Thanks for the info. I ordered some of each of the Waterford Hillborne colors
(have orange bike now, getting green bike 1Q2012).
BTW, the nice customer service person at Waterford e-mailed me upon receipt of
my paint order to confirm that my frame was in fact Waterford-made. They are
well awar
I think I missed something. I don't see any place on the RBW website
where I can renew my Riv membership. Have they done away with it? Have
they done away with the 5% refunds at the end of the year? Anyone
know?
thanks,
mike
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Anyone know how far apart the Sam orange is between Waterford and Taiwan? I
have a Taiwan Sam and I'd suspect the W'ford color is closer than anything
else I could get.
As for Riv selling touch up, the tail-of-two-Sam-oranges is a perfect
example of why I don't think they would ever bother. The
Seller stresses in the ad that its a pre-production bike--I wonder, given
the color and overall look if its a Prototype or precursor of the Atlantis,
or a transitional test mule between the longlow and the Atlantis. The add
is a little be schizophrenic to me--seller stresses its uniqueness, it'
At the Christmas gift steal like 8 years ago I ended up with a bench
grinder. My work bench was small, so I never bolted it down. Now I have a
bigger garage I was going to build a bigger workbench so I'll finally be
able to mount it. Maybe I'll live with the Nitto scratched up until that
inf
Save your groaning, cussing anf huffing for climbing hills.
Get one of a Kool Stop tire bead jack, one of these
http://sheldonbrown.com/flats.html#tirelevers
Works great, 11 buck, Amazon has them.
Jay
On Nov 11, 1:58 am, Marc Schwartz wrote:
> Tried mounting some 700c Challenge Parigi Robaix cl
One of my goals for 2012 will be to complete my first brevet -
probably a 200K for starters. I need to add a bag to my Rambouillet.
I'm thinking of starting with one bag - hoping that will be enough for
this type of ride. Would you recommend a front bag or rear bag? I
know the front bag would gi
on 11/11/11 6:19 AM, John at lindbergj...@hotmail.com wrote:
> One of my goals for 2012 will be to complete my first brevet -
> probably a 200K for starters. I need to add a bag to my Rambouillet.
> I'm thinking of starting with one bag - hoping that will be enough for
> this type of ride. Would
I just set out on my 1st 300K last weekend, on a Saluki. I used a L'il
loafer on a nitto mini front rack and a large Acorn saddlebag behind. I
packed an extra baselayer and socks for when it would get colder/damper
after Sundown, second pair of gloves, a spare tire, 2 spare tubes, 1st aid
kit, lots
The key to mounting a super tight tire without using levers at all is
getting down into the rim well. Some of the uber stiff Schwalbes and
Continentals can be really challenging.
Theres another video out there where he uses toe straps a few times around
the tire to hold the bead down in the
According to the WSJ, the Adjusted Gross Income required to be in
America's top 1% (in 2008) was $380,354. If this is representative of
most Rivendell owners, I need to find another group because I'm
certainly not in the top 1%!
Jim Cloud
Tucson, AZ
On Nov 9, 7:08 pm, Bruce Herbitter wrote:
> M
Missed it by "that" much!!
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> Date: November 11, 2011 9:21:52 AM CST
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> According to the WSJ, the Adjusted Gross Income required to be in
> Amer
As Bruce said, I would work backwards from the list or pile of stuff
you will want to carry and then look to a set of bags that hold it in
the places you will want it on the bike. My Roadeo is similar to the
Rambouillet in design and I think it is safe to project some of my
loading experience to y
This was my first year of brevet riding. I did 10 200k brevets and one
300k and a few 100k populaire permanents as training rides. I did all of
them with just a medium sized traditional handlebar bag with decaleur, on
either my A. Homer Hilsen or my Davidson go fast. That worked awesome, but
Also, depending on the group you ride with, some riders go with no bags at
all. SFR has plenty of folks with jersey pockets and maybe a bento box.
Find what YOU want to run and run that. For most civilized areas, you do
not need to pack much food at all. The controls stop you where you have
Good advice so far. Everyone rides 200ks different - some pack like
they're on a min-tour, others take almost nothing but gu packs and
water.
