Re: [RBW] Re: How Rivendells are received in your city ... (was: Rivvish Shop in Santa Barbara?)
Selling Rivs and allowing a customer access to their shop to build wheels? Talk about full service. That is over the top! You may be right about best shop ever. Certainly in the Pantheon of great shops. Thanks! Richard Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 12, 2016, at 3:42 AM, Kai Vierstra wrote: > > 718 is great! I took a wheel building class there. They'll teach you how for > free, give you a discount on the parts needed, and let you use their shop to > build. It's crrrazy! Best shop ever? Probably. > -Kai Vierstra > Brooklyn NY > > -- > 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/Y-sn-4aIAAw/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: FS: Willow Chainring Sale, cont. - Canvas Bags & Leather Goods - Pre-Order Bag Discount.
Hi Patrck - Certainly can do something like that. I'm going to be working on something similar shortly, likely with a flap with snaps to close the wallet securely - or something similar. What are the dimensions on the one you have now? David On Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 4:50:42 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > David -- I see that you are moving into wallets. Would you be willing one > day to copy the little Coach zip purse I've been using as a wallet for -- > sheesh, 10 years? 15 years? The leather is fine but the zipper is gradually > separating from the leather. > > I carry about 7 cards of various sorts, a spare door key, and very very > rarely a tightly folded bill. > > I like this because it is very simple -- one compartment; very flat; and > closes securely over the contents. But a closure other than the zipper with > its cloth tape liable to tearing would be even better. > > See photo below. The face on the card is Sitting Bull's. > > [image: Inline image 1] > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 3:50 PM, David Banzer > wrote: > >> Bumping this thread. Willow chainring sale is over, but the bag pre-sale >> is still on - I'll be taking orders at the discount price up until >> September 15. >> Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered - I've got a bunch of work to do! >> There's a few ready-made bags/leather goods left at treetop.bigcartel.com >> . >> David >> Chicago >> >> -- >> 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> . >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ** > ** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > 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 > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Another S3X hub
Yes, I know, such a juvenile name, but the advantage of this product compared to the AW is that direct is high, so that with a freewheel you have a sturdy and low-drag 3 speed hub with a decent cruising ratio and some good climbing gears, and don't waste High on some hugely useless overdrive. Compared to adding a derailleur to the '03, this is a very quick and easy temporary swap. Why did SA choose a 133% overdrive for the AW's high? I can't fathom that. On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 10:52 PM, IanA wrote: > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=s3x > > > > On Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 5:54:42 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> I complained about the lash when installed on my Riv fixie gofast, but >> after all, for the price I paid, it's a very easy way to get climbing gears >> without having to modify the stripped down gofast by adding, say, >> derailleur, rear brake/cabling. Perhaps one day when I am old and decrepit, >> I *will *add a rear brake and use the wonderful AM hub I picked up >> cheap, but which has a 5 3/4" axle and so can't be used on the 130 mm OL >> '03 Riv errand bike. (It will work on the 126 OL gofast.) >> >> Anyway, I just found and ordered another S3X, this one set up for 130 mm >> spacing, which I hope to have built into a wheel for the '03 and to use >> with either a 17 t freewheel, or perhaps a 16/18 t DOS. >> >> The weather has cooled down greatly, and I'd like to do some "longer" >> rides -- long for me is 30 miles.* >> >> I'd love to get a TF for the gofast -- 100% and 25% reduction, and -- so >> it is said -- very little lash, but the one I saw on eBay built into an old >> British 27" club wheel has a $650 buy it now price. >> >> Finally, glad I sold all of that stuff -- it allowed me to buy this hub >> and set aside cash for a wheel build. >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> >> >> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >> 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 >> >> *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart >> >> *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle >> >> >> -- > 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. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ** ** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a 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 *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Helmets... what do you like?
just yesterday, I was pedaling quickly through an intersection in the green, a driver on the cross street had right-turn sweep with a yield sign. I turned on my front helmet blinkie, looked straight at the driver, and saw his recognition as new and extra braking (dive) of his vehicle - he didn't see me before that. -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: 2017 Redlands Strada Rossa
Fourth year... We're no longer toddlers! RSR is a fun, challenging, exhausting, and amazing event. It partly developed from some of the SoCal Riv Rides that happen occasionally. The idea is to put chunks of dirt together with nice on-road connectors. 100km/62 miles to make it challenging, but doable without super-athletic training. Need a bike that can go anywhere. Self-paced. Sound like anyone you know??? On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 1:42:01 AM UTC-7, dougP wrote: > > Excellent event, great post event party. Plenty of options. '17 will be > year 4, right? > > Doug p > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Helmets... what do you like?
MIPS technology does add to safety. I know 2 different MTB riders that hit trees head on and credited the rational aspect of MIPS with reducing the impact. POC makes some of the safest helmets out there. Rene, a few other xl sizes (I need a 62) in the more affordable range are the Bell Transition, several Cannondales, Giro Hex xl, and Lazar in l/xl. It is highly recommended by several safety organizations that your poly foam helmet be replaced every 5 years due to foam degradation. Previously they said 7 years. I split the difference and retire a helmet after 6 years. I've trashed 3 helmets in crashes in 10 years-all low speed crashes, 2 my head hit first. Saved head injuries in each crash. Several of my riding buddies have had very serious crashes and they say the helmet saved them from severe head injury (2 had cracked vertabra). Head and neck injuries can be reduced with a good helmet. Lastly, even the less expensive helmets have interior foam sculpting to get good air flow. The more expensive helmets are highly sculpted to increase air flow amazingly well. If you haven't tried a good helmet in the last few years, you owe to yourself to give the new crop of helmets a try. Helmets really have come a ways in fit and comfort as well as safety the past few years. Just remember, most crashes happen unexpectedly. There is no reaction time. Your choice to wear an old helmet or no helmet is an emotional decision, not a logical decision. Cheers, Bill in Roswell, GA -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] FS 58 cm HT aluminum Bosco NEW
I have two of these, new in the wrapper, never installed or used in any way. $80 shipped to CONUS. -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: How Rivendells are received in your city ... (was: Rivvish Shop in Santa Barbara?)
Only positive responses from the shops. Interestingly the older guys are kind of neutral, the younger ones tend to really appreciate it. On the trails only positive, mixed in with amazement "Your rode up here on that?!?!?!" from the MTB crowd. Funniest anecdote was when another rider at a rest stop one day told me I would be faster with clip in pedals/shoes. He was possibly right, I chuckled to myself riding off on the Quickbeam, thinking that adding 28 more gear ratios would make me faster as well. On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 5:44:59 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > This is so odd, or perhaps I just live in a very nice city. Not only have > I ever gotten only praise and interest for my Rivendells and other such > oddities, but I've been a favorite at one of the high end, Cervelo selling, > Madone stocking, carbon fiber living shops in town. Owners drooled over > Rivendells, 1958 Herse, late '70s Ken Rogers British Racing Trik*. Local > roadies and grocery store doofuses all say, "Nice bike!" > > Hell, I even had the owner of another now defunct high end store accept > the 30 lb rear wheel from a 3 speed Schwinn for spoke replacement and > truing without a single grimace or sotto voce comment, and this was 25 > years ago before I had any real shop cred. > > (Though I did have a snarky youth make a deprecating comment about my hot > rodded 1992 XO-1 ... Perhaps it was the purple rims and SRAM drop bar twist > shifters?) > > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 6:19 AM, 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch < > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > wrote: > >> When I first started looking into building up my own bike, I visited an >> LBS and in conversation I casually mentioned RBW being an influence and the >> owner grimaced and said something to the effect of "stay away from those >> Rivendells..".About a year later, I was in there again and he was >> showing off his new Salsa that he chose for the frame material being steel >> and the chainstays longer.for comfort. >> >> >> >> On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 10:55:59 PM UTC-5, PG wrote: >>> >>> >>> Will Ashe wrote: >>> >>> I live in Los Angeles, and as such am intrigued. Would it be a Riv dealer or just carry Riv like parts and gear? Will >>> >>> Will, >>> >>> By rivvish, I mean a shop that understands a wide variety of bike >>> designs, and accepts them all as valid. Or, to put it another way, a >>> shop where you can walk in with a Rivendell and not get laughed out the >>> door. (That's happened to me before.) >>> >>> >>> Paul >>> >> -- >> 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> . >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ** > ** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > 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 > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Helmets... what do you like?
