[RBW] eCLEM

[Joe Bernard]

Oh, I forgot to explain the bags. What you see is an old Baggins Candybar on a 
Nitto Grip..that holds the controller. On top of that is an Acorn Tool Bag in 
the bag loops. Clever, eh? ;)

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[RBW] eCLEM

[Joe Bernard]

I did the deed and you can see it here. I bought this kit used and attached to 
a hybrid, then decided I liked it so much that I wanted it on a nicer bike. It 
still needs wood fenders installed, and the wires need a better cover than that 
blue plastic I jury-rigged to avoid today's after-rain spray. Check it out, 
people who check out things!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/18972972@N08/shares/GR3Qjv

Joe "Electric Avenue" Bernard
Vallejo, CA.

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[RBW] Re: Seeking advice: How to clean bartape off my Albatross bars

[bing.grosbeak]

Oh yes, I should have mentioned that caveat!  Definitely only use the stuff 
outdoors - it is supremely flammable, but perfectly safe if appropriate 
caution is exercised (i.e. don't use near open flame, lit cigarettes, or 
any type of ignition source including appliance pilot lamps or electronic 
ignition devices).

A small amount goes a long way, no need to use gallons.  Despite the 
relative danger compared to other solutions, I still prefer it for its 
effectiveness, but then again I'm the type of person who likes the aroma of 
a greasy garage or machine shop - your preferences may differ from mine.

Also, any rags used with the stuff should be left outside, unfurled and 
away from any ignition sources so they can dry out safely.

-a

On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 7:09:35 AM UTC-7, GAJett wrote:
>
> Hellishly dangerous though!  Don't use near an open flame, like a 
> gas-fired water heater. A friend spilled some once, the pilot light ignited 
> it and burned down his parent's house.  Use outside and use solvent 
> resistant gloves if you go this way.  Other options above, Goo-gone, 
> Citri-solve, considerably safer. 
>
> On Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 7:18:10 PM UTC-7, bing.grosbeak wrote:
>>
>> Naptha / white gas / camp fuel / "coleman fuel" is a miracle-worker for 
>> removing adhesive residue.  I've found that most other solvents just 
>> require more elbow grease.  It's also pretty safe on paints and plastics, 
>> so a good alternative to harsher solvents when you have to clean sticky 
>> stuff off of those types of surfaces.
>>
>> -a
>>
>> On Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 7:52:13 AM UTC-7, Rob H. wrote:
>>>
>>> I've had this beat up set of Alba bars for a while, don't quite remember 
>>> if they're the CrMo or Aluminum bars. At any rate, I've got tape on it from 
>>> levers all the way to the center clamp. Now I've decided to put them on a 
>>> new Clementine and want to change out the stem.
>>>
>>> Any pointers on how to clean off all the bar tape gunk that will be 
>>> there?
>>>
>>

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[RBW] Re: Ride Report & Musings on Bicycling as Joy

[kielsun]

Great replies, folks. Love the funometer and bug quotient, and I'm glad to 
hear I'm not alone in losing my joy for a little while. 

Eric, I'm a couple of shifters and derailleur cables from putting the 
finishing touches on a buildup of a free Rockhopper frame I scored off 
Baltimore CL. I live about two miles from Robert E. Lee Park, and I'll be 
sure to hit the trails over there for you!

Also, great to make some Baltimore-area connections. It'd be fun to get 
together for a ride one day.

Bob

On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 5:20:45 PM UTC-4, Eric Karnes wrote:
>
> Great story! And one that I definitely related to.
>
>
> I had a similar experience during my days bike commuting in Baltimore. I 
> now live in Philadelphia and once again commute by bike (on a mid-eighties 
> Trek single-speed conversion no less!). I think it’s hard not to view city 
> commuting as utility. The concentration and defensiveness required to 
> contend with a never-ending mass of cars, cabs, and (especially) buses 
> makes riding work—and hard work at that. This was especially apparent when 
> the Pope visited Philadelphia in the fall and all cars were banned from 
> Center City. My city rides (even the ones to work) instantly became fun 
> again! No dodging wall-to-wall cars on Chestnut Street (with 25% of them 
> blaring their horns); no moving out of the way of 10-ton buses speeding 
> though yellow lights; and all the pedestrians were suddenly friendly and 
> talkative. It was wild!
>
>
> Of course, that was an isolated incident and we obviously need some 
> motorized vehicles even in downtown areas. And all things considered Center 
> City Philadelphia is better as a bike commuter city than Baltimore was when 
> I lived there. And it gets better every year–as more bike lanes are built, 
> bike share programs proliferate, and urban drivers become more accustomed 
> to more riders on the streets. But I still need to temper my commuting with 
> evening or weekend rides out of the city and out of traffic—often with a 
> brewery or scenic overlook as only a loose destination.
>
>
> On a somewhat related note, I grew up in Rodgers Forge (a neighborhood on 
> the north edge of Baltimore for non-Baltimoreans). When I was twelve, my 
> best friend and I both scrounged together our various paltry savings to buy 
> identical (except for size) 1993 metallic gray Rockhoppers. Man, were they 
> beauties! Our younger brothers soon followed. The four of us spent nearly 
> every weekend (and most of the summers) for two years exploring the trails 
> in and around Robert E. Lee Park. Sometimes the rides would be only a half 
> hour and then we’d head off to the pool or the Royal Farms store. Often 
> we’d spend most of the afternoon out there. There was always something new 
> to explore and rarely a plan. Sometimes we’d power up that steep, rocky 
> incline with the old couch at the top. Sometimes we’d walk it. And the only 
> speed or time-related consideration was that we had to make it home for 
> dinner by 5:30.
>
>
> It’s what the best rides on my Rivendell always remind me off! 
>
>
> Eric
>
> On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 3:49:11 PM UTC-4, kielsun wrote:
>>
>> Here's a rather lengthy "ride report" from my ride with co-workers for 
>> National Bike to Work Day. It's really more a reflection on how my reasons 
>> for biking have changed over the years. Please feel free to respond with 
>> similar reflections of your own.
>>
>> - - - - - - - - - -
>>
>> I lived in Baltimore City for about a decade, and for several of those 
>> years, I was a bike commuter. My steed, a rattle-can-brown early 80s Trek 
>> single-speed conversion, was light and fast. I ran 23mm Gatorskins pumped 
>> to 100 psi. I darted between cars and blew through lights. I rode without a 
>> helmet. I did everything that I wouldn't dream of doing now and I didn’t 
>> think twice about it. I just needed to get to work, and I was often late, 
>> so I needed to get there as quickly as possible.
>>
>> A few years into my decade in the City, I bought a car, a faded gold '97 
>> Corolla that had been through the ringer. I handed my friend Amy a crisp $1 
>> bill and she handed me the title. (That was the second $1 car I'd bought in 
>> my life, the first being an '83 Civic, "Norm," that I bought off a college 
>> roommate.  A couple years later, the Glendora CA Police Department towed it 
>> while I was out of the country and I never saw it again. But that's another 
>> story.)
>>
>> Once I had the car, my bike commuting days slowly came to an end. I gave 
>> every excuse in the world as to why I stopped riding to work, but they 
>> didn’t really add up to much beyond indifference. And that indifference, 
>> I've realized, stemmed from the fact that biking had become a strictly 
>> point-a-to-point-b venture. It was all utility and no joy--which is 
>> particularly sad because of how joyfully my biking life began: 
>> destinationless, meandering rides through the South Dakota co

[RBW] SOLD!! WAS: FS: Bontrager Race Lite, F/FK/HS or separately.