Here's what I would bring: very little. Wear wool and you won't need
layers. On a cool day, a LS wool jersey (ie. Woolistic) with a wool t-
shirt underne
On Nov 11, 2011, at 8:19 AM, John wrote:
> One of my goals for 2012 will be to complete my first brevet -
> probably a 200K for starters. I need to add a bag to my Rambouillet.
> I'm thinking of starting with one bag - hoping that will be enough for
> this type of ride. Would you recommend a fr
There is a small tab on the front of my Nitto rack and I just bolted it on
using some hardware I found in my garage. Using the rack left me the exact
amount of supplied wire that I needed. 1 centimeter shorter and I would
have been making a trip to radio shack
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I *really* don't understand the problem people have with this ad, every time it
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It's not an Atlantis and has nothing to do with the Atlantis as far as I can
tell. It's not an All-Rounder of the era. If it is indeed a test run of the
Long Low (e.g. between prototype and production) t
On Fri, 2011-11-11 at 06:19 -0800, John wrote:
> One of my goals for 2012 will be to complete my first brevet -
> probably a 200K for starters. I need to add a bag to my Rambouillet.
> I'm thinking of starting with one bag - hoping that will be enough for
> this type of ride. Would you recommend
On Fri, 2011-11-11 at 08:01 -0800, Esteban wrote:
> Here's what I would bring: very little. Wear wool and you won't need
> layers. On a cool day, a LS wool jersey (ie. Woolistic) with a wool
> t-shirt underneath will do everything you need. I wear Ibex wool
> kinckers. If you want to go hobo-st
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-11-11 at 08:01 -0800, Esteban wrote:
>> Here's what I would bring: very little. Wear wool and you won't need
>> layers. On a cool day, a LS wool jersey (ie. Woolistic) with a wool
>> t-shirt underneath will do everything you
this guy helped me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XUFVrl0UT4
On Nov 11, 10:13 am, William wrote:
> The key to mounting a super tight tire without using levers at all is
> getting down into the rim well. Some of the uber stiff Schwalbes and
> Continentals can be really challenging.
>
> Theres
On Fri, 2011-11-11 at 11:44 -0500, Seth Vidal wrote:
> Esteban lives in southernish california. I think it's fair to say he
> doesn't have to deal with large temperature changes or those pesky
> 'seasons'. :)
Well, there you go. As I said, a lot depends on where you are. Much
also depends on w
While we're strolling down memory lane, I find it ironic that when Grant
transitioned from Waterford to Joe S (and Curt G and other individual
builders), he had to make a pretty hard sell. I think back then, many
people, myself included, saw Waterford as the established and having the
best man
I think what a lot of us who were following didn't know at the time was that
the frames called Rivendell were moving up to a higher level. During and before
the switch away from Waterford for the frames called Rivendell, the frames were
not called custom. In hindsight, it is easy to see the hie
John,
I am in the Bay Area, but I find this is one of those places where
temperature swing in a day can be quite drastic. In a place with cold
weather, the temperature will likely stay low all day, but here,
depending on where you go on the route, the temperature can go from
the 30's to the 70's wi
I've got a kind of tricky chainline issue. I'm sure that a 103mm JIS
taper, adjustable chainline BB would solve it, but that typically means
Phil Wood and . I've heard that an ISO 102mm will also do what I want,
and I'd like to try that out. So, if any of you have a Campy Chorus 68x102
s
While I believe that my gigantic Berthoud handlebar bag is the best bag for
randonneuring, I am not suggesting you go out and buy one right away. I road
most of my early brevets with a Little Joe bag and a map holder on my
handlebars. Use what you have because you may find that after riding a
On the last brevet I discussed loading configurations with a very
accomplished Rivendell rider who some of you know. He had switched his
Hilsen from Handlebar bag to a saddlebag with one of those metal support
dealies that bolt to the saddle rails (bagman?). He said that he dropped
about 1.25
Esteban, you live in Southern California where there's not much
weather, but does your plan even work for all the other randonneurs in
your area, let alone places with more extreme weather?
