I'm surprised the Surly folks didn't get a call about their Pugsley
model. And who doesn't like Gomez? The Addams Family names were in
use by Ibis in the 90's. I'm thoroughly enjoying the Cousin It
tandem these days with my 9-year-old. Didn't they have Fester model
in the works? I forget.
I
Lots of really bright headlights on tonight's ride. Look for the
cowbell scene--we're getting ready for the Tour of California this
weekend!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1a8X94CDao
Riv content: Rode my Road Standard.
--Eric
campyonly...@me.com
www.campyonly.com
www.wheelsnorth.org
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As I recall in the early single-digit readers and 1996 catalogue,
Grant specified custom guages for his 753 tubing. I think chainstays,
even on the early road standards , were heavier, and I believe longer
butts, especially for the downtubes were used. Early all-rounders and
Mountain exped
Hi avillage,
I've been commuting w/ my load up-front have set-up an older
Bridgestone T700 w/ a wald basket and Mark's Rack. For myself, this
configuration handles better (more control in corners and at stops)
than w/ a saddle bag. I usually throw my Carradice Junior (read
duffle bag) into the r
Hi,
Does anyone have a carradice rain cape that they can take pictures of
it laid out flat and maybe with a tape measure next to it? They seem
to be rather hard-to-come-by items and I'm reasonably handy with a
sewing machine so I'm thinking of seeing if I can put one together
myself out of either
The photos of the new Sackville Saddlebags now include rulers & tape
measures on the bags to show the dimensions. Don't think these were there a
few days ago when they first went up. Really helps with the sizing
comparisons.
dougP
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Hear, hear. If there was ever a writer who deserved to have a country
bike named after him, it was Colin Fletcher. I keep that book on my
nightstand with a few others. May he rest in peace.
On Feb 12, 2:47 pm, Paul Cooley wrote:
>
> And I wouldn't mind a "Colin Fletcher" for the person who w
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Tim McNamara wrote:
Yves Gomez was a famous Franco-Catalan petanque champion and freedom
fighter. I thought everybody knew about him. ;-)
> Has "Velocio?" been taken. A good bike tribute to Velocio would be in
> order.
Oooh, I like that one for a bike.
Did
On Feb 12, 2009, at 9:08 PM, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Tim McNamara
> wrote:
>
> Yves Gomez was a famous Franco-Catalan petanque champion and freedom
> fighter. I thought everybody knew about him. ;-)
>
> > Has "Velocio?" been taken. A good bike tribute to
I was commuting on my 61cm Bleriot with a medium sized messenger bag secured
to the front rack, which handled really nice, but my commute is bi-modal.
Securing and removing the bag got to be a hassle.
I tried a large Wald basket on an old Blackburn Mtn rack, but with clothes,
lunch, laptop, books,
These have sold.
On Feb 12, 12:31 pm, Dave C wrote:
> My wife gave me a pair of studded tires for my Atlantis, but we don't
> have enough icy conditions to warrant the purchase. These are new
> tires, never mounted are used. These are intended for icy commutes,
> but they have a decent tread o
Well, I have gone to moustache bars and I'm not going back. I have the
bar stem combo that came on my Bleriot no longer needed. I switched
out the bars the day I received the bike which was a RBW demo. I don't
know how many miles are on them but the bike looked brand spanking
new. You can barely s
>From the first Riv catalog:
"The frames are made of Reynolds 753 steel tubing drawn to our own
specifications, and the tubes are heavier than the stock Reynolds 753
tubes and other superlight steel tubes. But the extra material is
well-placed: The upper down tube butt is 100 mm, because the mo
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Tim McNamara wrote:
>
> Yves Gomez was a famous Franco-Catalan petanque champion and freedom
> fighter. I thought everybody knew about him. ;-)
>
> > Has "Velocio?" been taken. A good bike tribute to Velocio would be in
> > order.
>
> Oooh, I like that one for
On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 21:48 -0500, stanwas...@bellsouth.net wrote:
> I've set up a Bleriot for commuting. I use an old, generic aluminum rack to
> which I've attached a pair of Wald folding baskets. My normal commuting
> load is around thirty pounds, and I'm sure I've carried much heavier load
On Feb 12, 2009, at 4:47 PM, Paul Cooley wrote:
> "Yves Gomez" is a little offputting, though I don't know who he is.
> My imagination jumps immediately to Gomez from the Adams Family, but
> that's because my kids just watched the movie.
