No - the Speedblends on my wife's Bridgestone are definitely sporting a
Pasela tread pattern.
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:59:12 AM UTC-7, Leslie wrote:
FWIW, Speedblends are 28; they're Ruffy Tuffys in color
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I went from MKS Touring to VP thin gripsters, and much prefer 'em. This on
a LongLow road frame, sometimes high cadence, sometimes just grunting and
mashing. The edges are sharp, and I have smoothed them off a bit.
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Monday, July 8, 2013 9:36:09 AM UTC-7, Daniel D. wrote:
Yes - whether they're Torx or Allen, the security bolt has a post in the
center, and the tool needs a matching hole. I ordered some of these last
week (from Bicycle Bolts), both for seatpost binder bolt, and also the
bolts holding the seat to the seatpost. Seems like a perfect item for LBS
and
I guess I misread the thread title as riding in door country and was
reluctant to read of a fellow rider's painful encounter with a car door
opening into their path. Glad to see that no such injurious calamity took
place!
- Andrew, Berkeley
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Maybe two times a month, I put my LongLow in the back of my small-ish car,
and it only fits with the front wheel removed. I suppose other people
remove their front wheels to mount their bikes to rooftop car racks.
Just two examples for you, there might be three hundred more. Until you own
a
Yes, just don't brush as much shellac on, and it will look a bit darker,
maybe, but not glossy - the weave of the fabric will still stand out.
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Monday, July 1, 2013 8:27:24 PM UTC-7, Don Compton wrote:
I like the uncoated look. Is it possible to coat the tape with a light
I have a '998 LongLow, and have dealt with this by using brakes that get
the post further away from the forks/chainstays. Have to say I'm very happy
with the basic Shimano cantis - super-adjustable, and strong braking. I was
very frustrated with other brakes that put the posts closer to the
All due respect to Sheldon, may he rest in peace, the tension nut can work
just fine.
If the seat is too soft or too firm, a small adjustment can correct for it.
I tightened mine too far, it became uncomfortably hard, I have backed it
off a bit, and now it's just right - firmer than two weeks
My wife's new Brooks came with a wrench, and as one of my saddles had been
sagging a bit, I did the very natural thing - I tightened it up! Wouldn't
you?
Ah, but in taking away the sag, I made the seat much, much firmer, in fact
too firm, a point that was driven home to me on yesterday's
Are the kickstands on RBW site sold with, or without mounting hardware
included? I can't tell from the text, thanks. I see that there's a shorty
bolt, and a chainstay clamper, but it's not explicit that one needs those
if ordering a kickstand. Why not say so in the item descriptions?
- Andrew,
Hey, this was a great ride! My first Brevet, and my longest single-day ride
yet, 75 miles in all. So may Rivs in the ride, plus lots of RBW influence,
from bags, racks, clothing, bits 'n pieces. Most fun was meeting other
riders and chatting while riding. I knew it would be a good day when I
I read: in stock but discontinued, while supplies last
I guess the new one is that much better.
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Friday, June 21, 2013 6:05:59 PM UTC-7, Michael wrote:
It says, while supplies last at the bottom of description. But the price
is still the same $88 bucks.
I guess
Reminds me of my ride last month... I got the rear rack mounted and the
Noodles taped just the night before leaving... and made adjustments the
first couple days as things settled in.
You'll find great sandwiches and picnic benches in Elk, the Deli is open at
Stewart's Point, and the best
I saw your bike when you brought it in, that crack looked like what you
might see on one of those belt-driven bikes, with the slot for the belt to
slip through. ;-)
But from my quick look, the grain on the crack looked very fine, no large
crystals or strange plastic yield. I bet it's very easy
I use kerosene, it gets through the mastic and is fairly benign. But then,
it's what I have handy, there are lots of other faster treatments you
could use.
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Sunday, June 16, 2013 8:14:23 PM UTC-7, Michael wrote:
Anything just rips it right offa there?
I am cleaning
New air-conditioned digs?
On Friday, June 14, 2013 1:42:58 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote:
This appears cryptically at the end of the latest Blug post. Appaloosa?
