[RBW] Re: IGH Atlantis type bikes was: Tried and LOVED - Silver Bar End Shifters
I had a Peregrine for a while. It was nice but not great: it really handled more like a mountain bike than a road bike, ie, somewhat slowly. I preferred my Crosscheck in most every way, although the Peregrine was pretty sharp looking. The disc brakes make setting up racks and fenders kind of fiddly. It was also quite heavy, just over six pounds for my large frame with the EBB installed. The fork was close to three. Eric On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 11:57 AM, MichaelH mhech...@gmail.com wrote: Nice looking frames, and pretty attractive prices, even with shipping. I wasn't familiar with them. Does anyone have personal experience with the company frames? Michael On Sep 6, 10:21 am, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Seth Vidal skvi...@gmail.com wrote: I've got no problem with friction shifting but yesterday I realized why it would never work for my partner. Since I've been off the bike for a while now she decided she wanted to try riding my atlantis and I decided I wanted to see if she liked it. So she took it out for a little spin and shifted. Now, my partner is completely deaf and while I'm standing there watching her get comfortable I'm hearing 'clank clank clank clank' as the derailler is not quite lined up. Made me say 'hmmm'. Here's a situation where friction just isn't going to work so well. There's a lot of friction shifting which requires some amount of hearing. And as much as someone tells me its about feeling it I think they are full of crap that it isn't about hearing it, too. -sv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: IGH Atlantis type bikes was: Tried and LOVED - Silver Bar End Shifters
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:21 AM, David Estescyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Seth, If she's at all considering an Atlantis, but desiring an IGH, the perfect all-rounder bike that is made for an IGH is the Singular Peregrine (two-thirds down the page). Seems like a great bike. There are several of them rough-stuffing around the British Isles with Alfine hubs. Kind of best of both worlds with that bike! She just wanted to try it out - and since the bike is being unloved while I am recovering I figured why not. :) I think if she wanted something similar we'd take a lng look at the betty foy (well, with a paint job). But chances are the next bike purchase for us will be in a few more years and it'll be a new tandem. -sv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: IGH Atlantis type bikes was: Tried and LOVED - Silver Bar End Shifters
Nice looking frames, and pretty attractive prices, even with shipping. I wasn't familiar with them. Does anyone have personal experience with the company frames? Michael On Sep 6, 10:21 am, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Seth Vidal skvi...@gmail.com wrote: I've got no problem with friction shifting but yesterday I realized why it would never work for my partner. Since I've been off the bike for a while now she decided she wanted to try riding my atlantis and I decided I wanted to see if she liked it. So she took it out for a little spin and shifted. Now, my partner is completely deaf and while I'm standing there watching her get comfortable I'm hearing 'clank clank clank clank' as the derailler is not quite lined up. Made me say 'hmmm'. Here's a situation where friction just isn't going to work so well. There's a lot of friction shifting which requires some amount of hearing. And as much as someone tells me its about feeling it I think they are full of crap that it isn't about hearing it, too. -sv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Seth, If she's at all considering an Atlantis, but desiring an IGH, the perfect all-rounder bike that is made for an IGH is the Singular Peregrinehttp://www.singularcycles.com/bikes.htm(two-thirds down the page). Seems like a great bike. There are several of them rough-stuffing around the British Isles with Alfine hubs. Kind of best of both worlds with that bike! -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym. ~Bill Nye, scientist guy --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: IGH Atlantis type bikes was: Tried and LOVED - Silver Bar End Shifters
This one been on sale for a while: http://singularcycles.blogspot.com/2009/08/for-sale-large-singular-peregrine.html All dressed up and nowhere to go... On 6 Sep, 17:57, MichaelH mhech...@gmail.com wrote: Nice looking frames, and pretty attractive prices, even with shipping. I wasn't familiar with them. Does anyone have personal experience with the company frames? Michael On Sep 6, 10:21 am, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Seth Vidal skvi...@gmail.com wrote: I've got no problem with friction shifting but yesterday I realized why it would never work for my partner. Since I've been off the bike for a while now she decided she wanted to try riding my atlantis and I decided I wanted to see if she liked it. So she took it out for a little spin and shifted. Now, my partner is completely deaf and while I'm standing there watching her get comfortable I'm hearing 'clank clank clank clank' as the derailler is not quite lined up. Made me say 'hmmm'. Here's a situation where friction just isn't going to work so well. There's a lot of friction shifting which requires some amount of hearing. And as much as someone tells me its about feeling it I think they are full of crap that it isn't about hearing it, too. -sv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Seth, If she's at all considering an Atlantis, but desiring an IGH, the perfect all-rounder bike that is made for an IGH is the Singular Peregrinehttp://www.singularcycles.com/bikes.htm(two-thirds down the page). Seems like a great bike. There are several of them rough-stuffing around the British Isles with Alfine hubs. Kind of best of both worlds with that bike! -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym. ~Bill Nye, scientist guy- Dölj citerad text - - Visa citerad text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: IGH Atlantis type bikes was: Tried and LOVED - Silver Bar End Shifters
FWIW another good candidate for an IGH tourer type bike is the Handsome devil, I am currently running one as a derailleur bike and love it but I bought it with the idea that eventually when I have a few more $$$ I will buy a nice fully lugged bike, Riv, and the HD will be come my IGH townie bike since it has nice Horizontal dropouts. Anyway after 2+ months of riding I am very pleased with the frame and at $379 for the frameset it was a good bang for the buck. Currently they come in 52, 55 and 59 cm. http://www.handsomecycles.com/index.php?id=8 (Scroll to the bottom of the page for the IGH config) Derailleur Rando rivenated set up http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryans_rando/3713053789/in/set-72157621343223660/ On Sep 6, 9:04 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: I've been in contact w/ a couple people that ride them in the UK, and they are VERY happy with them. And the price is real good. Reminds me of Rawland. DE On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 8:57 AM, MichaelH mhech...@gmail.com wrote: Nice looking frames, and pretty attractive prices, even with shipping. I wasn't familiar with them. Does anyone have personal experience with the company frames? Michael On Sep 6, 10:21 am, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Seth Vidal skvi...@gmail.com wrote: I've got no problem with friction shifting but yesterday I realized why it would never work for my partner. Since I've been off the bike for a while now she decided she wanted to try riding my atlantis and I decided I wanted to see if she liked it. So she took it out for a little spin and shifted. Now, my partner is completely deaf and while I'm standing there watching her get comfortable I'm hearing 'clank clank clank clank' as the derailler is not quite lined up. Made me say 'hmmm'. Here's a situation where friction just isn't going to work so well. There's a lot of friction shifting which requires some amount of hearing. And as much as someone tells me its about feeling it I think they are full of crap that it isn't about hearing it, too. -sv -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym. ~Bill Nye, scientist guy- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