Yves Gomez was a famous Franco-Catalan petanque champion
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 7:48 PM, wrote:
> My normal commuting
> load is around thirty pounds,
What do you carry daily that weighs so much? I'm curious.
A stiffer rack than those Walds -- which I've used -- will make 30 lb feel
better; in fact, I think, don't know, that a stiff rack is more im
I say go for it. My commuter wears the big Wald basket from Riv zip
tied to an old Blackburn rear rack. I found a small carry-on bag on
sale at REI that fits perfectly and holds just enough for my day. The
load is high and back, but I don't carry enough weight in the bag to
upset the bike's hand
I've set up a Bleriot for commuting. I use an old, generic aluminum rack to
which I've attached a pair of Wald folding baskets. My normal commuting
load is around thirty pounds, and I'm sure I've carried much heavier loads
home from the supermarket. The bike handles fine, but I am aware of t
I have a 57 bleriot, use the nitto big rack in the rear, mark's rack
in the front with the little baggins loafer. During the week, the
little baggins carries a jacket, some gloves, a couple straps, micro
pump, and maybe a hat, and I attach a pannier to commute to work (the
arkel one with the lapt
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 2:41 PM, avillage wrote:
>
> Hi, there. I'm getting ready to set up my Bleriot for commuting. I use
> it that way now but I wear a day pack with all my stuff and I want to
> get it off my back. I'm investigating racks, bags, baskets, trunks,
> all trying to decide the best
21 lbs was a normal weight for a road bike, back in the day. You can probably
use lighter components now too, but if low weight is your goal, RBW might not
be your brand in the 1st place.
From: JL
To: RBW Owners Bunch
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:26:
I'm kind of Teton man, myself
From: Doug Peterson
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:56:58 PM
Subject: [RBW] Re: Get Your Email Update Here/Non Middle Earth Names
Are the Cascades taken?
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On Feb 12, 2:31 pm, Dave C wrote:
> My wife gave me a pair of studded tires for my Atlantis, but we don't
> have enough icy conditions to warrant the purchase. These are new
> tires, never mounted are used. These are intended for icy commutes,
> bu
We use Listserv where I work. It's very fast, and does a very good job
with large lists. We have a number of lists that are several times as
large as Riv's list, and the last time I looked it took well under an
hour send all the mail.
Before we switched, we were using Majordomo and had difficul
Second Rene's thoughts. Just got back from the grocery store with 2 small
panniers crammed full with cans, fruit & veggies. The celery & bananas
wound up in the saddlebag. Typical load and while I know the weight is
there, the bike handles fine.
My Atlantis is equipped with a Nitto Big rear rac
If I remember correctly the tubing used on these early Rivendells was
not thicker per se but some of the tubes had a longer butt section. My
'96 road standard has the same paint job and odd green primer you
described - it was built with the longer butted Reynolds 753. I set
it up with a compact d
John:
A friend maintains a professional list of 30,000 names & he mentioned he has
to use some sort of batching process (?) where they go out in smaller
bunches. Didn't ask any of the obvious questions but it's not an uncommon
problem and there is a solution.
dougP
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F
22K! Wow! Didn't realize there were that many Riv Riders out there!
RS
--- On Thu, 2/12/09, RonLau wrote:
> From: RonLau
> Subject: [RBW] Re: Get Your Email Update Here
> To: "RBW Owners Bunch"
> Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 3:22 PM
> John,
>
> 22000 emails will trigger most spam f
John,
22000 emails will trigger most spam filter based on the numbers of
emails. depends on the software itself, it can either block you for
60 minutes or much longer.
depends...
Ron
On Feb 12, 7:18 am, John at Rivendell wrote:
> An update on the update- As of yesterday, it was still going o
Hi,
You are on the right track of putting a rear Nitto Top rack and a wire
basket. Tie the wire basket with plastic tie-wraps and your set-up will be
as stable as it can be. I had that set-up with my Wilbury. Don't worry
about the handling of your Bleriot. If you have not followed earlier
discuss
Are the Cascades taken? Nice string of volcanic peaks, should cover a full
line of bikes. We'll reserve Mt. St. Helens for a bike with explosive
acceleration and white hot handling. I can hear the groans already & I
haven't even hit the sent button!
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From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegr
Someone else asked this question a couple of days ago & I don't believe it
was answered:
Who is "Yves Gomez", really? Or this is a ficticious character dreamed up
by the Riv crew halfway up Mt Diablo, and are now chuckling with glee as we
all ponder the message & search for hidden meanings?
-
tamalpais?
too obvious? taken?
shrug.
