> market to buy one, so I don't want to waste anyone's time. Maybe I'll do it 
> anyway. 
>
> Philip
> www.biketinker.com
>
> On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 4:44:25 PM UTC-7, Mike Schiller wrote:
>>
>> one reason I'd never have Soulcraft build a bike for me.  I don't want a 
>> bike that rides like he likes... I want  a bike that rides like I like.
>>
>> His Dirt Bombs max out out at 45 mm tires anyway.. so Patrick is out of 
>> luck.  My Bantam is my  version, more road bike than Soulcraft's Dirtbomb.
>>
>> He has built the Holy Roller model with dropbars and which will fit 55's 
>> with canti's  so that is another option.  I know a few people that have one.
>>
>> ~mike
>> Carlsbad
>>
>> On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 10:54:36 AM UTC-7, iamkeith wrote:
>>>
>>>
 Here's one more option you might look at. Patrick.  The  "Dirt Bomb" by 
>>> Soulcraft.
>>>
>>> http://www.soulcraftbikes.com/frames.php?frame_id=7
>>>
>>> One of, if not *the* first semi-standard  bike of this type available, 
>>> outside of Rivendell.  "Semi-standard" because they're built-to-order to 
>>> your own personal measurements, rather than pre-built and sitting on a 
>>> shelf.   Not exactly "custom" either because, from what I understand, Shawn 
>>> still insists on defining the rest of the geometry and tubing specs himself 
>>> - not unlike the process you might get with a custom Rivendell.   Lots of 
>>> available options though, INCLUDING disc brakes at no extra cost, and 
>>> rack-mounts galore. 
>>>
>>

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-11 Thread [email protected] 
Soulcraft bikes, and the Dirtbomb in particular, have always been on my 
radar. Great to hear your positive experience with ordering as well as your 
love of the bike!

On Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 4:56:14 AM UTC-7, Chris in Redding, Ca. wrote:
>
> Hey All,
> In Re Soulcraft, all I can say is that the results for me have been 
> tremendous. I can't say better than the alternatives because once you have 
> made a choice you no longer get to choose..so each choice precludes the 
> other choices and the outcomes associated with those choices. If GP had on 
> offer the Rodeo back then I may have chosen one of them. I wish he had 
> because I bet a Rodeo would be a winner for me. He didn't, and I was an 
> owner of a Rom, so I was aware of the possibilities. I looked around for 
> someone who would build a proper road machine out of steel. Sean (sp?) was 
> right there so I started the process. I found him to be very open. I did 
> ask about the tubing and got the answer he now puts on his website. 
> Regarding geometry we talked for a long time and he finally said 'what 
> would you do?'. I said 'square 55s and parallel 73s.' To which he said 
> something suggesting that he was hearing me.  That talk ended but he called 
> back about a week later. He said those numbers will give you a lot of toe 
> overlap. No kidding I said. What would you do? I said slack the head angle. 
> He himmed and hawed and asked if he could find a different answer. Right 
> there is where I let go. 
>
> Long and wonderful story cut shortI have never in my life better 
> enjoyed any bicycle as I have enjoyed my Royale. The Rom is a fat pig in 
> comparison (not a fair comparison). It ain't better, it's just freakin 
> wonderful. I wish it was more compliant. but I love the way it 
> accelerates. And it goes down hill like it is on the rails, but the rails 
> of your choosing. Change your line in a corner and the bike does not get 
> upset. I never found it's limit, it found mine. Life is short. Two wheel 
> drifts down Diablo on misty mornings? Okie dokie. I know there is more 
> going on than the framesetbut Sean did his part, and in the end it was 
> his frame design, not mine. 
>
> I'd get a Dirt Bomb in a heart beatiffin I had the dough.
>
> Chris
> Redding, Ca.
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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-11 Thread Chris in Redding, Ca. 
Hey All,
In Re Soulcraft, all I can say is that the results for me have been 
tremendous. I can't say better than the alternatives because once you have 
made a choice you no longer get to choose..so each choice precludes the 
other choices and the outcomes associated with those choices. If GP had on 
offer the Rodeo back then I may have chosen one of them. I wish he had 
because I bet a Rodeo would be a winner for me. He didn't, and I was an 
owner of a Rom, so I was aware of the possibilities. I looked around for 
someone who would build a proper road machine out of steel. Sean (sp?) was 
right there so I started the process. I found him to be very open. I did 
ask about the tubing and got the answer he now puts on his website. 
Regarding geometry we talked for a long time and he finally said 'what 
would you do?'. I said 'square 55s and parallel 73s.' To which he said 
something suggesting that he was hearing me.  That talk ended but he called 
back about a week later. He said those numbers will give you a lot of toe 
overlap. No kidding I said. What would you do? I said slack the head angle. 
He himmed and hawed and asked if he could find a different answer. Right 
there is where I let go. 

