Gino,
Your welcome, One of the two things I changed was the bottom bracket, the
tread was just to narrow for my knees. I went with a Phil, and I think I
added ~3mm to each side maybe a 120mm? The other thing I changed was the
front bag, you can see the final build at:
On Sep 17, 2008, at 7:18 AM, Frederick, Steve wrote:
on 9/16/08 5:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Interesting article by someone who replaced the fork on their
Atlantis
to eliminate the shimmies.
http://readytoride.biz/?p=333
Shimmy can be caused by a lot of
Can someone please describe shimmy to me? I would think it is an uncontrolable
vibration you get similar to a car wiht the front end out of alignment or the
wheel is out of balance. I have an Atlantis, Quickbeam and Rambouillet and
have never experienced shimmy on them. On the Rambouillet I
Hi,
I'm using an Ostrich on one bike and a Iniurushi(Jitensha) on another
without decaleurs. I have the bags bolted through the front rack
through the plastic stiffeners on the bottom. I then use toe straps to
handlebars. Very stable and there's enough gap between the bag and bar
to still
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:03:45 -0700 Subject: [RBW] Re: Low trail Atlantis
fork From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com .I
think what's often missed is that here's a wide gulf between not optimal
and not acceptable.
Very well put. This is where I am with my
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:05 AM, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think with a 63 you won't find a bag that comes up even with the bars.
Yep. I imagine the largest Berthoud bag still wouldn't get close to the
bars.
The bag opening from the front of the bike is really a deal killer for
On PBP last year my handle bar bag was full as was my little joe. You may not
plan on filling up that bag but you will.
I really need to pare things down.Larry Powersjust when you think that you've
been gypedthe bearded lady comes and does a double back flip - John Hiatt
Date: Wed, 17 Sep
On Sep 16, 8:32 pm, David Faller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have to believe that shimmy has a strong component of Human Body in it. My
good friend and 35 year cyclist, twice trans-America rider, and former wrench
has had many bikes over the years and has had shimmy on every one of them.
On Sep 17, 7:06 am, Larry Powers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have thought about getting a low trail fork but would the bike still be a
Rambouillet? Would I be able to get the same gorgeous Orange color? The
bottom line is a Rambouillet with a custome low trail fork is still cheaper
then
On Sep 17, 8:12 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I built up and tested one of the Kogswell prototypes a couple of
years ago and had a chance to play around with front-loading, the
truth was that I did not find it all that appealing. Neither did any
of my smaller-bodied (and mostly female)
You are probably right but the established builders I am familiar with are
probably $2500 or more for a frame and fork.Larry Powersjust when you think
that you've been gypedthe bearded lady comes and does a double back flip -
John Hiatt Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:12:24 -0700 Subject: [RBW] Re:
I too have a 1996 26 wheel Allrounder. http://tinyurl.com/4qfwem
http://tinyurl.com/45cbmr
It was bought small to work well offroad, but over the years has
generally been a commuter and mixed road steed. It has Reynolds753
tubing and is quite flexy, or these days one might say it planes. For
That Saluki is awsome. How do the spacers workare they like a
washer or are they attached to the spindle somehow?
On Sep 17, 6:02 am, Joe Szokoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gino,
Your welcome, One of the two things I changed was the bottom bracket, the
tread was just to narrow for my
Thought I would share this with the group. Yes, everyone who rides
with us to Portland will have a chance to meet Elle Pointdexter.
http://wheelsnorth.campyonly.com/videos/elle_wn_promo.mov
And yes, T-shirts are available at www.wheelsnorth.org Look for the
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