Today, it's raining in LA, the high is supposed to be 70, the low 50.
Presumably a 200K is going to include
I need a front bag that will allow me ready and constant access to fig
newtons--my brevet fuel. My GB22 is just wide enough to hold a
package. Seriously, I plan what I carry based on weather (temp, rain,
sun, etc.) and availability of food--will there access to real food or
just convenience store
Yes, I had difficulty mounting my first pair of Parigi-Roubaix. I even
broke a steel-core tire lever in the process. But the struggle was worth
it. They're awesome tires!
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My "go-to" clothing in the Winter - Mix n match variety of wool and
man-made layers:
UnderArmour (heavy or thin, short sleeve or long, mock or
turtleneck...depending on mercury)
Smartwool socks (again, of varying thicknesses)
Mountain HardWear Windstopper fleece jacket (WITH pit zips... a must
in
A few drops of dish soap in a few tablespoons of water, spread around
the bead, never hurt nuthin.
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A Citroën in the States? Is there any support for them there?
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Anne,
I live and ride very near to the ride I suspect you are speeking of,
Ventura, and wish I was going, but time, prior commitments etcWish
the ride were Sunday
I would do it with the ibex knickers, thin wool top, heavy wool top
and my Patagonia Houdini. If the rain really does show up I ha
We have the internets. Support is a click away, and those owners work on them
themselves. That's part of the appeal of the 2CV is that any idiot can keep em
humming with basic tools. Kinda like the original Beetle.
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I wasn't speaking of a particular ride. I live in the SF Bay Area and
don't know anything about particular rides in Southern California.
Most of us on this list, even beginner randonneurs, have a good notion
of what clothing we need for various weather conditions, and of course
it varies for all o
On Nov 11, 2011, at 1:06 PM, Larry Powers wrote:
> While I believe that my gigantic Berthoud handlebar bag is the best bag for
> randonneuring, I am not suggesting you go out and buy one right away. I road
> most of my early brevets with a Little Joe bag and a map holder on my
> handlebars.
...meaning??
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A big jump in income and net worth comes in the top .5% and again at .
1%, where the money made isn't from 'work,' but from the working of
money. I think the conflation of the 1% with the .1% makes it easy to
argue at cross purposes.
Graphs and charts from the hippie school I attended:
http://socio
In my list of favorite hippie-school graduates, Philip Williamson is in the
top 1%
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We actually have an informal Citroen club here in Abq, and I once saw a
Traction Avant in Gallup.
Patrick Moore
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On Nov 11, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Bob wrote:
> A Citroën in the States? Is there any support for them there?
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Andrew, I have a dirt drop stem that you can have. I don't think it's
nitto, but it's a dirt drop stem, good enough for you to try out I think.
I'm the guy you bought those 600 levers from. Let's set up a time and I
can give you those ferrule(s) as well.
Greg
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I went ahead and ordered one.
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For context, I live in Fairbanks, Alaska. We've already had temperatures
down to -10 this year, and I'll ride down to -20 or -30.
Pants and tops are the easy part. Down to zero or a bit lower, I'm
comfortable in a Sport Hill jacket and a single, medium-weight long-sleeved
merino wool shirt. It
All price listed OBO, need to move these things quickly. Local pickup
preferred.
Rich-built 40h Phil 7spd Freewheel Rear Wheel. I dropped the chain between
the cogs and spokes, and so there are some kinks in 3 of the outer spokes.
Hub is in perfect shape, so is the Mavic A719 rim. Don't need the w
On Nov 11, 8:01 am, Esteban wrote:
>
> Front bag is always preferable. Rear bag means
> you'll get off the bike to access stuff.