I wanted to like the Brooks helmet as I am a Brooks fan for most of their offerings. I guess I have an odd shaped head as I always need to try a helmet on first. It is pretty clear fast which work and which are a no go. The Brooks was a clear not gonna happen! On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 11:19:15 AM UTC-4, Bill in Roswell GA wrote: > > MIPS technology does add to safety. I know 2 different MTB riders that hit > trees head on and credited the rational aspect of MIPS with reducing the > impact. > > POC makes some of the safest helmets out there. Rene, a few other xl sizes > (I need a 62) in the more affordable range are the Bell Transition, several > Cannondales, Giro Hex xl, and Lazar in l/xl. > > It is highly recommended by several safety organizations that your poly > foam helmet be replaced every 5 years due to foam degradation. Previously > they said 7 years. I split the difference and retire a helmet after 6 > years. I've trashed 3 helmets in crashes in 10 years-all low speed crashes, > 2 my head hit first. Saved head injuries in each crash. Several of my > riding buddies have had very serious crashes and they say the helmet saved > them from severe head injury (2 had cracked vertabra). Head and neck > injuries can be reduced with a good helmet. > > Lastly, even the less expensive helmets have interior foam sculpting to > get good air flow. The more expensive helmets are highly sculpted to > increase air flow amazingly well. If you haven't tried a good helmet in the > last few years, you owe to yourself to give the new crop of helmets a try. > Helmets really have come a ways in fit and comfort as well as safety the > past few years. > > Just remember, most crashes happen unexpectedly. There is no reaction > time. Your choice to wear an old helmet or no helmet is an emotional > decision, not a logical decision. > > Cheers, > Bill in Roswell, GA > > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Helmets... what do you like?
I have a Giro Reverb that doesn't look like it came off a Power Rangers studio set. It's round, moderately comfortable and has good ventilation. Other than the vent slots not being quite big enough to get a finger through for scalp scratching, it's pretty much the Moe Howard helmet. When I was commuting about 6 miles each way I'd put tape over the front and top vents to keep my forehead from freezing during the winter. http://www.giro.com/us_en/products/men/helmets/urban/reverb.html It looks like they also have a helmet called the Sutton that may be more your style. It's tiny vent holes would leave me overheating in all but the most frigid conditions. On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Lungimsam wrote: > I don't like riding with a helmet when it is Spring/summer/fall. Too hot. > > However, I really like wearing a helmet in the rain, and in the winter to > keep the wintry blast off my head. > > I have a 2009 helmet that I like. But the outer plastic is starting to lift > away from the Styrofoam body. > > But my problem is that most helmets are made with such a high dome they make > me look funny when I wear them. I have tried others that looked low dome, > but still look high dome on me. > > So I would look for something with a flat, low dome. Anyone know of one that > doesn't cost over 60$US? > > I don't know why no one has developed a more "normal" looking helmet, with > low dome, meaning something that looks like regular clothes, and not all > science fiction like most helmets look. > > -- > 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. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Scott Loveless Camp Hill, PA USA http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ __o _'\<,_ (*)/ (*) -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: BICYCLE 'COCKPIT'
Bicycles been around a lot longer than airplanes, but now they have cockpits? If you climb into a Pitts Special you are in a cockpit and if you get into an F-1 race car you are in a cockpit. If you ride a bike you are not in a cockpit, you are on a bike. Ask a Hells Angel what he has in his Harley's cockpit... The way I see it - referring to a bicycle handlebar and associated components to a cockpit is a way to try to elevate the bicycle to more than it is. Which is sad because the beauty of bicycles has been the simplicity of the form. The false elevation is equivalent to claiming a degree from a fake online college is equal to one from an accredited university. I don't buy into the need to repurpose the word 'cockpit' to best describe the bicycle controls - we have been successfully discussing this for longer than my life time without calling it a 'cockpit'. BTW - the only bike that can reasonable fit definition of a cockpit are the land speed streamliners (where one actually climbs into the bike). For me the battle is lost - The bike world has moved beyond me. On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 4:02:09 PM UTC-7, James Valiensi wrote: > > GAWD This aggravates me to no end - referring to a bicycle handle bar as a > "cockpit". Airplanes have cockpits, bicycles have handlebars for crap's > sake!!! > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] I had to share this
I posted this to the iBoblist, but it deserves airing here. Local hit 'n' run driver taken down after hitting cyclist. https://youtu.be/Uq_Z5rSScoU I had to get this from BSNYC, but it happened not far from where I live. Don't *mess* with ABQ cyclists, or one of hiserher buddies will take you down. Reminds me of a story from 25 years ago, how a local roadie told me how a bunch of local roadies were dangerously buzzed by a mo veh, chased the vehicle down, and beat up the driver. Hail vigilantes! -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ** ** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a 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 *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ** ** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a 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 *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: I had to share this
Looks like a scary road to ride on but then I'm pretty timid that way. Hope the cyclist is ok. On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 12:37:34 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I posted this to the iBoblist, but it deserves airing here. Local hit 'n' > run driver taken down after hitting cyclist. > > https://youtu.be/Uq_Z5rSScoU > > I had to get this from BSNYC, but it happened not far from where I live. > Don't *mess* with ABQ cyclists, or one of hiserher buddies will take you > down. > > Reminds me of a story from 25 years ago, how a local roadie told me how a > bunch of local roadies were dangerously buzzed by a mo veh, chased the > vehicle down, and beat up the driver. > > Hail vigilantes! > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ** > ** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > 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 > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ** > ** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > 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 > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: I had to share this
I'm not sure of the legality of the good samaritan pulling his gun on someone leaving the scene of an accident. On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 11:37:34 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I posted this to the iBoblist, but it deserves airing here. Local hit 'n' > run driver taken down after hitting cyclist. > > https://youtu.be/Uq_Z5rSScoU > > I had to get this from BSNYC, but it happened not far from where I live. > Don't *mess* with ABQ cyclists, or one of hiserher buddies will take you > down. > > Reminds me of a story from 25 years ago, how a local roadie told me how a > bunch of local roadies were dangerously buzzed by a mo veh, chased the > vehicle down, and beat up the driver. > > Hail vigilantes! > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ** > ** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > 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 > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ** > ** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > 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 > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: BICYCLE 'COCKPIT'
You can only call it a cockpit, if it's slammed. -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: New Hunqapillar frame geometry
Once we get some financial things settled, I will be watching the used market. :) On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 6:05:31 PM UTC-5, iamkeith wrote: > > In that case, you might also consider a "last chance" 54? -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: FS: bags, Tire Savers, pedal medley, misc bits
Whoops, not zefal but something else; see photo. 5. Tire lever medley: 2 1/2 pairs of unused Pedros Milk Levers (6 levers if > I can find the last one which I saw just a day or so ago, but this sale is > for 5) + Zefal strap on pump peg + metal Zezyne Road Drive bracket with > strap. > > $5 + shipping; again, First Class. > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ** > ** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > 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 > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ** ** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a 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 *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] FS: NEW 26" Wheelset (All Silver, XT M760 / Mavic XC-717 / DT Butted Satinless)
Hi RBW folk, I have a new (as in "not ever used") set of nice 26" wheels that I bought for a build years ago, but never used. Would like to move them out of my garage and into yours! The wheels are all silver, built by one of the online mail-order places, but I don't recall who. I've typically used Colorado Cyclist, but maybe Excel Sports? Purchased to build a Waterford 1900 "Adventure Touring" bike that just didn't work out for me. The wheels are for rim brakes only (canti, v, centerpull, etc...) with silver Shimano XT M760 hubs, silver Mavic XC717 rims, 32 DT butted stainless spokes front & rear, silver brass nipples. Includes silver XT skewers and original hang tag for the XT hub. The real prize here is the Mavic XC-717 rims, which are no longer produced in silver. A great lightweight, strong do-everything rim with a stellar reputation on and off-road. All XC-717 rims come drilled for Schrader, but with an insert for Presta fixed in place. So, easy to use either type valve. I did mount a cassette and tires on these and clamp them in my un-built Waterford frame to admire them while the frame sat in my living room waiting to be built. Not a mark on them, though perhaps a little dust. $290 + $35 shipping Cheers and safe riding! -Jack K. Raleigh, NC -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Helmets... what do you like?