[Patrick Moore]

Frame, fork, headset, and seatpost have been sold. Thanks all for the
interest.


On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Patrick Moore  wrote:

> $300 for frame + fork + Chris King headset.
>
> The fork and HS are 1" threadless.
>
> $200 for frame, $150 for fork *and* 1" Chris King headset if sold
> separately.
>
> Sorry, fork and headset sell together.
>
> Ritchy Force seatpost: $20 with frame; $30 otherwise.
>
> Prices do *not* include shipping, which will be at my cost.
>
> See below.
>
>
> This is a Santa Cruz hand built frame of thin tubing, with strengthening
> gussets at headtube/dt and ht/tt junction, st/bb junction, and
> seatstay/bridge.
>
> Has a neat little OEM bolt-on anti chain such plate under right stay.
>
> Size 19" c-c, 23" tt c-c. Some chips/scratches on powdercoated frame, but
> it is dent free, crack free, and properly aligned.
>
> The fork is in excellent condition and was serviced shortly before I
> acquired it.
>
> I put 206 miles on this bike, and found that I don't like the kind of
> riding it is good at.
>
> $300 + actual shipping cost via Bike Flights.
>
> Ritchey 26.8 seatpost NOT included, but it can be yours for an additional
> $20.
>
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> circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and
> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu
>
> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the
> world revolves.) *Carthusian motto
>
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>
> *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle
>
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Re: [RBW] Re: My Latest Video

[Eric Norris]

We had ten riders on the workers ride ... and two support vehicles! The group 
fragmented a bit, but I rode with others most of the day. Three of us finished 
together. 

My Quickbeam has an Edeluxe I. The II has a better beam, but isn't that much 
brighter, IMO. The If you have any questions or comments, please let me 
know.-X, on the other hand, throws out *way* more light. 

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> On May 21, 2016, at 7:32 AM, Lungimsam  wrote:
> 
> Thanks for posting. Great way to see the countryside. Never been there 
> before. That downhill at 9:25 looked fun.
> How much of it would you say you rode alone?
> How many riders were there?
> Did you use an edeluxe I headlight?
> The beam on my edeluxe ii light doesn't even show up on video.
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Re: [RBW] Re: New cassette issue...any ideas?

[Andrew Patteson]

> It seems like you have thought through most or all of the potential 
> component issues, so... dropout misalignment, maybe?
>
>
> A good way to clarify whether it's the wheel or the frame would be to swap 
> a known to be working well wheel and chain from another bike, or even to 
> exchange wheels and chains, and see if the trouble follows the wheel to the 
> other bike, or continues even with a different, known good wheel.
>
>
>
Good idea, and let me further clarify my previous comment -- derailler 
hanger misalignment is pretty common, more so than dropout misalignment.

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Re: [RBW] Re: New cassette issue...any ideas?

[Steve Palincsar]

On 05/21/2016 08:44 PM, Andrew Patteson wrote:
It seems like you have thought through most or all of the potential 
component issues, so... dropout misalignment, maybe?


A good way to clarify whether it's the wheel or the frame would be to 
swap a known to be working well wheel and chain from another bike, or 
even to exchange wheels and chains, and see if the trouble follows the 
wheel to the other bike, or continues even with a different, known good 
wheel.






Andrew in SLC



On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 2:37:21 PM UTC-6, Lungimsam wrote:

Installed on the bike were:
Cassette
Chain
4.5mm spacer
Lube
Grease for cassette lock ring.

No wobble in cassette/cogs and chain runs good through derailers.
Friction only Silver Shifters, D-rings tightened up and in place
well. 135mm dropouts. All cogs, except smallest are riveted
together, so orientation correct.

So I can't think of what it could be. Maybe the chain needs to
settle in. I only have about 50 miles on it so far. But no chain
settling needed on the Sam.

H...Maybe I will inspect the plastic D ring washer on the
Silver shifter. I hear those crack sometimes.
Maybe reset the wheel in the dropouts, too, in case I reinstalled
it ajar.

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[RBW] Re: New cassette issue...any ideas?

[Andrew Patteson]

It seems like you have thought through most or all of the potential 
component issues, so... dropout misalignment, maybe?

Andrew in SLC



On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 2:37:21 PM UTC-6, Lungimsam wrote:
>
> Installed on the bike were:
> Cassette
> Chain
> 4.5mm spacer
> Lube
> Grease for cassette lock ring.
>
> No wobble in cassette/cogs and chain runs good through derailers. Friction 
> only Silver Shifters, D-rings tightened up and in place well. 135mm 
> dropouts. All cogs, except smallest are riveted together, so orientation 
> correct. 
>
> So I can't think of what it could be. Maybe the chain needs to settle in. 
> I only have about 50 miles on it so far. But no chain settling needed on 
> the Sam.
>
> H...Maybe I will inspect the plastic D ring washer on the Silver 
> shifter. I hear those crack sometimes.
> Maybe reset the wheel in the dropouts, too, in case I reinstalled it ajar.
>
>

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[RBW] Re: How do you know what the VAT/duty is going to be if you buy from EU/Japan?

[Mike in WA]

I have bought tires and components from both Bike24 and www.hibike.com with 
stellar customer service from both. It seems like Hibike has sllightly 
better pricing, but Bike24 seems to have fewer issues with delays in 
getting stuff to their warehouse. I expect to pay about 40% less when I buy 
from these places vs. U.S online prices. 

On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 5:28:50 AM UTC-7, Belopsky wrote:
>
> US customs recently changed their policy, anything under $800 should not 
> be hit with duty..
>
> Now..tell me what are the liked EU and Japanese vendors? 
>

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[RBW] Re: Price drop on El Fito at Ibex

[Chris Birkenmaier]

Thanks for the heads up on this.  I had looked both the long and the 3/4 
tights a number of times but just never went through with ordering them.  I 
got 2 pairs of each type so I should be set!

