And the plot thickens...
Thanks!
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Kevin Pollen pollencloth...@gmail.comwrote:
I have a 58cm Atlantas and I ride 50mm Big Apples and fenders on it.
I have about 3/4 of an inch of TCO. But its mostly from the fenders I
think.
I rode it with the fenders off and
We saw a lot of cat prints... none mountain lion-esque, but plenty of bobcat
prints.
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Brad Gantt brdg...@gmail.com wrote:
Wow! That's big cat country. Looks like an epic for sure.
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To set the stage, I'm happily stuck in a 7 speed / freewheel world,
understand how freewheels work, do all my own bicycle maintenance
etc...
I was riding my Atlantis yesterday and during one hard effort (it's
all relative) the freewheel skippedchunk! It's an old Suntour 7
speed freewheel
Are the cogs clean? I found that build up of chain grime can contribute to
unwanted chain jump from gear to gear.
From: Angus angusle...@sbcglobal.net
I was riding my Atlantis yesterday and during one hard effort (it's
all relative) the freewheel
My solution was to immerse the freewheel in some kind of cleaning
solvent, agitate to float any dirt or impurities away, dry the
freewheel out and wipe it down, then lube the pawls with Phil Wood
oil. Lubing is done by dripping the oil into the gap between the
outermost cog and the freewheel body.
Am I right (or, in the alternative, completely misguided) in thinking that TCO
should not be a problem if you're not clipped in? (I suppose maybe that's why
the problem is called toe clip overlap.)
I've never encountered it, but am now considering either a 58cm or 61cm
Atlantis with big tires
Congrats on the Rambouillet! What a great design. My new-to-me
orange Ram is fast becoming my favorite bike. Post some pictures of
yours when it's done.
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Wow, guys. That's a great photo-narrative of your adventure. I love
the ones of Andy hopping over the fence, road closed, and the
trailblazing. Just epic. I wish I was there!
Rode with a couple of bobcats on Kitchen Creek on Mt. Laguna on
Saturday while pre-riding the 80 for Haiti and then
On Feb 1, 2010, at 4:51 AM, Angus wrote:
To set the stage, I'm happily stuck in a 7 speed / freewheel world,
understand how freewheels work, do all my own bicycle maintenance
etc...
I was riding my Atlantis yesterday and during one hard effort (it's
all relative) the freewheel
Angus,
If the FW body itself skips from not engaging.. from my
experience it's from grease inside becoming gunked up inside causing
the pawls to miss engaging. I've had this happen with multiple Sachs
FW's because of the grease they use from the factory. Suntour FW's
always came oiled,
Here's a few more pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwqandy/sets/72157623327572068/
What a day!!
-Andy
On Feb 1, 6:54 am, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote:
Wow, guys. That's a great photo-narrative of your adventure. I love
the ones of Andy hopping over the fence, road closed, and the
Yeah, that name is a bit of an anachronism. Well, maybe not on this list...
:-)
I think I shall dub it Big Toe Overlap from this point forward!
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Allingham II, Thomas J
thomas.alling...@skadden.com wrote:
Am I right (or, in the alternative, completely
But seriously, if your toe is not attached to the pedal, it will just slip off
if it bumps into the fender, correct? So no issue with TCO if not clipped in?
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On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Allingham II, Thomas J
thomas.alling...@skadden.com wrote:
But seriously, if your toe is not attached to the pedal, it will just slip
off if it bumps into the fender, correct? So no issue with TCO if not
clipped in?
It depends on a number of things:
1. how
SPD pedals, so I'm clipped in and if it crosses, could be less than a
pleasant experience.
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Allingham II, Thomas J
thomas.alling...@skadden.com wrote:
But seriously, if your toe is not attached to the pedal, it will just
slip off if it bumps into the fender,
I'll agree with Mark that you can probably stop the skipping and
extend the life of of the freewheel with some solvent, followed by
some lubrication. I've done this with both freewheels and freehubs
with varying degrees of success.
Seriously though...If this freewheel has indeed provided
Hi Mark,
You don't mention whether they salt in your area or not. I live in
northern Michigan where they salt with a vengeance.
I can't ride anything nice in the winter here because of the salt.
Even when things clear up a bit, any puddles on the road are
corrosive. Kiss bare aluminum
Dustin and I rode most of the route on Saturday (and then some), and I
must say, this is CERTAINLY worth doing for all the right reasons -
the ride is beautiful.
Esteban
San Diego, Calif.
On Jan 31, 4:30 pm, Matt Critchlow matt.critch...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the slideshow Chris! Looking
Between that snow and our back-country pics, folks are going to think this
was up in the Sierras!
Interesting fact for those out of state: other than huge population near the
coast and along some freeway corridors, SoCal is VERY wide open and wild.
