On the subject of racks, I ran across this recently and thought it may be of interest to Riv riders mainly due to the awesome color choices like Turquoise, Red, British Racing Green or Powder Blue !!!
Public Rack <https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0021/1399/4815/products/86675_bike_Powder_Blue_010-PUBLIC-Rear-Rack_2191x.jpg?v=1597426724> On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 10:49:59 AM UTC-4 Roberta wrote: > Another quickie. The Nitto racks are beautiful but heavy. I have one of > the Axiom racks and it is matte silver rather than beautiful shiny but a > much lighter. > > I’m SO excited for you!!!! Mine in two weeks. We will WOW them when > bikers see a Platy pod coming towards them when we go for a ride together. > > Roberta > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 14, 2021, at 8:47 PM, 'upyou...@yahoo.com' via RBW Owners Bunch < > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > After talking with Vince at RivBike. I decided to go with the Switchback > Hills 48 also. No fenders. > > That was the easy decision. I just can't figure out what handlebars to go > with!!!!! > Choco? Tosco? flat with sweep? Lost in the internet for hours!!! > Kate-Trenton, NJ > > On Friday, May 14, 2021 at 9:57:39 AM UTC-4 willms...@gmail.com wrote: > >> For what it's worth, I have Snoqualmie Passes on my Hillborne with the >> Simworks 58 Hammered fenders and they work great. I just got a Platypus >> for my wife and she has Switchback Hills and our plan is to have our LBS >> install the Simworks 62 smooth fenders on her bike. >> >> On Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 8:38:24 AM UTC-5 Pancake wrote: >> >>> "Some of them are clearly wrong; how can the 700x44 Rene Herse >>> Snoqualmie Pass tires possibly weigh less than the 700x38 Barlow Pass" ... >>> apparently Jan answered this in the comments to a blog post at Rene >>> Herse >>> <https://www.renehersecycles.com/jordan-rapp-tests-the-compass-snoqualmie-pass-700c-x-44-extralights> >>> : >>> "Compass tires are largely made by hand. The rubber coating of the >>> casing, but also the tread thickness, vary a bit from one production run to >>> the next. *The last batch of Barlow Pass tires turned out a tad heavy >>> (which means they set up very easily tubeless), while recent Snoqualmies >>> have been at the light end of the spectrum.* They all ride great, and >>> you’ll be hard-pressed to notice the difference on the road." >>> >>> I have Continental Speed Contact (or as riv called them, Basketball >>> tires) in 700x42mm and they're excellent for the anticipated riding, but >>> slightly heavy (also excellent flat protection in my experience, though >>> with tubeless sealant added to the tubes which helps quite a bit). Also >>> strongly recommend the Schwalbe G-One Allround in 45mm (they don't yet >>> offer the Speed version, with tiny treads vs. the Allround's knobbies, of >>> the G-one wider than 38mm, but that's also excellent). >>> >>> I'd bet the 44mm Snoqualmie pass tires are a great fit for this riding >>> and they'd still have excellent fender protection under the 52mm Soma >>> fenders. >>> >>> On Tuesday, 11 May 2021 at 15:28:25 UTC-7 divis...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> BTW, the Shikoros are not SOMA's lightweight slick tire. At 320g(28c), >>>> 350g(33c) 430g(38c) for the folding ones, they're more like replacements >>>> for their heavier Everwear tires. The wire rimmed ones are obviously >>>> heavier still. Another comparison would be to the Riv Ruffy Tuffy (700x28) >>>> or Jack Brown (700x33). SOMA's lightweight tires are the Supple Vitesse >>>> models, which are roughly in the same market as the Panaracer GravelKing >>>> slicks and the Rene Herse standard casing models: >>>> >>>> SOMA Shikoro (folding): 28c (320g), 33c (350g), 38c ( >>>> 430g) >>>> >>>> SOMA Supple Vitesse SL (light): 28c (220g), 33c (250g), 38c (270g), >>>> 42c (340g) >>>> >>>> SOMA Supple Vitesse EX (heavy): 28c (270g), 33c (290g), 38c (320g), >>>> 42c (380g) >>>> >>>> Rivendell Ruffy Tuffy: 28c (not currently listed >>>> on Riv or SOMA sites, so who knows?) >>>> >>>> Rivendell Jack Brown: 33c >>>> (320g light, 400g heavy) >>>> >>>> Panaracer GravelKing slick: 28c (270g), 32c (290g), 35c >>>> (310g), 38c (330g) >>>> >>>> Rene Herse (standard): 28c (248g), 32c (291g), 35c >>>> (355g), 38c (385g), 44c (375g) >>>> >>>> Rene Herse (extralight): 28c (225g), 32c (254g), 35c >>>> (303g), 38c (350g), 44c (330g) >>>> >>>> By tradition, we can assume that many of these weights are wishful >>>> thinking - maybe many of the measurements, too. Some of them are clearly >>>> wrong; how can the 700x44 Rene Herse Snoqualmie Pass tires possibly weigh >>>> less than the 700x38 Barlow Pass ones, unless the casings on the 700x44s >>>> are sidewall-bursting thin? And weightwise, the SOMA Supple Vitesse SLs >>>> are >>>> just *crazy* light, if those numbers are real. >>>> >>>> A nice-riding, fairly durable 700x30-something tire (if you can find >>>> them) is the SOMA New Express, which has the Panaracer Pasela tread with a >>>> more flexible casing. This was originally a 700c tire, which SOMA >>>> discontinued when they introduced the Supple Vitesse on the lighter end >>>> and >>>> the Shikoro on the heavier end. I rode a pair of folding New Expresses in >>>> 700x35 for a year or so on my around-town bike, and really liked them; I'd >>>> buy them again if they were still available. >>>> >>>> Peter Adler >>>> Berkeley, CA/USA >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 2:38:05 PM UTC-7 Peter Adler wrote: >>>> >>>>> All the SOMA tires are made by Panaracer (the bike tire subsidiary of >>>>> National Tire, which is the tiremaking subsidiary of Panasonic; they >>>>> mostly >>>>> do car/truck tires). All the Grand Bois tires are made by Panaracer. All >>>>> the Rivendell tires are made by Panaracer. All the Compass/Rene Herse >>>>> tires >>>>> are made by Panaracer. All the Bruce Gordon tires are made by Panaracer. >>>>> And back before Kirk Pacenti sold his tire designs to Panaracer outright, >>>>> all the Pacenti tires were made by Panaracer. >>>> >>>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/GuhKhFXmYNg/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/b7148b04-2a71-46d8-ab16-433b722120c8n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b7148b04-2a71-46d8-ab16-433b722120c8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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