[RBW] Re: Best way to arrange 2-cog manual shifting for "single speed" disc braked bicycle

2023-11-24 Thread Patrick Moore
Messing around online I discovered that Shimano offers 3 speed hubs with rotor mounts and 135mm OL spacing -- interesting possibility. 32 x 20 with 30 1/2" wheel -- actual current measurement -- gives 49" direct, 65" overdrive and 37" underdrive (I am assuming Shimano uses the same ratios as the AW

Re: [RBW] Re: "Trust, but Verify"

2023-11-24 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Re: Grips appreciation post

2023-11-21 Thread Patrick Moore
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[RBW] Re: Best mitten design for very cold weather

2023-11-20 Thread Patrick Moore
ow $70 shipped CONUS. On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 2:15 PM Patrick Moore wrote: > The fall style thread raises a question about keeping your hands warm in > very cold temperatures (for me, very cold means in the teens F). My fingers > are very sensitive to the cold. I've bought 2 or 3 pai

Re: [RBW] Re: YAHT (Yet Another Handlebar Thread) :D

2023-11-17 Thread Patrick Moore
Fwiw, just a few observations in case they help someone find an ideal bar shape. For a medium+ size American man (ideal level tt size is 60 c-c), I've got relatively short arms and small hands, and yet my favorite bar of all time is a long reach traditional bend Maes Parallel, precisely because of

Re: [RBW] Re: YAHT (Yet Another Handlebar Thread) :D

2023-11-17 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Re: Problem solvers front cable hanger?

2023-11-17 Thread Patrick Moore
Bling for the bike, about the same cost as the RH. > > Back to Adam's point that fork mounted hangers won't work with center pull > brakes, seems to me someone should make an integrated backing plate/hanger. > That would nice! > > JohnS > > > On Thursday, N

Re: [RBW] Re: Compliments

2023-11-16 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Re: Problem solvers front cable hanger?

2023-11-16 Thread Patrick Moore
One factor in reducing front brake cable friction is a gradual, "natural" bend in the housing between its exit from the bar tape (aero levers, of course) and where it meets the stop. If your stem is high so that the housing leaves the bar tape (I'm assuming you use aero levers) far above the housin

Re: [RBW] FS: Brooks All Terrain saddle, Technomic 50cm stem, Carradice saddlebag

2023-11-15 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Favorite Floor Pump Head?

2023-11-15 Thread Patrick Moore
I should have added: Is this the same as the "Hiro" chuck? On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 10:48 AM Patrick Moore wrote: > Just to be clear, this is the pump head I recently bought from Soma, > called the "Tanaka" pump head; $24.99. I've gotten mixed reviews about it; >

Re: [RBW] Favorite Floor Pump Head?

2023-11-15 Thread Patrick Moore
v 15, 2023 at 9:44 AM Patrick Moore wrote: > I've been using the old Silca brass chucks for years and they work fine -- > simple, air-tight, secure -- on Presta valves if the gasket is in good > condition and you know how to us it -- chuck cap sufficiently tight but not > too tight,

Re: [RBW] Favorite Floor Pump Head?

2023-11-15 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Bag options on an Albastache bar?

2023-11-09 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Stolen 1995 Rivendell Road Standard recovered!

2023-11-06 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Re: Style on the bike

2023-11-05 Thread Patrick Moore
endell knickers. Thanks > for the inspiration:-) > > Best, > Rich in ATL > > > On Friday, November 3, 2023 at 11:28:12 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> I broke out my oh, so elegant! grey flannel cycling knickers* last Sunday >> for the ride to church, matched with R

Re: [RBW] Re: Style on the bike

2023-11-04 Thread Patrick Moore
’t think they’d rise high enough in back as you describe. > > k. > > On Nov 3, 2023, at 8:28 PM, Patrick Moore wrote: > ... I have never had a pair of cycling pants that fit as well and are so > well adapted to pedaling as converted dress pants, with the high waist and > roomy -