Can't say enough how insanely crazy this ride
Our Green 56cm Hillborne Shop bike is for sale:
http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/gallery/rb-gallery-1/
It is a demo bike, which means customers swing their leg over and
take it for a spin ... it has probably been ridden less than 10 total
miles.
We could sell it as a frame + fork, complete
I caught m toe on the Ramboiullet fender pretty hard a while back--kicked the
SKS stays out of their eyelet quick release dealie. Startled me but no harm
done.
Steve Frederick, East Lansing, MI
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FWIW, I found that adding (Velo Orange, 35 mm aluminum) fenders to my
Motobecane actually helped with TCO, for, though they increased the TCO,
obviously, they also provided a smooth, curved surface to deflect the
offending toe clip (now, the offending toe, since I've switched back, fickle
as I am,
on 2/1/10 6:26 AM, Allingham II, Thomas J at thomas.alling...@skadden.com
wrote:
Am I right (or, in the alternative, completely misguided) in thinking that
TCO should not be a problem if you're not clipped in? (I suppose maybe
that's why the problem is called toe clip overlap.)
Just for
If I am understanding your problem, just add knee savers..I put
them om every bike I have ever had...why sell an Atlantis?
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/pedalspacers.asp
Mark
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on 2/1/10 2:51 AM, Angus at angusle...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
I was riding my Atlantis yesterday and during one hard effort (it's
all relative) the freewheel skippedchunk! It's an old Suntour 7
speed freewheel that has probably given reliable service for decades.
I had this happen to
The latter usually means body onto frame in one manner or the other.
Slightly OT. I recently came across a rather beautiful and incredibly
light Campy 6 speed freewheel. I want to use it on a set of wheels I
am building for my forthcoming 650b road bike. I recently decided not
to go with a
A combination of pushing my bike up hill yesterday and the new 12-36
cassette in the latest Reader has me thinking...
Can I put 8 speed spacers between the cogs of a nine speed cassette and
simply leave off the smallest cog? My current 8 speed cassette is a 12-32
XTR (on a spider), and I'd love
David,
I did just that recently. Took apart a 9s cassette and made an 8s out
of it using spacers from an old 8s casssette. I used the lock ring and
outermost 12t cog from the 8s cassette too since the outer cog on the
9 was 11t.
It works just fine.
Ryan
On Feb 1, 2010, at 13:59,
You can't just leave off the smallest sprocket. You need a first
position sprocket, i.e., a sprocket with a spacer built in; removing it
and leaving the 2nd position sprocket hanging in the wind won't do it.
The way you make a Century Special 13-30 is to start with a 12-27.
Remove the 12 and the
Okay, here's one option for an epic day in the hills. I have ridden
all of this many times before but never all in one go. I'm going to
try this in a couple of weeks, weather permitting.
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/ca/los%20angeles/858126505202170833
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Harris Cyclery sells a custom blend 13-34 8 speed cassette for $60.
another thought would be the small chainring ... are you running a 24
or 26? You can buy a 22T ring for most triples.
Gearing is the bane of knobbied 700c wheels as most aren't used to
rock crawl. 29er's have been clamoring for
On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 15:18 -0800, Michael_S wrote:
Harris Cyclery sells a custom blend 13-34 8 speed cassette for $60.
another thought would be the small chainring ... are you running a 24
or 26? You can buy a 22T ring for most triples.
Depends on the bolt circle. 24T is the smallest for a
24x34 is a really nice, really low low, even on a 700C dirt ride, but one of
these days, I'll be putting on one of those new cassettes to get it to 24x36,
especially on Atlantis. With this, I doubt I'll bother switching to the crank
bolt circle that allows 22's.
Actually, my MB-4 has a 110 BCD
Saw an article in a local newspaper that Mount Diablo might have a
name change to Mount Ronald Reagan...
http://www.insidebayarea.com/columns/ci_14296818
This might spin off an entirely different vein of Rivendell bike
names, wouldn't you think? :)
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Can I put 8 speed spacers between the cogs of a nine speed cassette and
simply leave off the smallest cog?
I highly recommend Sheldon's oeuvre on the topic,
http://sheldonbrown.com/k7.html
In particular, go to the table halfway down, which lists the cog and
spacer thicknesses for everything
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Big Paulie pauldgr...@yahoo.com wrote:
Saw an article in a local newspaper that Mount Diablo might have a
name change to Mount Ronald Reagan...
http://www.insidebayarea.com/columns/ci_14296818
This might spin off an entirely different vein of Rivendell bike
We did a ride like similar to this on a previous SoCal ride, but we
cut through Topanga (or was it Temescal?) in order to avoid so much
distance on PCH, which can be hairy with all the Mel Gibson-style
daytime drunks.