Budget Riv? Spill, GP!
Joe Bernard
Vallejo, CA.
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On my long ride last month, I saw a fellow who was riding a loaded Surly to
the four corners of the U.S. That was fine, as he had sold everything and
poured it into the bike and his gear. Hanging off the side of his right
rear pannier was a 12-inch frypan, just wobbling out there in the breeze,
Blue, it will hold its looks better over time. My 1998 LongLow (with
repaired forks in gloss black):
http://diesel.smugmug.com/Bici/May-Ride/29623718_zNctTs#!i=2534735342k=vnpQZtklb=1s=A
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I think it's harder to lift the brakes off the bar, ahead of taping, when
one also has aero brakes, with their cables taped down to the bars. Not
impossible, but harder. The thing I learned to do is just practice with a
scrap roll of cloth tape... practice can lead to muscle memory, if not
Gosh, innovation is good, sure, but those bars - like so much of VO's wares
- just don't hold any appeal for me.
- Andrew, Berkeley
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It looked great - the uninitiated might be forgiven for thinking they've
wandered into an art gallery, with the elegant photos and posters on the
walls, and the beautiful bikes all on display. I enjoyed meeting and
chatting with Riv employees, and a had a fun ride through the Mission
getting
Replacing my wife's Brooks saddle, and a new JB green for me, took us over
the line... it's her chance for a beautiful Betty Foy!
- Andrew, Berkeley
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I'm signing up! My 3x6 LongLow is prepped and ready, should be lots of fun.
But I have to figure a means of transport, since the earliest BART only
gets to Embarcadero at 6:32. Anyone with a van driving over from the East
Bay that morning?
- Andrew, Berkeley
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Ah, I see that earliest BART (Dublin-Pleasanton line) is actually 6:26.
Might be possible to get to the Toll Plaza in time...
On Friday, May 31, 2013 8:51:11 PM UTC-7, BSWP wrote:
I'm signing up! My 3x6 LongLow is prepped and ready, should be lots of
fun.
But I have to figure a means
An execrable miscreant stole my wife's sprung Brooks saddle, and seat post,
from her Bridgestone X-5 yesterday. I knew that I had a couple spare seat
posts, and we borrowed a seat from a neighbor, and I set down to outfit her
bike for riding, while waiting for a new saddle (and swaged lock
Is there a payment option that does not involve paypal?
- Andrew, Berkeley
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I've been really happy with a pair of Mizuno shot-putt (general track and
field) shoes I found on Amazon - they have thin but stiff flat soles, no
tread just smooth rubber, and work great on VP Thin Gripster pedals. I can
move my feet side-to-side, and also get extra positions by moving my feet
Yes, here are the few pictures that we managed to get with my buddy's
blackberry:
http://diesel.smugmug.com/Bici/May-Ride/
And I appreciate the tips on other routes. We planned this as a basic
simple loop on main roads. Looking back, even though we rode 128 on
weekdays, after the local rush
Great pictures - you're clearly enjoying the X100s!
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Monday, May 27, 2013 8:42:18 PM UTC-7, JimD wrote:
As is our custom, pal Brian and I spent this weekend at the Great Western
Bicycle Rally in Paso Robles, CA.
The rally is a great family affair and the variety of
I rode my LongLow on a not-too-long and not-so-low tour last week, the
first time I've ridden that far, and stayed places overnight, by bicycle.
It looks like we did 340 miles, over six and a half days of riding, on a
mix of roads - some urban, some country lanes, and some coastal highway.
The
I just rode 350 miles with a large Shopsack in a large Wald on the rear
Nitto rack. Zip-tied in place with some bar tape to eliminate chatter. The
combo worked just fine - it's SUPER convenient to get at gear and snacks up
there on the back - and the only drawback was that the weight up high (I
I bought one at the Garage Sale, and we use it for playing horseshoes.
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Friday, May 17, 2013 3:06:23 PM UTC-7, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
wrote:
When I visited RBWHQ a few months ago, there was one of these huge reach
beach cruiser brakes lying around.
