I have QR skewers in my Sam because I often put it in or on vehicles,
and often have my wheels off when I'm messing with bike parts for fun.
They are handy for that.
As long as one keeps ones tools handy, it is not all that much faster
to remove a tire with a quick release skewer than one with
That pretty much scared me off of Pitlocks. Although if you live in
more temperate climates (or are better at maintenance) they are a nice
choice. (Also don't like only two keys. Prefer three. One to carry,
one for the shop, one in house as spare.)
Not sure anyone has ever referred to
Shimano skewers are nearly impossible to beat mechanically. Any
internal cam wins over external.http://www.sheldonbrown.com/skewers.html
When I last used skewers, I went with these by Hope:
http://www.mtbr.com/cat/tires-and-wheels/skewer/hope/skewers/PRD_354342_146crx.aspx
They seemed to work
I loved, and still love, the Trans-Atlantic Clubroom (or a name
reasonably close to that)
Angus
On Jan 7, 8:42 pm, colin p. cummings colinthehip...@gmail.com
wrote:
To all who read them, what has been the most interesting article
you've read in a Riv Reader?
I haven't read many, but I was
Would be about perfect for me. Alas, am in a no new bikes mode
right now. Someone else please buy it so it doesn't tempt. (Other
hobby/projects needing money.)
Someone buy it quick so I'm not tempted.
Eric Platt
St. Paul, MN
On Jan 8, 11:11 pm, andrew hill neurod...@gmail.com wrote:
whaddya
They Don't Make Catalogs Like This Anymore from RR 38. (I'm a
catalog buff and like nice printing. Made me really want one of those
Chouinard catalogs.)
There have been a lot of great articles over the years. Even though
am a recent convert, do happen to have all the back issues. Really
hope
Mike: don't use your saddle position to adjust your bar position; do
it the other way 'round: get your saddle right and then get the stem
you need for the right bar position.
This will solve your saddle problem by, perhaps, transferring the
problem to the stem -- the last (Salsa) custom stems
Oh heck, since I refer to it so much, here is that section entire:
The Fore-Aft Saddle Position
Now we get to what I think is the most important part of fitting a
bicycle, the fore-aft position of the saddle. Once you get this right,
everything else is easy. This position is determined more by
I agree and if just one person on this RBW thread has a success story
to tell because of it, we all have cause to celebrate.
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Bill Gibson bill.bgib...@gmail.com wrote:
I think the version of low-carb diet that is Paleo is Rivendell related
during this season when
If this has been asked before, a million apologies, but, what are you
shooting with, mounts, etc.
RGZ
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com wrote:
Still playing around with iMovie and my new camera ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6-MIPBosEg
Ride was
he had it on CL for a while and no one bought it. Looks nice to me but
I have two other nearly identical bikes and I have a couple of other
bikes in the pipeline, so I passed too.
~Mike~
On Jan 9, 5:25 am, EricP ericpl...@aol.com wrote:
Would be about perfect for me. Alas, am in a no new bikes
I like looking at the 'staff bikes' on the Riv site.
Grant's bikes have a fair number of 'things' on em.
Mark Abele's bikes tend to be spare.
There's no one way.
We do and ride what we like and what works.
-JimD
On Jan 8, 2011, at 1:06 PM Jan 8, 2011, robert zeidler wrote:
I agree with it
It's not the customer's fault if the saddle breaks or bends when
being pushed back as far as it will go. If S-A does not want anyone
doing it, they should make the adjustable part of the rails shorter.
Jay Hartman
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Bill M. bmenn...@comcast.net wrote:
Mike,
My point exactly. But it is interesting to see. FWIW I wouldn't ever use GP's
bike for any reference as they, each and every one, are more or less
test-mules for trying things out. Hence my giving him a pass on using
zip-ties-he wants a quick connect and go kind of set-up.
Sent from my Verizon
Once again I posted my images backwards. If you go in 13 pics to the
first one of the city jail and then click on 12, 11, 10... that is the
way I traveled.