Thanks Bill. M set for the next 5-6 years! Let's hope by then there will be much better choices! On Sunday, September 11, 2016, Scott Loveless wrote: > I have a Giro Reverb that doesn't look like it came off a Power > Rangers studio set. It's round, moderately comfortable and has good > ventilation. Other than the vent slots not being quite big enough to > get a finger through for scalp scratching, it's pretty much the Moe > Howard helmet. When I was commuting about 6 miles each way I'd put > tape over the front and top vents to keep my forehead from freezing > during the winter. > > http://www.giro.com/us_en/products/men/helmets/urban/reverb.html > > It looks like they also have a helmet called the Sutton that may be > more your style. It's tiny vent holes would leave me overheating in > all but the most frigid conditions. > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Lungimsam > wrote: > > I don't like riding with a helmet when it is Spring/summer/fall. Too hot. > > > > However, I really like wearing a helmet in the rain, and in the winter to > > keep the wintry blast off my head. > > > > I have a 2009 helmet that I like. But the outer plastic is starting to > lift > > away from the Styrofoam body. > > > > But my problem is that most helmets are made with such a high dome they > make > > me look funny when I wear them. I have tried others that looked low dome, > > but still look high dome on me. > > > > So I would look for something with a flat, low dome. Anyone know of one > that > > doesn't cost over 60$US? > > > > I don't know why no one has developed a more "normal" looking helmet, > with > > low dome, meaning something that looks like regular clothes, and not all > > science fiction like most helmets look. > > > > -- > > 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 > . > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Scott Loveless > Camp Hill, PA USA > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > __o > _'\<,_ > (*)/ (*) > > -- > 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 > . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] 2017 Redlands Strada Rossa
Is it the same route every year? I penciled it down in my calendar, but work like to know more. Route map? Route options? Elevation gain, etc. It's a6 hours drive for me, so required planning, lodging, etc. to consider. René On Monday, September 12, 2016, cyclotour...@gmail.com < cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > Fourth year... We're no longer toddlers! RSR is a fun, challenging, > exhausting, and amazing event. It partly developed from some of the SoCal > Riv Rides that happen occasionally. The idea is to put chunks of dirt > together with nice on-road connectors. 100km/62 miles to make it > challenging, but doable without super-athletic training. Need a bike that > can go anywhere. Self-paced. Sound like anyone you know??? > > > > On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 1:42:01 AM UTC-7, dougP wrote: >> >> Excellent event, great post event party. Plenty of options. '17 will be >> year 4, right? >> >> Doug p >> > -- > 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 > . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: How to sell a Rivendell Bike
I've had good luck with craigslist but I live in the bay area so no surprise there. But I'd recommend simultaneously listing on here and craigistlist for a few weeks to see if there are any bites. Not many people buy a bike like a Rivendell impulsively, it usually appeals to someone who knows they want one, don't want to spring for a new one, and check craigslist and this list regularly. After a few weeks I'd throw it on ebay as a 'buy it now' with a set price. You can start with a higher asking price to make up for the fees, and I'd also let someone make an offer on it (this feature is nice because you can set a floor for an offer and the system will automatically reject or accept it). From there, if its still not selling and you're desperate you can send it to auction with a minimum price (or keep relisting it at a slightly lower price till someone 'buys it now'.). It'll eventually sell, its a combination of patience and also adjusting your price accordingly to meet market demand. But definitely list on ebay if it doesn't sell locally in a few weeks. -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: How to sell a Rivendell Bike
Also, if you have any bells and whistles on the bike (racks, leather saddle, dyno lights, fancy pedals, saddlebags, rando bags, etc), i'd sell those separately. Plenty of people on here will buy them for a reasonable price, and it allows you to list your bike at an even lower price since you removed some expensive accessories. -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Helmets... what do you like?
Only test I've seen on the subject of replacing your helmet due to age not impact. http://www.helmets.org/helmetlineraging.htm http://www.meaforensic.com/helmet-testing-research On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 8:19:15 AM UTC-7, Bill in Roswell GA wrote: > > > It is highly recommended by several safety organizations that your poly > foam helmet be replaced every 5 years due to foam degradation. Previously > they said 7 years. I split the difference and retire a helmet after 6 > years. > > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] 2017 Redlands Strada Rossa
René, would be great if you could come down! We have plenty of sofa-lodging available, and if that's not your thing, motels. Philip has come down before, maybe you can talk him into carpooling south! Routes change every year, intentionally. Here is this year's: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/12362448 2015: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/7148234 2014: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/4102226 You can see the similarities, but they are really quite different. I think this year's was the best. They're all going to be about 60 miles, and have approximately 6,000 ft of climbing. That's the magic ratio of 10:1,000 to let you know you're on an interesting ride! The BIG built in for all the routes, is that there are multiple good options to cut the route short, and just meander back under your own power and still enjoy the day. I think just about everyone that has done the ride has taken advantage of on of those pinch points to bypass a chunk of the route, but still stay on the course. Shared experience among riders is a big goal, so we want people to be on the same course no matter how much they ride. There is usually a shorter, 50 km/30 mile route option available. Last year there was also a 100 mile route, but that stretched our resources a bit too much. May not happen this year, too early to say. Here are some great photos to build up some enthusiasm: https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=redlands%20strada%20rossa&sort=date-posted-desc On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 12:52:17 PM UTC-7, René wrote: > > Is it the same route every year? > > I penciled it down in my calendar, but work like to know more. Route map? > Route options? Elevation gain, etc. > > It's a6 hours drive for me, so required planning, lodging, etc. to > consider. > > René > > On Monday, September 12, 2016, cyclot...@gmail.com < > cyclot...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Fourth year... We're no longer toddlers! RSR is a fun, challenging, >> exhausting, and amazing event. It partly developed from some of the SoCal >> Riv Rides that happen occasionally. The idea is to put chunks of dirt >> together with nice on-road connectors. 100km/62 miles to make it >> challenging, but doable without super-athletic training. Need a bike that >> can go anywhere. Self-paced. Sound like anyone you know??? >> >> >> >> On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 1:42:01 AM UTC-7, dougP wrote: >>> >>> Excellent event, great post event party. Plenty of options. '17 will be >>> year 4, right? >>> >>> Doug p >>> >> -- >> 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. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] 2017 Redlands Strada Rossa
Great! Thanks for the info. I'll work on it and hope there aren't any business trips that come up that I can't avoid. René On Monday, September 12, 2016, cyclotour...@gmail.com < cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > René, would be great if you could come down! We have plenty of > sofa-lodging available, and if that's not your thing, motels. Philip has > come down before, maybe you can talk him into carpooling south! > > Routes change every year, intentionally. > > Here is this year's: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/12362448 > 2015: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/7148234 > 2014: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/4102226 > > You can see the similarities, but they are really quite different. I think > this year's was the best. They're all going to be about 60 miles, and have > approximately 6,000 ft of climbing. That's the magic ratio of 10:1,000 to > let you know you're on an interesting ride! > > The BIG built in for all the routes, is that there are multiple good > options to cut the route short, and just meander back under your own power > and still enjoy the day. I think just about everyone that has done the ride > has taken advantage of on of those pinch points to bypass a chunk of the > route, but still stay on the course. Shared experience among riders is a > big goal, so we want people to be on the same course no matter how much > they ride. > > There is usually a shorter, 50 km/30 mile route option available. Last > year there was also a 100 mile route, but that stretched our resources a > bit too much. May not happen this year, too early to say. > > Here are some great photos to build up some enthusiasm: https://www. > flickr.com/search/?text=redlands%20strada%20rossa&sort=date-posted-desc > > On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 12:52:17 PM UTC-7, René wrote: >> >> Is it the same route every year? >> >> I penciled it down in my calendar, but work like to know more. Route map? >> Route options? Elevation gain, etc. >> >> It's a6 hours drive for me, so required planning, lodging, etc. to >> consider. >> >> René >> >> On Monday, September 12, 2016, cyclot...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> Fourth year... We're no longer toddlers! RSR is a fun, challenging, >>> exhausting, and amazing event. It partly developed from some of the SoCal >>> Riv Rides that happen occasionally. The idea is to put chunks of dirt >>> together with nice on-road connectors. 100km/62 miles to make it >>> challenging, but doable without super-athletic training. Need a bike that >>> can go anywhere. Self-paced. Sound like anyone you know??? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 1:42:01 AM UTC-7, dougP wrote: Excellent event, great post event party. Plenty of options. '17 will be year 4, right? Doug p >>> -- >>> 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. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- > 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 > . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Helmets... what do you like?
Good to know! Thanks! On Monday, September 12, 2016, Daniel D. wrote: > Only test I've seen on the subject of replacing your helmet due to age not > impact. > > http://www.helmets.org/helmetlineraging.htm > http://www.meaforensic.com/helmet-testing-research > > On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 8:19:15 AM UTC-7, Bill in Roswell GA > wrote: >> >> >> It is highly recommended by several safety organizations that your poly >> foam helmet be replaced every 5 years due to foam degradation. Previously >> they said 7 years. I split the difference and retire a helmet after 6 >> years. >> >> -- > 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 > . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] 2017 Redlands Strada Rossa
I get a 6-week paid sabbatical in 2017. I'm thinking about burning a couple weeks of that on a solo bike tour. My easy concept is to do the coast route from SF to LA, and visit my mom. My more adventurous option is to do the Sierra Cascades Route and visit my mom. I ordered maps for both options from Adventure Cycling and they arrived today. My exit from the Sierra Cascades Route would be Yucaipa. The Sierra Cascades route intersects Strada Rossa in two places. That would be a fun side trip near the end of a tour. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA >>> -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] WTB - Paselas
Hello all- I'm looking for one or two new or lightly used 700x32 non-tourguard Panaracer Paselas tire(s) with the tan sidewalls. I will probably just end up buying some new ones, but I want to throw it out there in case someone traded up (or down) and have some lying around. These are for a city/commuter bike, so dirty is ok as long as there's life left In them. If anyone can help me out, please hit me off-list at beewak-at-gmail and let me know what you'd want for them shipped to 11218 (or I can pick them up if you're in NYC.) Cheers- Mike -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Fall Clean-up - Delays for the Moderated & A Few Thoughts
I try to post stuff and it just goes straight into the void - sits in "waiting for moderation" then I can only assume has been deleted. No idea why, doesn't happen on other groups, can only assume this one is a little more grouchy and stand offish? On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 9:37:04 AM UTC-7, Jim Edgar wrote: > > Just out of curiosity Jim, >> How does one go about requesting to be taken off moderation? >> > > Simplest way is to contact me via email. That instruction is in the group > message that should appear when you view the list online. > > The less precise way is to contribute good quality stuff. Usually after I > see two or three such posts flow through the moderation queue from the same > person, it finally dawns on me to update their status. > > - Jim > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Brooks b17 select - opinions?