Long and wonderful story cut shortI have never in my life better 
enjoyed any bicycle as I have enjoyed my Royale. The Rom is a fat pig in 
comparison (not a fair comparison). It ain't better, it's just freakin 
wonderful. I wish it was more compliant. but I love the way it 
accelerates. And it goes down hill like it is on the rails, but the rails 
of your choosing. Change your line in a corner and the bike does not get 
upset. I never found it's limit, it found mine. Life is short. Two wheel 
drifts down Diablo on misty mornings? Okie dokie. I know there is more 
going on than the framesetbut Sean did his part, and in the end it was 
his frame design, not mine. 

I'd get a Dirt Bomb in a heart beatiffin I had the dough.

Chris
Redding, Ca.

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-10 Thread Philip Williamson 
What are the points of divergence between the way you like a bike to ride 
and the way Soulcraft likes a bike to ride? 
I most like the way my Quickbeam rides, so I'm interested if the ride of a 
Soulcraft is somehow very different. I'd go ride one, but I'm not in the 
market to buy one, so I don't want to waste anyone's time. Maybe I'll do it 
anyway. 

Philip
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On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 4:44:25 PM UTC-7, Mike Schiller wrote:
>
> one reason I'd never have Soulcraft build a bike for me.  I don't want a 
> bike that rides like he likes... I want  a bike that rides like I like.
>
> His Dirt Bombs max out out at 45 mm tires anyway.. so Patrick is out of 
> luck.  My Bantam is my  version, more road bike than Soulcraft's Dirtbomb.
>
> He has built the Holy Roller model with dropbars and which will fit 55's 
> with canti's  so that is another option.  I know a few people that have one.
>
> ~mike
> Carlsbad
>
> On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 10:54:36 AM UTC-7, iamkeith wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Here's one more option you might look at. Patrick.  The  "Dirt Bomb" by 
>> Soulcraft.
>>
>> http://www.soulcraftbikes.com/frames.php?frame_id=7
>>
>> One of, if not *the* first semi-standard  bike of this type available, 
>> outside of Rivendell.  "Semi-standard" because they're built-to-order to 
>> your own personal measurements, rather than pre-built and sitting on a 
>> shelf.   Not exactly "custom" either because, from what I understand, Shawn 
>> still insists on defining the rest of the geometry and tubing specs himself 
>> - not unlike the process you might get with a custom Rivendell.   Lots of 
>> available options though, INCLUDING disc brakes at no extra cost, and 
>> rack-mounts galore. 
>>
>

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-10 Thread Mike Schiller 
one reason I'd never have Soulcraft build a bike for me.  I don't want a 
bike that rides like he likes... I want  a bike that rides like I like.

His Dirt Bombs max out out at 45 mm tires anyway.. so Patrick is out of 
luck.  My Bantam is my  version, more road bike than Soulcraft's Dirtbomb.

He has built the Holy Roller model with dropbars and which will fit 55's 
with canti's  so that is another option.  I know a few people that have one.

~mike
Carlsbad

On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 10:54:36 AM UTC-7, iamkeith wrote:
>
>
>> Here's one more option you might look at. Patrick.  The  "Dirt Bomb" by 
> Soulcraft.
>
> http://www.soulcraftbikes.com/frames.php?frame_id=7
>
> One of, if not *the* first semi-standard  bike of this type available, 
> outside of Rivendell.  "Semi-standard" because they're built-to-order to 
> your own personal measurements, rather than pre-built and sitting on a 
> shelf.   Not exactly "custom" either because, from what I understand, Shawn 
> still insists on defining the rest of the geometry and tubing specs himself 
> - not unlike the process you might get with a custom Rivendell.   Lots of 
> available options though, INCLUDING disc brakes at no extra cost, and 
> rack-mounts galore. 
>

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-10 Thread Philip Williamson 
Ha! I was drooling over the DIrtbomb yesterday! Soulcraft sent out an email 
looking for a couple people who wanted to sign up for next year's NAHBS 
bikes (nice discount, but you have to wait nine months). 