On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 2:16:06 PM UTC-4, danmc wrote:
>
> Just noticed that Ibex dropped the price on the closeout El Fito 3/4 and 
> tights on their website. 
>
> $49.99 and $64.99 respectively. Not available in all sizes for the tights. 
>
> Remove the pad and you are good to go. These are great wool cycling 
> "pants" for cooler weather. 
>
> Dan 
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Re: [RBW] Re: Price drop on El Fito at Ibex

[Belopsky]

I went with a large but I think a medium would work to - emailed Ibex to 
see if they can change the order, but either case Im sure it'll be OK

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Re: [RBW] Re: Price drop on El Fito at Ibex

[Dan McNamara]

I am 5' 10" 153 with a 30" waist and can do either a small or medium. Actually 
prefer the small. Not a fan of the current  MUSA cut - too loose for me. 



> On May 21, 2016, at 4:40 PM, Daniel D.  wrote:
> 
> I ordered a medium 5'8" 155. You guys kinda have me worried But you guys are 
> used to billowy MUSA stuff :p so maybe it's ok,
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Re: [RBW] Re: Price drop on El Fito at Ibex

[Eric Norris]

I used their sizing chart. Hope it works.

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> On May 21, 2016, at 4:40 PM, Daniel D.  wrote:
> 
> I ordered a medium 5'8" 155. You guys kinda have me worried But you guys are 
> used to billowy MUSA stuff :p so maybe it's ok,
> 
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[RBW] Re: Price drop on El Fito at Ibex

[Daniel D.]

I ordered a medium 5'8" 155. You guys kinda have me worried But you guys 
are used to billowy MUSA stuff :p so maybe it's ok,

>
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[RBW] Re: Experience with mini "half clips" ?

[eliu01]

I have those MKS Cage Clip Halfs on my XC Pro pedals, after using some 
plastic Zefal half clips before them.  They're both great, but the MKS are 
just that bit more classy and cool-looking.

Eric Liu
SF, CA

On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 8:32:59 PM UTC-7, Andrew Patteson wrote:
>
> I have half clips of various types on all of my bikes.  They're a 
> just-right compromise for me.  This kind 
>  
> is new to me and I think they are the best of all.
>
> Andrew in SLC
>
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Re: [RBW] Re: How do you know what the VAT/duty is going to be if you buy from EU/Japan?

[Bill Lindsay]

I placed a big order at Chain Reaction (UK). The website warned me to keep it 
under $800 to avoid duties. I think my invoice was like $798. 😛😛

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[RBW] Re: Price drop on El Fito at Ibex

[Belopsky]

managed to sell some things this morning and ordered myself the long tights

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[RBW] Re: FS : Price Drop : 60cm SimpleOne / Multi-Speed Mods / Clear Powdercoat

[Eric Karnes]

hi there-

i'm definitely interested in the f/f/h. if you don't mind me asking, what's 
your pbh? i've heard the simpleones/quickbeams size big.

eric


On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 5:25:06 PM UTC-4, S. Greco wrote:
>
> Motivated Seller Update
>
>
> Regretfully listing this bike for sale. 
>
> Too many projects backing up and I feel I've spent enough quality time 
> with this one. 
>
> A real sleeper and an excellent bike for someone who likes to tinker.
>
>
> [image: DSCF8207.JPG.jpg] 
> 
>
>
> [image: DSCF7126-1.JPG.jpg] 
> 
>
> Frame / Fork / Headset / Wheelset / Fenders 
>
> $900 shipped or best offer
>
>
> Or
>
>
> $600 Frame / Fork / Headset
>
> $300 Wheelset / Panaracer 37c tires
>
>
>
> This bike has some modifications to allow you to run a 1X setup with a 
> rear derailleur a few different ways.
>
>
> More information about the build is explained in detail here 
> 
>
>
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/simpleone/rbw-owners-bunch/twQp7M0UUOc/VnQcwlRkEAAJ
>
>
> The wheel set is modified to allow you to run 6 speeds of an 8 spd 
> cassette without stretching the rear triangle from its original 120 spacing.
>
> Shimano Deore XT hubs laced to Velocity Dyad rims. Tires are Panaracer 37s
>
> Fenders are painted to "match" VO Zeppelins
>
> Headset is a Campy Nuovo Record. I also have a stronglight needle bearing 
> headset I'd be happy to include.
>
> Theres a machined plug that you can thread into the derailleur hanger when 
> running it as a single speed.
>
> Comes with little machined bits to bolt on for cable routing.
>
> I'm happy to throw in a stem and seat post. 
>
>
> This bike has been stripped and painted in matte clear powder coat. 
>
> The powder coat looks excellent and is holding up extremely well. 
>
> There is one very tiny ding on the side of the top tube. 
>
>
> If you are interested in a full bike, I'd be happy to work something out. 
> I've got plenty of parts around. 
>
> This thing is an oddball, but a really useful, and extremely flexible ride 
> to have around. 
>
> I have the original head badge as well as a set of gold Protovelo decals I 
> was considering putting on it. 
>
>
> Open to offers. 
>
> Happy to take more pictures.
>
>
> S. Greco
>

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[RBW] FS : Price Drop : 60cm SimpleOne / Multi-Speed Mods / Clear Powdercoat

[S. Greco]

Motivated Seller Update


Regretfully listing this bike for sale. 

Too many projects backing up and I feel I've spent enough quality time with 
this one. 

A real sleeper and an excellent bike for someone who likes to tinker.


[image: DSCF8207.JPG.jpg] 



[image: DSCF7126-1.JPG.jpg] 


Frame / Fork / Headset / Wheelset / Fenders 

$900 shipped or best offer


Or


$600 Frame / Fork / Headset

$300 Wheelset / Panaracer 37c tires



This bike has some modifications to allow you to run a 1X setup with a rear 
derailleur a few different ways.


More information about the build is explained in detail here 



https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/simpleone/rbw-owners-bunch/twQp7M0UUOc/VnQcwlRkEAAJ


The wheel set is modified to allow you to run 6 speeds of an 8 spd cassette 
without stretching the rear triangle from its original 120 spacing.

Shimano Deore XT hubs laced to Velocity Dyad rims. Tires are Panaracer 37s

Fenders are painted to "match" VO Zeppelins

Headset is a Campy Nuovo Record. I also have a stronglight needle bearing 
headset I'd be happy to include.

Theres a machined plug that you can thread into the derailleur hanger when 
running it as a single speed.

Comes with little machined bits to bolt on for cable routing.

I'm happy to throw in a stem and seat post. 


This bike has been stripped and painted in matte clear powder coat. 

The powder coat looks excellent and is holding up extremely well. 

There is one very tiny ding on the side of the top tube. 


If you are interested in a full bike, I'd be happy to work something out. 
I've got plenty of parts around. 

This thing is an oddball, but a really useful, and extremely flexible ride 
to have around. 

I have the original head badge as well as a set of gold Protovelo decals I 
was considering putting on it. 