I don't know if I totally agree with that. Overall, yes, a front bag
offers immediate access to all my goodies, but my one single
experience riding a brevet wit
The guy in the video misses one trick - it totally matters where you
start. You want the very LAST bit of the bead you pull over the rim
to be AT THE VALVE. The worst case is to finish opposite the valve,
because that will prevent the bead from dropping into the 'well' of
the rim. Start just lef
Bill, that may be the best trick I've heard of. For the last 30 years I've
always finished opposite the valve, usually w/out problem, but occasionally
a few curses. Will give it a try next time out!
THANKS!
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Bill M. wrote:
> The guy in the video misses one tric
On Nov 11, 8:37 am, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> Or, you could
> be one of those people who ought to be Navy Seals, who can do just fine
> at 36 degrees in a howling wind with nothing but short sleeve lycra
> jersey and lycra shorts. I am not one of those people.
This reminded me of a Swiss chap I
I confess, looking tres cool is something to me.
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I have a new pair of these if they are what you are looking for. Did riv
mention how long before they get more?
If I can get another pair in a month or two you can have em.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tksleeper/6335852999/
tkslee...@gmail.com
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On Nov 8, 7:05 am, William wrote:
> I did the SFR Del Puerto Canyon Brevet last Saturday. The ride on Del
> Puerto Canyon Road was spectacular. It has been a while since I did a 24
> mile continuous climb. Fortunately it was only steep at the end, but dang
> it was steep at the end. Beautif
I was one of Jay's companions on our S72O. It was an awesome
adventure with some great friends, trails, roads, and even a bit of
snow at the summit of Hamilton.
Pictures tell the story- http://bikenoir.blogspot.com/
Cheers,
Adam
On Nov 8, 7:05 am, William wrote:
> I did the SFR Del Puerto Cany
Looked like an epic weekend. Well done.
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I'm lucky to live in San Diego, for sure. Winter rides start usually
in the 40s and low 70s by mid-day, and the cool fog and chill of the
coast yields to either the crisp or very warm mountains 50 miles from
the ocean. Believe it or not, usually rain in the early brevets. Its
not Florida. The P
So went out for the first ride on the new saluki in rapidly
approaching winter NY. This being my first ride in almost 5 months due
to health issues(long story short I had dizziness and veritigo, turned
out to be migraines, not MS or a Brain Tumor, thank god) I did about
10 miles and it felt awesome
Hi I'm an Atlantis rider that recently switched from Moustache bars to
Noodles. I think I've discovered that I'm a drop bar kind of guy so
I'd like these bars to go to someone who will enjoy them.
The cockpit includes everything needed to get going:
1x NItto Moustache Bar (25.4 clamp diameter)
1x
Likewise, I'm heading to FL for a Jan 200k, mostly to keep my legs,
escape the hideous NE winter. I'm going to run light as the food
stops/controls are strategically spaced. 2 bottles, spares, and maybe
a jacket depending on the forecast. I'm running (for that ride) a
69cm Titanium Serotta I was
...and what's everybody doing to get some heat in their legs? I find
this, even with some embro, to be a real problem below 40 deg.
RGZ
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Montclair BobbyB
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> My "go-to" clothing in the Winter - Mix n match variety of wool and
> man-made layers:
>
> UnderArmo
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I have no convincing explanation as to why I prefer bolt-on wheels over
quick release. I've never heard a story of a QR failure. I've never had
mechanical issues with QR myself. I just like bolts... I like how they
look, I like to feel them tighten, I like their elemental mechanical
simplicity.
The Rock Hopper sounds perfect but a few years too early for my kids.
I'd love to see pics of the Glorious.
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Great tips here. I too always finish opposite the valve.
Just to be clear, the Kool Stop thing is not a lever. It's a ...
something else, designed specifically to mount tires without damaging
anything.
The link I posted above has a picture and a better explaination.
Jay
On Nov 12, 3:39 am, "Bill
I hate to get all grumbly on a Friday evening, but economics and
who-pays-what are pretty far afield from the focus of this group.
Perhaps it's time to let this topic drift downstream?
Thanks!
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No changes have been announced that I've heard of. Might just be one of
those things which didn't get linked up with the new system. I do recall
mention being made when the site changeover was announced that the accrued
rebate would not show up, but would be applied manually.
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