Yes you are preaching to the choir.
I merely appropriated "sit-up-and-beg" along with "cruiser" as a
pre-emptive strike to those who think that upright Rivs are not "real
bikes". I agree that riders who think that way are missing the boat, and I
feel sorry for them. I like your 'stately'
David:
I mounted a Tubus Duo on my Atlantis. Using the hourglass eyelets just
below the canti posts for the upper rack mount, the lower end (usually
fastened at the dropout) is connected to the fork leg with P-clamp. The
result is that the bottom of the rack no longer extends below the fork.
"That approach to "custom" isn't all that unusual. "
agreed. And since it is not all that not all that unusual, when you
are intent on buying a custom frameset that allows really low handlebars,
you would not come talk to Grant first. You would go talk to somebody who
likes designing
I've read many times on this forum that some Riv owners find their seat
posts to slip down. I'm the same. My Atlantis still has the stock Kalloy
seatpost, which has been slipping since I got the bike. On road or smoother
trail rides, it might not slip every ride, but every few rides it'd drop a
I really don't see 1-2 cm below saddle height as low, certainly not really low.
The one thing Rivs are, they are usually versatile and can be set up many
different ways. When I had my Sam I had it with drops that started two inches
above saddle height and that eventually went down to 1 cm
At the bike shop, we'd use a Stein knurler if a the crown race on the fork
was a tiny bit small for the given crown race. It also can work for
seatposts. The tool put dozens of little grooves into the surface of the
thing, which causes little ridges to rise up on either side of each groove.
Several years ago I thought to myself, "Self, you ought to order a set of
Thumbies in the 26.0 mm clamp size in case you ever want them." I didn't
listen to myself, and Paul Components no longer makes the 26.0 mm version.
Anyone here who would like to part with a set? Silver finish preferred,
Nice review; thanks for it. That bike will still be going strong seven years
from now!
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I don't think anybody said 1-2 cm below the saddle was really low. I
called 10cm really low. I also said the lowest you can easily get on any
stock Rivendell would probably be about 4 or 5 cm below with a Roadeo.
Patrick Moore gets that low on his customs also. I think 4-5cm below is
still
I am assuming Lungisam was joshing a bit there, regarding cut steerer
tubes--though I have seen this phenomena before. It would certainly be
puzzling as to why someone would want to buy an expensive new bike only to
"modify" it to do something it was not designed to do, especially when
there
these seem to work fine for me. More miles will tell.
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That height thing sounds interesting. My 63 CM Saluki has 650b wheels so
there's 33 cm between the rack and bars. A 12" (30 CM) bag would fit better
than an Acorn or Bertoud, but I wonder about looks and other draw backs to
such a tall bag. Has anyone here used a 12" or taller bag, and were
Fund raising's all that's left. Anyone collect records here? Or 64cm Hillbornes
in green with good stickers and loads of gaff tape?
What are the colors this round?
-Kai
Brooklyn NY
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