Philip
www.biketinker.com

On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 10:54:36 AM UTC-7, iamkeith wrote:
>
>
>> Here's one more option you might look at. Patrick.  The  "Dirt Bomb" by 
> Soulcraft.
>
> http://www.soulcraftbikes.com/frames.php?frame_id=7
>
> One of, if not *the* first semi-standard  bike of this type available, 
> outside of Rivendell.  "Semi-standard" because they're built-to-order to 
> your own personal measurements, rather than pre-built and sitting on a 
> shelf.   Not exactly "custom" either because, from what I understand, Shawn 
> still insists on defining the rest of the geometry and tubing specs himself 
> - not unlike the process you might get with a custom Rivendell.   Lots of 
> available options though, INCLUDING disc brakes at no extra cost, and 
> rack-mounts galore. 
>

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-10 Thread Philip Williamson 
I have a desire for a similar bike, but without the panniers. 
I'd like to have a custom frame to take the parts from the Gravel Roadster 
. It's a Gary 
Fisher Utopia frame with a Kona P2 fork. If anyone has a larger frame like 
this (Utopia or Marlin?), let me know! I love this mongrel bike. 

I'd ask a builder to mimic the handling of the Quickbeam, or this bike as 
it is, which might be easier, since the tires would be the same size. 
I want more clearance in the rear, larger frame, "road weight" steel 
tubing, 27.2 seatpost. Wider rims. I have this counter-intuitive idea that 
fatter tires should be coupled with a lighter road frame, not stouter, 
since the wheels are taking the shock. I think it's a frame style we'll see 
off-the-shelf the very near future as "gravel grinders" go big, but maybe 
not in steel. 

Functionally and aesthetically, I like the details of my Bontrager: OX 
Platinum, wishbone stays, gussets, top run cables; but with Breezer 
shrouded dropouts. I'm really happy with the Kona fork. As for a builder, 
Soulcraft has an unfussy ("workingclass?") aesthetic I like, and a very 
pretty signature blue... 

Philip
www.biketinker.com

On Monday, June 8, 2015 at 3:21:38 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote:
>
> I am thinking that, God willing, I will have a custom frame built for 
> local dirt-cum-pavement rides. Our bosque is so nice, winter and summer, 
> and living within a good spit of it, and not having to commute to an 
> office, means that I have much more opportunity for bosque miles now than I 
> did a few years ago.
>
> I have a Fargo very nicely dialed in and very nicely set up for this sort 
> of riding, but the handling is less than best, and the tubing is 
> excessively stout.
>
> My next door neighbor rides a Jamis carbon fiber cyclocross bike along the 
> same trails, though in dry summer when the sand gets deep, he uses a CF 
> mountain bike. 
>
> I think I want something that is, basically, a sedate road bike with room 
> for 65s and fenders, plus a rear rack for occasional grocery loads. Perhaps 
> a front rack, too, if the geometry requires more even spreading of the 
> load. Gearing would be wide-spaced subcompact with close ratio rear, tho' 
> with the choice of running a triple and wide range. (I think of building 
> the bike up with the Dura Ace 7410 f and r derailleurs left over from the 
> Ram, just 'cause.)
>
> Use would be largely what many of you would call short distance riding, 
> but energetic riding, using drop bars and a position just a bit more 
> relaxed than on the road bikes. But I'd like the bike to be capable of 
> longer rides, and that laden, should such occasion arise. "Laden" will mean 
> panniers.
>
> Disk brakes and "29er" wheels are musts. 
>
> The Jones sound wonderful, but I want mine to be optimized for, as it 
> were, road riding on dirt, often sandy.
>
> I'll appreciate any technical or otherwise practical suggestions about 
> tubing, sizing, build, geometry, braze-ons, and what have you.
>
> Bring it on!
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-10 Thread iamkeith 

>
>
> Here's one more option you might look at. Patrick.  The  "Dirt Bomb" by 
Soulcraft.

http://www.soulcraftbikes.com/frames.php?frame_id=7

One of, if not *the* first semi-standard  bike of this type available, 
outside of Rivendell.  "Semi-standard" because they're built-to-order to 
your own personal measurements, rather than pre-built and sitting on a 
shelf.   Not exactly "custom" either because, from what I understand, Shawn 
still insists on defining the rest of the geometry and tubing specs himself 
- not unlike the process you might get with a custom Rivendell.   Lots of 
available options though, INCLUDING disc brakes at no extra cost, and 
rack-mounts galore. 