Re: [RBW] Re: Best way to arrange 2-cog manual shifting for "single speed" disc braked bicycle

2023-10-29 Thread Patrick Moore
by a fixed-gear cog. Here's a text diagram: > > Your current setup has: spokes - spacer - splined cog - lockring > > Change it to: spokes - splined cog - spacer - threaded cog > > I hope this helps! > -Wes > > On Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 9:51:46 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moo

Re: [RBW] Re: Best way to arrange 2-cog manual shifting for "single speed" disc braked bicycle

2023-10-28 Thread Patrick Moore
t and built a new hub > into the new wheel. Sorry for not remembering, the bike has been out of my > life for about eight years. > > -W > On Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 1:17:17 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Wesley: Sorry, I missed this post in the thread volume. >>

[RBW] PSA: Rene Herse Front Cable Hanger is back in stock!

2023-10-28 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Fender Installation and Usage Experiences

2023-10-26 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Expert level bike commuting strategies?

2023-10-26 Thread Patrick Moore
That's 1 and *three* (3) ... On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 2:36 PM Patrick Moore wrote: > #1: Don't force yourself; do it in order to enjoy it. > #2: Very often gently forcing yourself to get out of the door will put you > on a ride that you will thoroughly enjoy. But don'

Re: [RBW] Re: Expert level bike commuting strategies?

2023-10-26 Thread Patrick Moore
Agree with the QR wheels and easy-off/on tires, but I found unplugging and re-plugging dynohub connectors a very minor part of fixing a flat. Sure, SON spade connectors are fussy, but they're not *that* fussy, and Shimano's and SP's system -- a block plug that lines everything up -- is a doddle. I

Re: [RBW] Re: Expert level bike commuting strategies?

2023-10-26 Thread Patrick Moore
carry spare tubes and extra sealant I no longer carry patches. And you don't need to replenish sealant in tubes, IME, except every 18 or 24 months. Patrick Moore 29 mm Elk Pass with tubes at 50 to 60 psi + OS regular 42 mm Naches Pass with tubes at 30 to 40 psi + OS regular 50 mm Soma Supple Vi

Re: [RBW] Expert level bike commuting strategies?

2023-10-26 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Ceramic coating the paint

2023-10-26 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Carrying groceries on your bike

2023-10-23 Thread Patrick Moore
I often shop by bike at an Albertson's precisely 1/4 mile door to door by bike, not merely because the rt is perhaps 3 minutes shorter (it's only .15 mile by foot if I cut across the fitness center parking lot) but because it's easier to carry 30 lbs home in panniers than by hand, even for .15 mile

Re: [RBW] Re: Best way to arrange 2-cog manual shifting for "single speed" disc braked bicycle

2023-10-20 Thread Patrick Moore
l Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> On Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 7:50:30 AM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> Sorry, not 5 mm, the usual ~2mm Shimano spacer. Actually I think it's a >>> 9 speed spacer. >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 17, 20

Re: [RBW] Carrying groceries on your bike

2023-10-18 Thread Patrick Moore
f the extra drop so I flipped and rotated the entire assembly until the > basket leveled. It’s all the same assembly and hardware placement as on > the Raleigh but with noticeably more flex this time around so it just > doesn’t feel as robust and may ultimately find a sturdier rack mounted >

Re: [RBW] Carrying groceries on your bike

2023-10-18 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Re: Best way to arrange 2-cog manual shifting for "single speed" disc braked bicycle

2023-10-18 Thread Patrick Moore
Sorry, not 5 mm, the usual ~2mm Shimano spacer. Actually I think it's a 9 speed spacer. On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 11:09 PM Bill Lindsay wrote: > Patrick Moore claims to have a 5mm spacer + a 3/32" cog on a hub. > Assuming his story is accurate, that's a stack up of 7.38mm

Re: [RBW] Re: Best way to arrange 2-cog manual shifting for "single speed" disc braked bicycle