Open to offers. 

Happy to take more pictures.


S. Greco

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[RBW] Re: Ride Report & Musings on Bicycling as Joy

[Eric Karnes]

Great story! And one that I definitely related to.


I had a similar experience during my days bike commuting in Baltimore. I 
now live in Philadelphia and once again commute by bike (on a mid-eighties 
Trek single-speed conversion no less!). I think it’s hard not to view city 
commuting as utility. The concentration and defensiveness required to 
contend with a never-ending mass of cars, cabs, and (especially) buses 
makes riding work—and hard work at that. This was especially apparent when 
the Pope visited Philadelphia in the fall and all cars were banned from 
Center City. My city rides (even the ones to work) instantly became fun 
again! No dodging wall-to-wall cars on Chestnut Street (with 25% of them 
blaring their horns); no moving out of the way of 10-ton buses speeding 
though yellow lights; and all the pedestrians were suddenly friendly and 
talkative. It was wild!


Of course, that was an isolated incident and we obviously need some 
motorized vehicles even in downtown areas. And all things considered Center 
City Philadelphia is better as a bike commuter city than Baltimore was when 
I lived there. And it gets better every year–as more bike lanes are built, 
bike share programs proliferate, and urban drivers become more accustomed 
to more riders on the streets. But I still need to temper my commuting with 
evening or weekend rides out of the city and out of traffic—often with a 
brewery or scenic overlook as only a loose destination.


On a somewhat related note, I grew up in Rodgers Forge (a neighborhood on 
the north edge of Baltimore for non-Baltimoreans). When I was twelve, my 
best friend and I both scrounged together our various paltry savings to buy 
identical (except for size) 1993 metallic gray Rockhoppers. Man, were they 
beauties! Our younger brothers soon followed. The four of us spent nearly 
every weekend (and most of the summers) for two years exploring the trails 
in and around Robert E. Lee Park. Sometimes the rides would be only a half 
hour and then we’d head off to the pool or the Royal Farms store. Often 
we’d spend most of the afternoon out there. There was always something new 
to explore and rarely a plan. Sometimes we’d power up that steep, rocky 
incline with the old couch at the top. Sometimes we’d walk it. And the only 
speed or time-related consideration was that we had to make it home for 
dinner by 5:30.


It’s what the best rides on my Rivendell always remind me off! 


Eric

On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 3:49:11 PM UTC-4, kielsun wrote:
>
> Here's a rather lengthy "ride report" from my ride with co-workers for 
> National Bike to Work Day. It's really more a reflection on how my reasons 
> for biking have changed over the years. Please feel free to respond with 
> similar reflections of your own.
>
> - - - - - - - - - -
>
> I lived in Baltimore City for about a decade, and for several of those 
> years, I was a bike commuter. My steed, a rattle-can-brown early 80s Trek 
> single-speed conversion, was light and fast. I ran 23mm Gatorskins pumped 
> to 100 psi. I darted between cars and blew through lights. I rode without a 
> helmet. I did everything that I wouldn't dream of doing now and I didn’t 
> think twice about it. I just needed to get to work, and I was often late, 
> so I needed to get there as quickly as possible.
>
> A few years into my decade in the City, I bought a car, a faded gold '97 
> Corolla that had been through the ringer. I handed my friend Amy a crisp $1 
> bill and she handed me the title. (That was the second $1 car I'd bought in 
> my life, the first being an '83 Civic, "Norm," that I bought off a college 
> roommate.  A couple years later, the Glendora CA Police Department towed it 
> while I was out of the country and I never saw it again. But that's another 
> story.)
>
> Once I had the car, my bike commuting days slowly came to an end. I gave 
> every excuse in the world as to why I stopped riding to work, but they 
> didn’t really add up to much beyond indifference. And that indifference, 
> I've realized, stemmed from the fact that biking had become a strictly 
> point-a-to-point-b venture. It was all utility and no joy--which is 
> particularly sad because of how joyfully my biking life began: 
> destinationless, meandering rides through the South Dakota countryside, all 
> gravel roads, one hand on the handlebar and the other clutching a fishing 
> rod or BB gun. 
>
> So I guess the point of all this is that I went on a bike ride this 
> morning, and it was fun. I met my co-workers at a quarter past six. We rode 
> five winding miles through suburban neighborhoods, down roads I'd never 
> traveled, walked our bikes through holes in fences at the end of dead end 
> streets, avoided traffic at all costs. Our destination was the Towson pit 
> stop for National Bike to Work Day. 
>
> During my bike commuting days, self-righteousness stirred from deep within 
> anytime I caught wind of this annual tradition. Co-workers would go out o

[RBW] Re: New cassette issue...any ideas?

[Lungimsam]

Installed on the bike were:
Cassette
Chain
4.5mm spacer
Lube
Grease for cassette lock ring.

No wobble in cassette/cogs and chain runs good through derailers. Friction 
only Silver Shifters, D-rings tightened up and in place well. 135mm 
dropouts. All cogs, except smallest are riveted together, so orientation 
correct. 

So I can't think of what it could be. Maybe the chain needs to settle in. I 
only have about 50 miles on it so far. But no chain settling needed on the 
Sam.

H...Maybe I will inspect the plastic D ring washer on the Silver 
shifter. I hear those crack sometimes.
Maybe reset the wheel in the dropouts, too, in case I reinstalled it ajar.

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[RBW] New cassette issue...any ideas?

[WETH]

Just to clarify, all you changed were the cassette (8 to 7 speed) and chain?  
Silver shifters are friction only?

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Re: [RBW] New cassette issue...any ideas?

[Lungimsam]

Yes, both cassette and chain were bought new, sealed in their boxes, from 
Harris Cyclery.

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Re: [RBW] New cassette issue...any ideas?

[Steve Palincsar]

Do we even know it was a new cassette and chain?

On 05/21/2016 02:37 PM, Joe Bernard wrote:

My first wildly random guess is that the chainline is slightly different due to 
Mr. Bleriot having shorter chainstays. It could also be a matter of slightly 
different tolerances in manufacturing in the cassette or chain compared to the 
first batch. The issue may disappear as the parts wear in together.



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[RBW] Re: New cassette issue...any ideas?

[Lungimsam]

I thought about chainline, but as I don't know anything about that, I 
thought there is nothing I can do about it except change the bb, I guess, 
and I'm not ready for that yet.

Isn't cross-chaining a form of artificially messing up the chainline? 
Usually the bike crosschains with no probs.

I don't remember what length bb spindle it is. I asked the mechanique and 
he said the shorter of the two, but I don't remember which two, 113, 115, 
110? He said it is a Shimano bb.

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Re: [RBW] Re: good blug post on rim and disk brakes

[dstein]

Man, can we just go back to talking about something less controversial like 
the pros and cons of helmets, or politics?

