There's something about a drop bar bike with fat knobbies that really gets
me going... I think I need to get a pair of Smart Sams for the Atlantis.
On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 7:37:50 PM UTC-4, James Warren wrote:
A visit to RBW today brought some views of this beauty! Gave me some ideas
Use it if you've got it when you need it, aye Tom?! My little route is a
kiddie sand box!
With abandon,
Patrick
On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 6:23:34 AM UTC-6, Tom Harrop wrote:
A couple of times I've lost my cool when drivers have yelled at me... I
wouldn't hurt a fly but on those occasions
I'd love to see a video of that!
On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 6:23 AM, Tom Harrop twhar...@gmail.com wrote:
A couple of times I've lost my cool when drivers have yelled at me... I
wouldn't hurt a fly but on those occasions being 6'5 and beardy, and
swearing in broad Australian has led to a rapid
That is odd, I was looking at the geometry charts on Sunday and it
definitely was not there then. The double top tube is an interesting
addition too. The 64cm would be getting closer to what I would be looking
for, but I am waiting for the 66 or 68cm to come back.
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On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 5:21:39 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote:
I like the palindromic coupon code, but I really like absurdly cheap
really nice dynamo hubs. You know you are going to build
I live in the South of France where the streets are narrow, drivers are crazy
and there are no cyclists or bike facilities. My daily commute takes me past a
university complete with kids opening their doors, parking whilst talking on
the phone (people really do touch park here, and if they
You could simply mount the Wald as it is manufactured. I had these on my
newspaper bikes back in the day. They are bullet-proof, heavy haulers. I
cannot imagine that a basket ziptied to a rack would be more stable or
durable than this original Wald set-up. Wald is working-class cred.
Thanks for the kind words.
The tires barely fit in there. But wow are they a comfortable ride!
The TT is effectively a bit higher due the large sidewall of these tires.
Someone buy this guy! I can't ride 10 bikes!
On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 9:27:46 PM UTC-4, Hobo wrote:
I put in the order, very excited about building a fun fat-tired
commuter/city bike.
What are people thinking about names? I am likely going for Huffy. To
ward of thieves, but also as a tongue-in-cheek joke to myself because this
is no way a budget frame for me! I look forward to many slow and
I just returned home from riding down the California coast, Sugino triple
up front and 12-36 in back. I rode the middle ring for most of the flats,
rode the granny gear pretty hard around Big Sur, and was very thankful for
the big ring on slight descents and the glorious 20 miles of hard
The Challenge Tires are Sold!
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For sale is my wife's Terry Classic. Designed specifically for a smaller
(4'9-5'3) lady, the frame and fork were made in Japan using the highest
quality lugged steel. The bike was custom designed by Georgena Terry, with a
smaller (24/520) front wheel and standard (700c) rear wheel. Feel free to
Used to be a Sears bike by that name, I think
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On Apr 2, 2015, at 9:10 PM, CMR wrote:
I put in the order, very excited about building a fun fat-tired commuter/city
bike.
What are people thinking about names? I am likely going for Huffy. To ward
of thieves, but also as a tongue-in-cheek joke to myself because
On the sale block are the following:
Sackville Saddlesack Large: Good usable condition, but does show wear from
riding on a rack for quite a while. All zippers, buttons snaps work
flawlessly. It's great for camping grocery loads, but I don't use it
enough to warrant keeping it around. I'm
not to offend Ian, but any idea what was the tallest gear you used?
On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 10:18:55 AM UTC-5, ian m wrote:
I just returned home from riding down the California coast, Sugino triple
up front and 12-36 in back. I rode the middle ring for most of the flats,
rode the
I have some blue MUSA knicks, fairly well worn. Faded some, abrasion on one
knee, elastic band tied off kinda' strangely. So not new, but plenty solid.
No rips or problems like that. Would like to trade for medium, any color.
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it isn't a
As far as I'm concerned, every bike is a single speed , ya' can only
ride one gear at a time after all . No one says ya' gotta shift if ya'
got more , and no one says ya' don't :)
More isn't any less complicated than less, and less is no more simple than
more ! There's only the One .
Maybe that's a heavier built version then the smaller one. The rack
reinforcement and handlebar attachments look really solid, but the long
stays are the weak point. They have crumpled on me, folding into the spokes
when I overloaded a basket. Nitto 32F with a basket zipped onto it has
never done
Thanks Ron, now I have a project this weekend!
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Ron Mc bulldog...@gmail.com wrote:
here you go Mike http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/pe92.htm
On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 4:19:31 PM UTC-5, Michael Ullmer wrote:
How do you add spikes to the pedals? From what
I bet you could justify keeping it somehow!!!
Does that large of a tire with tight clearances limit the adjustability of
the drivetrain? I see you have it set up as a true SS without a double
chainring/DOS freewheel sort of arrangement.
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Hobo
Loaded up with a couple grocery bags those Wald baskets will sway back and
forth in front of you like a drunk tourist on a fishing boat. Ziptied to a
solid and stable rack there is zero movement and handling feels good.