B17 Select is good for fairly high mileage. Mine is three years old with about 20,000 miles, is polished to a beautiful deep brown with no signs of fatigue and I've never had to tighten the bolt. I ride daily year round in all weather in the pacific northwest, and I probably remember to put the seat cover on in the rain about half the time. The bike lives indoors, saddle dries out between really wet rides, and I treat it with montana pitch blend leather dressing when the seasons change. The only real down side (which isn't likely a huge consideration here) is that it's not the lightest saddle on earth. I like it enough to have two more put back to fill its role when it finally gives up. On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 7:23:29 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey B wrote: > > It's time to consult the wisdom of this group again, this time for some > saddle advice. I've heard mixed reviews about the quality of modern > "standard" brooks saddles. Is the select line really any better? > Specifically, does the leather hold its shape better? Thanks all! > > Jeff > Arlington, VA > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Fall Clean-up - Delays for the Moderated & A Few Thoughts
Hi Austin - I've only seen three attempted posts from you so far (at least if you were using this email account.) There was a comment in a B17 thread which got passed through, this one - also passed through - and another one right afterwards lamenting that your posts weren't going through. As I post on the main page of the group - all new members are moderated, and the quickest way is to email me directly. Hope that answers your concerns. - Jim On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Austin ^ wrote: > I try to post stuff and it just goes straight into the void - sits in > "waiting for moderation" then I can only assume has been deleted. No idea > why, doesn't happen on other groups, can only assume this one is a little > more grouchy and stand offish? > > > On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 9:37:04 AM UTC-7, Jim Edgar wrote: >> >> Just out of curiosity Jim, >>> How does one go about requesting to be taken off moderation? >>> >> >> Simplest way is to contact me via email. That instruction is in the group >> message that should appear when you view the list online. >> >> The less precise way is to contribute good quality stuff. Usually after >> I see two or three such posts flow through the moderation queue from the >> same person, it finally dawns on me to update their status. >> >> - Jim >> > -- > 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/ygu9GWeFI2E/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Jim Edgar / cyclofiend.com / @cyclofiend -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Rivvish Shop in Santa Barbara?
Chris Lampe 2 wrote: When I first started looking into building up my own bike, I visited an LBS and in conversation I casually mentioned RBW being an influence and the owner grimaced and said something to the effect of "stay away from those Rivendells..".About a year later, I was in there again and he was showing off his new Salsa that he chose for the frame material being steel and the chainstays longer.for comfort. -- I rolled my Rambouillet into a shop in LA once to see about a tune up. The owner spotted my bike and said something like, "I see you fell for the hype..." And...he was a gray haired guy, not some hipster punk. Oy... > > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: 700X42C Tire Recommendation
Also consider the Soma Supple Vitesse in 700x42c. Very nice ride. On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 11:42:43 PM UTC-4, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > Leslie, I have MSOs and my Quickbeam... GREAT tires! Don't need the tread > though, and want the extra 2mm if I can get it! > > So, I obsessively swapped out tires in the dark tonight (no lights in bike > shed!). The Nomads I forgot I had (first world problems) fit perfectly! A > purely subjective, five minute ride, first with the stoker and then > without, makes me think these are perfect! Just the feel I was looking for. > Getting close to that firm marshmallow ride that eluded me to this point! > The Nomads are fantastic with a bit more pressure. Sidewall says max 80psi, > so that's what I went to (Remember, close to 400lbs of team + rig). Their > sidewalls are definitely thinner than the LBBs, but I believe I can feel > the difference in cush (no, not Kush... at least not till November). Will > probably degrade in my shed, as I don't get along well with skinwall tires. > Measure 41.8 on 25mm rims. All systems are go! > > Thanks for the recommendations, worked out great! Might have some LBBs for > sale, but will probably keep for back ups. > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Leslie > > wrote: > >> I absolutely love my Clement MSO's, in 700c-40, would suggest giving them >> a try perhaps. >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 6:14:46 PM UTC-4, cyclot...@gmail.com >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, I'm wondering if there are any tires slightly larger than the >>> Little Big Bens I'm using now. Those measure about 38mm, and I have room >>> for a bit more. Would like to maximize flotation! I know there are the >>> Marathon Supremes listed at 42mm (40mm actual is my guess), and those are >>> probably my go-to tires. Just wondering if there is anything else out >>> there? These are for a tandem, so need to handle 80-85psi and a 400lbs >>> weight FWIW. >>> Thanks! >>> >> -- >> 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/2F6KRkFB8jI/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com . >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> . >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > David > > Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > > > > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Bars for Climbing
I'm close to buying an Appaloosa, to be used for everything including loaded touring. There will be plenty of climbing to be done, so my question is this: Does the Choco-Moose bar allow for enough forward and downward lean to make for a decent (for me) climbing position? And how about a stiff headwind? Is the position too upright? I really like a rather upright riding position for most conditions, but I like to crouch when necessary. Should I consider putting drops on the bike? I know this is all somewhat subjective, but I could use some sage advice that is based in actual experience. Thank you all! -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: How Rivendells are received in your city ... (was: Rivvish Shop in Santa Barbara?)
My coworkers know that I commute 20 miles round trip every day, but most of them are shocked when they actually see my bike. "Do you ride that far on a beach cruiser?" On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 8:44:59 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > This is so odd, or perhaps I just live in a very nice city. Not only have > I ever gotten only praise and interest for my Rivendells and other such > oddities, but I've been a favorite at one of the high end, Cervelo selling, > Madone stocking, carbon fiber living shops in town. Owners drooled over > Rivendells, 1958 Herse, late '70s Ken Rogers British Racing Trik*. Local > roadies and grocery store doofuses all say, "Nice bike!" > > Hell, I even had the owner of another now defunct high end store accept > the 30 lb rear wheel from a 3 speed Schwinn for spoke replacement and > truing without a single grimace or sotto voce comment, and this was 25 > years ago before I had any real shop cred. > > (Though I did have a snarky youth make a deprecating comment about my hot > rodded 1992 XO-1 ... Perhaps it was the purple rims and SRAM drop bar twist > shifters?) > > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 6:19 AM, 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch < > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > wrote: > >> When I first started looking into building up my own bike, I visited an >> LBS and in conversation I casually mentioned RBW being an influence and the >> owner grimaced and said something to the effect of "stay away from those >> Rivendells..".About a year later, I was in there again and he was >> showing off his new Salsa that he chose for the frame material being steel >> and the chainstays longer.for comfort. >> >> >> >> On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 10:55:59 PM UTC-5, PG wrote: >>> >>> >>> Will Ashe wrote: >>> >>> I live in Los Angeles, and as such am intrigued. Would it be a Riv dealer or just carry Riv like parts and gear? Will >>> >>> Will, >>> >>> By rivvish, I mean a shop that understands a wide variety of bike >>> designs, and accepts them all as valid. Or, to put it another way, a >>> shop where you can walk in with a Rivendell and not get laughed out the >>> door. (That's happened to me before.) >>> >>> >>> Paul >>> >> -- >> 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> . >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ** > ** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > 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 > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: What tires are you running on your Appaloosa?