I'm a big fan of disc brakes. But only for that 2% of riding I do in wet 
weather. Going on long, steep downhills in the rain with rim brakes is 
enough to make me not ever want to ride my brakes in the rain (on hilly 
rides). I accept that Rivendell will never have a non-tandem with discs 
(which I always attributed to a mix of of design aesthetics and lack of 
combatibility with any of their other frames or brake lever offerings), but 
its good to have one disc brake bike in your stable. I would love to see a 
future Hunq with disc brakes though and would consider selling up to get it.

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[RBW] New cassette issue...any ideas?

[Joe Bernard]

My first wildly random guess is that the chainline is slightly different due to 
Mr. Bleriot having shorter chainstays. It could also be a matter of slightly 
different tolerances in manufacturing in the cassette or chain compared to the 
first batch. The issue may disappear as the parts wear in together. 

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[RBW] Re: WTB: 1" quill to 1-1/8" stem adapter

[Garth]

  I've used the VO one on my Bombadil for a few years now, nothing to 
report other than it does what it intends. I have a Nitto MTC-012 also but 
have not needed to use it. I like the lip on the VO one as there is no 
chance of it ever slipping down and it looks alright. If you want a black 
one just like the VO w/lip get the Dimension branded one, called by name 
"steerer adapter" . I've seen black Nitto MTC's from overseas but not USA. 




On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 12:58:57 PM UTC-4, saintruggler wrote:
>
> Looking to install a modern 1-1/8" stem and associated handlebar (31.8mm 
> clamp size) onto a bike with 1" threaded steerer. First off, does anyone 
> have experience or advice to share? 
>
> Secondly, anyone have a black one to sell, such as Nitto MTC-04 in black? 
>
> Eric

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[RBW] Re: Ride Report & Musings on Bicycling as Joy

[Deacon Patrick]

If I don't beat my previous fun quotient (average bugs in teeth per hour) 
by at least 2% per ride it is a failure. Many benifits to this intense 
pressure to have more fun every ride, including I have no need to eat 
anything other than what I gather with grins. One downside is that 
inclimant weather and winter rides do not register on the bug in teeth due 
to the lack of bugs. I haven't sorted that problem out yet. Grin.

With abandon,
Patrick

On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 1:49:11 PM UTC-6, kielsun wrote:
>
> Here's a rather lengthy "ride report" from my ride with co-workers for 
> National Bike to Work Day. It's really more a reflection on how my reasons 
> for biking have changed over the years. Please feel free to respond with 
> similar reflections of your own.
>
> - - - - - - - - - -
>
> I lived in Baltimore City for about a decade, and for several of those 
> years, I was a bike commuter. My steed, a rattle-can-brown early 80s Trek 
> single-speed conversion, was light and fast. I ran 23mm Gatorskins pumped 
> to 100 psi. I darted between cars and blew through lights. I rode without a 
> helmet. I did everything that I wouldn't dream of doing now and I didn’t 
> think twice about it. I just needed to get to work, and I was often late, 
> so I needed to get there as quickly as possible.
>
> A few years into my decade in the City, I bought a car, a faded gold '97 
> Corolla that had been through the ringer. I handed my friend Amy a crisp $1 
> bill and she handed me the title. (That was the second $1 car I'd bought in 
> my life, the first being an '83 Civic, "Norm," that I bought off a college 
> roommate.  A couple years later, the Glendora CA Police Department towed it 
> while I was out of the country and I never saw it again. But that's another 
> story.)
>
> Once I had the car, my bike commuting days slowly came to an end. I gave 
> every excuse in the world as to why I stopped riding to work, but they 
> didn’t really add up to much beyond indifference. And that indifference, 
> I've realized, stemmed from the fact that biking had become a strictly 
> point-a-to-point-b venture. It was all utility and no joy--which is 
> particularly sad because of how joyfully my biking life began: 
> destinationless, meandering rides through the South Dakota countryside, all 
> gravel roads, one hand on the handlebar and the other clutching a fishing 
> rod or BB gun. 
>
> So I guess the point of all this is that I went on a bike ride this 
> morning, and it was fun. I met my co-workers at a quarter past six. We rode 
> five winding miles through suburban neighborhoods, down roads I'd never 
> traveled, walked our bikes through holes in fences at the end of dead end 
> streets, avoided traffic at all costs. Our destination was the Towson pit 
> stop for National Bike to Work Day. 
>
> During my bike commuting days, self-righteousness stirred from deep within 
> anytime I caught wind of this annual tradition. Co-workers would go out of 
> their way to tell me, the only biker guy they knew, that they were 
> planning to ride. They'd brush the dust off of their hybrids and mountain 
> bikes and squirt some WD-40 on the chains. On the day of, they'd text 
> pictures of the commute, and they'd stop by my classroom to see if I'd 
> gotten their messages. Some years, I'd even go out of my way to take the 
> bus on that day, imagining that it was some sort of a statement. In my 
> youth, everything had to be exclusively mine.
>
> But today, I didn’t think about any of that. My Sam felt better than ever. 
> My co-workers and I smiled and laughed and talked, mostly about past bike 
> rides, and we made plans for future rides, too--adventures we’ll go on 
> together. And while I’ve been joyfully riding my bike again now for years, 
> today I bid official farewell to the jaded rider of my early 20s, the one 
> who didn’t remember how much joy could come from hopping on a bicycle with 
> one goal, to just ride.
>

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[RBW] Re: RBWHQ spy report

[Joe Bernard]

I showed up in my Chevy HHR SS once (since sold), then Mark and I talked about 
it and his Mini Cooper Clubman. Car talk at RBW! Which reminds me, he needs to 
see my FIAT 500 Abarth...

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[RBW] New cassette issue...any ideas?

[Lungimsam]

I put a 7-speed cassette with SRAM 8 speed chain on my Sam and it has been 
perfect. XD treble cranks, deore derailers, silver bar ends.
So I went ahead and did the same on my Bleriot. It had an 8 speed cassette 
before. Same model chain before, so I know the derailers handle it fine. 
Similar build as the Sam. xd600 treble cranks, 9 speed microshift FD, 
SunXCD RD, silver bar ends.

Same model cassette and chain as I put on the Sam. But I am 
finding both micro-chatter and harder to get settled into gear in the 3rd 
and 4th smallest cogs than on the Sam, which is flawless. Maybe I am just 
listening too hard as I ride.

Any ideas? Installation was my typical neurotic level of perfectionism, so 
I don't see any probs there.

Cassette runs true. No wobble at all. All cogs run true from what I can 
see. Chain runs fine through derailer. Same lubes on both bikes.


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[RBW] Re: RBWHQ spy report

[Lungimsam]

A likely story.

