[RBW] Re: 90-year-old cyclist: remarkable video

Thank you for sharing this Patrick. Super inspiring! May we all ride well into our 90s! Cheers, John On Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 3:06:40 PM UTC-8 DTL wrote: > What a small world. I used to work with the filmmakers partner. They > produce really beautiful images! > On Friday, December

[RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

A good friend once said: 'If it doesn't end in a cord of wood or a barn full of hay, it ain't exercise!' I would add a cleared driveway. Ha! Winter around here brings lots of snow and the following exercise: clearing a 450m driveway (Thank you Honda!), splitting wood (Thank you Blaze King!),

[RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

Well I live among hills, lots of hills, nothing but hills ! So I go walky walky, on the roads and through the forest, up and down and all around. I live outside the city so this small subdivision of homes has always been closer to rural than any semblance of an organized neighborhood. It's a

Re: [RBW] Re: SF RB-1 looking very nice

Not to drift too far, since it is neither a Roadini nor an Bridgestonini, but the o.p. might also consider – in the same size and possibly even from the same seller – this Davidson Discovery: https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/bik/d/san-francisco-57cm-davidson-discovery/7698196809.html

Re: [RBW] Re: SF RB-1 looking very nice

Here's the '93 catalog page showing Superbe Pro brakes: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/bridgestone/1993/pages/26.htm What I remember is that the RB-1 had good performance at a lower price than Colnago, Paramount, Medici, LandShark, Pinarello, Olmo, Basso, Cinelli (among others) that I would see

[RBW] Re: 90-year-old cyclist: remarkable video

What a small world. I used to work with the filmmakers partner. They produce really beautiful images! On Friday, December 22, 2023 at 9:32:43 AM UTC+11 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Well what a treasure that was. I loved the man and his bike and his story > and his storytelling and his

Re: [RBW] Re: SF RB-1 looking very nice

Now this is an interesting challenge. The RB1 had a good reputation amongst the competition for its performance. Is it better than many other mid-level road bikes of its period? If yes, why? (Formal and not agent or material causes; that is, what do you feel when you ride it that makes it

Re: [RBW] Re: SF RB-1 looking very nice

I'd say the "1" in the RB-1 and "Bridgestone" in the name Bridgestone is about the most desirable things out of that bike. Do a blind test with it and any of the exceptionally similar roadbikes from the era and I doubt you can tell the difference. I'd take the bike that the designer made with

[RBW] Re: 90-year-old cyclist: remarkable video

Well what a treasure that was. I loved the man and his bike and his story and his storytelling and his pile of siblings. What a great find, Patrick! Leah On Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 4:03:25 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > For those of you who don't read BSNYC: https://youtu.be/tgUC0zyu4p0

Re: [RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

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Re: [RBW] Re: SF RB-1 looking very nice

That very well could be. I'm sure there's a '93 Bridgestone Catalog somewhere out there with the full specs. For some reason I thought that the Superbe Pro were spec'd on both red and yellow versions but it could just be the red one. On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 2:02 PM Ryan wrote: > Iirc I thought

Re: [RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

+ 1 for walking, dog or no dog. I've lived within 15/100 mile of a Defined Fitness gym for 20 years and have never joined, and I attribute my youthful good looks to the 10 years I caught back from the slow-down of the temporal continuum during the 1 winter season I tried riding a stationary

[RBW] Re: SF RB-1 looking very nice

Iirc I thought it was the yellow rb1 that came with sti while the red had those superbe brakes in 1993 On Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 3:49:52 PM UTC-6 Brian Cunningham wrote: > Must've been too good of a deal. In the 90 minutes since your post, > Irving, the listing has been removed. > >

[RBW] Re: SF RB-1 looking very nice

Must've been too good of a deal. In the 90 minutes since your post, Irving, the listing has been removed. On Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 12:11:09 PM UTC-8 Irving wrote: > If you're looking for something: > > - 57cm-ish > - steel frame > - wide tired, rim brake > - in San Francisco > -

[RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

I started using an indoor trainer and Zwift for winters when we moved to Seattle. I must say that I am enjoying it more than I thought I would - and the irony of upright rivendell on an indoor bike trainer only makes it more fun :) It's a pretty low cost option to try (can generally find used

Re: [RBW] Re: Coaster Brakes for a Beachy Clem Build

FWIW, one has the same pedal-positioning problem with a fixed drivetrain. I quickly learned to unweight the rear and use the still-clipped-in left foot to rotate the crank around for proper left-foot start-off push-down. It's as easy to thus rotate forward as backward. Squeeze front brake; push

[RBW] Re: SF RB-1 looking very nice

If you're looking for something: - 57cm-ish - steel frame - wide tired, rim brake - in San Francisco - something along the lines of a Roadini or RB-1 - cheaper than both of the aforementioned frames You may be interested in this neat Waterford that popped up:

[RBW] Re: Coaster Brakes for a Beachy Clem Build

FWIW another fellow on the group did a 2-speed coaster build with a Susie and has a small write up on it here. 2-Speed Coaster Susie On Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 10:58:38 AM UTC-8 mathiass...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [RBW] Riv's new handlebar bag

Nick Does the Routeworks bag rattle? - Chris On Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 11:57:18 AM UTC-8 Nick Payne wrote: > On Thursday 21 December 2023 at 3:41:18 am UTC+11 campyo...@me.com wrote: > > My biggest issue with handlebar bags of this type is that most designs > have a tendency to sway

Re: [RBW] Riv's new handlebar bag

On Thursday 21 December 2023 at 3:41:18 am UTC+11 campyo...@me.com wrote: My biggest issue with handlebar bags of this type is that most designs have a tendency to sway forward and back and rely on complicated (and, IMHO ugly) systems of cords or straps lashed to the frame or handlebars to

[RBW] Re: Coaster Brakes for a Beachy Clem Build

I have done this and would probably not do it again -- it takes some awareness and some re-training to go from coaster brake to being able to backpedal freely. I'm on my third winter on the coaster-brake bike and still have trouble coming to a stop with the right pedal in the "take-off"

[RBW] Re: Packrafting with Your Big Riv

Thanks, Ryan! What a wonderful way to spend time outside with your daughter. And, what a lovely section of the Spokane River. I'll definitely be paddling that one day. I've cruised lots of the Centennial trail (mostly west of you) and often wished I'd had a boat of some sort to float that

[RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

I bend an elbow and walk the dog. Oh, and if there's any snow, there's shoveling to be done. On Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 10:22:37 AM UTC-6 Tim Bantham wrote: > I live in Upstate NY, not too far Leah from our friends at Analog Cycles . > This translates to lots of snow, long winters and

[RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

I live in Upstate NY, not too far Leah from our friends at Analog Cycles . This translates to lots of snow, long winters and a lot of time off the bike. I do ride indoors on Zwift but the real game changer for me has been yoga. I practice LYT yoga. It was designed by a physical therapist and is

[RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

Mrs Bubba and I signed up at Orange Theory. It's a small class studio, and it is expensive, but we're gaming the system a little bit. It is definitely aimed at the HIIT thing and focuses on heart rate. In a 50 minute workout, the target is to get 12 or more splat points, a splat point is 1

[RBW] Re: SF RB-1 looking very nice

I owned a Red '93 RB-1 and it died in a car crash that put me in the hospital for days and in rehab for months. I loved that bike and should have been more aggressive about using it so that when it died it wouldn't have hurt so much. Having said that, it's nowhere as versatile a bike as my

[RBW] Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

I hope this is not off-topic. If it is, I apologize. Living in Michigan means I park my Platypuses for 3 months or so in the winter. I know there are die-hards out there with their studded tires and fat bikes but that’s not me. No Platypus means a lot of my workout time has been freed up and