[RBW] Re: Gus Boots Willsen: First Impressions

2022-05-24 Thread larson....@gmail.com
Thank you for the writing and the beautiful pictures! A gorgeous bike! There may be a Gus in my future. Randy in Wisconsin On Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 1:00:32 AM UTC-5 Erik wrote: > After a long wait, I was finally able to pick up my new Gus Boots Willsen > frame from Riv headquarters this past

Re: [RBW] Blahg and Life and Poster and Meanderings

2022-05-24 Thread Garth
I'm a bit like you Craig, I ride what I ride and no amount of philosophizing and theorizing about it is going to alter that. I like what I like. It's like any other taste, if I have no taste for something all the word songs in the world won't change it. The warmth portrayed in the image is nice

[RBW] Re: Cottonwoods in leaf: acequia/ditchbank trail ride

2022-05-24 Thread MoVelo
Looks fun Patrick. Couple of questions. Do those trails see a lot of traffic and that is what keeps the vegetation down? How high does the water get during the irrigation season? I am assuming it varies depending on the time of year. I love finding these kinds of unintentional recreation pat

Re: [RBW] Hillibikes are so close!

2022-05-24 Thread Eric Daume
What was the fix for the slipping seat post? On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, Erik wrote: > Thank you! My boy and I stopped by the shop today in Walnut Creek with > the Gus in tow. Will helped me troubleshoot a slipping seat post and he > took it for a spin around the building. We discussed the buil

Re: [RBW] Hillibikes are so close!

2022-05-24 Thread Erik
Knurling the seat post at the collar and about three inches down the insertion into the seat tube. Worked like a charm. I've had this done on a bike before when I was having a problem with slipping. On Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 5:31:59 AM UTC-7 Eric Daume wrote: > What was the fix for the sl

[RBW] New Selle Anatomica X2 saddle owner

2022-05-24 Thread Andrew Turner
Hey there group, it seems the Selle Anatomica is a popular saddle within the Rivendell community and I've just acquired my first one: the X2 model. I was curious if anyone recommends some out-of-the-box modifications or if there were some factory settings that should be addressed. (i.e. adding

Re: [RBW] Re: Cottonwoods in leaf: acequia/ditchbank trail ride

2022-05-24 Thread Patrick Moore
That should read: ...The water is allocated according to an ancient and as I understand it unique code of law dating at least to late 16th century *(perhaps pre-Conquest since the Pueblo people started the system)* that is neither US common or statute law nor Euro-Napoleonic law ... On Tue, May 2

Re: [RBW] Blahg and Life and Poster and Meanderings

2022-05-24 Thread Patrick Moore
Garth: Can you post a photo of your Franklin if you haven't already done so? If you have, can you post it again anyway? I like the image of reading the Blahg as a story; that's the way I read it. Susie: Curious about the hillbikes with lng wheelbases. How (question is for everyone) would they

Re: [RBW] Re: New Selle Anatomica X2 saddle owner

2022-05-24 Thread Andrew Turner
Good to know. And yes, that's a better way of putting it and it seems like mine is moving about the same amount. It's more of a feel than actually seeing it rotate. On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 11:10 AM aeroperf wrote: > I rode a Titanico X for three years. > I just checked the nose of the saddle - I

Re: [RBW] Re: New Selle Anatomica X2 saddle owner

2022-05-24 Thread Joe Bernard
It's definitely different if you're used to Brooks saddles. Selle Anatomicas mold and bend and stretch all over the dang place..not my thing but lots of people love them. Joe Bernard On Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 11:11:27 AM UTC-7 Andrew Turner wrote: > Good to know. And yes, that's a better wa

Re: [RBW] Re: New Selle Anatomica X2 saddle owner

2022-05-24 Thread Andrew Turner
I noticed that, especially when I lean back to ride no-hands; It's like I'm falling into a hammock. Still experimenting with padded shorts vs no pads...can't tell if the cutout is a plus or negative at this point, too early to tell. I will say though, I'm not getting any sort of soft tissue numbnes

Re: [RBW] Re: New Selle Anatomica X2 saddle owner

2022-05-24 Thread Eric White
I'm also experimenting with my first SA saddle and it definitely wants its nose a little higher than I run my B17s. I was practically sliding off when I first installed it in my usual Brooks orientation. On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 1:11 PM Andrew Turner wrote: > Good to know. And yes, that's a bette

Re: [RBW] My '99 Franklin Custom

2022-05-24 Thread Patrick Moore
Very nice, Garth, and I apologize if you've posted before and I forgot about it. Care to sell your Shrew? Can it take a tightly wadded winter cycling jacket, the old fashioned wool mix + nylon wind panels, size Med? And the really big question: is your Shrew black with orange straps? Thanks. On

Re: [RBW] Club Rides On A Racing Platypus

2022-05-24 Thread Garth
I don't think there's any truly strange places or people ... more like things about ourselves we always know and choose to "forget" "in the moment" Maybe the better term would be "dis-member", in order to "re-member" ourselves. Like a game of hide-and-go-seek ! Boo ! Who's there ? Me

Re: [RBW] My '99 Franklin Custom

2022-05-24 Thread Patrick Moore
Hey, Garth, I live my life moment by moment, like Ralph Wiggum. Life is so much more interesting that way. https://media1.tenor.com/images/20bf05c763d74b1113f84e5ac2b12915/tenor.gif?itemid=13718359 Thanks for the photos of the Shrew. Yes, black and orange would be ideal, and I already have a simi

Re: [RBW] Re: New Selle Anatomica X2 saddle owner

2022-05-24 Thread Peter Adler
That's the entire point of Selle An-Atomicas (and, to a lesser degree, of the cousin Rivet saddles, which have relatively shorter cutouts; both are descendants of the original superlong Selle An-Atomica Titanicos). The long cutout changes the single plane of a traditional suspended leather saddl

[RBW] Re: Erik's new Gus. Questions.

2022-05-24 Thread Erik
Well, that sand looks brutal! As you noted, the max listed tire size on the Gus or Susie is 2.8, but I feel like that would be pushing it for a couple of reasons. I'm running 29" x 2.5 Terravail Ehlines. They measure about 62mm without any weight on them on Cliffhanger rims, tubeless. They h