On Friday,
I got my forks back from Ed Litton yesterday. He's a frame builder in
Richmond California, who did a repair on my canti boss and moved my rack
mounts up higher so the Nitto Mini rack would attach. This is for a 1998
Joe Stark LongLow. After Ed finished the brazing work, we realized the
touchup
Thanks. The ride is long for me, 325 miles from Berkeley, up through Napa,
Healdsburg, Cloverdale, Boonville, out to the ocean, and back along the
coast. Six days, staying on couches and in motels. Going with a friend
who's riding his neat Bike Friday.
I just need to carry off-bike clothes,
I'm finalizing my gear for a trip that starts this weekend, and am finally
getting to how I'll carry m'stuff. I have an old Carradice saddle bag that
swings from my saddle, and I'm fitting a rear rack so I can strap a bag
between Carradice and rack. It seems like a basic roll-top dry bag, 15 or
The trails of Devil Mountain are often, indeed, ruddy.
- Andrew, Berkeley
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I'm adding cross levers to the 46cm Noodles on my LongLow, in a transition
from the M-bars I've used on that bike for 15 years. For all who ride with
cross brake levers on drop bars, what position have you found best for the
long run - angled steeply down, or angled up and out?
- Andrew,
Just because I'm curious, when were the last tall Atlantis frames made, the
66cm, and 68cm versions? Do these sizes ever come up for resale?
Jim's frame geometry page http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw/geometry.html is
very helpful, but I can't find the year that production stopped on the
taller
Well, I suppose one could order up a large Atlantis as a custom frame...
that's a not insignificant upcharge. Or will Waterford do a large frame for
a set price extra fee? Hmm...
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Tuesday, May 7, 2013 8:59:08 PM UTC-7, samh wrote:
I would guess the date production
My 1998 LongLow has always shimmied on descents - yes, I like to take my
hands off the bars, but it was also sensed with hands on - and so I thought
a set of the new hotness needle roller bearings would be a good thing to
try. Placed an order, and coincidentally dropped the forks out today to
Just more tape... double-layered. I find that comfort is enhanced with
extra girth, not so much with soft plushness.
- Andrew, Berkeley
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It looks like a natural evolution of a resilient design. Less reach, less
drop, a touch wider, and comes further back - all good. If I had any
additional suggestion, it would be for a skosh more flat at the stem, so
there was more room for my hands when I put them right up against the stem
on
Has anyone setup their Albas as Rene described, with brake levers well
forward, moustache-style? I think that would be terrific - very similar to
moustache style, where you have hand positions all over the bars, but
access the brakes with your hands up at the front bends.
I'm getting a crick
I lead week-long backpack trips in the Sierra, and have seen tarp tents on
several recent trips. They held up quite well in some very wet conditions,
I was impressed with how well they performed. They were from Henry Shire's
site: http://www.tarptent.com Quite light weight, and would be just as
Thanks, yes that seems the case. I tried drilling through the sheared bolt,
but the screw extractor then only managed to produce a bulge in the Canti
boss... so sad. I slapped on a lousy $15 side pull from Hank 'n Frank, and
was able to ride today, but the fork needs some attention. I guess as
First the Bay Bridge, now my LongLow. I was working on my front brakes, got
the right side cantilever arm off (older Ritchey Logic brakes), though with
some effort. I realize now there must have been thread-locker on the bolt.
The left side was equally tough, and after about a turn and a half,
My friend Chava was on that ride, and had this to say:
Those crazy 31 year olds! My friend Jenny blogs and takes pics of my rides
so I don't have to. Note the crazy Riv guy who did the whole dirt ride on
his Sam Hillborne with fenders, a front basket including his paperback and
no helmet.
-
Brief update, I now have JB greens on my LongLow, they fit fine and leave
just... enough... room for wooden fenders (yet to be mounted). The greens
are definitely faster rolling than the blues, in my limited comparison
testing. Yesterday, I found myself coasting on nearly-flat downhills
Has anyone with an older Riv (mine's a 1998 LongLow) had trouble fitting a
Nitto Mini-Rack? How did you solve it? I just got one, and find the legs
are too short for the braze-ons on the fork. Yes, I could use P clamps,
but really prefer the clean attachment offered by the braze-ons.
