[RBW] Re: Rivendells of Nutmeg

2023-05-18 Thread Eric Marth
@Pam: I didn't see any women on Rivendells! @Adam: Dang, I missed the custom. What color was it and how was it set up? On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:29:12 PM UTC-4 Eric Marth wrote: > Drew, yes, I took the Bridgestone. And I still have the Hillborne. > > Here's a scandalous non-driveside

[RBW] Re: Rivendells of Nutmeg

2023-05-18 Thread Drew Fitchette
Good looking Bikes Everyone! @eric You rode that sweet Bridgestone? Still got the S. Hillborne too? Max's Hunq is my favorite, can't beat that middle tube. On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 1:24:12 PM UTC-4 lyon...@gmail.com wrote: > There was also a Custom at Weigle's, but I didn't see who was

Re: [RBW] FS: 55 cm Platypus, mermaid

2023-05-18 Thread Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!
BUMP. This bike is still for sale. Snap it up! Riding season is here and you need your mermaid Platypus for all your upcoming adventures! On Monday, May 8, 2023 at 10:17:41 PM UTC-4 mary.f...@gmail.com wrote: > Located in Buffalo NY. I can get it boxed up ready to ship. > Mary > > On Monday,

Re: [RBW] forthcoming Hillibike "combo" predictions?

2023-05-18 Thread Garth
The photos are nicely scaled Keith ! The Chunk curly tip tube thing looks like they decided to add "something" to distinguish it from a Susie/Gus. I won't say it really matches the angles though. It also doesn't have the front-center and reach that the S/G has, nor do any of the others. The

[RBW] 26.8 seatposts with generous setback

2023-05-18 Thread st nick
I was recently talking with a friend here in the area also looking for a 26.8 set post with more set back for his Roadini. He decided to have Rivbike order the IRC one for him some have had issues with because he heard a Rivendell employee recently had tried one and had no issues because IRC

Re: [RBW] forthcoming Hillibike "combo" predictions?

2023-05-18 Thread greenteadrinkers
Keith - super cool summation of swoop tubes! That evolution brings me back to a bike design I learned about in a thread from another article about ATB on bikepacking.com about Geoff Apps and his short and high Cleland Aventura off-road design. No idea how many got produced, but looks like a

Re: [RBW] forthcoming Hillibike "combo" predictions?

2023-05-18 Thread Joe Bernard
Yes I found another thread to post a pic of my Rivendell on. Learn it, know it, live it  On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 8:15:22 AM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > Indeed, I think a Riv mixte/step-thru looks like a Harley cruiser to the > Harley folks. You start at the high pullback bars, then it

Re: [RBW] forthcoming Hillibike "combo" predictions?

2023-05-18 Thread greenteadrinkers
The Crumbworks Chunk looks thrilling! Has the gorgeous lines of a Susie and the DNA of a 0mm drop-bar'd dropper posted Tanglefoot Hardtack. On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 8:27:11 AM UTC-4 Doug H. wrote: > I ride a Clem in the heart of the American South and it's macho enough for > me, not that I

[RBW] Re: Betty Foy info request

2023-05-18 Thread Kiley Demond
There is one on eBay for $2499. It has been listed for months so discerning buyers get that it is wildly overpriced, albeit beautiful. I wanted one after reading the blog article from an Irish lass whose name I can't recall. By the time I got to Riv (I lived in the west bay on the peninsula so

Re: [RBW] Re: Getting in over my head

2023-05-18 Thread 藍俊彪
On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 6:57 AM Johnny Alien wrote: > It's interesting that you see them having numbness problems. I have all > upright bars now because they work for me but I have found that none of > them really give the number of hand positions that a really nice drop bar > (or albastache)

Re: [RBW] Re: Getting in over my head

2023-05-18 Thread Johnny Alien
It's interesting that you see them having numbness problems. I have all upright bars now because they work for me but I have found that none of them really give the number of hand positions that a really nice drop bar (or albastache) has. I know that the concept of hand positions are there but

Re: [RBW] Re: Getting in over my head

2023-05-18 Thread Garth
I remember when I was pickup w/a shell camping traveling out West from Ohio and spent a few days to rest and ride in Utah with my sister and her husband I'll call JE who own/runs a local bike shop and a quite strong rider, or so I read and heard. It's not like I had ever ridden with him

Re: [RBW] Betty Foy info request

2023-05-18 Thread Johnny Alien
I kind of forgot about the Yves Gomez. I remembered the Glorius and Wilbury but not the YG. Did it not last very long? On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 5:33:56 AM UTC-4 Eric Daume wrote: > The YG was a Betty with as manlier name, but the Cheviot was a completely > different model… one of the first

Re: [RBW] Betty Foy info request

2023-05-18 Thread Eric Daume
The YG was a Betty with as manlier name, but the Cheviot was a completely different model… one of the first long chainstay Rivs. Eric On Wednesday, May 17, 2023, Pam Bikes wrote: > Betty's were made in different sizes in different years. And in the later > years some were Yves Gomez and some

Re: [RBW] Re: Bike route mapping & guidance app for iPhone

2023-05-18 Thread Patrick Moore
Blogger's -- Scot Key's -- response to my question: Patrick: Thanks for reading and for your comments. Starting with your idea of taking advantage of the wind, I have been fortuante enough to do that with results that made for some of the easiest miles I’ve ever done coming back north with the

Re: [RBW] Re: Bike route mapping & guidance app for iPhone

2023-05-18 Thread Patrick Moore
That would be great. As a matter of fact I just got VM from the Apple Store saying the laptop is ready but I probably won't be able to pick it up until Friday or Monday. The route would be from the Alameda trailhead of the Paseo del Bosque Trail to Jarales. Of course, we'd follow the PDB Trail