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-10 Thread iamkeith 

On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 9:35:26 AM UTC-6, BenG wrote:
>
> My new issue of  Bicyling mag has your bike on the cover. Story is about 
> the dude, no mention of the machine, but check out that bike. Lugs, fat 
> tires, discs, non-aero levers, dirt drop or woodchipper bar, basket, bags 
> aplenty.  Magnificent. Story says he has a social media presence -anybody 
> know about his bike?


There was this photo posted on Riv's Instagram page a while back:

https://instagram.com/p/08M2NLrxGp/?taken-by=rivbike

Does that count as a "media presence?"

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-10 Thread John G 
Radivist (John Watson) took the cover, I think.  This bike?

http://theradavist.com/2015/01/benedicts-romantical-clockwork-bikes-dirt-droop-29r/#1


On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 11:35:26 AM UTC-4, BenG wrote:
>
> My new issue of  Bicyling mag has your bike on the cover. Story is about 
> the dude, no mention of the machine, but check out that bike. Lugs, fat 
> tires, discs, non-aero levers, dirt drop or woodchipper bar, basket, bags 
> aplenty.  Magnificent. Story says he has a social media presence -anybody 
> know about his bike?

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-09 Thread Jayme Frye 
Oh man Mike those bikes are the bomb! The Mathews I find especially drool 
worthy. I want a build like that in the worst way. So disappointed that I 
can't get a fatter tire like a Quasi Moto to squeeze between the chainstays 
of my Rawland Stag. If you ever want to sell ... ;-)
Cheers

Jayme 

On Monday, June 8, 2015 at 11:26:17 PM UTC-5, Mike Schiller wrote:
>
> Yea.. sounds like you want a custom... but 29er wheels 65mm wide. on a 
> road type bike... I see problems.. wide Q factor, toe overlap issues.  I've 
> tried this and  couldn't make it work.  I ended up with 700x46 max to make 
> it work.  My  58cm Bantam   
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/37347002@N05/16715645353/in/dateposted-public/
>
> My 59 cm Matthews is 650B and will fit 54 mm wide tires with low Q and no 
> toe overlap on my size 46 shoes.  
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/37347002@N05/13227807945/in/album-72157634847568447/
>
> So you either go MTB geometry like a Fargo but lighter tubing  or maybe  a 
> roadish 650B with 60mm tires.  
>
> ~mike 
> Carlsbad Ca.
>
>
>
>
>  

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Re: [RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-08 Thread Anne Paulson 
I really don't want to learn whether a Jones Plus could work with a
Rohloff and belt drive. I don't want to know this.

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 9:57 PM, Mike Shaljian  wrote:
> Patrick,
>
> The thing about the ride of the Jones Plus on the road is that it really is 
> like a limousine. . . the extra long wheelbase smooths out everything. Even 
> though it has a very long wheelbase, the bike still feels very responsive 
> with the high (76 mm) rake on the fork, and I feel that it turns very tightly 
> in singletrack that I ride, in addition to very stable, responsive handling 
> under more normal road conditions as well. I've mostly been riding it with 
> 29+ tires (Chupacabras) which definitely handle differently than what you'd 
> likely be using, but to me the bike is very lively and stable and just great.
>
> I can't really describe the difference, but there's a whole different feeling 
> and orientation to the bike when I'm on my Jones vs. my Sam. The Jones feels 
> much more like an extension of my body and natural, whereas the Rivendell now 
> feels like a forced and less comfortable position. I also think I have better 
> power delivery in the more laid back stance the Jones geometry has me in, it 
> just feels better on the body. With something like Super Motos on (run 
> tubeless!), I think the Jones Plus would make for a very relaxed but zippy 
> cruiser type bike, and you could also switch to plus tires for next level 
> traction. However, I think the Plus, as is, is so versatile and perfect for 
> whatever you could throw at it in the realm of dirt riding, bikepacking and 
> mountain biking.
>
> I was blown away by how "wide open" the Jones felt with Super Motos on, like 
> at least as fast as my Sam and probably as fast as my stripped down Quickbeam 
> in a favorable grade. Jeff Jones has worked out some crazy freaking magic in 
> making this bike do everything perfectly, and it's so easy to get a great 
> fit. I really recommend speaking with Jeff to work it all out!
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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-08 Thread Mike Shaljian 
Patrick,