A very
A box from RBW arrived today, with a Nitto mini-rack, some Boeshield, two
pairs of socks, four bars of soap, and a bunch of cables. Not so much, but
the rack and the can of spray, plus four boxes of soap, could have been a
bulky load. Yet they were nestled into a 10x10x5 inch box with maybe a
Wow, what a great deal for such a rare TALL frame.
- Andrew, Berkeley
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Yes, I do the same thing - placing the striker further from the bell
reduces the unintended ringing on bumpy roads.
I may soon machine my own stem collar, with *two* attachment points, so I
can mount double bells, just because.
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Friday, March 15, 2013 5:42:31 PM UTC-7,
Nuts front and back, lightly oiled, and snugged tight with a Park beer
bottle opener.
- Andrew, Berkeley
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The V.O. wares just don't sit right with me. Not so much any small
particular element all on its own, but rather the sum total of the pitch,
the obscure sourcing, the look of the hardware. I might well be the only
one who feels that way.
- Andrew, Berkeley
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It's quite simple to secure a basket to rack with nylon cord, using clove
hitch knots (if you need to remove the basket frequently) or constrictor
knots (for more permanent fixture).
- Andrew, Berkeley
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I'm downgrading the gearing on my LongLow, from a 50-46-28 to a 46-XX-24,
and looking for XX = 42.
These are on a Ritchey Logic crankset, 5-hole 110 BCD. I just searched my
spares, and no 42 or 43.
Some very old BioPace rings, though... yikes.
Ideally someone nearby has one sitting there, and
Great story, epic ride.
And ANY chance to visit The Junction Bar and Grill on two wheels is worth
whatever one has to endure to get there.
- Andrew, Berkeley
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The Sam Hillborne is the only one that's easily legible, and does look
good. It has a nice blend of bold font use, and abstract planetary graphic
elements placed to side, leaving enough room for the text to show through.
The others are hurt by letting the art block out the text.
- Andrew,
I had these out for a 20 mile ride to the Bay and back through the
foothills today. It's pretty nice having eight inches of straight taped bar
(I cut off an inch), with the brakes set close into the center. I can grab
out wide, anywhere along the tape, and have several good positions with
Hey, move fast... nervona.com is available!
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Thursday, February 7, 2013 9:24:20 PM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote:
Nervona? Sounds like a Target house brand.
Patrick aiming for Nirvana Moore
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On the QuickBeam, my JB Blues measure 35.5 mm, on 24.3 mm Dyad rims. I'm
going to try a pair on my LongLow, and hope that its narrower rims, 22 mm,
will contain the tire closer to 33.33 mm. The LongLow has rather limited
room for wide tires!
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Not related to shopsacks, which are great, but to RBW noting that items are
on backorder... I just saw that Nitto Bullmoose bars are coming back this
year, they're again listed in the handlebar section with an ETA a few
months out. Great to see they'll be available again.
- Andrew, Berkeley
Maybe it's just my browser, but I can't seem to get the Vimeo video to
start in the middle - it always starts over from very beginning if I try to
nudge the marker forward. Anyone else? I can do this with most other Vimeo
films.
- Andrew, Berkeley
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After using the Thin Gripsters on my Rivs, I'm hard-pressed to understand
why anyone would ever use thicker platform pedals. The best I can explain
is that it simply feels better having my foot that much closer to the pedal
axle.
- Andrew, Berkeley
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I tried the very nice BG Rock 'n Roads on my QuickBeam, but found I needed
more room.
Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/71141757@N02/sets/72157630487687298/
- Andrew, Berkeley
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Nice to see these still trickling out. Now if only the 68cm frames up in
the attic would start showing up... ;-)
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I'm part way through the cockpit changeover, with the 200mm Bullmoose bars
and brake levers in place, but no cables yet. I rode around the
neighborhood today, nudging the bars up down, brakes in out (fixed
gear, so easy to slow down). A few observations: The bars are really wide,
wider than
I read Grant's post, and I think there's a red herring here - the damage to
the wheel came not from continued pedaling, but from continued rotation of
the wheel. They're simply not the same thing. Either something got into the
spokes, ahead of the derailer and inside the chain, or something
I'm going to try the Bullmoose bars on my QuickBeam, as a test change from
the 'M bars. It's easy enough to remove the moustache bars, brake levers
and stem as a clean cockpit, leaving my tape wrap in place, for a quick
change back later on. But for Bullmoose bars, has anyone experimented with
Yup. All covered on that front. I'm leaving the very nice non-aero levers
and cables on the M-bars, to maintain a modular cockpit. All I will need to
do to change over is pull out the stem and reconnect cables.
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 1:34:58 PM UTC-8, René wrote:
I'm going to do something new in 2013 - a long multi-night ride, my first
tour. I have a riding partner, and we're now working on a route for late
May, either down the coast to the south and back inland, or up through wine
country with a return on the north coast. Either way, heading southerly
Try some skinny bamboo food skewers to slip between grip and bar, and then
spray in lubricant of your choice - I like silicone. Using wood skewers
will preserve the finish of the bars, by not scratching them.
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Sunday, January 6, 2013 9:23:30 AM UTC-8, fulf wrote:
I'm
I note that the RBW Tange/IRD setup has needle bearings at bottom, and ball
bearings at top. Most of us considering switching to roller bearings for
added damping, I would suppose, already have ball bearings both top and
bottom. So why not replace just the bottom bearing? It must be industry
Hmmm... I have been wondering what I could do for shimmies on both the
QuickBeam and the LongLow, will have to give this a try.
When is the next raffle?... I need a new black woolie zip-tee, too!
- Andrew, Berkeley
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Looks great. That's a neat trick for starting on the flats, to get both
colors sticking to each other. I have always started from the bar-ends, and
finished near the stem with black tape or twine.
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Friday, December 28, 2012 12:51:45 AM UTC-8, stonehog wrote:
I finally
I might be the only one to misinterpret the rules, but after placing my
order last night, and then pondering over it this morning, I heard back
from RBW - only orders of goods that come to or exceed $300 are
automatically entered *(not including taxes)*. I was nudging my cart
until the total
:
Even a person who doesn't need anything at the moment should buy themself
a $300 gift certificate. Buy the $300 Gift Certificate, hand it to your
wife and tell her This is what I want for Christmas. It's perfect!
On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 9:15:37 PM UTC-8, BSWP wrote:
That would
I'll make sure the Mountain Fixte frame has a custom phone-holder braze-on.
But been thinking, and I'm pretty sure any my next bike will have an
IGH... now to see if there's yet an IGH that also features a robust lockout
mechanism, to convert to fixed-gear on the fly.
Thanks for confirming
That would be a Mountain Fixte!
I'm looking at what I can justify, seeing if it will come to $300
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 11:57:47 AM UTC-8, Philip Williamson wrote:
I'd do a version of that Mountain Fixie that was such a troublesome
truck. Basically a fixed gear
Courtesy of BikeSnob NYC, these sweet bars:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33350670@N08/4227575870/
- Andrew, Berkeley
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Anyone else get a package from Cedar Cycling? I've never heard of them,
never called or visited their website, and never knowingly given them my
contact information... but there on the porch today was a Tee-shirt from
them, with local east bay roads listed in bright Helvetica. No doubt a
snafu
The RONA shirt... wow, I remember those.
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That was posted last year, looks like... It's most likely long gone by
now...
- Andrew
On Saturday, November 17, 2012 7:11:37 PM UTC-8, Abcyclehank wrote:
Also curious about availability of said Quickbeam.
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It's very easy to use a stainless P clamp (with rubber insert) to hold a
small powerful LED flashlight at a threaded braze-on. I like the lights
from Four Sevens, and you can get a red lens, or a red light, for
rear-facing applications.
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Monday, November 12, 2012 9:38:09
I was over at RBW this morning, picking up another pair of thin gripsters
(oh yeah!), and heard that there will be some TALL frames at the garage
sale... in case anyone is looking for a large bike.
