Most of the spills I have taken have been at slow speeds and near the end
of a ride in very hot weather, which is exactly the moment we are least
attentive. I'm glad to read that you are fundamentally OK. I always wear
gloves and always keep my thumbs hooked on the bars or hoods.
Michael
Thanks for sharing! I was on the other side of the
bayhttp://simplecycle-marc.blogspot.com/2012/07/exotic-places.html just
the week before. It's all very beautiful coastline. I've been meaning to
ride on the peninsula for a while, now I may go up for the Harvest Tour
next month.
Marc
Jay,
Mainly play acoustic guitar, although dabble in a few other instruments.
My main interest is old-time string-band music, although am starting to
learn cajun backup.
Otherwise am glad to have gotten through the accident with not too much
damage. Could have easily had a collarbone or wrist
Hi everyone,
I got fed up of the CR-720s on my Bombadil (late 2011, with the new fork
crown with extra clearance and long fork blades), so I decided to try
V-brakes instead. I was concerned that the Nitto Mini rack would interfere
with the cable at the fork crown. I thought I'd post here in
I was reminded how important it is to have gloves the other night. I took
my 7 yo son and 12 yo daughter on an off-road ride (in the scenic George
Wyth park in Cedar Falls, IA for those who care) In any case, my son went
down and one hand was covered with about 10 really nasty slivers.
Eric -- OWW! Having known my share of road rash over the years I get it.
The last time Sweetie and I traveled to the Bay Area we stopped in at Riv
HQ to kidnap Grant for a lunch break (he doesn't always take them). Before
we left I bought something like nine pairs of the small-sized summer
Eric is tougher than he lets on! He and his Simpleone, which is a lovely bike
by the way, had no trouble going down the road on the return leg of the ride,
despite the earlier adversity. I hear that the average cyclist crashes every
3700 miles. Must be a relief to Eric to now have half a year
On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
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I hear that the average cyclist crashes every 3700 miles. Must be a relief
to Eric to now have half a year of crash-free riding ahead of him!
I tried to include a thought like that in my private message
If you mean the cx70 it looks like the non standard pad holders take
normal road pads.
You probably want to ask riv, or perhaps someone here has em and will
pipe in, to be sure.
Anyway if the pads are standard short/road ones you can still swap em
out for your preferred salmon pad.
On Aug 4,
http://janheine.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/riding-fast-is-fun/
I personally -- to quote one commentator -- would rather stab myself
in the eye than ride 600 km, but this little essay has some good
points about the joy of riding fast, but on intelligent bikes. Several
RBW references in the
Sorry that you had that accident, but I appreciate your post about the
protection afforded by wearing your cycling gloves. I always wear
cycling gloves, both for an anticipated safety advantage and the
additional cushioning effect from the handlebars.
I think one of the situations that is often
I just last week got back from a 2500 mile tour, Mexico to Canada via
the Sierra and the Cascades. Once again, as often happens, my riding
companions sometimes complained that about rough roads. And once
again, in the main I didn't notice the roads being rough, although the
dirt detours that I
On Sun, 2012-08-05 at 12:57 -0700, Anne Paulson wrote:
I'm at a loss to understand what I'm missing. This was a loaded tour.
I was riding my Atlantis with 26 x 1.5 Panaracer Paselas, which should
be comfortable tires, by my companions were riding fine touring bikes
(Surly LHT, Co-Motion
I get acceptably comfortable tire performance from skinny, little
650Cx22 mm Michelin Pro Race 3s (or whatever) at roughly 85/90 under
my 175 lb on smooth-down-to-mediocre roads. The 559X32 mm Kojaks on
another bike are extremely plush at 50/60, 55/65 or so under grocery
loads. My fattest, 60+ mm
My guess is that they don't like riding on rough roads. I know plenty
of people who would rather die than ride on a gravel road. Me, as
long as I'm riding my bike I don't care.
On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On Sun, 2012-08-05 at 12:57 -0700, Anne
What tire pressure are they using?
That's my guess, that they were inflating their tires too much. But
the bizarre thing is that my suggestions that they reduce their tire
pressure went unheeded. They imagined that they would go faster with
harder tires, though I think that's incorrect on roads
Can you post photos of your tour?
I don't take photos. I love seeing other people's pictures of tours,
but I don't take pictures myself. (So I guess I can't prove the tour
happened.)
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The CX-70s come with Mavic sourced rim destroying pads.
Koolstop Shimano pattern road pads fit fine.
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When did 1.5s get to be fat tires on Riv list ?
I was under the impression that decent tires started at 42mm
Anything smaller was for little French guys in Le Tour.
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I believe you, and even sympathize. Would have liked to participate
vicariously via photos, though.
Anecdote: once, long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, on a
cross-country auto trip with four guys (biggish) in a 1972 Toyta
Celica (small), we'd rotate drivers every 2 hours, clockwise. One guy
On Sun, 2012-08-05 at 13:16 -0700, Anne Paulson wrote:
What tire pressure are they using?
That's my guess, that they were inflating their tires too much. But
the bizarre thing is that my suggestions that they reduce their tire
pressure went unheeded. They imagined that they would go faster
On Sun, 2012-08-05 at 13:32 -0700, Scott G. wrote:
When did 1.5s get to be fat tires on Riv list ?
I was under the impression that decent tires started at 42mm
Anything smaller was for little French guys in Le Tour.