That's my experience anyway
On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 8:16:26 AM UTC-7,
46x12 on a 26 MTB looks like about 98.7
On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 9:29:16 AM UTC-7, Ron Mc wrote:
not to offend Ian, but any idea what was the tallest gear you used?
On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 10:18:55 AM UTC-5, ian m wrote:
I just returned home from riding down the California coast,
1. Carradice Long Flap 2 weeks use ,like new $95.00
2. Nigel Smith seat pouch, green, like new $125
3. Baggins green canvas bag, used one summer $85.00
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I just put them on my Hillborne with Silver (Tektro) brakes. They work and so
far so good for rising, even on pavement.
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On Apr 3, 2015, at 1:19 PM, Mike Schiller mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote:
I love drop bar bikes with knobbies... but someone needs to drop that stem
Ok, it's time to sell my 2004 Coleman Green Quickbeam.
Here are the details:
Nitto Noodle bars 44cm.
90mm Nitto stem
Bell
Wired Cyclometer - Specialized Sport
Selle-Anatomica Saddle - Brown
Tubus Cosmo Rear rack
No Name Aluminum Fenders - rear modified to accommodate repositioning wheel
when
I really like having a road bike with 60mm slicks. Ideally, it would be a
light-gauge steel non-disc road frame that fit tubeless Supermotos with
room for fenders. Instead of an aluminum disc brake bike with a superlong
seatpost.
Philip
www.biketinker.com
On Friday, April 3, 2015 at
I love drop bar bikes with knobbies... but someone needs to drop that stem
back down a bunch. It's way too high for descending steep dirt.
The Sam's seem fairly low profile for a 45 mm tire. They fit nicely in
that Racer. Think I'll try a set.
~mike
Carlsbad Ca
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Hi Patrick,
No worries, the project that I got the rims for (a fatbike 29+ conversion)
is still just in the planning stages, so no hurry.
Eric
On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
Eric: my new Blunt rims are still en route from Minneapolis, which means a
Sackville Large has been sold. The rest is still available.
Best,
Eric
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On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 6:22:02 AM UTC-7, Shoji Takahashi wrote:
I read the Thread-line has So Many Mannys... which would be a good
thing, too.
shoji
On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 8:12:59 AM UTC-4, Jeffrey
See? If you wore Rapha you could trade them in for 50% off a smaller size.
Then again you would have paid a lot more in the first place...
But, seriously, good job if you are getting thinner and like it.
On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 10:38:21 AM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote:
I have some
*riding that is, not rising. This isn't bread after all.
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On Apr 3, 2015, at 2:19 PM, James Warren jimcwar...@earthlink.net wrote:
I just put them on my Hillborne with Silver (Tektro) brakes. They work and so
far so good for rising, even on pavement.
Sent from my iPhone
Regarding the bar height: when Mark builds the bike, he always cuts the brake
cables so that the bar can be at its max height. Then the user or owner can
always bring the bar lower. When freshly built Rivs are on display, they always
have the bar all the way out to show its max range. It's
As always I am debating a 2nd wheelset as a way to avoid buying another
bike. I'm curious as to whether I should go heavier duty or lighter duty.
The facts:
- Saluki
- Current is Shimano Dynohub/XT rear to Synergies (32/36)
- Currently splits commute duties with the SimpleOne
Wants:
- One
David,
Don't rush it. Take it easy, and know that all of the easy-taking is exactly
what should happen. Work can wait! (5 years ago I had a minor concussion and
needed 3 weeks when I initially thought I only needed one or less.)
Rest well!
-Jim
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On Apr 3, 2015, at 4:08 PM,
You might check out the PL23 or SL23 rims while they are on sale. Machined
sidewalls but they are nice rims. Anthony at Longleaf is willing to have the
sale rims drop shipped if you want him to build wheels.
http://www.pacenticycledesign.com/index.php/products/rims
Dan
On Apr 3, 2015, at
David,
Help me to understand. The rated capacity of a Nitto 32F front rack is 4.4
lbs. I have no idea what the weight capacity of a stock Wald basket is.
Are you saying roughly 5 lbs will crumple the Wald basket stays?
Matt
On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 10:25:15 AM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.com
It's obvious that the Nitto ratings are conservative to say the least.
-J
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No, not so lucky as that... they've always been too big. In fact I'm
probably fitting them better than when I go them... :-)
On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Bill Lindsay tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
See? If you wore Rapha you could trade them in for 50% off a smaller
size. Then again you
This much: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/15464068173
:-)
When carrying that much in the Wald, the stays buckled when I hit a bump,
had to push the rest of the way home.
The 32F hasn't let me down yet!
On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 7:33 PM, 'hangtownmatt' via RBW Owners Bunch
I have a brand new pair of 27-inch tires, never mounted. Pasela Tourguard
27 x 1-1/8.
These are arguably the best and lightest-weight 27-inch tires made today. I
also have one new, never mounted 27 x 1-1/4
All are folding kevlar bead with a kevlar puncture-resistant belt.
