Re: [RBW] bikeovernights.org

2011-04-01 Thread Khalid Mateen
I heard about this yesterday from the email I get from "Traveling Two" which is a website on bicycle touring. Nice site. Hope it grows. K. On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Robert F. Harrison wrote: > Did anyone see the (new?) Adventure Cycling site, > http://bikeovernights.org? From their 'abou

[RBW] Re: Campy Only!: New Time Trial Gruppos Coming

2011-04-01 Thread Bill M.
The centerpulls are for improved aerodynamics on time trial bikes. The fronts are meant to sit behind the fork where they can hide from the wind. They use a noodle for cable routing, kind of like a modified V-brake. The true centerpull rear can be mounted under the chainstays without the arms sti

Re: [RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread Rene Sterental
Thankfully this is only once a year... :-) Kudos to you fir pulling it off so well! Rene Sent from my iPhone 4 On Apr 1, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Marty wrote: > If Grant himself had not written to offer a full refund, I would have > let the gag go a bit longer. I actually felt bad when it seemed I m

[RBW] Re: Getting Ready for Spring/summer

2011-04-01 Thread Kelly Sleeper
Bill, I didn't say it was all or nothing. Note: i can read about and talk about speed and peformance all over the internet. If I was going for performance riding/racing style of riding it wouldn't be a Rivendell anyway. Point is this type of riding has been a joy and revelation beyond what i d

[RBW] Re: Campy Only!: New Time Trial Gruppos Coming

2011-04-01 Thread Michael_S
That's quite a retro move. Campy Center pull brakes! Look like short reach too, Is this just for better braking? I know on my Paul Racers the stopping power is certainly an order of magnitude better than sidepulls, it just seems to buck the long established trend of sidepulls. ~Mike On Apr 1, 5

[RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread Leslie
On Apr 1, 11:03 pm, Leslie wrote: > When I was last talking to folks at Riv about a month ago, they > mentioned that they were still working out a better lug for the > diagonal joint;  evidently the ones they have in hand, have > essentially been hand-built lugs (please don't quote me on that, tha

[RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread Leslie
On Apr 1, 12:41 pm, William wrote: > The flickr group will be vastly improved when there are more diagaBomb > pictures.  Especially dirty DiagaBombs!  I'm eager to see a 56 > DiagaBomb, too.  Has anyone seen one? FWIW... When I was last talking to folks at Riv about a month ago, they mentioned

Re: [RBW] Re: Berthoud saddle twising on seat post... what is going on?

2011-04-01 Thread Kelly Sleeper
Either way.. if it's not all but many, and needs to be fixed.. it's still defective. It's not your riding style or any riders technique at fault. So they need to fix all saddles or better yet recall them. Kelly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RB

[RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread Marty
If Grant himself had not written to offer a full refund, I would have let the gag go a bit longer. I actually felt bad when it seemed I may have triggered an unwarranted chain of events particularly at the expense of the UPS. Once I had to let him know it was all a ruse, I figured I better let the

[RBW] Re: bikeovernights.org

2011-04-01 Thread Lynne Fitz
what are the characteristics of the Ultimate Night Riding Rims? On Apr 1, 12:04 pm, William wrote: > #10 was not intended to mean a 24 hour plus ride.  (that might go on > the 2012 goals list)  I just mean a dusk 'til dawn ride.  Long 8+ hour > rides are journeys, but a lot of your attention is f

[RBW] Re: Campy Only!: New Time Trial Gruppos Coming

2011-04-01 Thread William
The center pull brakes are pretty swank, too. On Mar 31, 5:30 pm, Eric Norris wrote: > Campagnolo is coming out with bar-end shifters for 2012 that are designed for > time trialing but which could easily be used on standard bars: > > http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-time-trial-gruppo

[RBW] Re: Soma/Riv Bike

2011-04-01 Thread rcnute
True, but I figured summer 2011--maybe? Ryan On Apr 1, 1:53 pm, William wrote: > Hopefully March 19,2010 is not really the latest.  :) > > Calling Merry Sales is probably the best way to get that info. > > On Apr 1, 1:40 pm, rcnute wrote: > > >http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/216 > > > Ry

[RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread William
Rene I do not appreciate retaliatory April Fools Jokes. My favorite uncle lost his life in an uncontrolled escalation of retaliatory April Fools Jokes. Somebody gave him a crankset fashioned from billet marzipan, and he rode it on his favorite trail. The cranks failed (being made of marzipan) a

Re: [RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread Rene Sterental
Hi Marty, You got what you deserved! Happy April's Fools Day! I'll be on the lookout for next year's gag... You were early this year! Happy Friday as well! René PS: I don't work for UPS either, but love to see their trucks drop packages for me. Sent from my iPhone 4 On Apr 1, 2011, at 6:15 P

[RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread Marty
Apologies to those who took it too seriously, and to anyone who may have a personal connection to UPS - unless of course your own comments were thinly veiled April Fools jokes themselves? I did not set the hook too deeply, and fessed up after only a couple comments. Just goes to show how often thi

Re: [RBW] bikeovernights.org

2011-04-01 Thread Anne Paulson
I've posted a couple of S24O's here. I only got one taker-- but I had fun both times. If anyone is interested in doing another S24O, I'm in. Locally, the campsite at the top of Montebello and the campground at Sanborn/Skyline are good spots for a sub-24. Leave in the afternoon, come back the next m

Re: [RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 15:17 -0700, Rene Sterental wrote: > I work for UPS and didn't think it was funny at all!!! I started > trying to locate it for you as a fellow Rivendeller only to have to > apologize to everyone I started pushing to find out what had happened. > > I guess you are laughing no

Re: [RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread Rene Sterental
I work for UPS and didn't think it was funny at all!!! I started trying to locate it for you as a fellow Rivendeller only to have to apologize to everyone I started pushing to find out what had happened. I guess you are laughing now, but don't expect any further sympathy from me and my co-workers.

[RBW] Re: Bomba-Love 2011 :)

2011-04-01 Thread Amit Singh
Okay. So the bike was outfitted with a 125mm Phil Bottom Bracket. After some adjustment / centering, the crank arms JUST made it past the seat stays, by less than a millimeter. Frame flex, especially in turns would cause the arms to hit the stays. That's a no-bueno. So, 130mm bottom bracket order

Re: [RBW] Re: Soma/Riv Bike

2011-04-01 Thread Eric Daume
I asked Soma about this, and they said they will do a blog post when they have more information. Nothing as of yet. Eric On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:53 PM, William wrote: > Hopefully March 19,2010 is not really the latest. :) > > Calling Merry Sales is probably the best way to get that info. > >

[RBW] Re: Soma/Riv Bike

2011-04-01 Thread William
Hopefully March 19,2010 is not really the latest. :) Calling Merry Sales is probably the best way to get that info. On Apr 1, 1:40 pm, rcnute wrote: > http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/216 > > Ryan > > On Apr 1, 12:08 pm, Richard Merkin wrote: > > > Has anybody heard the lastest about th

[RBW] Re: Soma/Riv Bike

2011-04-01 Thread rcnute
http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/216 Ryan On Apr 1, 12:08 pm, Richard Merkin wrote: > Has anybody heard the lastest about the release of the bike they are > working on together? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To pos

[RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread Thomas Lynn Skean
Yes. I too felt for you. Especially as a person who has had, shall we say, "issues" with delivery from the west coast to Chicago in various situations. And as a person for whom the whole "unboxing a Rivendell" experience is one of particular import. I felt your pain. Well done, sir! Well done! Y

[RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread Abcyclehank
Yes Kudos, I fell hook, line and sinker. I guess it just shows my compassion for fellow Riv riders. I"ll wait patiently for pics and try to get some of my first images online of the "little" 64cm Bomba located in West Michigan. Ryan On Apr 1, 3:09 pm, James Warren wrote: > Nice! That was good.