When you are a wee slip of a thing, like Anne, for example, a 38mm tire
is
Hi Ann,
Them simply complaining about the dirt roads is not enough to get an answer
to your question. Find out what it is about riding off pavement that
bothers them? Know what I mean? Saddle discomfort, neck and shoulder
strain, feeling of being less in control, requires too much attention to
I agree with everyone about air pressure. I shipped my bike tomA
Alaska and when I went to get the bike they had inflated my 700z50's to 60 psi.
Because that was max inflation listed on the side. I notice most everyone on
the tour riding gravel was riding almost mad pressure and weren't
Yes, a great conversation in the comments. I personally thought Jan's
suggestion of a 665b version of the Roadeo was an excellent idea. What a
bike that would be!
Aaron Y
Vancouver, WA
On Sunday, August 5, 2012, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
Everyone's perspective is different .
What's okay to one is he!! to another . Neither perspective is right or
wrong just different based on their life's experience.
That's just it ... no two riders can EVER experience the same thing the
same way !
I say ... help them if they
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Perhaps it could go to 650b in the smaller sizes (like on the Hillsen)
but I fear they wouldn't sell that many. The Rodeo is targeted at club
racer riding, and for that it sorta makes sense to have the same size
wheels as everybody else.
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:) Glad to know, just because... not critical, but still, just good to know
the system is clickin' along :)
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Anne Paulson anne.paul...@gmail.com Aug 05 01:16PM -0700
What tire pressure are they using?
That's my guess, that they were inflating their tires too much. But
the bizarre thing is that my suggestions that they
Well, I did get out on a somewhat slow ride today. Not on a Rivendell, but
another bike with more upright bars. My left side still aches. But the
knees and hands function. Have been practicing guitar this afternoon and
no issues. Am lucky, I guess. Although at age 48 it's not as easy to
On Sun, 2012-08-05 at 16:04 -0700, ted wrote:
Perhaps it could go to 650b in the smaller sizes (like on the Hillsen)
but I fear they wouldn't sell that many. The Rodeo is targeted at club
racer riding, and for that it sorta makes sense to have the same size
wheels as everybody else.
Well, it
I have the CX70s on my Hunq with no issues. Pretty straightforward to install
if you read the directions, but not exactly intuitive. Had a few problems with
squeeling, but hard to say if they're particular to this brake or attributable
to cantis in general - not enough of an expert to say for
I've got a set on a non-Riv bike and they work just fine. Since the bike
they are on is my 26 wheeled constant evolution frame I'll probably put
the CX70s on my Hunq when that arrives and swap the CR720 from the build
kit to this project bike. In any case I didn't even have any trouble with
On a related note, how big we're your riding companions? The popular online
tire drop calculator indicates 85 psi in a 37mm rear tire for a 225 lb rider
with 75 lbs of bike and gear.
My LHT actually rides much nicer with a good load on it. I always assumed it
did so because that's what's it
On Sunday, August 5, 2012 6:04:46 PM UTC-5, ted wrote:
The Rodeo is targeted at club
racer riding, and for that it sorta makes sense to have the same size
wheels as everybody else.
While I personally have no problem carrying my own tubes and patches (and
an honest to goodness pump for
Interested price/trades?
On Sunday, August 5, 2012 12:45:39 AM UTC-4, Kelly wrote:
Seat tube is 23.5 / 60 cm maybe a touch under
Top tube centers is about 23 inches 59.xx something cm
Kelly
On Saturday, August 4, 2012 9:16:59 PM UTC-5, Ablejack wrote:
looks like a nice size for me!
I'm 5'8, and four of the five guys were shorter than I am. I'm
guessing the short guys were in the 150 pound range. We started out
the ride as a loaded tour, but three weeks in, there was a revolt
because the majority of us thought the ride was just too hard. So
Adventure Cycling ended up sending
On Sun, 2012-08-05 at 18:30 -0700, RonaTD wrote:
Steve says there won't be wheel swaps, but her frame will have a lot
of clearance. If one of her cohorts bangs a wheel out of true, she'll
be able to put it in her frame and they can all ride home :-)
And she'll have Shimano 10 and the friend
Back when I raced, I did use other peoples wheels a few times. That
sort of group ride is a bit of a hive thing in some ways and having
similar sized wheels and similar gears seems to work well. For tires
there is a lot more variety and better availability w/ the 700c size.
Particularly in the
Replying to my own post:
I was just reading the Bicycle Quarterly blog, noting that they say
that Paselas (which I was using) are fast-rolling tires, whereas
Schwalbes are both slow and harsh-riding. So maybe that's the
explanation of my riding companions' complaints. They were using
Schwalbes.
As much as I enjoy the technical content of BQ I often struggle with Jan's
strong negative opinions with most bikes/parts that are competition for
his products or what he rides.
He also suggests that we all would be happier on thin tubed standard
diameter frames, not offering the ideas that
Just for the record, *some* Schwalbes are very smooth, fast rolling tires, the
Kojak for example. Even the massively heavy Big Apple rolls nicely for its
mass.
Patrick Moore
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On Aug 5, 2012, at 9:32 PM, Anne Paulson anne.paul...@gmail.com wrote:
Replying to my own post:
I was just
Very well put Mike. I agree with you.
Not just us big guys either.
Kelly
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Brian
Make an offer.. Trades sound interesting.
I honestly don't know.. Have more parts on the way to keep building it up.. But
really have no use for it other an a really pretty bike. I have another frame
to build up so parts won't go to waste.
I've been telling people 700 for the frame
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