The old city jail, where you could be imprisoned for not paying debt
(insuring you would never get out). The gallows was out back and,
believe
On Jan 8, 9:49 pm, Bill M. bmenn...@comcast.net wrote:
Bent Frame Wire - A small number of saddles have been replaced in the
past two years due to frame wire bending during a ride. These first
happened exclusively with mountain bike riders doing extreme riding.
...
They aren't kidding. Ask
I got this camera as a Christmas gift:
http://badvision10.com/spark-mini-cam.html I'm using the supplied Velcro
attachment to mount the camera to my bike's stem. A bike mount is offered, but
I don't see the need for it.
Video quality is OK--there are many cameras out there that will take
on 1/9/11 8:37 AM, JimD at rasterd...@comcast.net wrote:
I like looking at the 'staff bikes' on the Riv site.
Grant's bikes have a fair number of 'things' on em.
Mark Abele's bikes tend to be spare.
There's no one way.
We do and ride what we like and what works.
From Tips for Happy Riding -
Hi. Perhaps this inquiry is a bit off topic, but after reading the
messages about favorite articles from past Readers, I decided to wait
out the bitter cold in Fargo by rereading my collection on cd-rom.
Has anyone had luck converting the old issues into some format that's
compatible with epub
It was back in the mid 90s when I picked up a Bridgestone catalog and
read a great article about an american made baseball mitt. That kinda
blew my mind and led me to join the new Bridgestone Owners Bunch back
then.
Of course the Rivendell Readers remained in the wide-range view of
topics, but I
Nice. That looks like a great place to ride.
On Jan 9, 7:50 am, JimP thefamil...@gmail.com wrote:
Once again I posted my images backwards. If you go in 13 pics to the
first one of the city jail and then click on 12, 11, 10... that is the
way I traveled.
The old city jail, where you could be
She seems to be coming around, but I think we will plan this to hit
Big Bend around 3/1 and NM a few days later. That sounds a little
safer. The National Park Service web site says the park gets crowded
in March, which makes me hope I can hit a space with higher temps and
lower traffic.
Right
Looks warm(er). Where is this?
Sent from my iPad
On Jan 9, 2011, at 10:50 AM, JimP thefamil...@gmail.com wrote:
Once again I posted my images backwards. If you go in 13 pics to the
first one of the city jail and then click on 12, 11, 10... that is the
way I traveled.
The old city jail,
What format are they in? Is it PDF? Or what? I've never seen the CDs.
-Justin
On Jan 9, 2:32 pm, David Sprunger sprun...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi. Perhaps this inquiry is a bit off topic, but after reading the
messages about favorite articles from past Readers, I decided to wait
out the bitter
No Bomba in my stable!
It didn't take anything extreme, just having the saddle too far back,
a seatpost clamp that didn't support the rails properly (an old
American Classic) and my 180 lb body were enough to bend the rails.
As I said, I bent them back and I still ride the saddle, but with a
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Justin August justinaug...@gmail.com wrote:
What format are they in? Is it PDF? Or what? I've never seen the CDs.
The cds are just pdfs. I took a pdf-converter and separated each page
of the pdfs out into a separate file.
that tends to work better with
I could not resist the title, Sorry ;)
I was abble to squeeze in my sunday farmer's market ride today and
decided to load up the Roadeo in lieu of the Rawland. Write up and
pics here:
http://oceanaircycles.com/2011/01/09/loadeo-the-roadeo/
Short version is that my love affair with the Roadeo
nice photos Rob, Is that a fish eye lens your shooting with?
It's a little cooler out here in the SCV... yesterday it was in high
40's most of the day, still nice enough for a nice ride to the other
side of the valley.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37347...@n05/5337019801/
~Mike~
On Jan 9, 2:23
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 5:23 PM, rperks perks@gmail.com wrote:
I could not resist the title, Sorry ;)
I was abble to squeeze in my sunday farmer's market ride today and
decided to load up the Roadeo in lieu of the Rawland. Write up and
pics here:
The fish eye pics have been coming out of the GoPro camera I bought.
I am really liking it so far, and it does not come with the emotional
fear factor of shooting a near $1000 DSLR while riding. I am still
using the shotgun approach and shoot about 100-200 pics on a ride,
quickly weed it down to
Well, based on that near-certainty of bent rails based on what I want
to do, it seems another $150 Nitto S-84 seatpost B17 combo is in
order for me. It is strange that S.A would design rails that lend
themselves to failure-inducing experiments, but I'm glad I can learn
from experience.
