Yikes. Freezing water in your shift housing make it impossible to shift. I haven't experienced that one (thank Lob). Cold weather folks have to think about more things than I do.
best Bill On Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 10:05:22 AM UTC-8, Zed Martinez wrote: > > Mark: usually around 68cm or so. Depends on the shoes and pedals I use > most with the bike. I seem to like my saddle about 1-2cm lower than Grant's > method would recommend, but I definitely start getting some numbness and > hot patches in the balls of my feet if I have the saddle up that little > extra. Haven't measured this one yet, still dialing in the final. The > fenders are the SKS P55 ones. They just fit a charm with the 48mm > SwitchbackHills, which are the fattest road tires I plan to run. Wider will > be knobbies and I'll take the fenders off. > > iamkeith: I'm hoping it works, because I love the shape of the albastache > and how my hands drift and move across it better than any other bar, and > all the current alternatives from Riv suit me less (they generally have too > much rise near the bends which is really a sweet spot for me when I'm on a > good cruise, kick my wrist at weird angles and they start getting weird > fast. Curse my finicky wrists). That new choco-moose looks like it could be > a good solution for that down the road, much flatter through the bends, I'd > probably like that. Mostly, I have a roadster with north roads on it that > fall between the albastache and the albatross bars, and I find myself > wishing it let me go farther forward more often than I use it all the way > back on the grips, so, yeah, I'm hoping this splits that difference more. > Haven't ruled out needed to go to a 80mm Dirt Drop for the effective 65mm > reach instead of my 80mm Technomic though to really pull it off. I'll give > it the rest of the week and see if I settle into it. It's a neat posture, > you're way up in the air but still leaning a fair chunk forwards. I want to > like it, and nothing hurt or went numb, so, I think it'll work one way or > another. > > Bill: Whew, I tried. This is the third iteration of a project I've been > building and rebuilding around different frames the past two years. It > hasn't made it out on tour yet, but the stuff that I had on hand has > certainly survived the trials by fire to get here ;) I ran continuous > shifting because I ride year 'round in the midwest and I've had a couple > winters where slush and muck would get into the rear housing by the drop > and then promptly freeze 5 minutes after taking it out in the morning, > sticking me with a rather unwieldly 3 speed until I got to the office to > thaw it. It's just easier to run it continuous and have to change it out > less often, and I never miss a shift now no matter the temp. I haven't > tried the brakes yet, but they have a good inch or so they can drop before > they hit the rack, so, they will /probably/ work. But, if not, I'll live. > Usually if the front wheel is coming out it's flat anyway so it won't be a > major hindrance. But it should. I'll try tonight and report back. > > On Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 12:47:25 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> Looks like you thought of just about everything. Best wishes getting >> acquainted. >> >> Why did you run continuous shift housing all the way back to the Rear >> Der? >> Do your front brakes QR open enough to get your front wheel out? Or does >> the rack get in the way? >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> On Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 6:32:25 AM UTC-8, Zed Martinez wrote: >>> >>> Updated my photos with the complete build done (except wrapping the >>> bars, it's my couple days of fiddling with fit and dialing it in before >>> that). Tim, that Surly Nice Rack just barely fits, but fits it does. Had to >>> max out the bracket heights and it just barely caught braze-ons. Can't use >>> it on the upper braze-on at the fork end, it'll block QRs, so you have to >>> mount it where the fender would go and then mount the fender to the lower >>> rack bracket instead. Not a big deal, I've done that on the last two bikes >>> that rack lived on too. It's a tight fit at the mid fork ones, so, I >>> wrapped them with some tape first to minimize scraping and scuffing, but >>> all in all, was actually the easiest time I've ever had installing that >>> rack. >>> >>> Got in to work this morning and a coworker who admires Riv bikes and has >>> been waiting to see mine caught me at the door and insisted on getting my >>> photo with it. It's a nice looking rig all built up, but it'll take me a >>> couple more rides to get used to how it rides. With the albastache I have >>> about the same lean to the bars I did on my 650b Rivenfried mid-80's Fuji >>> this replaces, except the bars are like 5" higher up. My body is confused >>> because half of it's like my previous build and half is like my 3-speed >>> roadster. Rides pretty well though. Those Switchback Hill tires are dreams, >>> I tell ya. A little prone to wobble no-handed, I need to check the headset >>> adjustment and wheel stabilizer tension tonight. Otherwise, it's off to a >>> promising start. >>> >>> >>> https://onedrive.live.com/?id=C37EE9A2EAE73EA9%21454124&cid=C37EE9A2EAE73EA9&group=0&authkey=%21AJFYm5zGTQyGk3U&v=photos >>> >>> Link again to the photos, just to save scrolling back and what-not: >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rbw-owners-bunch/bDrtVdwnZbs >>> >>> On Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 1:10:44 PM UTC-5, Tim Wood wrote: >>>> >>>> Looks good Zed, nice build. I'm curious to see how the front surly rack >>>> looks on there, keep the photos coming! >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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