I agree. Very lovely bike. While I was looking at the various pics of it on the Flicker web site I decided to move up a few levels to see what Jonny Cycles was all about and in one of the photostreams he shows some painting being done by "Keith Anderson." Now, this name rang a bell with me because I had some brazing work done on a frame I was restoring back in '91 through an LBS in the Indianapolis area. They farmed it out to a "Keith Anderson Cycles." I was always under the assumption that this frame builder was someone local to the Indy area, but I looked up Keith Anderson Cycles on the Web an notice that he is in Oregon. Anyone know if this is the same guy and he moved in the past 10-15 years? Or else maybe the LBS just shipped the frame to him in OR and I didn't know it. The price for the work was pretty low for something like a bike frame having to be shipped to the West Coast.
On Dec 7, 11:47 am, JoelMatthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And that would be no different regardless of what the fenders were made > > of. > > Well, the new SKS fenders bracing is a single looping piece of metal > with the adjustments made on the outside of the fender rather than at > the braze on eyelet. I am able to adjust them while reaching down > from a standing position but still on the bike. > > > Or do you mean a Honjo eyebolt came apart? > > Precisely. The interior nut on the Honjo eyebolt worked itself off. > > > Again, I have trouble visualizing this: why would you need to remove the > > chain to remove a wheel? > > Maybe inartfully written. In order to remove the fender, I had to > take off the wheel to loosen the bolt that attached the bottom front > of the fender to the lower chain stay bridge. I did not have to break > the chain, but I did have to take it off the cluster, more of a pain > than it had to be as at the time I was using a Huret Duopar derailleur > (since replaced and now happily retired in my display case). As you > point out, the plastic fenders are a lot easier to take off. > > Getting to your other post about expert installation, check out Jon > Kendziera's handywork when he installed the Berthoud's on my Oswald: > > http://flickr.com/photos/jonnycycles/sets/72157606490025925/ > > On Dec 7, 11:29 am, Steve Palincsar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 08:39 -0800, JoelMatthews wrote: > > > > What other sort of fender mishaps have you experienced on the road, that > > > > would require shop tools to rectify? > > > > Aside from just the general pain trying to adjust the play at the p- > > > clamps with the bike on uneven ground and only the kick stand to keep > > > it steady > > > And that would be no different regardless of what the fenders were made > > of. > > > > , I had two incidents that convinced me to go with SKS on the > > > camper. > > > > First was probably just bad planning on my part. While riding in > > > (very) rural Northeast Iowa, one of the nuts on the inside of the > > > lower fastener bracket came off, loctite notwithstanding. > > > I'm having trouble visualizing this. You mean the nut and bolt that > > holds a Berthoud stay onto the fender? Or do you mean a Honjo eyebolt > > came apart? > > > My experience is, these seldom loosen, but it pays to check from time to > > time. If you ride a bike on any kind of rough surface for any length of > > time in general what can loosen will. The C&O Canal Towpath is famous > > for this, and stories about people traveling the length of the Towpath > > always seemed to feature something about a part vibrating off the bike. > > Luggage racks are a favorite thing to fall off. > > > > I did not > > > have a replacement and could not duct tape the fender into place. The > > > nearest hardware store was a day and half a way. I wound up having to > > > take off the fender - which meant unloading the bike, taking off the > > > chain to take off the wheel and stowing the fender awkwardly a top my > > > gear until I got a bolt. > > > Again, I have trouble visualizing this: why would you need to remove the > > chain to remove a wheel? I can certainly see needing to unload the bike > > to work on the fender -- in fact, often I've needed to unload the bike > > to fix a flat tire. The worst time I can ever remember was when I had > > panniers with a metal hook and a metal spring to hold them on. I had a > > heavily loaded tandem, and I just couldn't get at the back wheel to > > remove it without removing the pannier. The hook managed to bite right > > into my finger, and the spring really set the hook, jamming it into my > > hand. In fact, it was an unforgettable accompaniment to a flat tire. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