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Paul Cooley wrote:
>
> "Yves Gomez" is a little offputting, though I don't know who he is.
> My imagination jumps immediately to Gomez from the Adams Family, but
> that's because my kids just watched the movie.
>
> Has "Velo
"Yves Gomez" is a little offputting, though I don't know who he is.
My imagination jumps immediately to Gomez from the Adams Family, but
that's because my kids just watched the movie.
Has "Velocio?" been taken. A good bike tribute to Velocio would be in
order.
And I wouldn't mind a "Coli
Check out the variety of set-ups here:
http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw/atlantis/
A picture is worth a thousand words. While this is the Atlantis page,
scroll to the bottom for links to the other RBW models. WARNING: You may
lose several hours in this exercise! However, if it gets you to where
Hi, there. I'm getting ready to set up my Bleriot for commuting. I use
it that way now but I wear a day pack with all my stuff and I want to
get it off my back. I'm investigating racks, bags, baskets, trunks,
all trying to decide the best arrangement. My current thinking is a
large basket on a rac
Thanks for the update!!
I am glad to see Rivendell plugging away given the hard times ahead
and behind.I do hope Rivendell cane keep its names--too bad about
Baggins. It was a great name for a line of bike bags.
I hope the new line of bags has a smaller version too.
I really don't care for
My wife gave me a pair of studded tires for my Atlantis, but we don't
have enough icy conditions to warrant the purchase. These are new
tires, never mounted are used. These are intended for icy commutes,
but they have a decent tread on them for trails. Most Rivendell
frames will be able to clea
Now you've started it! You're both wrong - it's the Atlantis.
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From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
[mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of erik jensen
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:36 AM
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: [RBW] Re: Get Your Em
Which by extension should mean that the Saluki too is the best production bike
of all time, right? (Saluki and Hilsen are the same bikes in 650B smaller frame
sizes: same lugs, tubes, etc, just different decals)
Gotta disagree. If I had to keep one and sell one, I'd keep the Ram and sell
the Sa
I must defer "best production bike of all time" to the Saluki.
Same geometry, same styling cues, same 650B goodness.
So. Why?
It's named after a dog breed, of course. Copacetic for any user, regardless
of gender. (ie my partner couldn't imagine herself astride a AHomerH).
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at
>>>We're continuing the A.Homer HIlsen forever. I think it is the best
"production" bike of all time.<<<
There are a couple of bold statements. I've been waiting for someone
to comment on this.
I'm not prepared to argue with either. I just purchased a 650B AHH
and am looking forward to finishi
The XTR cantis have been claimed. Thanks for your interest.
dougP
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753 was the flagship product of Reynolds for several years. It was a heat
treated version of 531 and according to what I've read, was 40% stronger. This
allowed thinner tube sets of equal carrying capacity. It seems to have been
phased out of production around 2001. 853 which is weldable replace
On Feb 11, 7:33 pm, Paul wrote:
> Is there a prize for catching the Dune reference?
Literary Reference Merit Badge. Different one. Nice catch, though!
- J
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An update on the update- As of yesterday, it was still going out.
22,000 addresses takes a while, it seems. I had a couple of emails
from folks wanting me to put them on the list. When I checked, they
already were. We will try and do the updates more often, and I will
always post them to this list
On Feb 11, 2009, at 10:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
> Someone posted that the WI shop used heavy tubing and I was afraid
> that my Rivvie would feel more like a Batavius.
I remember seeing that and being a bit surprised. The original
Rivendell frames were built from Reynolds 753, which was one of t
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:21 PM, colin p. cummings wrote:
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> Brand new canvas country bag from Riv, not as capacious as I thought
> and I'd like something bigger. If you have something bigger in the
> same vein (canvas, riv/bobish, worth about $185), even if it's used,
> I'd probably trade for
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM, james black wrote:
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> I have not received an email update from Rivendell for, I don't know,
> three years? But I used to receive them regularly. I wonder if
> Rivendell lost a bunch of addresses somehow? So it is good that these
> be posted to the lists, and I s
Looks like the same light blue that was used on the Romulus and similar to
Bleriot. Appears to have a light green primer and the blue followed by a clear
top coat. I think it's the original paint job. There are chain suck and chain
stay nick marks as well as a mark where the clamp on front der w
And another one to chime in that the original post never made it from
Rivendell to me, either. But thank you, John for posting it to the
list. Good things to know.
Eric Platt
St. Paul, MN
On Feb 11, 10:27�pm, David Estes wrote:
> Mine was lost in the tubes as well...
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009
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