[RBW] Re: new quickbeam frame

2008-12-19 Thread Ray Shine
OK. I just asked that ???.  Thks! --- On Fri, 12/19/08, Harry wrote: From: Harry Subject: [RBW] Re: new quickbeam frame To: "RBW Owners Bunch" Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 10:15 PM It can be If I Remember Correctly or If I Recall Correctly. A good place on the web to find this info is www.

[RBW] Re: new quickbeam frame

2008-12-19 Thread Ray Shine
Ah!  Got it, now.  Thank you. (Is there a glossary someplace that explains this new abbreviated language?) --- On Fri, 12/19/08, Harry wrote: From: Harry Subject: [RBW] Re: new quickbeam frame To: "RBW Owners Bunch" Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 10:10 PM If I Remember Correctly. Harry On

[RBW] Re: Riding my Romulus up Mt Tam tomorrow (12/20)

2008-12-19 Thread Ray Shine
Hi, Mike - Actually, that is Franklyn who is headed up Tam tomorrow.  I asked what time he's leaving because I might be able to squeeze it in if he'll have the company.  I remember meeting you on the Golden Gate Bridge.  That was a nice day.  If I get up there tomorrow, I will take pix and post

[RBW] Re: Riding my Romulus up Mt Tam tomorrow (12/20)

2008-12-19 Thread Mike
Ray, have fun on your Tam ride. I miss Tam at times. I've ridden Tam in the rain, super thick fog and even spotted patches of ice but I can't recall riding it with snow on it. Take your camera and post some pictures if you can. Come to think of it. The last time I rode Tam was on a visit to SF th

[RBW] Re: new quickbeam frame

2008-12-19 Thread Harry
It can be If I Remember Correctly or If I Recall Correctly. A good place on the web to find this info is www.netlingo.com Harry On Dec 19, 10:01 pm, Ray Shine wrote: > Someone please explain the abbreviation IIRC to me.  Thank you. > > Ray -ignorant-about-this-texting-thing Shine > > --- On Fri

[RBW] Re: new quickbeam frame

2008-12-19 Thread Harry
If I Remember Correctly. Harry On Dec 19, 10:01 pm, Ray Shine wrote: > Someone please explain the abbreviation IIRC to me.  Thank you. > > Ray -ignorant-about-this-texting-thing Shine --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to

[RBW] Re: Riding my Romulus up Mt Tam tomorrow (12/20)

2008-12-19 Thread Ray Shine
How early? --- On Fri, 12/19/08, franklyn wrote: From: franklyn Subject: [RBW] Riding my Romulus up Mt Tam tomorrow (12/20) To: "RBW Owners Bunch" Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 5:23 PM Hi, Bay Areas ROBs, I am thinking about going up Mt Tam on my Romulus tomorrow, as it seems it will be th

[RBW] Re: new quickbeam frame

2008-12-19 Thread Ray Shine
Someone please explain the abbreviation IIRC to me.  Thank you. Ray -ignorant-about-this-texting-thing Shine --- On Fri, 12/19/08, PATRICK MOORE wrote: From: PATRICK MOORE Subject: [RBW] Re: new quickbeam frame To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 2:14 PM On

[RBW] Jim Edger, Question Re; T-Shirt

2008-12-19 Thread Ray
Jim -- Please contact me off list regarding a recent T-Shirt purchase. thank you. Ray Shine --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-b

[RBW] Re: Richard Sachs Cross Bike

2008-12-19 Thread Gino Zahnd
And the *only* reason I'm using it in this thread is because it's about Richie. Otherwise I never use it atmo. (see, he IS a jokester atmo!) -Gino On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 19:13 -0800, Aaron Thomas wrote: >> what's all this "atmo" stuff

[RBW] Re: Riding my Romulus up Mt Tam tomorrow (12/20)

2008-12-19 Thread CycloFiend
on 12/19/08 5:23 PM, franklyn at frankly...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi, Bay Areas ROBs, > > I am thinking about going up Mt Tam on my Romulus tomorrow, as it > seems it will be the only dry day for a while. I will probably start > in the City, going over the bridge to Marin. Probably start early.

[RBW] Re: new quickbeam frame

2008-12-19 Thread CycloFiend
on 12/19/08 2:14 PM, PATRICK MOORE at bertin...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:07 PM, CycloFiend wrote: IIRC, Grant had indicated that the Singolo would be the last model done. "Singolo"? SS or fixed? Gad, not another bike to tempt me! I must look on their site; no mention of it

[RBW] Re: 57 Longlow on CL (Santa Rosa, CA)

2008-12-19 Thread rob markwardt
> > Speaking of Mr. Starck, I wonder how that irascible soul is doing.  He > used to post every now and then on the RBW forum back when Riv still > hosted it.  Have not seen anything from him - at least in a on line > name I recognize - for some time. > I think its likely he's been banned from

[RBW] Re: Richard Sachs Cross Bike

2008-12-19 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 19:13 -0800, Aaron Thomas wrote: > what's all this "atmo" stuff all about? is it some sort of shorthand > like FWIW, IMHO, YMMV, etc.? Indeed. Coined by e-Richie himself, the acronym stands for "According To My Opinion". For a while, e-Richie used the handle "Atmo" on the

[RBW] Re: Richard Sachs Cross Bike

2008-12-19 Thread Aaron Thomas
what's all this "atmo" stuff all about? is it some sort of shorthand like FWIW, IMHO, YMMV, etc.? On Dec 19, 4:16 pm, "Gino Zahnd" wrote: > Sure, he was pissed off (rightfully so), but there's humor in that passage > atmo. > > Gino > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Patrick in VT wrote: > >

