[RBW] Lowrider Front Rack for Samuel Hillborne

2011-12-24 Thread Adam
Greetings all and happy holidays. I am looking to find a good lowrider front rack for my 52cm Hillborne. It would be in addition to a mini front rack with basket in front and a full rack in back for a long tour coming up. I am curious if anyone on this list has some recommendations or perhaps a us

Re: [RBW] Stolen Bleriot.

2011-12-24 Thread jimD
Bobby, Sorry I have dreams for it. -JimD On Dec 24, 2011, at 7:53 PM, Montclair BobbyB wrote: > Fortunately, Jim... The 61 cm Bleriot isn't too big for ME > Shame that your Bleriot is stashed... Set it free... build it up > for God's sake send it to ME > > Peace, > BB > > On Dec 23,

[RBW] Re: Stolen Bleriot.

2011-12-24 Thread Montclair BobbyB
Fortunately, Jim... The 61 cm Bleriot isn't too big for ME Shame that your Bleriot is stashed... Set it free... build it up for God's sake send it to ME Peace, BB On Dec 23, 3:27 pm, jimD wrote: > I'm in but not for a frame (I have a 61 cm Bleriot stashed and that's too > big). > >

[RBW] Growing my moustache (bars)

2011-12-24 Thread Andrew
I miss the bar-ends on my Quickbeam, where I'm used to gripping and resting my hands on the other bikes. So I made some plugs out of aluminum, to give back the extra length that you get with bar-end shifters. They match the external diameter of the bars (24.0) and have a very snug hand fit inside.

[RBW] Riv ATB photos

2011-12-24 Thread Joe Bernard
Beautiful. What color is that? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/BjUQOKVGSUsJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@g

[RBW] Riv ATB photos

2011-12-24 Thread Ted Durant
Marty's poster had a bad photo of my ATB, so I decided it was time to do a better set. Results are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7627416@N06/sets/72157628554831513/ Not exactly a white christmas in southeast Wisconsin this year. Ted Durant -- You received this message because you are s

[RBW] Re: What does a light set of metal fenders actually weigh?

2011-12-24 Thread Phil Brown
Depending on the alloy stainless teel work hardens pretty easily and forming the fender in a press would work harden it. Phil Brown On Dec 22, 6:31 am, Jan Heine wrote: > On Dec 21, 5:17 pm, Kelly Sleeper wrote: > > > I also went to Vol 2 #1 and saw no actual testing of the Berthoud steel > > f

[RBW] Re: Mannybike

2011-12-24 Thread islaysteve
Grant, Fantastic and very sane. And how often have you been accused of the latter? Best wishes and Merry Christmas, Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/

[RBW] Re: What does a light set of metal fenders actually weigh?

2011-12-24 Thread CycloFiend
on 12/21/11 5:48 PM, William Pustow at bpus...@aol.com wrote: > Jesus, Sleeper, relax. Find another list or stop drinking. > Bill > Louisville. Ky Hey there Bill - Because work demands have me only periodically on the list right now, I have to apologize that I didn't see and respond to this whe

RE: [RBW] Fishy EBay posting

2011-12-24 Thread John Speare
Oops. I mean cSogn. Dar. From: John Speare Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 9:31 AM To: 'rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com' Subject: RE: [RBW] Fishy EBay posting I'm about 88% sure that's the Rawland dSogn fork. Which would make it a 650b fork. Hopefully the buyer knew that. From: rbw-owner

RE: [RBW] Fishy EBay posting

2011-12-24 Thread John Speare
I'm about 88% sure that's the Rawland dSogn fork. Which would make it a 650b fork. Hopefully the buyer knew that. From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Henry Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 12:09 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegrou

Re: [RBW] Fishy EBay posting

2011-12-24 Thread Scott Henry
I'd say it was a mistake on the sellers part, with no harm meant. The Pro's Closet is a very respected eBay seller and I'm sure that they would have changed the ad if they were made aware. They are great sellers and I wouldn't hesitate to purchase anything from them. Either way, the buyer got a

Re: [RBW] 2011 Rebates, Membership

2011-12-24 Thread Smitty-A-Go-Go
My understanding is that accumulated 2011 rebates will be awarded as a lump sum in early 2012 and that the new "next day" rebate policy goes into effect after the new year. There's a lot of assumption on my part though. As a mostly unrelevant but sort of vaguely related side note... gotta love

Re: [RBW] What does a light set of metal fenders actually weigh?

2011-12-24 Thread Ryan Watson
On Dec 23, 2011, at 11:15, David Yu Greenblatt wrote: > Thanks for the detailed reply, Ryan. > > I don't fully understand how the "Deluxe" Honjo hardware works. Does it > replace the standard "R-clips" to attach the stays to the dropouts? > http://www.renehersestore.com/servlet/the-389/Honjo-

Re: [RBW] Re: What does a light set of metal fenders actually weigh?

2011-12-24 Thread David Yu Greenblatt
Thank you, Jan and Ryan! I will try the "Deluxe" method on my next fender installation. - David G, Madison WI On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Jan Heine wrote: > On Dec 23, 10:15 am, David Yu Greenblatt > wrote: > > > I don't fully understand how the "Deluxe" Honjo hardware works. Does it >

[RBW] Cyclepedia: Campy Fans Who Own an iPad Need This App

2011-12-24 Thread Minh
I have this book and it's a great book too, about $20 on amazon. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/Y0D4MUoIYcUJ. To post to this grou

[RBW] Re: What does a light set of metal fenders actually weigh?

2011-12-24 Thread Jan Heine
On Dec 23, 10:15 am, David Yu Greenblatt wrote: > I don't fully understand how the "Deluxe" Honjo hardware works. Does it > replace the standard "R-clips" to attach the stays to the > dropouts?http://www.renehersestore.com/servlet/the-389/Honjo-Hardware-Deluxe-A...http://store.velo-orange.com/in

[RBW] Re: GAH! It was the ______?!?

2011-12-24 Thread Michael Hechmer
The worst shifting I have ever experienced was with a brand new SRAM 9 spd cassette and chain. First I swapped the cassette for a good but used Ultegra and got only a marginal improvement. Then I replaced the chain with a wipperman conex and kazam, great shifting. Later I tried the new chain