The thing about the ride of the Jones Plus on the road is that it really is 
like a limousine. . . the extra long wheelbase smooths out everything. Even 
though it has a very long wheelbase, the bike still feels very responsive with 
the high (76 mm) rake on the fork, and I feel that it turns very tightly in 
singletrack that I ride, in addition to very stable, responsive handling under 
more normal road conditions as well. I've mostly been riding it with 29+ tires 
(Chupacabras) which definitely handle differently than what you'd likely be 
using, but to me the bike is very lively and stable and just great. 

I can't really describe the difference, but there's a whole different feeling 
and orientation to the bike when I'm on my Jones vs. my Sam. The Jones feels 
much more like an extension of my body and natural, whereas the Rivendell now 
feels like a forced and less comfortable position. I also think I have better 
power delivery in the more laid back stance the Jones geometry has me in, it 
just feels better on the body. With something like Super Motos on (run 
tubeless!), I think the Jones Plus would make for a very relaxed but zippy 
cruiser type bike, and you could also switch to plus tires for next level 
traction. However, I think the Plus, as is, is so versatile and perfect for 
whatever you could throw at it in the realm of dirt riding, bikepacking and 
mountain biking. 

I was blown away by how "wide open" the Jones felt with Super Motos on, like at 
least as fast as my Sam and probably as fast as my stripped down Quickbeam in a 
favorable grade. Jeff Jones has worked out some crazy freaking magic in making 
this bike do everything perfectly, and it's so easy to get a great fit. I 
really recommend speaking with Jeff to work it all out!

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-08 Thread Mike Schiller 
Yea.. sounds like you want a custom... but 29er wheels 65mm wide. on a road 
type bike... I see problems.. wide Q factor, toe overlap issues.  I've 
tried this and  couldn't make it work.  I ended up with 700x46 max to make 
it work.  My  58cm Bantam   
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37347002@N05/16715645353/in/dateposted-public/

My 59 cm Matthews is 650B and will fit 54 mm wide tires with low Q and no 
toe overlap on my size 46 shoes.  
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37347002@N05/13227807945/in/album-72157634847568447/

So you either go MTB geometry like a Fargo but lighter tubing  or maybe  a 
roadish 650B with 60mm tires.  

~mike 
Carlsbad Ca.




 

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-08 Thread Mike Shaljian 
The OP does insist on disc brakes, so no Rivendells for this purpose, 
unfortunately. 

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-08 Thread Kieran J 
Discs, non-stout tube set, mega 29er wheels and rack provisions? Sounds 
like you need a straight-up custom, Patrick. 
I'm sure there are quite a few builders that could handle this.

KJ


On Monday, June 8, 2015 at 6:21:38 AM UTC-4, bertin753 wrote:
>
> I am thinking that, God willing, I will have a custom frame built for 
> local dirt-cum-pavement rides. Our bosque is so nice, winter and summer, 
> and living within a good spit of it, and not having to commute to an 
> office, means that I have much more opportunity for bosque miles now than I 
> did a few years ago.
>
> I have a Fargo very nicely dialed in and very nicely set up for this sort 
> of riding, but the handling is less than best, and the tubing is 
> excessively stout.
>
> My next door neighbor rides a Jamis carbon fiber cyclocross bike along the 
> same trails, though in dry summer when the sand gets deep, he uses a CF 
> mountain bike. 
>
> I think I want something that is, basically, a sedate road bike with room 
> for 65s and fenders, plus a rear rack for occasional grocery loads. Perhaps 
> a front rack, too, if the geometry requires more even spreading of the 
> load. Gearing would be wide-spaced subcompact with close ratio rear, tho' 
> with the choice of running a triple and wide range. (I think of building 
> the bike up with the Dura Ace 7410 f and r derailleurs left over from the 
> Ram, just 'cause.)
>
> Use would be largely what many of you would call short distance riding, 
> but energetic riding, using drop bars and a position just a bit more 
> relaxed than on the road bikes. But I'd like the bike to be capable of 
> longer rides, and that laden, should such occasion arise. "Laden" will mean 
> panniers.
>
> Disk brakes and "29er" wheels are musts. 
>
> The Jones sound wonderful, but I want mine to be optimized for, as it 
> were, road riding on dirt, often sandy.
>
> I'll appreciate any technical or otherwise practical suggestions about 
> tubing, sizing, build, geometry, braze-ons, and what have you.
>
> Bring it on!
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-08 Thread Will 
Atlantis or Hunq. It's that simple. 