Life
Howdy folks.
Can the RBW hammer strike bell be removed from the bar clamp? The catalog
makes it sound like it cannot, but the very similar bell that Velo Orange
sells can be mounted on a spacer. I would rather get the bell from RBW, all
things being equal, but I want to spacer mount it.
It's a problem with the saddle's design.
If they don't want it pushed that far back, then they should
make it so it does not go that far back.
Say I came up with some new big water bottle that still fit
in a regular cage, but could hold a gallon of water.
Then I sold a bunch of them and some of
Hey, I resemble that remark! Although today was in the mid teens with
almost no wind. Was able to get by with just three layers. No
shorts, though.
If eggs were on my bike today, they would have been rattle scrambled
by the time I got home. Really rough roads right now.
Good write up,
I'm lucky enough to have both of the Chouinard catalogs (which were
then produced by The Great Pacific Ironworks). I acquired the
catalogs when I was living in Boulder Colorado in the early 1970's.
They really are a work of art.
It's interesting how much the business model of Chouinard has
That's a lot to copy, but I like where the thinking leads. I think of
a nice position by visualizing a skier photoshopped onto a bicycle.
For any amount of tuck, there is an equal amount of rump behind the
feet as there is to body in front.
I don't care about the racer's position stuff.
On Jan 9,
I struggled to post on this thread. But I can't say what I want to say
without it sounding snarky towards people that ride other types of bikes and
I don't mean to denigrate them. So I'll just say: I wish Douglas Brooks
would post here. I miss him from the old I-Bob list
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at
Charleston, SC
Yes, the weather has not been extreme.
Subject: Re: [RBW] Riding around the City
From: zeidler.rob...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 15:19:33 -0500
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Looks warm(er). Where is this?
Sent from my iPad
On Jan 9, 2011, at 10:50 AM,
I qualify somewhere between 6'6 or 6'7 and fluctuate between
225-235 lbs.
More importantly, I see many potential benefits from being able to
consult with an informal tall riders group who understand the
challenges that size plays with one of the world's greatest
activities-cycling.
Currently
It's a little complicated ... But it works perfectly --
Copy the content of the CDs onto your preferred cloud, ie. MobileMe.
Sync your preferred e-reader (I use Documents to Go) to your cloud and
load the document. Select the option to open the document in your
preferred reader - I use iBooks.
Yes, a few days into said year, but better late than never. It's been about
two weeks since I've done more than a grocery run, so about time! Gotta'
start preparing for the San Diego February Fifty coming up! 37 miles in
cool (51F) and overcast but dry weather. It's a nice out and back
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 7:24 PM, AmiSingh asd...@gmail.com wrote:
It's a little complicated ... But it works perfectly --
Copy the content of the CDs onto your preferred cloud, ie. MobileMe.
Sync your preferred e-reader (I use Documents to Go) to your cloud and
load the document. Select the
As far as i know it's not removable. But I suggest the hammer over the
spring tho. Over the course of bumpy rides the spring can get
annoying.
On Jan 9, 4:30 pm, Doug Van Cleve dvancl...@gmail.com wrote:
Howdy folks.
Can the RBW hammer strike bell be removed from the bar clamp? The catalog
I recently bought a 61 cm Atlantis complete bike from a good guy on
this group. I thought the Atlantis was going to be just the thing (I
once had a 58cm Atlantis that was just a touch too small) to fill a
certain set of my cycling needs. After doing a bunch of swapping of
components (mostly
Thanks for the suggestions all, I now have the FenderBot on my Amazon
wish list.
On Jan 7, 8:01 pm, RoadieRyan ryansub...@gmail.com wrote:
After commuting home in the dark and rain this evening (Seattle) it
occurred to me that, even with a nice Princeton-tech swerve n the seat
stay and modest
looks like a nice ride. I rode about 30 yesterday and another 20 today
and once I was out there I was warmer then I thought I would be.
It was in the high 40's in North LA County and surprisingly there were
quite a few cyclist out here as well too.