I too run the stock Kenda tires. So far so good, putting about 100 miles a week on them for daily commuting. -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: I had to share this
Like 2 sides of the same coin that is backed with bankruptcy. -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] 2017 Redlands Strada Rossa
Bill, if you could pull off the timing, that would be awesome! Even if it doesn't coincide w/ the event, drop a line and we'll have a big to-do! On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 3:24:35 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > I get a 6-week paid sabbatical in 2017. I'm thinking about burning a > couple weeks of that on a solo bike tour. My easy concept is to do the > coast route from SF to LA, and visit my mom. My more adventurous option is > to do the Sierra Cascades Route and visit my mom. I ordered maps for both > options from Adventure Cycling and they arrived today. My exit from the > Sierra Cascades Route would be Yucaipa. The Sierra Cascades route > intersects Strada Rossa in two places. That would be a fun side trip near > the end of a tour. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: BICYCLE 'COCKPIT'
In the spirit of Grant and Rivendell and just riding, like when we were kids and not worrying about it so much. I think cockpit is a great name for it, and in no uncertain way trying to somehow elevate the humble bike. Quite the contrary actually. As I have heard it said riding a bike is as close to flying as you can get without wings. Sure feels like that to me... When I was a kid and rode my bike down big hills and got into an "aero" tuck I would sometimes make machine gun noieses and pretend I was in a fighter plane. In fact when not chasing down roadies on my rivendell for giggles, I still do... That is pretend I am flying and make ratatatat noieses with my mouth. So rock on cock pitters. But be warned if you ever see me rollin up from behind you on a fast downhill, know you might find yourself in my cross hairs and will be shown no quarter...and I expect the same !) Richard "aka red baron" Rios -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: 700X42C Tire Recommendation
Ha! Those look like fat Rolly-Polies! Love 'em! On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 3:44:40 PM UTC-7, a3inverter wrote: > > Also consider the Soma Supple Vitesse in 700x42c. Very nice ride. > > On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 11:42:43 PM UTC-4, cyclot...@gmail.com > wrote: >> >> Leslie, I have MSOs and my Quickbeam... GREAT tires! Don't need the tread >> though, and want the extra 2mm if I can get it! >> >> So, I obsessively swapped out tires in the dark tonight (no lights in >> bike shed!). The Nomads I forgot I had (first world problems) fit >> perfectly! A purely subjective, five minute ride, first with the stoker and >> then without, makes me think these are perfect! Just the feel I was looking >> for. Getting close to that firm marshmallow ride that eluded me to this >> point! The Nomads are fantastic with a bit more pressure. Sidewall says max >> 80psi, so that's what I went to (Remember, close to 400lbs of team + rig). >> Their sidewalls are definitely thinner than the LBBs, but I believe I can >> feel the difference in cush (no, not Kush... at least not till November). >> Will probably degrade in my shed, as I don't get along well with skinwall >> tires. Measure 41.8 on 25mm rims. All systems are go! >> >> Thanks for the recommendations, worked out great! Might have some LBBs >> for sale, but will probably keep for back ups. >> >> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Leslie wrote: >> >>> I absolutely love my Clement MSO's, in 700c-40, would suggest giving >>> them a try perhaps. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 6:14:46 PM UTC-4, cyclot...@gmail.com >>> wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if there are any tires slightly larger than the Little Big Bens I'm using now. Those measure about 38mm, and I have room for a bit more. Would like to maximize flotation! I know there are the Marathon Supremes listed at 42mm (40mm actual is my guess), and those are probably my go-to tires. Just wondering if there is anything else out there? These are for a tandem, so need to handle 80-85psi and a 400lbs weight FWIW. Thanks! >>> -- >>> 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/2F6KRkFB8jI/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> David >> >> Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace >> >> "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal >> >> >> >> -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] 2017 Redlands Strada Rossa
I'm thinking of doing Strada Rossa as my pre-ride, and doing my tour in September. I still have family in Corona, so it's easy. On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 3:50:28 PM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > Bill, if you could pull off the timing, that would be awesome! Even if it > doesn't coincide w/ the event, drop a line and we'll have a big to-do! > > On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 3:24:35 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> I get a 6-week paid sabbatical in 2017. I'm thinking about burning a >> couple weeks of that on a solo bike tour. My easy concept is to do the >> coast route from SF to LA, and visit my mom. My more adventurous option is >> to do the Sierra Cascades Route and visit my mom. I ordered maps for both >> options from Adventure Cycling and they arrived today. My exit from the >> Sierra Cascades Route would be Yucaipa. The Sierra Cascades route >> intersects Strada Rossa in two places. That would be a fun side trip near >> the end of a tour. >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] 2017 Redlands Strada Rossa
w000t!!! Go David! I sincerely hope to make it this year. Three weeks later is Eroica California, FWIW. What is clearly needed is a 3rd event, to make for a Californian triple crown dirt trifecta! =- Joe Bunik Walnut Creek, CA On 9/9/16, cyclotourist wrote: > Calendared it for March 18th! > > http://redlands-strada-rossa.blogspot.com/2016/09/march-18-2017.html > > Hope to see some familiar faces this spring! > > > -- > Cheers, > David > > Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > > -- > 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. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: FS 58 cm HT aluminum Bosco NEW
Sent you a PM Jim On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 10:22:45 AM UTC-5, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > I have two of these, new in the wrapper, never installed or used in any > way. $80 shipped to CONUS. -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: FS 58 cm HT aluminum Bosco NEW
All sold. Thanks! -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Update: Tire Savers and Levers SOLD. (FS: bags, Tire Savers, pedal medley, misc bits)
Make offers on the bags and pedals. Otherwise, they go to Goodwill. Take them all for a reasonable offer. On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Patrick Moore wrote: > 1. Seagull custom over the shoulder courier bag (right shoulder, so that > it doesn't interfere with your rearward glances while cycling. 18 X 12 X 7, > the same size as my new Timbuktu Classic. Outer zip pocket, inner document > pocket. Previous owner put neat grommets at crest of flap for installing a > handle -- no handle included. Excellent fabric -- Chrome quality, IMO -- > but straps inferior, though they work fine. > > $25 + shipping. Will fit into Medium flat rate Priority box at $13.45. > > 2. Timbuktu medium bag, promotional from MTV "Sports and Music Festival > 1997," but the graphic is embroidered and modest. > > Outer zipped pocket; inner divider; inside pockets. > > NOTE: bag has been modified: a dowel has been riveted across the back just > beneath the flap and holes neatly *cut a la Carradice* for strapping to > your rack. Straps included. I've used this often for bulky loads and it > works well. > > NOTE: the dowel does not interfere with carrying it on your back. > > $15 + shipping. Again, will fit into Med Pr Box. > > 3. Old top-end Lands' End briefcase, the original high end model made from > very heavy canvas with leather accents. Some scars and scuffs, but no > tears, and the zipper works as new. Interior divider and pockets are heavy > cotton canvas; the only plastic is the vinyl lining on the inside of the > back and front panels. > > There are no stains, but the outer canvas has light fading and the > interior is whole except for shredding at the top edges where it can't be > seen. > > The bag has a aura of Important Things Done: Back as a would-be Yuppie in > the mid '80s, I carried it to interview managers at Bell & Howell, Sperry > Rand, Duke Power, and other for profit and non-commercial conglomerations > of the great, good, and powerful. > > $15 + shipping. Again, will fit into Med Pr box. > > 6. Pedal Medley: 1 pr original issue M 737s; 2 pr Attacks; 1 pr 105 Look > clones. All scuffed, but bearings smooth on all. > > $20 + shipping. These will fit into a $6.80 USPS padded flat rate envelope. > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ** > ** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > 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 > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ** ** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a 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 *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Bars for Climbing
I did a loaded tour with a lot of climbing (the San Juan Skyway clockwise from Durango) on my Joe and I quite enjoyed the seated, upright climbing position. It was completely comfortable and the views were amazing. I think the handlebars would allow a more downward angle but, for me, it was the saddle that made that position undesirable. A saddle that is comfortable sitting upright is not, for me, comfortable leaning forward due to back of thigh chafing. So while I normally ride a Brooks B17 Imperial on my drop bar bikes, I prefer the Brooks B67 on the Joe -- but only if I am seated fairly upright. I hope that helps! Val in Boulder, CO On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 4:44:41 PM UTC-6, Bustini wrote: > > Does the Choco-Moose bar allow for enough forward and downward lean to > make for a decent (for me) climbing position? > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: BICYCLE 'COCKPIT'
All my rides are ruined now. James is RIGHT and now my eyes are opened there is NO going back. I now angrily stomp to the stable, er, garage, mount, no, that's not right either, swing my leg over the saddle, but really, IS it a saddle, into the cockpit of my mammoth and I only get more and more infuriated with every pedal stroke because: 1) James is RIGHT! SAS-A-FRAS-A-FRICK-A-FRACK ... I'm NOT in a cockpit in any TRUE sense of the word. MADDENING! WHEN WILL IT STOP? i have no missile button. I have a missal, but it DOESN'T HAVE A BUTTON! Ayye-yii-yiii-yiii-y-y-y! 2) I'm really NOT on a mammoth. I'm forced to admit that now. Sigh. This, perhaps, is the biggest devastation of all. My self image of riding majestically high upon the gently swaying shoulders of a hairy, musky scented, massive methane producing beast who smoothly lumbers at a ground-eating pace no matter the terrain. No more. Gone now, forever. Oh. Wait. That didn't happen. I had a blast today in my cockpit atop my mammoth wending my way up and down delicious buttery single track with aspen quivering in the crispened breeze, their shiny brilliant green of spring and summer tarnished with wear and showing signs of needing polishing before one last extended spectacular hurrah! before winter. Does anyone know whence I might buy hay in bulk? Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 5:02:09 PM UTC-6, James Valiensi wrote: > > GAWD This aggravates me to no end - referring to a bicycle handle bar as a > "cockpit". Airplanes have cockpits, bicycles have handlebars for crap's > sake!!! > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Bars for Climbing