Or maybe... the new Clem. Though the wheelbase is kinda long. 

Before I civilized my Atlantis (with racks, fenders, and pitlocks for the 
urban jungle) I rode it free for a while. 

Imagine... an Atlantis stripped down, nothing on it except stout wheels 
with bullet proof tires... It's a great thing. Really.   

On Monday, June 8, 2015 at 5:21:38 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote:
>
> I am thinking that, God willing, I will have a custom frame built for 
> local dirt-cum-pavement rides. Our bosque is so nice, winter and summer, 
> and living within a good spit of it, and not having to commute to an 
> office, means that I have much more opportunity for bosque miles now than I 
> did a few years ago.
>
> I have a Fargo very nicely dialed in and very nicely set up for this sort 
> of riding, but the handling is less than best, and the tubing is 
> excessively stout.
>
> My next door neighbor rides a Jamis carbon fiber cyclocross bike along the 
> same trails, though in dry summer when the sand gets deep, he uses a CF 
> mountain bike. 
>
> I think I want something that is, basically, a sedate road bike with room 
> for 65s and fenders, plus a rear rack for occasional grocery loads. Perhaps 
> a front rack, too, if the geometry requires more even spreading of the 
> load. Gearing would be wide-spaced subcompact with close ratio rear, tho' 
> with the choice of running a triple and wide range. (I think of building 
> the bike up with the Dura Ace 7410 f and r derailleurs left over from the 
> Ram, just 'cause.)
>
> Use would be largely what many of you would call short distance riding, 
> but energetic riding, using drop bars and a position just a bit more 
> relaxed than on the road bikes. But I'd like the bike to be capable of 
> longer rides, and that laden, should such occasion arise. "Laden" will mean 
> panniers.
>
> Disk brakes and "29er" wheels are musts. 
>
> The Jones sound wonderful, but I want mine to be optimized for, as it 
> were, road riding on dirt, often sandy.
>
> I'll appreciate any technical or otherwise practical suggestions about 
> tubing, sizing, build, geometry, braze-ons, and what have you.
>
> Bring it on!
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
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>
> *
> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a 
> circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and 
> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu
>
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>
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>  

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-08 Thread Patrick Moore 
Thanks for all the replies. As I recall one of my nephews, then 4 years
old, saying when I took him to KMart's toy department and said, "Choose 1:"
"So many choices!"

I'll read y'all's posts in detail at my leisure. I don't want a touring
bike or fat bike or a Salsa, thanks; I basically want a nice road bike with
relaxed geometry (for a road bike) and gentler tubing that can take 65s +
fenders + air -- as much as this can be accommodated. And it has to have
700C wheels and disk brakes, so that rules out a number of suggestions.

I'll look more closely at the Jones and the Hunter ss.

Keep 'em coming! Even if I don't want a Komorebi or NFD, they are very
interesting to read about.

Question for you Jones owners: How does it handle and perform on pavement
as (in the technical sense of the term) a Sports Tourer, like the Sequoia
and ilk? And can it be used with drop bars? I've used very many different
kinds of bars, and my left hand is comfortable only with more or less
traditional drop bars.

Frankly, one (among several) ideas I have for this theoretical bike is my
erstwhile '73 Motobecane Grand Record with room for said tires/fenders.