It would be great if we could figure out a way to tack on that kind of
Ahh-ha, I think that was the missing part of my plan. I'm going to need a
first position 13T. And new spacers of course. I didn't see them while
looking at Harris' offerings. Did you see a linkety-link for them?
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
You
Cool, pretty much exactly what I want to do, but I'm going to need new
spacers as I'm not taking apart an eight (unless I can find one lying
around).
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:15 PM, rswat...@me.com rswat...@me.com wrote:
David,
I did just that recently. Took apart a 9s cassette and made an 8s
I have a 24T front right now, down from the 26T stock. I could go w/ a 22
or even 20T as I have the small 56mm BCD available. Big jump from the 36T
middle though. I drop the chain enough as it is, and worry it would be 100%
with that combo...
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:48 PM, James Warren
It would likely have been Topanga. I have done that variation as well.
The ride down Rambla Pacifica and Las Flores from the top of Stunt is
fantastic though. I don't like to spend too much time on PCH either.
You could also hop onto the Topanga fireroad on the way down which
adds quite a bit more
Ted, do you see a link anywhere for the outermost lock cogs spacers?
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:08 PM, RonaTD teddur...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Can I put 8 speed spacers between the cogs of a nine speed cassette and
simply leave off the smallest cog?
I highly recommend Sheldon's oeuvre on the
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Seth Vidal skvi...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Big Paulie pauldgr...@yahoo.com wrote:
Saw an article in a local newspaper that Mount Diablo might have a
name change to Mount Ronald Reagan...
More trail = more happy times!
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Brad Gantt brdg...@gmail.com wrote:
It would likely have been Topanga. I have done that variation as well.
The ride down Rambla Pacifica and Las Flores from the top of Stunt is
fantastic though. I don't like to spend too much
I found 'em: http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/k7.html#sprockets
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:59 PM, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote:
Ted, do you see a link anywhere for the outermost lock cogs spacers?
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:08 PM, RonaTD teddur...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Can I put
Would it behoove me to buy something like this to harvest the 13T out cog
and the spacers? I could get it all for $20. That's the cost of the cog
itself from Harris.
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:26 PM, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote:
I found 'em:
*http://tinyurl.com/ycxh559*
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:33 PM, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote:
Would it behoove me to buy something like this to harvest the 13T out cog
and the spacers? I could get it all for $20. That's the cost of the cog
itself from Harris.
On Mon, Feb 1,
I might be the last person in the community to know about this but the
website warmshowers.org is really worth checking out. When I was a
member of the BMW Motorcycle Owners Association they published a book
every year that listed people that could help you out on the road with
bike trouble, put
hi Bryan,
thanks - this is almost exactly what i'm looking for.. and i'd probably just
want the frameset.. but i'm hoping for a Sam in orange if i settle for a Sam
instead of an Atlantis. of course, i may change my mind if i don't get a
new/used Atlantis in process in the next week or two,
More trail = more happy times!
Around 60mm works nicely for most Riv folks.
Really looks like a nice route.
Esteban
San Diego, Calif.
On Feb 1, 6:06 pm, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote:
More trail = more happy times!
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Brad Gantt
After yesterday, I'm thinking low trails are better than high trails.
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote:
More trail = more happy times!
Around 60mm works nicely for most Riv folks.
Really looks like a nice route.
Esteban
San Diego, Calif.
On Feb 1, 6:06
on 2/1/10 12:50 PM, JoelMatthews at joelmatth...@mac.com wrote:
The latter usually means body onto frame in one manner or the other.
Slightly OT. I recently came across a rather beautiful and incredibly
light Campy 6 speed freewheel. I want to use it on a set of wheels I
am building for
Hi Fausto,
I have a 58 Quickbeam that I am willing to sell. I would expect to get a
nice price for this bike. If you want a bargain we don't need to pursue it
but if you are looking for a great bike and one of the original (green)
Quickbeams, take a look at some photos and get back to me.
Very sorry. That was not intended for the list.
John
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:56 PM, John Blish jbl...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Fausto,
I have a 58 Quickbeam that I am willing to sell. I would expect to get a
nice price for this bike. If you want a bargain we don't need to pursue it
but if
Pretty pictures!
Ryan
On Feb 1, 9:57 pm, John Blish jbl...@gmail.com wrote:
Very sorry. That was not intended for the list.
John
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:56 PM, John Blish jbl...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Fausto,
I have a 58 Quickbeam that I am willing to sell. I would expect to get a
Seems to be a problem because it has a name/acronym. All it means is that at
speeds less than about 6mph, if you turn the wheel enough and time it just
wrong with your pedal stroke, your shoe hits the fender or tire. It's one of
those things that sounds worse than it is. It cannot happen at faster
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