Dear Bustini, congrats on soon lulling the trigger on an Appaloosa! Sweet! I can't speak to choco-moose bars (though I've come across choco-moose-muffins on occation, but they are another thing entirely. Useful for starting fires in a pinch, once dried though). Grin. Here is some generic bar advice based on my experience with riding drops, Albatross (including inverted), Moustache, Albastache, Boscos, and watching my daughters ride Boscos on their old bikes and now their Clementines. 1) Arm bend will get you however low you need to go, and the percentage of "need" a low position in a given day on the road/trail is usually pretty low (but headwinds on the open planes are a real buggaboo!). As Valerie alludes to, comfort in the saddle and with the relationship between saddle and bars is more important than getting low. Dial that in, then figure out how to get low when you need to. You'll be stunned how seldom that is, and then how brief it is (again, barring a day riding next to Laura, Mary, Ma, and Pa in their wagon). Grin. 2) The "wrong" bars from Rivendell are generally "right" or at least workable most of the time. If you find they aren't in enough situations that you are motivated to experiment with your cockpit setup, that's it's own amazing adventure. Mean road, get the bike you want, ride the bars it comes with, get to know them, love what they do well, discover what you wish they did better, scratch your head, and go from there. Grin. 3) All Grant bars have climbing and descending positions. He and the rest of the elves ride up and down Mount Diablo until Satan's grin looks like Mr. Ed's it's so rutted. Play with them. You'll find them. Where they are may surprise you, but you'll find them. 4) Have fun! With abandon, Patrick On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 4:44:41 PM UTC-6, Bustini wrote: > > I'm close to buying an Appaloosa, to be used for everything including > loaded touring. There will be plenty of climbing to be done, so my question > is this: Does the Choco-Moose bar allow for enough forward and downward > lean to make for a decent (for me) climbing position? And how about a stiff > headwind? Is the position too upright? I really like a rather upright > riding position for most conditions, but I like to crouch when necessary. > Should I consider putting drops on the bike? I know this is all somewhat > subjective, but I could use some sage advice that is based in actual > experience. Thank you all! > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: BICYCLE 'COCKPIT'
Oh one thing I forgot in my post - My frustration lies not with the Rivendell folks but the marketing side of the bicycle world. So please don't be offended and write sentences that destroy the English language. I'm pretty sure I cannot handle this anymore - I shall delete all my bicycle bookmarks, burn all my bike magazines & books and put my bicycles in the recycling bin. I'm out - On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 4:02:09 PM UTC-7, James Valiensi wrote: > > GAWD This aggravates me to no end - referring to a bicycle handle bar as a > "cockpit". Airplanes have cockpits, bicycles have handlebars for crap's > sake!!! > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] FS: 62 SimpleOne
Hey Mark, Could I come check out your simpleone maybe tomorrow ( tuesday) afternoon? What neighborhood are you in? Thanks! -Mike Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 10, 2016, at 10:27 AM, Mark Benedetto wrote: > > Howdy, > I'm selling my 62cm green SimpleOne. I rode it only a couple hundred miles > in a few years, so it's time to let it go :( > There are only a couple nicks in the paint, as shown, and I'm the original > owner. > > I scavenged the handlebars for another build, but I have an 11cm/190mm nitto > stem and a single-bolt seat post not pictured that are included. I also have > a black albatross bar and bosco bullmoose bar we could add if there's > interest. > > Setup: > 42t FSA Vero crank > 16-18t White Industries DOS freewheel > Paul Love Levers 2.5, silver > Shimano Deore V-brakes > Schwalbe Marathon 47 tires > Nitto Tallux Stem 11cm (not pictured) > Standard single-bolt seat post (probably Nitto but couldn't readily determine > brand from the markings) > The total build was $1600 in 2012, so I'm thinking $1000 is fair. > > I'm in San Francisco if you'd like to check it out. A test ride might be > possible if we throw on a temp handlebar. Other pics available upon request. > > I'm open to shipping as well. > > Thanks everyone > > Mark > -- > 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. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > <2016-09-10 09.43.43 HDR.jpg> > <2016-09-10 09.44.03 HDR.jpg> -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Bars for Climbing
A lot of people have addressed seated climbing, and choco-mooses are great for seated climbing, as are boscos, albatross, bullmoose, and on... but what I like about the choco-moose is the relative flatness of the bar and how that helps with a standing position. On steep hills, I like standing and pulling with my arms at times. I have found that the choco-mooses and the albastaches are good for this. Hope that helps -Kai Brooklyn NY -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] FS: 62 SimpleOne
You're (formerly) 64 Atlantis Mike! You sold me that bike :) Out in the Sunset, wide open for time. -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] 2017 Redlands Strada Rossa
Easy-peasy, Bill! Just plan enough time to make it down... that six hour drive can easily turn into eight or 10 on a Friday afternoon! :-/ Joe, I've longed hoped to get a solid cohort coming down from the Greater Bay Area! If you're at all going to drive six hours to go ride your bike, this is the one! FYI, you can do this in San Diego the weekend after the RSR: http://www.ccsd.com/dirty-devil/ (our route will have higher dirt %). On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote: > I'm thinking of doing Strada Rossa as my pre-ride, and doing my tour in > September. I still have family in Corona, so it's easy. > > > On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 3:50:28 PM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.com > wrote: >> >> Bill, if you could pull off the timing, that would be awesome! Even if it >> doesn't coincide w/ the event, drop a line and we'll have a big to-do! >> >> On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 3:24:35 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>> I get a 6-week paid sabbatical in 2017. I'm thinking about burning a >>> couple weeks of that on a solo bike tour. My easy concept is to do the >>> coast route from SF to LA, and visit my mom. My more adventurous option is >>> to do the Sierra Cascades Route and visit my mom. I ordered maps for both >>> options from Adventure Cycling and they arrived today. My exit from the >>> Sierra Cascades Route would be Yucaipa. The Sierra Cascades route >>> intersects Strada Rossa in two places. That would be a fun side trip near >>> the end of a tour. >>> >>> Bill Lindsay >>> El Cerrito, CA >>> >>> >> -- > 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/8PZG_1Xjcxo/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Cheers, David Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] WTB - Paselas
I have two sets, one with very little use. How's $30 shipped for the good ones? -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: tire pressures
Patrick 15% TDC pressures for a 32mm El Pass for YOUR 200# Total Weight (175+25) is 52/64 psig F/R. So YES 65/70 psig F/R would be HIGH 13 psig high in F 6 psig high in R. The rear is reasonable. The front probably could lose 10 psig. >From the responses in another post on Tire Prressure, 2 or 3 members crashed due to collapse tires from UNDERINFLATION. They were generally more than 25% under inflated, i.e., actual pressure was << 75% of 15% TDC pressure via Berto. I feel if you religiously maintain pressures >= 75% of the 15% TDC pressure, you will be safe from collapsing tires, yet enjoy the benefits of lower pressure,i.e., a good compromise John Hawrylak Woodstown NJ On Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 6:45:52 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > Thanks, John. I read Berto's article -- was it published in Bicycling? -- > years ago, but I've never bothered to be as exact as the method entails. My > thumbs and forefingers are pretty well educated by now, and I am thinking > that even 65/70 for the Elk Passes is a wee bit high for my taste, unless I > carry a heavy rear load. I think 60/65 or what my fingers feel when the > pump reads those numbers might be smoother. > > > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: tire pressures
Thanks again for this. I'll try 55/65 or so, though because my only high pressure (ie, > 30 psi) gauge is the doubtful one on the pump, I'll have to get another one. The other day the pump gauge said 20-25 for the 51 mm F Freds, but the low pressure gauge showed ~ 15 in front; and indeed it felt soft to my thumb. Does anyone have a road Presta valve gauge to sell cheap or to trade? On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 7:11 PM, John Hawrylak wrote: > Patrick > > 15% TDC pressures for a 32mm El Pass for YOUR 200# Total Weight (175+25) > is 52/64 psig F/R. So YES 65/70 psig F/R would be HIGH > 13 psig high in F > 6 psig high in R. > > The rear is reasonable. The front probably could lose 10 psig. > > From the responses in another post on Tire Prressure, 2 or 3 members > crashed due to collapse tires from UNDERINFLATION. They were generally > more than 25% under inflated, i.e., actual pressure was << 75% of 15% TDC > pressure via Berto. > > I feel if you religiously maintain pressures >= 75% of the 15% TDC > pressure, you will be safe from collapsing tires, yet enjoy the benefits of > lower pressure,i.e., a good compromise > > John Hawrylak > Woodstown NJ > > On Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 6:45:52 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Thanks, John. I read Berto's article -- was it published in Bicycling? -- >> years ago, but I've never bothered to be as exact as the method entails. My >> thumbs and forefingers are pretty well educated by now, and I am thinking >> that even 65/70 for the Elk Passes is a wee bit high for my taste, unless I >> carry a heavy rear load. I think 60/65 or what my fingers feel when the >> pump reads those numbers might be smoother. >> >> >> -- > 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. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ** ** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a 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 *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: BICYCLE 'COCKPIT'
Well, James, you could do that. Or you could go for a ride. I propose the latter. -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Compass Snoqualmie Pass 700x44
