Hi Harth, Thanks for sharing those great stories with us. Please do share your RB-T with us if you get a chance. One of my favorite rides myself.
On Friday, November 20, 2020 at 9:29:18 AM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote: > Thanks, David; one more very good report for the Marathon Supreme. > > The Naches Pass must have replaced the Panracer 26 X 1.75" in the RH > lineup. > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 12:25 PM David Person <cycli...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Patrick, I blew up the picture and the tires are Schwalbe Evolution >> Marathon Supreme. Can't read the size. The Compass tires that Harth >> mentions are probably the Compass 26 x 1.75" they used to sell that also >> labeled Panaracer 26 x 1.75. I rode a set of these for several years, but >> are no longer offered by RH (formally Compass). Of course, it's entirely >> possible I'm completely wrong regarding which Compass tires he has. >> >> [image: IMG_2428.jpeg][image: IMG_2429.jpeg] >> >> On Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 7:31:01 AM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> Harth: Welcome to the group, tho' I know you well from the Boblist. >>> >>> Which Schwalbes do you have on your all rounder? Also, I'm curious about >>> the handling defects of the RH tires, and which 1.75s you mean; are these >>> the Naches Pass? I put Naches Pass ELs on my new 26" wheel road custom >>> (Matthews but a copy of earlier Rivendell ones) and find them very nice for >>> both rolling and handling, at abot 35/32 f/r; no wallowing, if that is the >>> handling problem you had. >>> >>> More generally, and to the list: my Matthews is really yet another >>> iteration of the XO-1 lineage, the geneology moving from my 1992 XO-1 to a >>> Waterford custom road built around the All Rounder pattern but with steeper >>> head and lighter tubes, then 2 much improved customs (shallower head, >>> longer stays), to this one very like my last Riv custom but with room for >>> the Naches Pass 1.8s and fenders. Each step an improvement, at least as far >>> as mostly road riding goes. >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 7:09 PM Harth Huffman <har...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi folks, >>>> I'm a longtime lurker who finally signed up. I was a BOB back in the >>>> day and on the ibob list since about 2000, and while I still read ibob >>>> daily, they often discuss things I don't pay attention to or care about >>>> these days. Nothing negative about that, just not as much for me to >>>> browse >>>> in my zone of interests. Rivendells, however, are always of interest to >>>> me, so here I am. >>>> >>>> I bought my All-rounder in 1996 and it has been used as my touring >>>> bike, gravel "race" bike, commuter, camping bike (which is somehow >>>> different from touring bike, maybe), cyclocross "race" bike, and even as >>>> my >>>> mountain bike with mustache bars when I was replacing a broken one (until >>>> I >>>> snapped the bars). It has seen a lot of use and clearly shows its >>>> wear, with worn paint, chips, dents, and even some rust quite evident >>>> (damn >>>> chain suck). It could use some attention, for sure. I recently replaced >>>> my >>>> Paselas with these Schwalbes, and they are the best riding tires I have >>>> had >>>> on it by far, including the Compass 1.75s and the RTPs, which had a >>>> negative effect on handling and didn't fit with fenders. New fenders >>>> await >>>> installation. The bag is old and worn, and I am stoked to be awaiting one >>>> of the Route Werks bags that will go well on this. >>>> >>>> Three years ago, almost to the day, I crashed hard on it and broke a >>>> few bones after hitting some black ice on a descent. The bars are >>>> currently bent and tape is gouged, but it rolls on, as always. >>>> >>>> My other connection to Riv and Grant goes back to '95 when I put my >>>> RB-1 and my mountain bike (Rocky Mtn Blizzard) on top my old Subie and >>>> drove around the country. I ended up on Grant's doorstep, and he invited >>>> me in. Together we unboxed two prototype Riv Roads from Waterford and >>>> built them up. We went for a ride, the first time I had ever ridden a >>>> road >>>> bike offroad. I'll never forget the looks on the faces of the mountain >>>> bikers we came across and definitely will not forget how much fun I had. >>>> It >>>> changed my riding forever! Grant later wrote about our adventure in the >>>> Riv >>>> Reader. >>>> >>>> That's about it. Well, my other bikes are an RB-T I use daily for >>>> commutes and long rides, the same RB-1 I bought new in '93, and a lugged >>>> Vanilla mtb, plus a custom tandem and a couple project bikes that sit >>>> unfinished. >>>> >>>> I am glad to be on this list. The sense of camaraderie is evident, as >>>> witnessed by the excitement over the new Platypus and other new bikes, and >>>> the appreciation of all things Riv is clear. There are many familiar >>>> names >>>> on this list, an obvious crossover from ibob, and many new ones, too. I'm >>>> not too talkative, so I will mostly stay in the background, but I do like >>>> to ask questions because I have way more of those than I have answers. >>>> >>>> [image: Riv.jpg] >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Harth Huffman >>>> Portland, Oregon >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/00b936b7-1361-42a0-b5ac-668fe3764c29n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/00b936b7-1361-42a0-b5ac-668fe3764c29n%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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/de0f3943-b3f6-4c85-9523-0d2cb933bb14n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/de0f3943-b3f6-4c85-9523-0d2cb933bb14n%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. 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