[RBW] Re: Homer's first proper, if not long, ride
very nice job on the build. I really like the non-aero brakes too. The Homer is the sweet spot in the Riv line up I believe, light enough for spirited riding and just stiff enough for light touring. But hills in Iowa? That's stretching it a bit. ;-) ~mike Carlsbad 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Homer's first proper, if not long, ride
Really nice looking set-up. That first ride is always sweet. BTW, were those humps in the earth the things you referred to as hills? Michael Westford, VT On Wednesday, July 9, 2014 9:31:53 PM UTC-4, Bob Cook wrote: Mounted the Mark's Rack with upside-down EDelux yesterday. Took advantage this morning of beautiful weather for twenty-some miles of rolling Iowa for Homer's first real ride. I must admit I wore padded shorts. Brooks, my English butler (see what I did there?), is simply not adequately accustomed to my posterior yet. The bike lives up to the hype. It is ride is smooth, responsive, easy uphill and into the wind. It handles superbly in gravel, even fresh post-flooding dumps of dusty white boulders (thanks Johnson County!). The Marathon Supremes (700C x 40 mm nominal; about 37 mm right now) are characteristically Schwalbe-ish, but at 40-45 psi are cushy enough for the time being. There is plenty of clearance for 40 mm tires, even with fenders, and more without. I remain unsure about Noodles, though. I'm used to narrower bars with a rando bend (the LHT has the VO Chris's Rando Bar) and a longer ramp. Not that the Noodles are uncomfortable, but when I hopped on the LHT later to head into the office, the rando ramps felt downright luxurious in comparison. Time will tell. I'm interested in reading comments from those who might have used Noodles then switched to a rando bar, or vice versa, or have one of each on different bikes. Pictures show that Iowa is not flat. And that we do indeed have cattle (and hogs, too, but I can't post odors): https://www.flickr.com/photos/125863173@N06/sets/72157645186309248/ -- Bob -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Homer's first proper, if not long, ride
Fantastic! Your's is a beautiful build of Homer's grace and handsome elegance. I agree with Michael though, I somehow missed the not flat Iowa pictures. Grin. With abandon, Patrick -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Homer's first proper, if not long, ride
Very nice. A custom-ordered day to match the bike. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Wednesday, July 9, 2014 9:31:53 PM UTC-4, Bob Cook wrote: Mounted the Mark's Rack with upside-down EDelux yesterday. Took advantage this morning of beautiful weather for twenty-some miles of rolling Iowa for Homer's first real ride. I must admit I wore padded shorts. Brooks, my English butler (see what I did there?), is simply not adequately accustomed to my posterior yet. The bike lives up to the hype. It is ride is smooth, responsive, easy uphill and into the wind. It handles superbly in gravel, even fresh post-flooding dumps of dusty white boulders (thanks Johnson County!). The Marathon Supremes (700C x 40 mm nominal; about 37 mm right now) are characteristically Schwalbe-ish, but at 40-45 psi are cushy enough for the time being. There is plenty of clearance for 40 mm tires, even with fenders, and more without. I remain unsure about Noodles, though. I'm used to narrower bars with a rando bend (the LHT has the VO Chris's Rando Bar) and a longer ramp. Not that the Noodles are uncomfortable, but when I hopped on the LHT later to head into the office, the rando ramps felt downright luxurious in comparison. Time will tell. I'm interested in reading comments from those who might have used Noodles then switched to a rando bar, or vice versa, or have one of each on different bikes. Pictures show that Iowa is not flat. And that we do indeed have cattle (and hogs, too, but I can't post odors): https://www.flickr.com/photos/125863173@N06/sets/72157645186309248/ -- Bob -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Homer's first proper, if not long, ride
I love the 44 cm B 135s on my Fargo, except for the flats position, which the bar's upsweep makes awkward. But the ramps are wonderful. I run the even nicer Maes Parallel on two Riv road bikes. I have Noodles on the Ram. I swapped my too-wide 46 cm Noodles for 42s and installed a stem 1 cm longer than for my Maes Parallels to give the same reach despite the Noodle's sweepback. I must say that, so set up, the Noodles give the Maeses a good run for the money, and I love the Maeses. I can run the Noodle's tops a wee bit higher because of the deeper drop (140 versus 125 mm). True, the ramps aren't quite as nice and long as with the Maeses or the B135, but while I do prefer the Maes Parallel for road riding, the narrower Noodle so set up runs a very close second and I have no plans to swap it out. On Wednesday, July 9, 2014 9:31:53 PM UTC-4, Bob Cook wrote: I remain unsure about Noodles, though. I'm used to narrower bars with a rando bend (the LHT has the VO Chris's Rando Bar) and a longer ramp. Not that the Noodles are uncomfortable, but when I hopped on the LHT later to head into the office, the rando ramps felt downright luxurious in comparison. Time will tell. I'm interested in reading comments from those who might have used Noodles then switched to a rando bar, or vice versa, or have one of each on different bikes. Pictures show that Iowa is not flat. And that we do indeed have cattle (and hogs, too, but I can't post odors): https://www.flickr. com/photos/125863173@N06/sets/72157645186309248/ -- Bob -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis * * Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * Nothing outside you can give you any place, he said. You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you? he cried. Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood * -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Homer's first proper, if not long, ride