Re: [RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread James Warren
Nice! That was good. It's been awhile since I fell for an April Fools joke. Perfect. I look back at it and think, "Oh, of course. That never happens! But I fell for it!" -Original Message- >From: Marty >Sent: Apr 1, 2011 8:27 AM >To: RBW Owners Bunch >Subject: [RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On T

[RBW] Soma/Riv Bike

2011-04-01 Thread Richard Merkin
Has anybody heard the lastest about the release of the bike they are working on together? -- 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-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group,

[RBW] Re: bikeovernights.org

2011-04-01 Thread William
#10 was not intended to mean a 24 hour plus ride. (that might go on the 2012 goals list) I just mean a dusk 'til dawn ride. Long 8+ hour rides are journeys, but a lot of your attention is focused out at the scenery, the countryside, the views, etc. That said, I do a lot of my best thinking on t

[RBW] Re: bikeovernights.org

2011-04-01 Thread Michael_S
Looking at your no. 10 and after reading Jan's account of his 50 hour weekend ride in the latest BQ I am intrigued by this sort of thing. I certainly love being out on my bikes and I've been trying to slow down and ride farther not faster. I love riding at night too. It just seems that being awake

[RBW] Re: bikeovernights.org

2011-04-01 Thread William
That's a good motivator to keep moving on my 2011 list. On 12/31/2010 I posted: 1. Do my first 200k brevet 2. Do another 200k brevet 3. Do a 200k brevet in under 10 hours 4. Do a 300k brevet 5. Set up the garage as a proper workshop 6. 4 S24Os 7. Ride more with the wife and kids 8. Ride t

[RBW] Re: bikeovernights.org

2011-04-01 Thread Michael_S
Really cool website. Thanks Bob! Now I just need to get my bum oot there and do it! ~Mike On Apr 1, 10:35 am, "Robert F. Harrison" wrote: > Did anyone see the (new?) Adventure Cycling site,http://bikeovernights.org? > From their 'about' page: > > "What exactly is a “bike overnight”? It’s a shor

[RBW] bikeovernights.org

2011-04-01 Thread Robert F. Harrison
Did anyone see the (new?) Adventure Cycling site, http://bikeovernights.org? >From their 'about' page: "What exactly is a “bike overnight”? It’s a short bike tour where you start riding on one day, stop and stay the night somewhere, and then ride back the following day (or the day after that). (Bi

[RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread William
The flickr group will be vastly improved when there are more diagaBomb pictures. Especially dirty DiagaBombs! I'm eager to see a 56 DiagaBomb, too. Has anyone seen one? On Apr 1, 8:27 am, Marty wrote: > Sorry - I cannot reveal the color just yet, but I will admit to a bit > of April 1 humor wi

[RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread Marty
Sorry - I cannot reveal the color just yet, but I will admit to a bit of April 1 humor with my earlier post. Apologies to those who may have fallen victim, and I can only hope that the joke is not on me in the end! The frame is still scheduled to arrive next Tuesday. I'll hopefully pick it up in th

[RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread Abcyclehank
That is "tragic" in a bicycle sense and makes Amit's one day delay for his Bomba almost trivial. Hopefully your bike/frame resurfaces quickly and is back on track (no pun intended). Did Rivendell receive the same "notice. No offense but they might have better luck getting straight answers due to

Re: [RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread James Warren
Hang in there. On Apr 1, 2011, at 2:54 AM, Marty wrote: > Received a notice from UPS today that my "shipment" - although it did > leave Walnut Creek, was not scanned in at the next tracking point. > They are "investigating" of course, (what does that mean anyway; > harvesting a fresh crop of br

[RBW] Re: DiagaBomb On The Way! UPDATE!

2011-04-01 Thread Marty
Received a notice from UPS today that my "shipment" - although it did leave Walnut Creek, was not scanned in at the next tracking point. They are "investigating" of course, (what does that mean anyway; harvesting a fresh crop of brown navel lint?) and advised me to wait two weeks until I file a cl