2023-10-17 Thread Patrick Moore
o room for chain. On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 4:18 PM Wesley wrote: > Ah. Can you not remove the 5mm spacer? That should be enough room for a > second cog, IMO. > -W > > On Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 3:02:19 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Not mine, said by seller to be

Re: [RBW] Re: Best way to arrange 2-cog manual shifting for "single speed" disc braked bicycle

2023-10-17 Thread Patrick Moore
ed in the dropout. > -Wes > > On Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 10:44:19 AM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> That's interesting, and after blundering into a few search result pages >> about money markets and currency conversion I got: >> >> http://www.monebike

Re: [RBW] Re: Best way to arrange 2-cog manual shifting for "single speed" disc braked bicycle

2023-10-17 Thread Patrick Moore
Reinventing anachronistic technology at 100X the price. Wish I could afford it! On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 3:43 PM Bill Lindsay wrote: > Sounds like Patrick Moore is ditching his idea. That's a bummer. I was > hoping he would eventually pay an expert fabricator to build him a disc

Re: [RBW] Re: Best way to arrange 2-cog manual shifting for "single speed" disc braked bicycle

2023-10-17 Thread Patrick Moore
the bike in the stand, throwing a > foot on the BB and pulling the rim to the front. > > > Since you are going the custom route for this hypothetical bike I figured > I'd add these possibilities to the mix : ) > On Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 6:12:06 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrot

Re: [RBW] Best way to arrange 2-cog manual shifting for "single speed" disc braked bicycle

2023-10-16 Thread Patrick Moore
not really something > you want to be adjusting on the fly. > > A double chainring setup really is the simplest. It's a quick change and > adds a few seconds to the process. > > If you adopt a constant chain length dual ring/cog setup, sliding dropouts > (or an EBB) make

Re: [RBW] Considering trading my Ram for a Lightning Bolt

2023-10-15 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Best way to arrange 2-cog manual shifting for "single speed" disc braked bicycle

2023-10-15 Thread Patrick Moore
c front and a rim brake rear, and a forward facing > horizontal dropout (like typical UJBs have) > > Eric > > On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 6:12 PM Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Thinking out loud; help me clarify my thoughts. >> >> I think of devising a Monocog replacemen

Re: [RBW] Re: Bike Makeover Thread

2023-10-15 Thread Patrick Moore
gt; here: One's youth might allow one to get away with muscling into fast road > riding, steep climbs, etc. at a strong rate, but it's not likely to last > much into one's older years. > > On Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 6:09:32 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> One

Re: [RBW] Re: Bike Makeover Thread

2023-10-15 Thread Patrick Moore
his bike, IIRC, and when I remarked on it he told us with enthusiasm that he liked torquing that monster over at low r's pm. On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 5:03 PM Patrick Moore wrote: > George: Physiologies and psychologies differ considerably among riders. > Me, I *like* standing and torqu

Re: [RBW] Re: Bike Makeover Thread

2023-10-15 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Re: Bike Makeover Thread

2023-10-15 Thread Patrick Moore
I rarely agree with Leah (*) but I am one old-school rider who also likes his saddle slammed back and his gears high, and I blame Grant. I used to be a spinner -- would maintain 20-22 mph over distance in a 64" gear, back when I was a pimpled 40-something -- until I started ordering bikes from Rive

[RBW] Re: Best way to arrange 2-cog manual shifting for "single speed" disc braked bicycle

2023-10-15 Thread Patrick Moore
I mean, the *DOS* fw is not made anymore and in any event wasn't made -- am I right? -- with 2-teeth gaps. (The Dingle isn't either, but I have a stash.) On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 4:11 PM Patrick Moore wrote: > ... The DIngle isn't made anymore and in any event wasn'

Re: [RBW] Re: Are Paul brakes worth the money?

2023-10-14 Thread Patrick Moore
And!!! Zests are half the price of Pauls! On Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 2:05 PM Patrick Moore wrote: > IME the problem with the Tektros wasn't the stopping power but the sloppy > pivots. They stopped about as well as the Pauls but they squealed and > juddered. The Pauls are mach

Re: [RBW] Re: Are Paul brakes worth the money?