Beautiful bike and beautiful sceneries! Sky-blue frame and purple bartapes go really well together. I have used Noodles and Nitto Randos on my Bike Friday. I prefer Noodles. Bike Friday and Riv bikes are both designed to be able to put handlebars high, so I find upward sweep of Rando bars to be unnecessary. Noodle's backsweep makes me comfortable. Takashi 2014年7月10日木曜日 10時31分53秒 UTC+9 Bob Cook: Mounted the Mark's Rack with upside-down EDelux yesterday. Took advantage this morning of beautiful weather for twenty-some miles of rolling Iowa for Homer's first real ride. I must admit I wore padded shorts. Brooks, my English butler (see what I did there?), is simply not adequately accustomed to my posterior yet. The bike lives up to the hype. It is ride is smooth, responsive, easy uphill and into the wind. It handles superbly in gravel, even fresh post-flooding dumps of dusty white boulders (thanks Johnson County!). The Marathon Supremes (700C x 40 mm nominal; about 37 mm right now) are characteristically Schwalbe-ish, but at 40-45 psi are cushy enough for the time being. There is plenty of clearance for 40 mm tires, even with fenders, and more without. I remain unsure about Noodles, though. I'm used to narrower bars with a rando bend (the LHT has the VO Chris's Rando Bar) and a longer ramp. Not that the Noodles are uncomfortable, but when I hopped on the LHT later to head into the office, the rando ramps felt downright luxurious in comparison. Time will tell. I'm interested in reading comments from those who might have used Noodles then switched to a rando bar, or vice versa, or have one of each on different bikes. Pictures show that Iowa is not flat. And that we do indeed have cattle (and hogs, too, but I can't post odors): https://www.flickr.com/photos/125863173@N06/sets/72157645186309248/ -- Bob -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Homer's first proper, if not long, ride
On Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:53:51 AM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: Fantastic! Your's is a beautiful build of Homer's grace and handsome elegance. I agree with Michael though, I somehow missed the not flat Iowa pictures. Grin. Ha! Yes, Michael and Patrick, Iowa's hills are neither the Greens nor the Rockies. But Iowa ain't Nebraska, either. (No disrespect meant to Nebraska, but dang! *That's *flat.) I will say, though, that the 2010 edition of RAGBRAI ascended a hill on the last day that defeated more than a few riders from the mountain west. They said that, while they were used to longer climbs, these tended not to be so steep (between 14% and 19%). -- Bob -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Homer's first proper, if not long, ride
On Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:28:26 AM UTC-5, Takashi wrote: I have used Noodles and Nitto Randos on my Bike Friday. I prefer Noodles. Bike Friday and Riv bikes are both designed to be able to put handlebars high, so I find upward sweep of Rando bars to be unnecessary. Noodle's backsweep makes me comfortable. Thanks, Takashi and Patrick, for your thoughts. One of my discomforts with Noodles is the feeling, for the first couple miles, that my hands are sliding down and out on the flats. On the other hand, the ramps on the VO rando bars might be *too* long. The B 135 or Grand Bois rando models are both worth consideration at some point. -- Bob -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Homer's first proper, if not long, ride
Walking a hill is never a defeat. Believing it is a defeat is a defeat. Grin. And from the few roads I've ridden in Iowa you are right, where there are hills they do not bother to make the road longer. Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:08:47 AM UTC-6, Bob Cook wrote: On Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:53:51 AM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: Fantastic! Your's is a beautiful build of Homer's grace and handsome elegance. I agree with Michael though, I somehow missed the not flat Iowa pictures. Grin. Ha! Yes, Michael and Patrick, Iowa's hills are neither the Greens nor the Rockies. But Iowa ain't Nebraska, either. (No disrespect meant to Nebraska, but dang! *That's *flat.) I will say, though, that the 2010 edition of RAGBRAI ascended a hill on the last day that defeated more than a few riders from the mountain west. They said that, while they were used to longer climbs, these tended not to be so steep (between 14% and 19%). -- Bob -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Homer's first proper, if not long, ride
On Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:52:36 AM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: Walking a hill is never a defeat. Believing it is a defeat is a defeat. Grin. And from the few roads I've ridden in Iowa you are right, where there are hills they do not bother to make the road longer. Grin. You are correct, Deacon. I should have said, ... *surprised* more than a few riders from the mountain west *and put them in LCG.* -- Bob -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Homer's first proper, if not long, ride
Awesome. My new 650b Homer is to arrive on Thursday. I'll post a ride report as well. On Wednesday, July 9, 2014 9:31:53 PM UTC-4, Bob Cook wrote: Mounted the Mark's Rack with upside-down EDelux yesterday. Took advantage this morning of beautiful weather for twenty-some miles of rolling Iowa for Homer's first real ride. I must admit I wore padded shorts. Brooks, my English butler (see what I did there?), is simply not adequately accustomed to my posterior yet. The bike lives up to the hype. It is ride is smooth, responsive, easy uphill and into the wind. It handles superbly in gravel, even fresh post-flooding dumps of dusty white boulders (thanks Johnson County!). The Marathon Supremes (700C x 40 mm nominal; about 37 mm right now) are characteristically Schwalbe-ish, but at 40-45 psi are cushy enough for the time being. There is plenty of clearance for 40 mm tires, even with fenders, and more without. I remain unsure about Noodles, though. I'm used to narrower bars with a rando bend (the LHT has the VO Chris's Rando Bar) and a longer ramp. Not that the Noodles are uncomfortable, but when I hopped on the LHT later to head into the office, the rando ramps felt downright luxurious in comparison. Time will tell. I'm interested in reading comments from those who might have used Noodles then switched to a rando bar, or vice versa, or have one of each on different bikes. Pictures show that Iowa is not flat. And that we do indeed have cattle (and hogs, too, but I can't post odors): https://www.flickr.com/photos/125863173@N06/sets/72157645186309248/ -- Bob -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Homer's first proper, if not long, ride
Nice photos! Those of us in the western part of the country are envious of the green. Sounds like the bike is mostly working well. It looks great. dougP On Wednesday, July 9, 2014 6:31:53 PM UTC-7, Bob Cook wrote: Mounted the Mark's Rack with upside-down EDelux yesterday. Took advantage this morning of beautiful weather for twenty-some miles of rolling Iowa for Homer's first real ride. I must admit I wore padded shorts. Brooks, my English butler (see what I did there?), is simply not adequately accustomed to my posterior yet. The bike lives up to the hype. It is ride is smooth, responsive, easy uphill and into the wind. It handles superbly in gravel, even fresh post-flooding dumps of dusty white boulders (thanks Johnson County!). The Marathon Supremes (700C x 40 mm nominal; about 37 mm right now) are characteristically Schwalbe-ish, but at 40-45 psi are cushy enough for the time being. There is plenty of clearance for 40 mm tires, even with fenders, and more without. I remain unsure about Noodles, though. I'm used to narrower bars with a rando bend (the LHT has the VO Chris's Rando Bar) and a longer ramp. Not that the Noodles are uncomfortable, but when I hopped on the LHT later to head into the office, the rando ramps felt downright luxurious in comparison. Time will tell. I'm interested in reading comments from those who might have used Noodles then switched to a rando bar, or vice versa, or have one of each on different bikes. Pictures show that Iowa is not flat. And that we do indeed have cattle (and hogs, too, but I can't post odors): https://www.flickr.com/photos/125863173@N06/sets/72157645186309248/ -- Bob -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Homer's first proper, if not long, ride
Tremendous. Just splendid On Wednesday, July 9, 2014 6:31:53 PM UTC-7, Bob Cook wrote: Mounted the Mark's Rack with upside-down EDelux yesterday. Took advantage this morning of beautiful weather for twenty-some miles of rolling Iowa for Homer's first real ride. I must admit I wore padded shorts. Brooks, my English butler (see what I did there?), is simply not adequately accustomed to my posterior yet. The bike lives up to the hype. It is ride is smooth, responsive, easy uphill and into the wind. It handles superbly in gravel, even fresh post-flooding dumps of dusty white boulders (thanks Johnson County!). The Marathon Supremes (700C x 40 mm nominal; about 37 mm right now) are characteristically Schwalbe-ish, but at 40-45 psi are cushy enough for the time being. There is plenty of clearance for 40 mm tires, even with fenders, and more without. I remain unsure about Noodles, though. I'm used to narrower bars with a rando bend (the LHT has the VO Chris's Rando Bar) and a longer ramp. Not that the Noodles are uncomfortable, but when I hopped on the LHT later to head into the office, the rando ramps felt downright luxurious in comparison. Time will tell. I'm interested in reading comments from those who might have used Noodles then switched to a rando bar, or vice versa, or have one of each on different bikes. Pictures show that Iowa is not flat. And that we do indeed have cattle (and hogs, too, but I can't post odors): https://www.flickr.com/photos/125863173@N06/sets/72157645186309248/ -- Bob -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