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 4:21 AM, Patrick Moore  wrote:

> I am thinking that, God willing, I will have a custom frame built for
> local dirt-cum-pavement rides. Our bosque is so nice, winter and summer,
> and living within a good spit of it, and not having to commute to an
> office, means that I have much more opportunity for bosque miles now than I
> did a few years ago.
>
> I have a Fargo very nicely dialed in and very nicely set up for this sort
> of riding, but the handling is less than best, and the tubing is
> excessively stout.
>
> My next door neighbor rides a Jamis carbon fiber cyclocross bike along the
> same trails, though in dry summer when the sand gets deep, he uses a CF
> mountain bike.
>
> I think I want something that is, basically, a sedate road bike with room
> for 65s and fenders, plus a rear rack for occasional grocery loads. Perhaps
> a front rack, too, if the geometry requires more even spreading of the
> load. Gearing would be wide-spaced subcompact with close ratio rear, tho'
> with the choice of running a triple and wide range. (I think of building
> the bike up with the Dura Ace 7410 f and r derailleurs left over from the
> Ram, just 'cause.)
>
> Use would be largely what many of you would call short distance riding,
> but energetic riding, using drop bars and a position just a bit more
> relaxed than on the road bikes. But I'd like the bike to be capable of
> longer rides, and that laden, should such occasion arise. "Laden" will mean
> panniers.
>
> Disk brakes and "29er" wheels are musts.
>
> The Jones sound wonderful, but I want mine to be optimized for, as it
> were, road riding on dirt, often sandy.
>
> I'll appreciate any technical or otherwise practical suggestions about
> tubing, sizing, build, geometry, braze-ons, and what have you.
>
> Bring it on!
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> --
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> Patrick Moore
> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique,  Vereinigte Staaten
>
> *
> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a
> circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and
> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu
>
> *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle
>
> *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante
>



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*
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circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and
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*Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle

*The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-08 Thread Jim M. 
It's in ss mode in that photo but it does have a derailer hanger.

jim m
wc ca

On Monday, June 8, 2015 at 12:10:22 PM UTC-7, Kurt Henry wrote:
>
> Jim, is that a singlespeed, or an internal gear hub with a shifter that 
> I'm missing somewhere?
> Kurt Henry
> Lancaster, PA
>
> On Monday, June 8, 2015 at 2:52:30 PM UTC-4, Jim M. wrote:
>
>> Bruce Gordon monster cross:
>> http://www.bgcycles.com/new-page-18-1/
>>
>>
>> Rick Hunter did a very cool adventure touring bike:
>>
>>

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-08 Thread Jim M. 
Bruce Gordon monster cross:
http://www.bgcycles.com/new-page-18-1/


Rick Hunter did a very cool adventure touring bike:

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[RBW] Re: Advice and suggestions for custom dirt/pavement allrounder?

2015-06-08 Thread Philip Kim 
Elephant NFE seems like a great base as well.

On Monday, June 8, 2015 at 6:21:38 AM UTC-4, bertin753 wrote:
>
> I am thinking that, God willing, I will have a custom frame built for 
> local dirt-cum-pavement rides. Our bosque is so nice, winter and summer, 
> and living within a good spit of it, and not having to commute to an 
> office, means that I have much more opportunity for bosque miles now than I 
> did a few years ago.
>
> I have a Fargo very nicely dialed in and very nicely set up for this sort 
> of riding, but the handling is less than best, and the tubing is 
> excessively stout.
>
> My next door neighbor rides a Jamis carbon fiber cyclocross bike along the 
> same trails, though in dry summer when the sand gets deep, he uses a CF 
> mountain bike. 
>
> I think I want something that is, basically, a sedate road bike with room 
> for 65s and fenders, plus a rear rack for occasional grocery loads. Perhaps 
> a front rack, too, if the geometry requires more even spreading of the 
> load. Gearing would be wide-spaced subcompact with close ratio rear, tho' 
> with the choice of running a triple and wide range. (I think of building 
> the bike up with the Dura Ace 7410 f and r derailleurs left over from the 
> Ram, just 'cause.)
>
> Use would be largely what many of you would call short distance riding, 
> but energetic riding, using drop bars and a position just a bit more 
> relaxed than on the road bikes. But I'd like the bike to be capable of 
> longer rides, and that laden, should such occasion arise. "Laden" will mean 
> panniers.
>
> Disk brakes and "29er" wheels are musts. 
>
> The Jones sound wonderful, but I want mine to be optimized for, as it 
> were, road riding on dirt, often sandy.
>
> I'll appreciate any technical or otherwise practical suggestions about 
> tubing, sizing, build, geometry, braze-ons, and what have you.
>
> Bring it on!
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews.
> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching.
> Other professional writing services.
> http://www.resumespecialties.com/
> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/
> Patrick Moore
> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique,  Vereinigte Staaten
>
> *
> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a 
> circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and 
> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu
>
> *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle
>
> *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante  
>  

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