A) What were you doing with a car at RBW headquarters? Just doesn't add up.
B)  If there was nothing earth shattering, then you clearly couldn't have 
been at RBW.
C) Noone leaves an image capturing device behind when entering RBW.

But seriously, thanks for the intel, Bill. I am curious to see what the 
tandem looks like.

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[RBW] Re: RBWHQ spy report

[Bill Lindsay]

I had my phone in the charger in my car.  As I was getting out of my car, 
it occurred to me that I didn't have my phone.  I thought about it for a 
moment, and decided to just leave it behind.  The tandem prototype is going 
to have several things changed, Grant said.  He's decided that the tandem 
doesn't need the ultra-long chainstays that he's liking on single person 
bikes, because a tandem already has a crazy long wheelbase.  So the rear 
end of the tandem looks kind of like a Clem in that it has super long 
stays, but the production ones will look somewhat more normal.  

The thing most deserving of a photo was Roman's home-made frame bag on his 
54cm Hunqapillar.  If you have a 54cm Hunqapillar, you should email Roman 
and offer him some money to make you one.  It's rad.  Smallish, but rad.  

On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 10:40:28 PM UTC-7, Reid wrote:
>
>
>
> On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 6:33:37 PM UTC-7, Ron Mc wrote:
>>
>> No phone photo?
>
>
> Really, Bill. No pics?!?! You could get banned from this forum, ya' know.
>
> Curious Reid
>
>

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[RBW] WTB: 1" quill to 1-1/8" stem adapter

[saintruggler]

Looking to install a modern 1-1/8" stem and associated handlebar (31.8mm clamp 
size) onto a bike with 1" threaded steerer. First off, does anyone have 
experience or advice to share?

Secondly, anyone have a black one to sell, such as Nitto MTC-04 in black?

Eric

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[RBW] Re: Getting the Quickbeam's chainline perfect!!

[BSWP]

The crank arm presents challenges for turning the spindle area on a lathe. 
Long radius, and off-center mass. I would mount it to a rotary table, then 
spin the crank against an end mill.

- Andrew, my basement overflows with tools, Berkeley

On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 11:27:20 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote:
>
> Did you use the mill or the lathe?  Both present their own challenges in 
> set-up I'd imagine.  The lathe would let you take a pass at an angle, 
> making it kind of conical.  Then you fit inside the BB while maintaining 
> the surface engagement between crank arm and spindle.  With the mill you're 
> more likely just going to face it flat, which might make you a little more 
> nervous.  Even if something did fail I would not expect it to be 
> catastrophic.  I say go for it, either way. 
>
> Bill
>
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Re: [RBW] Santa Fe (half) century?

[Patrick Moore]

Probably not the 50 mile Tijeras rt, but if I get the shifter sorted out, I
hope to do at least a ~30 mile Tramway ride. Off to Stevie;s to find
shifter and cable bits.

On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 4:33 AM, 'Mojo' via RBW Owners Bunch <
rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> Well Patrick perhaps Sunday is still your day to do 50 miles. When was the
> last time you made your way through town and out to Tijeras? Then north or
> south from there are glorious. The climb and decent will allow to run
> through all three gears to try them in the wild, so to speak.
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[RBW] Opinions on the 52cm Bosco?

[Eric Karnes]

Hi all-


I’m experimenting with handlebars on my new Riv. I’ve had the Albatrosses 
on a number of previous bikes (and now this one). And while I like them, I 
can’t shake the feeling that they’re a bit wide for my narrowish shoulders 
(I measure for a 38mm drop bar). 


I’m intrigued by the possibilities of the Boscos for a peppy upright build. 
Has anyone had any experience with the 52cm version? I’ve read a bunch of 
the positive reviews on this forum, but it always seems to be in reference 
to the wider 58’s.


Thanks is advance!


Eric

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[RBW] Re: Experience with mini "half clips" ?

[Michael Flournoy]

I have used regular half-clips and the "Deep" half-clip from VO. I much 
prefer the deep ones. I wear a size 9 shoe so it's not to accommodate a 
large foot just a better position over the pedal. Also I can wear shoes or 
most hiking boots once I bent the toe part up a little. Mostly I like to 
have some movement on the pedal but still good fore-aft positioning and no 
concern of slipping off the pedal. Also it's the easiest in and out at 
stoplights short of a flat pedal. I use them with MKS Sylvan touring 
pedals- cheap but still classy :- }

- Michael Flournoy in wet but green VA

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On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 7:05:50 AM UTC-4, Tom M wrote:
>
> I use V-O half-clips with White Industries pedals on my road bike, and 
> they work great. The WI pedals are smooth, so I like the retention the 
> half-clips give. Not the same connection as clipless or clips and straps, 
> but better for me than flat pedals alone.
> --Tom in VA
>
>
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[RBW] Re: Ride Report & Musings on Bicycling as Joy

[dougP]

That's a wonderful account of how one's biking can evolve over time.  The 
versatility of the bicycle allows us to use them in so many ways.  Granted, 
design specifics vary according to use, but at the heart is a couple of 
wheels (or 3 perhaps) connected by support structure.  Some friends have 
just completed a 1,400 mile, self supported camping tour.  My wife & I are 
pottering around a favorite area with the goal of deciding whether to move 
here (best way in the world to evaluate neighborhoods is from the seat of a 
bike). This is a college town, so all manner of utility bikes are on the 
road.  A couple of days ago I was in Monterey & caught part of the ATOC 
bike race.  Just the fact one can do so many different things via bicycle 
is amazing.  I would guess many riders go through some development of 
utility, transportation, racing, touring, etc. over their lives, as you've 
gone from commuting to fun.  Thanks for sharing your cycling life with us.