[RBW] Re: FS: Suntour Power Ratchet Barcons

2008-12-19 Thread Andrew Karre
These are sold. On Dec 19, 6:51 pm, Andrew Karre wrote: > I've got a set of these classic bar end shifters that I don't need. > $20 shipped or Twin Cities pickup. > > http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/bik/964409599.html > > Thanks, > AK --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You r

[RBW] Riding my Romulus up Mt Tam tomorrow (12/20)

2008-12-19 Thread franklyn
Hi, Bay Areas ROBs, I am thinking about going up Mt Tam on my Romulus tomorrow, as it seems it will be the only dry day for a while. I will probably start in the City, going over the bridge to Marin. Probably start early. Does anyone know if Bolinas-Fairfax Road from the lake to the top is still

[RBW] FS: Suntour Power Ratchet Barcons

2008-12-19 Thread Andrew Karre
I've got a set of these classic bar end shifters that I don't need. $20 shipped or Twin Cities pickup. http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/bik/964409599.html Thanks, AK --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

[RBW] Re: Richard Sachs Cross Bike

2008-12-19 Thread Gino Zahnd
Sure, he was pissed off (rightfully so), but there's humor in that passage atmo. Gino On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Patrick in VT wrote: > > > > On Dec 19, 1:17 am, "erik jensen" > wrote: >> No offense to Mr. Sachs, but is this quote funny to anyone else? Especially >> in the context of cyc

[RBW] Re: Richard Sachs Cross Bike

2008-12-19 Thread Patrick in VT
On Dec 19, 1:17 am, "erik jensen" wrote: > No offense to Mr. Sachs, but is this quote funny to anyone else? Especially > in the context of cyclocross? Yes! And I don't think he was joking. But, I'd be angry too - I'm totally fine running my bike into a tree during a 'cross race, but if some

[RBW] Re: new quickbeam frame

2008-12-19 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:07 PM, CycloFiend wrote: > > > IIRC, Grant had indicated that the Singolo would be the last model done. "Singolo"? SS or fixed? Gad, not another bike to tempt me! I must look on their site; no mention of it a couple of days ago. --~--~-~--~~~---

[RBW] Re: new quickbeam frame

2008-12-19 Thread jpp
Speaking of this bike and the other new models. It was originally stated that there would be four new taiwan made models. Grant said similar to the quickbeam, AHH, atlantis and mixtie. It looks like the Hillborne is a good mix of the AHH and Atlantis. Does anyone know if they are keeping it at

[RBW] Re: new quickbeam frame

2008-12-19 Thread CycloFiend
on 12/19/08 5:53 AM, tamjam at brianu...@gmail.com wrote: > > Sounds interesting. Any idea about price/availabilty? Are deposits > being taken? I was really hot last year for an orange QB but couldn't > find one in a 56cm. Maybe I'll have to settle for a silver one. I know that the batch of sil

[RBW] Re: help from 68cm Rambouillet or Redwood owners?

2008-12-19 Thread art
On Dec 19, 10:10 am, "Bill Connell" wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 10:04 AM, art wrote: > > > Could anybody out there measure the headtube length of your 68 cm > > Rambouillet or Redwood for me? Even an approximate measurement would > > be good enough -- I'm replacing the fork and don't have

[RBW] Re: help from 68cm Rambouillet or Redwood owners?

2008-12-19 Thread Bill Connell
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 10:04 AM, art wrote: > > Could anybody out there measure the headtube length of your 68 cm > Rambouillet or Redwood for me? Even an approximate measurement would > be good enough -- I'm replacing the fork and don't have access to the > bike right now. If it helps at all,

[RBW] Re: new quickbeam frame

2008-12-19 Thread charlie
The "Simpleton" or whatever it will be called is the one I am talking about. A budget priced, lugged, sturdy enough for me to ride, derailleurless bike. On Dec 19, 5:53 am, tamjam wrote: > Sounds interesting. Any idea about price/availabilty? Are deposits > being taken? I was really hot last yea

[RBW] help from 68cm Rambouillet or Redwood owners?

2008-12-19 Thread art
Could anybody out there measure the headtube length of your 68 cm Rambouillet or Redwood for me? Even an approximate measurement would be good enough -- I'm replacing the fork and don't have access to the bike right now. Thanks for any help! Art Tacoma --~--~-~--~~~

[RBW] Re: Nekkid Sam Hillborne Photos Posted

2008-12-19 Thread Mike
The pictures of the complete Hillborne look great. I think Grant did really really well with this one. I wonder what color green it'll be. British racing green would be cool. I purchased a complete Rambouillet in 2007, an AHH in 2008, and already I'm scheming to pick up one of these in 2009. I'm

[RBW] Re: new quickbeam frame

2008-12-19 Thread tamjam
Sounds interesting. Any idea about price/availabilty? Are deposits being taken? I was really hot last year for an orange QB but couldn't find one in a 56cm. Maybe I'll have to settle for a silver one. On Dec 18, 8:34 am, Esteban wrote: > Ok, from what I know, the new batch of Quickbeams will be

[RBW] Re: 57 Longlow on CL (Santa Rosa, CA)

2008-12-19 Thread JoelMatthews
I hope the bike went to someone who plans to put some miles on that bike. It definitely needs some riding. I realize others will differ, but I also hope the new owner swaps the mustache bars and bar end shifters for some Nitto drops and down tube shifters. Speaking of Mr. Starck, I wonder how t