When I see such bikes -- very appealing; a modern and much better re-invention of the Raleigh Sport, of which I've owned at least 3 -- I think again about turning the 2003 Curt 26" wheel Riv Road custom into an upright, tourist-type bar, B 67-type saddle cruiser with the abandoned fork from the new Chauncey; and now that I have received the 1.8" RH Naches Pass ELs that are tubeless compatible, I dream about finding a pair of 26" tubeless rims [I let a pair get away, alas] and install these tires on them, with an SP dynohub in front and either a 2 speed kickback or that annoyingly otherwise unusable S3X hub (52 X 15 X 25.6" wheel = 89" direct 3rd/high -- for downhills to avoid the effect of the hub's lash; 66" underdrive 2nd for cruising; and 55" underdrive 1st for hills not too steep to require walking) on the rear wheel; this because the new Chauncey AM-hub bike just works so well with the 28 mm (labeld 32 mm) Elk Passes that I'm reluctant to mess with it by installing fatter tires. And it's not as if skinny 26" X 42 mm tires at a rock hard 40 psi are going to work well on the deep sandy patches that my 700C X 61.5 (just measured one yestiddy: 61.48 mm) at 20 psi roll over so well.
My immediate solution to the dilemma is to procrastinate ... But all y'all thoughts welcome. In particular, I wonder about the bar. I find all bars -- I've used a very fair selection, including well over half a dozen dirt drop types -- except road-type drop bars uncomfortable after just a few miles, but I wonder if I simply need to be more radical in re-thinking my riding position. For a Bosco bar upright position, are you sitting with say 2/3 of your weight on saddle and close to 1/3 of it on the pedals, so that almost nothing is on your hands? If so, this sort of position would require a further rethinking of pedaling style (I like to lean forward and torque) and therefore of gearing. I can't see riding Kurt's example and not having too much weight on my hands for any sort of "tourist" bar. Kurt, your bar is a Bullmoose, right? What is your "default" cruising gear? So, for those of you with Clems and bars 6" higher than saddle, sitting bolt upright, what sort of gear do you use for fastish cruising on the flat on smooth paved surfaces with no wind? Me, a 70 to 75+" gear is normal, depending on bike and crank and tires for an on-hoods road position; I imagine fully 10 gear inches lower sitting bolt upright with most of my weight on the saddle. Am I right? On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 2:30 PM 'Kurt Henry' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I'm late to the game, but hope I can still play. I thought of this thread > when I was unloading groceries from my trailer today, so grabbed my phone > out of my pocket and got a quick picture. It's not drive side, but I had > it parked against the flower bed while I was unloading on the way into the > garage, which is to the left in the pic. The Arkel pack on the opposite > side has my flat repair stuff, plus tools, and in this day and age, mask + > hand sanitizer in the top pocket for easy access while running errands. > But it also pops off easily to take into stores if I want to just pile > things in, pay, and throw it back in. The trailer only goes on for big > stuff, like grocery store or dog food runs. > Thanks! > Kurt Henry > Lancaster, PA USA > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/59e8ffbf-cb12-4b0b-8d59-aee68c846203o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/59e8ffbf-cb12-4b0b-8d59-aee68c846203o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtT9tqBLzQzvn_4i506EfYu7AHjxEAqbJhDmPuE%2BzpLHA%40mail.gmail.com.