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I dropped my saddle a smidge, since I could feel the difference in reach
from saddle to pedal.
And they're AGAIN sold out at RBW!
- Andrew, Berkeley
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I notice the weight, but it's not detrimental.
Yesterday I rode home from TJ's with two bottles of wine, a quart of milk,
a quart of OJ, three pounds of nuts and cheese, a pound of salami, and
pound of coffee, all in the Sackville shopsack in my small Wald basket on
the Nitto mini rack (on
I'm equally pleased with the new pedals on my QuickBeam. Whether riding
fixed, or on the freewheel, they're an improvement over the older MKS RX-1
pedals with toe clips I had been using. I thought I would need clips when
riding fixed, but... not so much. I'm just riding by mashing down, and
I saw an Atlantis on College Avenue yesterday afternoon (actually just
across the border into Oakland), and stopped to check out its wooden
fenders. Pretty clean attachment fixtures, with flat smooth rivets showing
on top surface of the fenders, and simple bent 90-degree brackets off the
Not exactly, the side brackets were simple flat L pieces, looked like.
But Woody's fender nuts look good, almost rivet-like but actually threaded
fasteners. I should get a few pairs to try.
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Monday, October 22, 2012 9:26:09 AM UTC-7, Stephen S wrote:
Were they mounted
What a great short! Fun riding, sweet bikes, e molti baffi. We are
unstoppable...
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Saturday, October 13, 2012 10:12:15 AM UTC-7, lungimsam wrote:
Great s240 video. Looks like beautiful riding in SF area.
I love the twisted bonzai looking trees. We don't have that here
to clear the lower
headset cup - so attaching the lower struts to the braze-ons takes a little
more encouraging than usual.
hope that helps.
-tim
On Saturday, September 29, 2012 2:24:01 PM UTC-6, BSWP wrote:
Is it possible to combine a lower brake hanger, like the Tektro item RBW
sells
Is it possible to combine a lower brake hanger, like the Tektro item RBW
sells, with a Nitto mini front rack? I would like to get better cable
routing for my front brake, and the fork crown mounted hanger looks like a
good item. But can the Nitto mini-rack bolt then pass through with enough
RBW updated their VP Thin Gripsters page, with a new handy handi-cam video,
and a new price.
http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/pe4.htmhttp://www.rivbike.com/product-p/pe4.htm
I'm still really liking these pedals, even if they scrape my shins
sometimes when I bang into 'em. All of my shoes stay
QuickBeams!
My Nitto race cages all came from RBW.
Though I certainly understand why both are no longer carried.
Very glad that front racks, Wald baskets, and ShopSacks are still carried.
- Andrew, Berkeley
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A BayArea QuickBeam ride would be superlative. Routes, anyone? How about
Lafayette BART to RBW HQ, then out to Martinez? Or through Danville to
Pleasanton BART? Reasonably flat-ish...
- Andrew still can't get over the hill in just one gear Johnson, Berkeley
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Another Orange QuickBeam, looks great! (and I know a small bit of the story
on the found in the attic 64cm QB). Love the Bullmoose bars. It looks
like you could lose a pair of links on your chain, and still have room for
the tire.
I would like a low-mounted front cable stop, like yours, but my
I bought a Bern Brentwood, in size XXXL, through Erik's bike shop in MN.
They had the lowest price ($72), free shipping, but most importantly - they
carried the triple-extra large size. REI only goes up to XL.
http://www.eriksbikeshop.com/2012-Brentwood-Helmet/PR3C6170/Product
I got the gloss
Estimated standover height is listed along with other measurements at
Cyclofiend's site:
http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw/geometry.html#quickbeam
For 60cm frame, it's estimated at 84.9cm
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 12:31:02 PM UTC-7, IanA wrote:
Any idea what the stand
I think the Grip Kings are the ugliest pieces of kit that RBW sells. Clunky
and strangely-shaped. And they don't even come standard with the requisite
set screws, which are needed to hold your shoes in place.
On the other hand, the VP Gripsters are fantastic. Thin, light,
pre-installed (with
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