[RBW] Re: 650b Homer

2023-02-11 Thread Joe Bernard
Man that's a nice bike, I miss the old flat-toptube Toyo and Waterford frames. I personally like the stem but maybe it needs to be longer to stretch those bars away from you a little more, being too close might be why they feel narrow. But I'd ride it a bit first, the fit may work out for you a

Re: [RBW] Re: Platypus questions

2023-02-11 Thread Johnny Alien
I will occasionally dismount that way. I first saw it in a youtube video with Bike Snob. He dismounts that way at the beginning. https://youtu.be/as_9Pj_AD3A On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 9:53:02 PM UTC-5 dougP wrote: > You gals make it look so easy. Thanks for taking the time to record & p

Re: [RBW] Re: Platypus questions

2023-02-11 Thread dougP
You gals make it look so easy. Thanks for taking the time to record & post. There's a Dutch couple on an around the world trip that posts videos on youtube. They are perhaps mid-30s. They use the same method with high top tube bikes loaded with 4 panniers, rack bags, front bags, all sorts of st

Re: [RBW] Re: Platypus questions

2023-02-11 Thread JW
Proud to say I do both of these techniques! Even at 30 I'm not too keen on trying to "step thru" if I can help it, lol. Usually with the mount I'll start my pedal at 12 o'clock and stand up on the pedal to get moving then swing my leg through the frame, as opposed to starting it at 6 o'lock an

Re: [RBW] Re: Platypus questions

2023-02-11 Thread Joe Bernard
I did it! The dismount thing wasn't near as graceful as you but I didn't fall down and end up lying in the street like a fool who can't get off his own bike. I call that a win! On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 4:23:46 PM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Since I was posting my dismount

[RBW] Re: Rivs on film

2023-02-11 Thread JohnS
Thanks everyone for sharing, this is fun! Someday I'll get a film camera... Shawn, that color pic of inside the Riv shop is great. The shadows are beyond real. JohnS On Friday, February 10, 2023 at 3:32:10 PM UTC-5 Ted Durant wrote: > On Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 7:17:57 PM UTC-6 jamin or

Re: [RBW] WTB/WTT – Huret Jubilee Long Cage Rear Derailleur

2023-02-11 Thread Richard Rose
Hands down the most beautiful, jewelry like rear derailleur ever made, IMHO. I had a complete set on my PX10 around 1980. Lovely.Sent from my iPhoneOn Feb 11, 2023, at 11:44 AM, Luke Hendrickson wrote:I think that it’s positively beautiful and that it’d be fun to track down the corresponding Hure

[RBW] Re: any bike photos of bikes with the Dia compe 980's?

2023-02-11 Thread JohnS
Hello Mike with the Bob Jackson. Nice looking bike. What front cable hanger is that? I never seen one like it before. On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 12:23:01 PM UTC-5 alexander...@gmail.com wrote: > Got some for the Miyata Triple cross I built as a 2 speed a little while > back - I've loved

Re: [RBW] Re: Platypus questions

2023-02-11 Thread Leah Peterson
I’ve got it done. I’ll wait for Roberta to post hers tonight and then I’ll follow with my method. I told her, “We have to reach the guys to ride mixtes! It’s our sacred RivSister duty!” You’ll have two examples tonight. ❤️Sent from my iPhoneOn Feb 11, 2023, at 6:12 PM, Joe Bernard wrote:Hand one

Re: [RBW] Re: Platypus questions

2023-02-11 Thread Joe Bernard
Hand one of them boys your phone and let's see! I'm not sure I can actually pull off the acrobatics you and Roberta are doing but it could be fun falling down trying 🤣 On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 2:56:59 PM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > When Roberta posts her nifty mounting met

[RBW] Re: WTB: affordable 650b wheelset

2023-02-11 Thread vernon brooks
Hey Bill did you sell these wheels? On Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 4:12:06 PM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote: > I have exactly what you need, I think. > > I just sold a barely used Yves Gomez. I had hoped to move all the parts > over to a larger Gomez, but it looks like that's not going to happen. S

Re: [RBW] Re: Platypus questions

2023-02-11 Thread Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!
When Roberta posts her nifty mounting method I’m going to post my one-of-a-kind DISmounting method. I just gotta convince someone to video it for me…. On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 5:41:02 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > I need this video! It's kinda silly that I have a droptube bike and stil

Re: [RBW] Re: Platypus questions

2023-02-11 Thread Joe Bernard
I need this video! It's kinda silly that I have a droptube bike and still try to swing my creaky old-guy leg over the back like it's a diamond frame. Do you know how many times I've kicked that taillight on the rack and sent lens and batteries flying?? A bunch of times! On Friday, February 10,

Re: [RBW] Re: New guy in North Carolina

2023-02-11 Thread Richard Rose
Yes, two beautiful bikes. That Samson is ridiculous! Kind of makes me want to try something similar with a J.P. Weigle I have access to. I have not done so because the Clem L I have been riding for a little over a year & just shy of 4K miles is simply the best riding bike I’ve ever owned. There may

[RBW] Re: Do your MKS Monarch pedals have spiked wings yet ?

2023-02-11 Thread Kim Hetzel
Hi Garth, Here are your requested measurements of my MKS Monarch platform pedal with extensions: *front to back: 5 1/8" *side to side edges: 5 3/4" *distance outside of crank arm to the outside of the pedal body: 3/4" *thickness of the pedal with spikes included: 7/8" Let know, if I left any me

[RBW] Re: New guy in North Carolina

2023-02-11 Thread Luke Hendrickson
Yeah, a buddy gave me the Berthoud (it’s from the first 400 made and was nearly unridden). I really like it so far and had my first all day ride on it earlier this week without much issue. Ha! Yeah, I felt like my bike looked too vanilla when I changed from mtb tires and was getting a lot of

Re: [RBW] WTB/WTT – Huret Jubilee Long Cage Rear Derailleur

2023-02-11 Thread Patrick Moore
A bicycle built around a derailleur: that has to be a first. Why the Jubilee? I built a bike around a hub, but the hub include the gears. I'll be very interested in the final result; please post build specs and photos. On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 10:28 PM Luke Hendrickson < phendricks...@paulpath.net

[RBW] Re: New guy in North Carolina

2023-02-11 Thread Steve
Luke, I like that Atlantis! Beautiful build too. I see you have also discovered Berthoud saddles. Looks like you went with Honjo fenders to cover those big Scwalbe G-Ones? Thanks On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 1:32:08 AM UTC-5 Luke Hendrickson wrote: > Both gorgeous bikes! I myself had a

[RBW] Re: Do your MKS Monarch pedals have spiked wings yet ?

2023-02-11 Thread Garth
Hey Kim, could you please measure if possible the actual platform width and length overall(front to back, side to side platform edges), plus the distance from the outside crank arm to the outside of the body ? Also the overall body thickness, spikes to included ? Thank you ! -- You receive