I'm planning on getting the 26" versions. I think it's the biggest I can run on my XO-2. -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: BICYCLE 'COCKPIT'
I have not yet been convinced and must continue to disagree. However, as much as I enjoy a good pedantic semantic discussion, other events force me to rest my case also. I will post why in my other thread. Tim On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 7:32 PM, 'Mark in Beacon' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Warning: Pedantic, rather meaningless content ahead. Not suitable for > those easily miffed (as opposed to chuffed) or with better things to do. > Like hop in (on?) your cockpit and go for a ride! > > On Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 4:57:49 PM UTC-4, Tim Butterfield wrote: >> >> Mark, >> >> The term 'handlebars' also refers to a specific component of the cockpit. >> > > Only if you decide your bicycle has a cockpit! > > >> Some bars as you referred to them may include other components in the >> area, but not all bikes have that setup. >> > > ?? That was an imaginary example of one. There are multitudes. > > >> Shifters may or may not be on the bars. Down tube shifters? >> > > That's why I wrote "the controls being mentioned, with the sometime > exception of shifters, are found on the handlebars." > > As my bell is on the stem and not actually on the bar, would that still be >> part of your bar setup definition? >> > > You might say "I have a bell on my 12cm Nitto Pearl." You would need to > say that even if you added the term cockpit to the mix. > > >> It makes me wonder where the term boundary might be, whether it is only >> those items mounted on the bar itself or also to other items in the general >> area. >> > > Exactly. Racing cars and airplanes include the seat in the cockpit. So you > would also include the saddle and the top tube when referencing a bicycle's > cockpit. A handlebar bag and its rack, and the light attached? Could be; > certainly they are in closer proximity than the seat and also right in > front of the pilot's--I mean to say rider's--nose. I don't see any benefit > into basically lumping everything but some parts of the frame and the > wheels into one term. No need to fret over what to include when you stick > to handlebars! > >> >> I agree, different strokes. Then again, it does take a while for new >> applications of words to become common place. Some disagreement with the >> usage should not be unexpected even after it becomes common. >> > > I realize the term is in general use here on RBW. Despite returning over > half a million google results, I don't think the term is all that common > in the regular, non-internet world. None of the cyclists, none of the > mechanics I know or have ever known have ever uttered the word cockpit when > talking about a bicycle. It may be that I just don't get around as much any > more, and I'm way behind on this, but I stand by my assertion that it is an > unnecessary and somewhat ill-fitting term when applied to a bicycle, a > simple, unenclosed machine. All of the other uses refer to spaces that are > pit-like, and partially or completely enclosed. If I ever get a recumbent > with a big fairing bubble I might say it has a cockpit. > > One thing I am absolutely certain of: My Clementine does not have a > cockpit. > > I guess I'm a retro word grouch. As Garth almost said, a handlebar is a > handlebar is a handlebar. I rest my case. > > -- > 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. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Thinking of a Riv
Per an emergency room visit late last night, I tore the meniscus in my left knee and my 'get acquainted with Homer' plan has been put on temporary hold. I will continue to lurk on and off, but my occasional banter has been put on hold a bit 'til I get things sorted. I now need to follow up with an orthopedic and find out whether it was medial/lateral, inside/outside, and what kind of delay this may put on my riding. Ugg. Tim -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Compass Snoqualmie Pass 700x44
These measure a good deal under size. 40.3 mm on my Velocity Atlas Rims with tubes. -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Compass Snoqualmie Pass 700x44
I want to know how easy they are to get on the rims...I assume they are tubeless ready? Meaning harder to mount, no? signed Eric " Lady fingers " Floden -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Bars for Climbing
They work very well for standing climbing for me on my Cheviot. Clayton Scott Sf, ca -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Compass Snoqualmie Pass 700x44
Mine measured 42.5~ on Mavic A719 right after mounting them. Very easy to mount and seat the bead (with inner tubes). - Frank On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 9:38:50 PM UTC-4, frank_a wrote: > > They're here and they're sublime! > > - Frank > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Helmets... what do you like?
I had one head hitting crash that left the faintest of marks on the outer shell, yet the foam inside was broken through to the shell in 6 places. I hope helmet makers drop the polystyrene foam and go to something better and longer lasting like 3D0. -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Thinking of a Riv
Och! Sorry to hear that! Prayers that you heal rapidly and well, Tim! With abandon, Patrick On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 8:14:14 PM UTC-6, Tim Butterfield wrote: > > Per an emergency room visit late last night, I tore the meniscus in my > left knee and my 'get acquainted with Homer' plan has been put on temporary > hold. I will continue to lurk on and off, but my occasional banter has > been put on hold a bit 'til I get things sorted. I now need to follow up > with an orthopedic and find out whether it was medial/lateral, > inside/outside, and what kind of delay this may put on my riding. Ugg. > > Tim > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: The first of what we hope are several very interesting reviews of the Clementine, from Lovely Bicycle
LB always makes me want one. She sold me on the Brompton and three years later, it would still win the "you only get to keep one bicycle" contest. Now I really want a Clementine. But I already have a Retrovelo, which was why I went for a Cheviot instead. Curse you, Velouria. I want one. On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 4:26:19 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > > http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2016/09/clementine-belated-befuddled-bedazzled.html > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ** > ** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > 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 > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: 700X42C Tire Recommendation
I came across this chart showing wide tires that are gravel oriented and show whether they are tubeless compatible. http://ridinggravel.com/graveltires/ Apparently there are a lot more tires just coming out in wide widths that I've not heard of or seen discussed here. Things are just getting better and better in the big, wide world! Cheers Bill in Roswell, GA On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 6:14:46 PM UTC-4, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi all, I'm wondering if there are any tires slightly larger than the > Little Big Bens I'm using now. Those measure about 38mm, and I have room > for a bit more. Would like to maximize flotation! I know there are the > Marathon Supremes listed at 42mm (40mm actual is my guess), and those are > probably my go-to tires. Just wondering if there is anything else out > there? These are for a tandem, so need to handle 80-85psi and a 400lbs > weight FWIW. > Thanks! > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: BICYCLE 'COCKPIT'
This thread has brought back childhood memories for me, too. My sisters and I played a game we called "Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles" in which we would pretend our bikes were motor vehicles and that we were riding through towns and on highways rather than around in circles between the house and barn. We would take turns calling out traffic signal changes. Would that make mine a "dashboard"? On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 6:52:28 PM UTC-4, Richard Rios wrote: > > In the spirit of Grant and Rivendell and just riding, like when we were > kids and not worrying about it so much. I think cockpit is a great name for > it, and in no uncertain way trying to somehow elevate the humble bike. > Quite the contrary actually. As I have heard it said riding a bike is as > close to flying as you can get without wings. Sure feels like that to me... > When I was a kid and rode my bike down big hills and got into an "aero" > tuck I would sometimes make machine gun noieses and pretend I was in a > fighter plane. In fact when not chasing down roadies on my rivendell for > giggles, I still do... That is pretend I am flying and make ratatatat > noieses with my mouth. So rock on cock pitters. But be warned if you ever > see me rollin up from behind you on a fast downhill, know you might find > yourself in my cross hairs and will be shown no quarter...and I expect the > same !) > > Richard "aka red baron" Rios > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Compass Snoqualmie Pass 700x44
I got mine today! Will mount them later this week on Atlas rims. On Monday, September 12, 2016, 'frank_a' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Mine measured 42.5~ on Mavic A719 right after mounting them. Very easy to > mount and seat the bead (with inner tubes). > - Frank > > On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 9:38:50 PM UTC-4, frank_a wrote: >> >> They're here and they're sublime! >> >> - Frank >> > -- > 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 > . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: 700X42C Tire Recommendation
Another vote for the Shikoro's. They are basically just fat Jack Brown blues – just as round, just as smooth, just as hard to flat. It's what I really always wanted in a tire for all the years I rode JB's. Has been my daily driver most of the year – mostly paved, some dirt, some gravel. Ride them at 70 or 80 on paved rides and they roll like butter, otherwise 50 or 60 and they get most jobs done with aplomb. I also tried the Supple Vitesse (~= fat Jack Brown Greens). Lovely, but not enough flat protection for my riding. William On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 3:14:46 PM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi all, I'm wondering if there are any tires slightly larger than the > Little Big Bens I'm using now. Those measure about 38mm, and I have room > for a bit more. Would like to maximize flotation! I know there are the > Marathon Supremes listed at 42mm (40mm actual is my guess), and those are > probably my go-to tires. Just wondering if there is anything else out > there? These are for a tandem, so need to handle 80-85psi and a 400lbs > weight FWIW. > Thanks! > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: tire pressures
But werent Bertos calculations on stiff tires? Much stiffer than the sidewalls many use today? Compass, GB, etc. Also on narrower rims than used today? So does his table really apply anymore? -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Willing to trade your smaller Atlantis for my 56cm?