Right now, these are
Drop Bar Dirt Hillborne-Mania: not Drop Bar Dirt Hillborne, but an incredible
simulation:
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/46035786@N07/16839392219/
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On Apr 3, 2015, at 2:27 PM, James Warren jimcwar...@earthlink.net wrote:
Regarding the bar height: when Mark builds the bike,
My eventual plan for the Hunqapillar is:
-- (Current): Atlas rims with Smart Sams for trail and rough road and
bikepacking
-- Set of lightish weight Velocity rims with Compass Barlow Pass
This will likely require barrel adjustment, or I'll get the same width as
the Atlas for the light rims.
An Almost-lantis!!!
On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 7:48 PM, dougP dougpn...@cox.net wrote:
That looks just about perfect for next Saturday's Orange County
adventure.
dougP
On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 4:37:50 PM UTC-7, James Warren wrote:
A visit to RBW today brought some views of this beauty!
Thanks, Andy. One day at a time. While in the hospital I was busting to get
out. I have a vague memory of telling my boss I was ready to get back to
work right away. Now that I am home, I am realizing how long this is going
to take and, frankly, happy for the extra time to recuperate and reflect.
Just as the title says. If anyone has one that needs a new home I'd love to
hear from you. Should have just bought one when I could. Alas I didn't.
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What might be kinda cool would be to spell out the word bicycle or bike
in Russian or some other language using an uncommon alphabet. Heck, spell
out Clem Smith Jr in Russian!
dougP
On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 8:18:56 AM UTC-7, CMR wrote:
I put in the order, very excited about building a
Howlin' Wolf, Because I'm built for comfort, I ain't built for speed.
http://youtu.be/GlBqo8Pco_A
Philip
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Bike looks great. Now I've got to break down and buy some Smart Sams!
John
On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 7:16:07 PM UTC-7, James Warren wrote:
Drop Bar Dirt Hillborne-Mania: not Drop Bar Dirt Hillborne, but an
incredible simulation:
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/46035786@N07/16839392219/
Long ago I tried to do everything with a nice steel mountain bike with 3
wheelsets: gofast, 12-19 7 sp with 1 Turbos; commuting wheelset, 13-21 and
Fatboys; and off road: Farmer Johns and 14-32; all on Araya RM 17s.
It was better than just one wheelset, but not as nice as 2 or 3 different
bikes.
Oh, and more recently I had 2 wheelsets for the Fargo: the off road one and
a Rhyno Lite one with Kojaks. The disk brakes made the swap relatively easy
(tho' it's hard to dial in different rotors for the same calipers).
Again, 2 bikes works better for me.
On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 6:46 PM, Patrick
looking to get rid of these items.
-SWRVE midweight slim trousers- 34x32. charcoal ish color. worn once and
were too large. 65$ shipped
http://swrve.myshopify.com/products/midweight-wwr-slim-trousers?variant=1068426297
-MUSA black pants- medium. also worn for about a minute and were too
Explaining my previous post, seeing the Smart Sam Hillborne with drop bars at
Riv made be want to copy it as soon as I could. I got the tires but not the
handlebar, so in posting my own with the Albatross bars, I wanted to share the
fact that the Smart SAMs just clear it with Silver brakes.
That looks just about perfect for next Saturday's Orange County adventure.
dougP
On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 4:37:50 PM UTC-7, James Warren wrote:
A visit to RBW today brought some views of this beauty! Gave me some ideas
on setting up my own:
If I had all the money in the world, I'd get local builder Chauncey
Matthews to build me a road-gauge tubed frame with Ram geometry (as far as
possible) that could fit 70 mm Knards.
Another part timer at Stevie's in Corrales has a Matthews fatbike; 4
tires. Wonderful frame.
Aside: thinking about
David:
How goes the recovery? Hope you're doing better...
Andy
On Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 7:53:02 PM UTC-4, Jim Bronson wrote:
Wow. Just wow. I am so very glad that you are still alive. I would
guess that more times than not, an accident like you describe would be
fatal to the
I read the Thread-line has So Many Mannys... which would be a good thing,
too.
shoji
On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 8:12:59 AM UTC-4, Jeffrey Marco wrote:
For those of you that may have missed the email, Musa Knickers are back in
stock too! I got mine!
On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 5:21:39
Eric: my new Blunt rims are still en route from Minneapolis, which means a
build won't be done until next week. Is that OK? Next week looks moderate
for work, so I'll promise to get them packed and shipped once they are torn
down.
Thanks, Patrick
On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Eric Daume
Also, I don't know if you've seen a Clem in person, but I did this week and
rode one, and if you haven't seen one, don't be surprised if it's even better
than you expect.
On Apr 2, 2015, at 9:10 PM, CMR wrote:
I put in the order, very excited about building a fun fat-tired commuter/city
Exactly
On Apr 3, 2015, at 8:29 AM, Allingham II, Thomas J wrote:
Used to be a Sears bike by that name, I think
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Jeff Hagedorn
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