~Mike~
On Jan 9, 6:47 pm, cyclotrons
I have a RadBot and have never seen a FenderBot in person, but I wonder
about doing some kind of swap. It seems plausible to me that the RadBot
guts might shoehorn into a FenderBot housing...
Doug
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 8:47 PM, RoadieRyan ryansub...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the
Thanks Manuel, I thought I had heard that somewhere before but I wasn't
sure...
Doug
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 8:19 PM, manueljohnacosta
manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com wrote:
As far as i know it's not removable. But I suggest the hammer over the
spring tho. Over the course of bumpy rides the
Well this is the Riv Owners Group what better place to be snarky?
I say Snark on.. we aren't that thin skinned.
Kelly
Fai Mao wrote:
I struggled to post on this thread. But I can't say what I want to say
without it sounding snarky towards people that ride other types of bikes and
I don't mean
Cool! I did a little ride with the Seattle randos yesterday. Cold
but fun!
Ryan
On Jan 9, 8:46 pm, manueljohnacosta manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com
wrote:
Cold here in the Bay Area.
Doesn't stop friends on going on a ride. Be it cold and windy; good
friends and warm food always warm up the
Pictures prove happiness:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157623539066043/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157624437991369/
The stories go on. These bikes may just be bikes. But they are
Rivendell Bikes. Which make them something more.
-Manny
On Jan 9, 8:39 pm,
Why I ended up with three rolls of the stuff I don't know. It's
Newbaum's. Perfect for the bike for your lady friend, mother,
daughter or
First one what emails me with request gets it!
Ryan
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I'd love it.
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 8:55 PM, rcnute rcn...@hotmail.com wrote:
Why I ended up with three rolls of the stuff I don't know. It's
Newbaum's. Perfect for the bike for your lady friend, mother,
daughter or
First one what emails me with request gets it!
Ryan
--
You
Two minutes--a new record!
Ryan
On Jan 9, 8:57 pm, Anne Paulson anne.paul...@gmail.com wrote:
I'd love it.
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 8:55 PM, rcnute rcn...@hotmail.com wrote:
Why I ended up with three rolls of the stuff I don't know. It's
Newbaum's. Perfect for the bike for your lady
While I would agree that we aren't necessarily thin skinned here, it is the
minimal amount of snark, and the genteel nature of the posts here that makes
it a pretty unique place on the interwebs.
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Kelly Sleeper tkslee...@gmail.com wrote:
Well this is the Riv
I really have no idea how to dress for the cooler rides like today. I
kinda' over dressed, and alternated too hot and then too cold when I took
off my windbreaker. Need more practice!
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote:
looks like a nice ride. I rode
OK, I think what makes a Riv a Riv is that they are bikes for adults who
ride like adults. My Sam Hillborne is for some someone who doesn't race,
doesn't pretend to be a racer and isn't concerned about impressing the Cat-1
wannabes. They are bikes for people who actually ride a bike because they
Beautiful photos as usual Jim. I love the look of the prison. We don't
have that many buildings that old here, unless they are missions.
How did you get those 50mm fat franks on the Creamcicle Sam with
fenders? I thought 42 mm was the max.
Do you think Betty can take 50 mm's too?
Ness
On Jan
Doug. If you read the description for the bell 26, it describes what
you want to do with that bell and implies you cant do it with the
hammer strike ones.
On Jan 9, 7:30 pm, Doug Van Cleve dvancl...@gmail.com wrote:
Howdy folks.
Can the RBW hammer strike bell be removed from the bar clamp?
Along a similar line, here is a link to the Bridgestone '94 catalog
page How to Ride a Bike Forever
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/bridgestone/1994/pages/12.htm
On Jan 9, 10:42 am, CycloFiend cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote:
From Tips for Happy Riding - the version which I'd scanned from a 2006
Just (pink-tape) curious - what would pink tape look like with a few coats
of amber shellac? Anyone know or even have a photo?
-Aaron Young
Rochester, NY
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:05 AM, rcnute rcn...@hotmail.com wrote:
Two minutes--a new record!
Ryan
On Jan 9, 8:57 pm, Anne Paulson
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