maybe, if gary needs another 56 what have you got? bo i have a 53 with nice parts -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Nitto Tallux Stem - Trade or Sale
I have a brand new unmounted Nitto Tallux 25.4 mm, 10 cm stem which I purchased from Rivendell a couple of years back. I am looking for a 6 or 7 cm tallux and am willing to trade. Else, willing to sell for $70 + shipping which a few dollars cheaper than on the Rivendell site. Santosh Iyer -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Bars for Climbing
Thanks for the great reply and information, Patrick! On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 4:47:40 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Dear Bustini, congrats on soon lulling the trigger on an Appaloosa! Sweet! > I can't speak to choco-moose bars (though I've come across > choco-moose-muffins on occation, but they are another thing entirely. > Useful for starting fires in a pinch, once dried though). Grin. Here is > some generic bar advice based on my experience with riding drops, Albatross > (including inverted), Moustache, Albastache, Boscos, and watching my > daughters ride Boscos on their old bikes and now their Clementines. > > 1) Arm bend will get you however low you need to go, and the percentage of > "need" a low position in a given day on the road/trail is usually pretty > low (but headwinds on the open planes are a real buggaboo!). As Valerie > alludes to, comfort in the saddle and with the relationship between saddle > and bars is more important than getting low. Dial that in, then figure out > how to get low when you need to. You'll be stunned how seldom that is, and > then how brief it is (again, barring a day riding next to Laura, Mary, Ma, > and Pa in their wagon). Grin. > > 2) The "wrong" bars from Rivendell are generally "right" or at least > workable most of the time. If you find they aren't in enough situations > that you are motivated to experiment with your cockpit setup, that's it's > own amazing adventure. Mean road, get the bike you want, ride the bars it > comes with, get to know them, love what they do well, discover what you > wish they did better, scratch your head, and go from there. Grin. > > 3) All Grant bars have climbing and descending positions. He and the rest > of the elves ride up and down Mount Diablo until Satan's grin looks like > Mr. Ed's it's so rutted. Play with them. You'll find them. Where they are > may surprise you, but you'll find them. > > 4) Have fun! > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 4:44:41 PM UTC-6, Bustini wrote: >> >> I'm close to buying an Appaloosa, to be used for everything including >> loaded touring. There will be plenty of climbing to be done, so my question >> is this: Does the Choco-Moose bar allow for enough forward and downward >> lean to make for a decent (for me) climbing position? And how about a stiff >> headwind? Is the position too upright? I really like a rather upright >> riding position for most conditions, but I like to crouch when necessary. >> Should I consider putting drops on the bike? I know this is all somewhat >> subjective, but I could use some sage advice that is based in actual >> experience. Thank you all! >> > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: How Rivendells are received in your city ... (was: Rivvish Shop in Santa Barbara?)
When I lived in Chicago, I got much Riv-love from the now-defunct Rapid Transit Cycle Shop (one of whose mechanics, Doug Haynes, built up beautifully for me a fixie-with-a-front-drum-brake SimpleOne). Here in midtown Omaha, I have received favorable responses to my Rivendell ownership from Olympia Cycles (who built up my first-ever derailleur-geared bike, a Velo Orange Campeur) and from Riv dealer Omaha Bicycle Company (which will supply me imminently with a new 52cm Clem Low in mustard). On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 7:44:59 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > This is so odd, or perhaps I just live in a very nice city. Not only have > I ever gotten only praise and interest for my Rivendells and other such > oddities, but I've been a favorite at one of the high end, Cervelo selling, > Madone stocking, carbon fiber living shops in town. Owners drooled over > Rivendells, 1958 Herse, late '70s Ken Rogers British Racing Trik*. Local > roadies and grocery store doofuses all say, "Nice bike!" > > Hell, I even had the owner of another now defunct high end store accept > the 30 lb rear wheel from a 3 speed Schwinn for spoke replacement and > truing without a single grimace or sotto voce comment, and this was 25 > years ago before I had any real shop cred. > > (Though I did have a snarky youth make a deprecating comment about my hot > rodded 1992 XO-1 ... Perhaps it was the purple rims and SRAM drop bar twist > shifters?) > > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 6:19 AM, 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch < > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > wrote: > >> When I first started looking into building up my own bike, I visited an >> LBS and in conversation I casually mentioned RBW being an influence and the >> owner grimaced and said something to the effect of "stay away from those >> Rivendells..".About a year later, I was in there again and he was >> showing off his new Salsa that he chose for the frame material being steel >> and the chainstays longer.for comfort. >> >> >> >> On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 10:55:59 PM UTC-5, PG wrote: >>> >>> >>> Will Ashe wrote: >>> >>> I live in Los Angeles, and as such am intrigued. Would it be a Riv dealer or just carry Riv like parts and gear? Will >>> >>> Will, >>> >>> By rivvish, I mean a shop that understands a wide variety of bike >>> designs, and accepts them all as valid. Or, to put it another way, a >>> shop where you can walk in with a Rivendell and not get laughed out the >>> door. (That's happened to me before.) >>> >>> >>> Paul >>> >> -- >> 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> . >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ** > ** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > 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 > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Bars for Climbing
Thanks, Val! On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 4:23:07 PM UTC-7, Valerie Yates wrote: > > I did a loaded tour with a lot of climbing (the San Juan Skyway clockwise > from Durango) on my Joe and I quite enjoyed the seated, upright climbing > position. It was completely comfortable and the views were amazing. I think > the handlebars would allow a more downward angle but, for me, it was the > saddle that made that position undesirable. A saddle that is comfortable > sitting upright is not, for me, comfortable leaning forward due to back of > thigh chafing. So while I normally ride a Brooks B17 Imperial on my drop > bar bikes, I prefer the Brooks B67 on the Joe -- but only if I am seated > fairly upright. I hope that helps! > > Val in Boulder, CO > > > > On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 4:44:41 PM UTC-6, Bustini wrote: >> >> Does the Choco-Moose bar allow for enough forward and downward lean to >> make for a decent (for me) climbing position? >> > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Bay Area: Angel Island Thursday night camp site up for grabs (Sept 15)
Hey RBW Group, I just realised I can't take that much time off work to make this midweek overnighter happen, and hope someone with a more flexible schedule can take my rad campsite on Angel Island. You're bound by the ferry, and the last ferry out is on at Thursday, 1:05pm, and the first one back to SF is at Friday, 1:55pm. More info here: http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/ferry/angel-island/ If anyone would like to take my spot, hit me up! al sf/ca -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Bars for Climbing
I haven't ridden the Choco-Moose as it's a bit too wide for my tastes (and narrow shoulders). But I use a VO Porteur bar, which is (kind of) a narrower version. They share a similar forward position, which when wrapped, I find fantastic for climbing. They remind me of gripping the bar-ends on my old mountain bike. Also a great position for stretched-out cruising on the flats. Eric On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 1:57:58 AM UTC-4, Bustini wrote: > > Thanks, Val! > > On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 4:23:07 PM UTC-7, Valerie Yates wrote: >> >> I did a loaded tour with a lot of climbing (the San Juan Skyway clockwise >> from Durango) on my Joe and I quite enjoyed the seated, upright climbing >> position. It was completely comfortable and the views were amazing. I think >> the handlebars would allow a more downward angle but, for me, it was the >> saddle that made that position undesirable. A saddle that is comfortable >> sitting upright is not, for me, comfortable leaning forward due to back of >> thigh chafing. So while I normally ride a Brooks B17 Imperial on my drop >> bar bikes, I prefer the Brooks B67 on the Joe -- but only if I am seated >> fairly upright. I hope that helps! >> >> Val in Boulder, CO >> >> >> >> On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 4:44:41 PM UTC-6, Bustini wrote: >>> >>> Does the Choco-Moose bar allow for enough forward and downward lean to >>> make for a decent (for me) climbing position? >>> >> -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] New threadless bullmoose bar
FYI: For anyone with a mid-nineties mountain bike project, Velo Orange just started stocking this new Nitto bullmoose variation: http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/b903-bullmoose-bar-by-nitto-silver.html It's an absolute beauty! If I still had my old Litespeed, I'd snatch one up! Eric -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