dougP  

On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 12:49:11 PM UTC-7, kielsun wrote:
>
> Here's a rather lengthy "ride report" from my ride with co-workers for 
> National Bike to Work Day. It's really more a reflection on how my reasons 
> for biking have changed over the years. Please feel free to respond with 
> similar reflections of your own.
>
> - - - - - - - - - -
>
> I lived in Baltimore City for about a decade, and for several of those 
> years, I was a bike commuter. My steed, a rattle-can-brown early 80s Trek 
> single-speed conversion, was light and fast. I ran 23mm Gatorskins pumped 
> to 100 psi. I darted between cars and blew through lights. I rode without a 
> helmet. I did everything that I wouldn't dream of doing now and I didn’t 
> think twice about it. I just needed to get to work, and I was often late, 
> so I needed to get there as quickly as possible.
>
> A few years into my decade in the City, I bought a car, a faded gold '97 
> Corolla that had been through the ringer. I handed my friend Amy a crisp $1 
> bill and she handed me the title. (That was the second $1 car I'd bought in 
> my life, the first being an '83 Civic, "Norm," that I bought off a college 
> roommate.  A couple years later, the Glendora CA Police Department towed it 
> while I was out of the country and I never saw it again. But that's another 
> story.)
>
> Once I had the car, my bike commuting days slowly came to an end. I gave 
> every excuse in the world as to why I stopped riding to work, but they 
> didn’t really add up to much beyond indifference. And that indifference, 
> I've realized, stemmed from the fact that biking had become a strictly 
> point-a-to-point-b venture. It was all utility and no joy--which is 
> particularly sad because of how joyfully my biking life began: 
> destinationless, meandering rides through the South Dakota countryside, all 
> gravel roads, one hand on the handlebar and the other clutching a fishing 
> rod or BB gun. 
>
> So I guess the point of all this is that I went on a bike ride this 
> morning, and it was fun. I met my co-workers at a quarter past six. We rode 
> five winding miles through suburban neighborhoods, down roads I'd never 
> traveled, walked our bikes through holes in fences at the end of dead end 
> streets, avoided traffic at all costs. Our destination was the Towson pit 
> stop for National Bike to Work Day. 
>
> During my bike commuting days, self-righteousness stirred from deep within 
> anytime I caught wind of this annual tradition. Co-workers would go out of 
> their way to tell me, the only biker guy they knew, that they were 
> planning to ride. They'd brush the dust off of their hybrids and mountain 
> bikes and squirt some WD-40 on the chains. On the day of, they'd text 
> pictures of the commute, and they'd stop by my classroom to see if I'd 
> gotten their messages. Some years, I'd even go out of my way to take the 
> bus on that day, imagining that it was some sort of a statement. In my 
> youth, everything had to be exclusively mine.
>
> But today, I didn’t think about any of that. My Sam felt better than ever. 
> My co-workers and I smiled and laughed and talked, mostly about past bike 
> rides, and we made plans for future rides, too--adventures we’ll go on 
> together. And while I’ve been joyfully riding my bike again now for years, 
> today I bid official farewell to the jaded rider of my early 20s, the one 
> who didn’t remember how much joy could come from hopping on a bicycle with 
> one goal, to just ride.
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[RBW] Re: Price drop on El Fito at Ibex

['Clayton' via RBW Owners Bunch]

 

> Thanks for the info. I ordered a pair. Screaming deal. I am hoping to 
> divest myself of a drawer of old, stretched out, and too large lycra 
> tights, which I never wear.


Clayton (Bend) 

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[RBW] Re: My Latest Video

[Lungimsam]

Thanks for posting. Great way to see the countryside. Never been there 
before. That downhill at 9:25 looked fun.
How much of it would you say you rode alone?
How many riders were there?
Did you use an edeluxe I headlight?
The beam on my edeluxe ii light doesn't even show up on video.

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[RBW] Re: Ride Report & Musings on Bicycling as Joy

[Lungimsam]

Interesting story. I know a guy who was a bike messenger in Baltimore back 
in the '80's. Funny how we lose our fun and freedom in bike riding.

I am in the Baltimore area. Howard County.

I recently lost my cycling computer and didn't buy another. Using 
my Funometer is much better. 

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[RBW] Re: Price drop on El Fito at Ibex

[Lungimsam]

I wash with ecover and dry flat. So far they haven't shrunk from what I can 
tell. I like the ease of movement with the larger sizes.

It is funny because, as small a person as I am I don't see how anyone fits 
into a small or medium size bike short.  Even when I first started cycling 
and bought spandex shorts, I wore L and XL.

I could see a 135lb. 5'7" person in a M size, but I don't get the small 
sizes. Maybe bike clothes are racer sized?

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Re: [RBW] Re: good blug post on rim and disk brakes

[ascpgh]

When I look at a disk equipped wheel and I am less distressed by asymmetry 
of dish and am more concerned about the builder's resolution of which are 
inbound versus outbound spokes now that the hub is stopping the wheel under 
braking intend of the rim. The dearth of asymmetrically drilled rims seems 
to support that. I give more gravity in Rich's comments to his concerns for 
inbound/outbound assignment.

Despite the increasing use of the low spoke count wheels, used on OEM 
bikes, I still see the spoked wheel as a dynamic rather than static 
engineering structure. It is a construction of parts that by selection (of 
material, design and gauge) distribute stresses of rider input (braking, 
pedaling and steering) and surface input. Not too dissimilar from all the 
city bridges around here...and I will tell you that they do move under 
load. More easily sensed from a bike. 




Steve's observation of a rider in his group breaking a spoke on one of 
those wheels, a Trek 720 disk by his description, parallels my experience. 
A fellow rider popped a spoke on low count, girder-like rim proprietary 
wheel,  and no one (LBS mech, bike company, component mfgr.) could give him 
a spoke, source, tool for the nipple or specification of tension, only an 
address for warranty service. OEM, but unsatisfactory. 


I want my bike wheels to share those forces and not imply more of the 
structure to a single one (or type, like spokes). The net result is a wheel 
that has response to those surges of input rather than direct transmission 
of them to you via the frame. I can't speak for Rich, but his concern for 
assembling the spokes of a disk hub so as to account for the dynamic 
operating stresses and response. Common rim-braked wheels have the same 
dynamic considerations. Spokes pulling under the implied rotating force 
exerted by rim braking caused distortion of overall structure, deflecting 
the rim, resulting in this brake wear pattern in the anodization:




Jobst Brandt's excellent diagrammatic of the same:



Bottom line is that I haven't seen or heard this amount of insight and 
attention to detail being discussed regarding disk brake wheel spoking 
patterns or discussions about contrasting views or designs supporting the 
alternate views. My quiet inspections of rear disk wheels in shops hasn't 
indicated a consensus either (PJW built my SON28 centerlock front hub and 
Synergy 36° rim with 14g pulling spokes inbound, symmetric).

Andy Cheatham
Pittsburgh
On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 4:55:43 PM UTC-4, masmojo wrote:
>
> Well, I've personally built several disk wheels & a couple of those were 
> fronts and will be building 2 or 3 more shortly. (On top of that I have 
> probably built a couple dozen non disk wheels) No disrespect to Rich but 
> the front disk hubs I have used required no dish at all! Typically, (from 
> what little I've seen) the manufacturers relocate the non braking side 
> flange further inboard so that no dishing of the wheel is needed and while 
> I prefer not having any dish in the wheel I am not sure whether I wouldn't 
> prefer it to the loss of triangulation that results from moving the flanges 
> in to compensate for the disk.
> I used the term sprung weight mearly as a counterpoint to the rolling 
> weight and because a better term did not come to mind. It was not the 
> significant point of the topic anywayz. The main point that you obviously 
> missed was that less rotating mass is preferable to less weight in the 
> frame. AND not to be argumentative or go into too much pointless 
> explanation, but a bicycle frame on spoked wheels would be considered 
> sprung weight! 
> Your friends Trek probably just got a bum wheel, my XO-1s front wheel 
> broke several spokes when I first got it, tore it down rebuilt it, no 
> further problems. 
> The average rider probably doesn't break too many spokes regardless of 
> configuration, which was part of the point of what I was making. If you 
> break a lot of spokes you need a new wheel builder.
>
> My experience with trying to straighten pieces of metal like brake rotors 
> is that typically you do more harm then good. The tolerances on disks are 
> so small that a wobble of less then a millimeter effects whether it will 
> rub or not and by extension how good it will work. I have seen people 
> "shrink" metal, using a torch/heat, but again I might cause more harm then 
> good.
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Re: [RBW] Re: How do you know what the VAT/duty is going to be if you buy from EU/Japan?

