[RBW] Re: Joe Appaloosa -- 100 mile report, whimsical photo and Want To Scavenge post

Beautiful bike Bill. I love the way you have it set up!! On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 2:17:44 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > > I love my Joe Appaloosa. It is a freaking great bike. I did my 35 mile > hilly commute to work again today and I just love how I can ride as hard as > I like and

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Hi Mark, I live in the Saratoga Springs area and would love to come down for a Rivish get together! Tim On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 11:38:39 AM UTC-4, Mark in Beacon wrote: > > Would love to get a Rivish ride/get together around the gateway to the > Hudson Highlands. Stay tuned! (And

[RBW] Re: Joe Appaloosa -- 100 mile report, whimsical photo and Want To Scavenge post

I purchased an Appaloosa frame on Monday. I'll currently prepping the frame with BoeShield. I'll post pictures when things progress. I'm happy to be part of the RBW Owners Bunch! On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 11:17:44 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > > I love my Joe Appaloosa. It is a

Re: [RBW] Re: Joe Appaloosa -- 100 mile report, whimsical photo and Want To Scavenge post

Oh whoa, I didn't realize that. That is an odd hub design. Man bummer!! On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote: > Mark > > That's the problem. That grooved up mess IS THE HUBSHELL. It is > inextricably the hub body itself. The replaceable freehub body is

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Mark That's the problem. That grooved up mess IS THE HUBSHELL. It is inextricably the hub body itself. The replaceable freehub body is steel and looks perfect. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, Ca On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 2:02:38 PM UTC-7, Mark Reimer wrote: > > Yikes Can you purchase

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You wouldn't believe how (actually) useful a Hope hub is for waking people out of a smartphone zombie state. Super useful for riding through congested areas on college campuses or for alerting hikers on trails. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW

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Yikes Can you purchase an entire freehub replacement? I did that with a Phil Wood hub before On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote: > Bill In Westchester > > Short answer, I assume there was a loose body floating around and that > caused the jam, and the

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Whoa. That's a whole different take on a freewheel. I've never had to deal with one like that. I have an Aksium rear wheel kicking around that I don't use. I wonder if it's the same kind of design. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch"

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Bill In Westchester Short answer, I assume there was a loose body floating around and that caused the jam, and the groove is the result of that jam. Whatever that loose body was, you cleaned it out when you cleaned out the grease. The Mavic Crossmax rear wheel that I just tried to fix has

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Would love to get a Rivish ride/get together around the gateway to the Hudson Highlands. Stay tuned! (And really, I didn't mean to be so blunt. Not to put too fine a point on it, but you did pretty good for a pencil-sharpening dilettante!) On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 10:47:44 AM UTC-4,

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Maybe he will have tire inflating episode on Nat Geo one day. Perhaps that requires too many movements for a deep analysis. Maybe a "Raising your kick stand" episode. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from

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@ Mark Reimer: It was very clean when I took the hub apart. Besides the white grease (which was very minimal), it was as you would expect a new hub to look, very clean and new. There was nothing loose in there. But I do want to open it up again and inspect the ratchet ring, maybe I missed

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Ha! Good one Mark! I personally artisanally sharpened that pencil for the soul purpose of using it as a pointer in that photo! Sub-optimal indeed... When I say it locked up, I mean it became effectively a fixed gear. I could not get it undone from that condition until I returned home and took

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I can't imagine how anything in there could cause that groove. The pawls can't move any direction other than in/out. MAYBE if some kind of debris got in there, or if you chipped a tooth on a pawl or the ratchet ring, perhaps that was smashed into the hub body while under load. Any sign of

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Wow. Amazing what it takes to make a bike. Look at all those teensie parts, clips, grooves, etc. Puts a new light on " I cant find the source of the creaking my bike makes.". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe

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I don't want to be too critical here, Bill, or wander off topic, but the point on your pencil is...sub-optimal, to put it politely. We have a guy here in town that specializes in this, might be worth a look. You are just a bit south of us. http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/ When you

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Hi Bill. I too have been admiring the construction of the rear hub. And the ease of taking it apart. I had a problem though. I needed to take mine apart because on my first ride the rear freewheel mechanism locked up. When I took it apart and looked at the pawls I was amazed that there were six

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"It's also been mentioned (in some thread about Joes) that the rear hub is loud. It's not the loudest I've heard, but it is louder than average. Personally I find this to be a feature, since you can stop pedaling a bit when coming up behind people and they may hear you coming. It's less

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The Eno's not that bad...you can hear it, though On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:55:33 PM UTC-5, Kainalu wrote: > > Check out the solid sounding frequencies coming from a White Industries > freewheel some time, it's an amazing clear the wayer/faux motor rumbler > -Kai > Brooklyn NY -- You

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"Loud pawls save pals" ? On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 9:16 AM, cyclotourist wrote: > Loud pawls save lives or something like that. > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Kainalu wrote: >> Check out the solid sounding frequencies coming from a White

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Loud pawls save lives or something like that. On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Kainalu wrote: > Check out the solid sounding frequencies coming from a White Industries > freewheel some time, it's an amazing clear the wayer/faux motor rumbler > -Kai > Brooklyn NY > > -- >

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Check out the solid sounding frequencies coming from a White Industries freewheel some time, it's an amazing clear the wayer/faux motor rumbler -Kai Brooklyn NY -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this

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Louder pawls make the bike coast faster! ;) I like the sound of my Deore and Velocity hubs. They arent too loud. I like to hear them tick when Im coasting. Feels good. Once I heard a person with a very loud and plasticy sounding hub. I wouldnt want to ride with that one. -- You received this

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On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:19 PM, Patrick Kelly wrote: > > > It's also been mentioned (in some thread about Joes) that the rear hub > is loud. It's not the loudest I've heard, but it is louder than > average. Personally I find this to be a feature, since you can stop >

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I wish I could experience the Appaloosa, but I'm out of proportion for it. Excited for it's huge cousin Clem coming out this summer, looking forward to a ridiculously? long wheelbase. Anyways, I wanted to back you on the loud freewheel thing being a plus. I had an Ultegra ultrastealth bird

Re: [RBW] Re: Joe Appaloosa -- 100 mile report, whimsical photo and Want To Scavenge post

This may sound trite, but I'm gonna jump to amplify one word Bill used: easy. Riding my Appaloosa also struck me also as being "easy". It's a word that came to me when riding mine, but it sounds too trivial, almost, to speak of. I suspect that riding in a more upright position affects my riding

[RBW] Re: Joe Appaloosa -- 100 mile report, whimsical photo and Want To Scavenge post

Meditate on Rule #10: Rule #10 The harder I pedal the faster it goes. I have not done a Strava comparison to quantify my speed output relative to my perceived level of exertion input. I can ride it as hard as I like, and if I work harder it goes