[Steve Palincsar]

On 05/21/2016 08:21 AM, Deacon Patrick wrote:
Any place that ships internationally (or more specifically outside the 
EU) will remove the VAT. Depending, it happens automatically on their 
site, or you have to talk with them (working with Hilltrek for my 
ventile it was manual). I've had customs delays, but never any fees.


Certainly VAT isn't going to be a problem, but customs duties, on the 
other hand - mostly we don't have to pay.  But there's some value 
threshold, and if you cross it from some of the thread titles I've seen 
on the cycling forums, customs duties can be shocking, especially if 
you're not expecting them.  I suggest you go to a forum like Paceline 
and search for "tariff".


A quick scan and I found a couple of major themes:
- UPS and FedEx are problematic and should be avoided
- Royal Mail never a problem
- DHL sometimes a problem
- Depends on the specific item; some are 0%, some 10% tariff, and 
sometimes things are mis-coded and then you get unexpected charges


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[RBW] Re: How do you know what the VAT/duty is going to be if you buy from EU/Japan?

[Belopsky]

US customs recently changed their policy, anything under $800 should not be 
hit with duty..

Now..tell me what are the liked EU and Japanese vendors? 

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[RBW] Re: How do you know what the VAT/duty is going to be if you buy from EU/Japan?

[Deacon Patrick]

Any place that ships internationally (or more specifically outside the EU) 
will remove the VAT. Depending, it happens automatically on their site, or 
you have to talk with them (working with Hilltrek for my ventile it was 
manual). I've had customs delays, but never any fees.

With abandon,
Patrick

On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 10:04:27 PM UTC-6, Lungimsam wrote:
>
> I know some of you buy from EU and Japanese vendors. Some products are 
> waaayy less expensive if bought from them and the shipping seems 
> reasonable. But how can you tell if you will have to pay duty/VAT fees and 
> what they will be?
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[RBW] Re: Price drop on El Fito at Ibex

[Belopsky]

FYI, this stuff should not shrink unless you really try to. I have lots of 
Ibex and it's all pre-shrunk. I believe that the dryer lowers the life-span 
of the garments, but does not shrink them.

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[RBW] Re: Getting the Quickbeam's chainline perfect!!

[Deacon Patrick]

Kai,

My set up is the same as Matt's and it's brilliant. The 107bb is what came 
with it, so I would start there. But as you say, you're in this route, so 
that route now mean a new bb and new cranks so what's to lose? As for the 
32, Are you weight conscious? If not, why not keep it on there? Out there 
somewhere is a hill with your name on it - long enough and steep enough to 
warrant changing to the 32t for the long climb. Grin.

Whatever you end up doing, have fun! And let us know how it turns out. And 
if you're ever out in Colorado and want to meet some hills worth changing 
for, I'm happy to introduce you. Grin.

With abandon,
Patrick

On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 6:35:00 PM UTC-6, Matt B. wrote:
>
> How many gears are you using up front on your QB?   I have the two stock 
> gears on mine (40, 32) and use them both frequently with a white 16/19 FW 
> in back.   I keep the chainline right in the middle with a 107mm BB.
>

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Re: [RBW] Re: How to keep your bike from getting stolen.

[Peter White]

Most common user error is not putting a bit of grease on the threads. Next
would be tightening too much.

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Sam Day  wrote:

> my oldest pitlock is 15years old - bought in Germany in 2001. no problems.
>
> mechanical awareness helps avoid stripping or whatnot.
>
> If some online bike rag guy had his fail, I'm guessing user error.
>
> sam, seattle,
>
>
>
> On Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 9:00:36 AM UTC-7, John Phillips wrote:
>>
>> I found a column in an online bike rag yesterday, can't remember where,
>> in which the columnist said Pitlock wheel skewers will eventually strip and
>> need replacement.
>>
>> This guy said his lasted three years before needing to be replaced.
>>
>> Has anyone here had any experiences with Pitlock skewers wearing out?
>> Does anyone replace theirs on a regular basis?
>>
>> Or has anyone had trouble getting the seatpost pitlock tight enough to
>> keep your seatpost from slipping?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> John
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Re: [RBW] How to trim skewer length without damaging thread?

[Peter White]

For some - unknown to me - reason, using a belt sander to clean up the end
always leaves a nice smooth end to the threads. But using a bench grinder
always leaves a small and extremely sharp edge. So I always use the belt
sander. Using a nut to straighten the tiny sharp edge does let you get the
nut back on, but it still leaves you with that tiny sharp and potentially
nasty sharp edge.

On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 1:27 AM, Kainalu  wrote:

> Thread a nut on to the skewer inside of where you want to cut it, cut it,
> then file the cut to dull the edge. Backing off the nut will right any
> wrongs, leaving you with a nice end.
> -Kai
> Brooklyn NY
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[RBW] Re: Experience with mini "half clips" ?

[Tom M]

I use V-O half-clips with White Industries pedals on my road bike, and they 
work great. The WI pedals are smooth, so I like the retention the 
half-clips give. Not the same connection as clipless or clips and straps, 
but better for me than flat pedals alone.
--Tom in VA

On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 1:15:08 PM UTC-4, Jack B wrote:
>
> I mostly subscribe to the Riv theory about pedals, i.e. I ride flat pedals 
> w/ street shoes for my daily rides.
>
> My current setup has MKS Sylvan touring pedals, which I bought with the 
> idea that I could add toeclips and straps for longer rides.
>
> Well now I'm about to go on a longish ride for an s24o, and don't really 
> want to mess with full clips and straps, but also think it might be nice to 
> have some more leverage.
>
> Anyone have success with these half-clips that MKS and VO offer?
> https://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=32040
>
> Seems like a nice compromise, but I'm also skeptical about the 
> effectiveness. Anyone have experience with these?
>
> cheers,
> Jack B.
>

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[RBW] Santa Fe (half) century?

['Mojo' via RBW Owners Bunch]

Well Patrick perhaps Sunday is still your day to do 50 miles. When was the last 
time you made your way through town and out to Tijeras? Then north or south 
from there are glorious. The climb and decent will allow to run through all 
three gears to try them in the wild, so to speak.

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