2023-10-14 Thread Patrick Moore
ntis on my commuter with Velo Orange > Zeste brakes and they're amazing. For the $70 I paid, miraculous even. > Hard to imagine that Pauls would be better. > > Will > > On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 5:03:24 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> I swapped Tektro C 720s for

[RBW] Bar plugs

2023-10-12 Thread Patrick Moore
imano ("accept no substitute") SPDs.] -- --------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum - Executive re

Re: [RBW] Rear rack for sport touring bike

2023-10-07 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Re: What shoes does your Riv wear?

2023-10-07 Thread Patrick Moore
This is very interesting. I use the extralight Naches Pass at 30-35 and 35-40 f/r depending on load, and I feel no flop or sidewall collapse; not until pressures drop below 20 psi. The NPs do feel more staid, less nimble in turn-in than the 28 mm Elk Pass, this on the same bikes, but not at all squ

Re: [RBW] 10/23 BLAGH regarding the Roaduno

2023-10-06 Thread Patrick Moore
I laughed; you've got a good memory. This was one slogan/design my brother put on T shirts (and sold online and in at least 1 ABQ LBS) 20+ years ago as part of his now defunct and always very part time "Two Wheel Fetish" bike business. The design had the "O's" in the form of an old Campy track rin

Re: [RBW] Re: Best mitten design for very cold weather

2023-10-05 Thread Patrick Moore
e. My version was much cheaper! But when > working for hours in the Dakotas and Minnesota, they were perfect and well > worth it. Wool still works when damp, and I sometimes used just the outside > with different liners. > > On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 12:43:27 PM UTC-5 Patrick

Re: [RBW] Re: What shoes does your Riv wear?

2023-10-05 Thread Patrick Moore
There's no way you can pump a road tire high enough to prevent a dented rim when you hit a sharp-edged pothole (or, around here, 6" expansion cracks) at a high enough speed. I've done this myself even with tire overinflated. On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 8:10 PM Piaw Na(藍俊彪) wrote: > ... If you dented

Re: [RBW] What shoes does your Riv wear?

2023-10-05 Thread Patrick Moore
Good sealant can prevent glass flats. Use a thicker tire or use sealant. Modern sealants work fine with tubes and tubeless against small holes from thorns and glass particles. I routinely ride through fields of glass shards and patches of goatheads on very lightweight tires and -- so far, so good.

Re: [RBW] Re: What shoes does your Riv wear?

2023-10-05 Thread Patrick Moore
Note that at least some modern sealants work very well in at least some very thin, supple tires. OS *regular* formula works as well or almost as well in lightweight tubes (70 gram Schwalbe 559X~23 mm tubes) in paper thin RH Elk Passes, and in lightweight tubes (100 gram Schwalbe 559/584X42mm tubes)

Re: [RBW] Re: What shoes does your Riv wear?

2023-10-03 Thread Patrick Moore
As with gearing and saddles, so with tires; tastes vary vastly. I know experienced riders who can't be bothered to figure out their gears; if they can find a gear that is pretty good in most riding situations, they're happy -- they look blank when you ask them what rings and cogs they are using. Li

Re: [RBW] Re: Best mitten design for very cold weather

2023-10-03 Thread Patrick Moore
The trouble with those, besides being bulky looking, is our big temperature differentials. I can often leave at 9 am at 18*F and come back at 50*F. I daresay that if I were riding long periods at sub 20* I'd think differently. On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 9:54 AM Wesley wrote: > Honestly, Bar Mitts br

Re: [RBW] Re: Best mitten design for very cold weather

2023-10-03 Thread Patrick Moore
Thanks all again. Now the problem is, there are too many damned choices. My first choice would be that Gander hunters' mitten with the flip-back finger cover but I can't find it online. I'll have to review the other choices again, but right now (probably because I just looked at it) I'm leaning at

Re: [RBW] What shoes does your Riv wear?

2023-10-02 Thread Patrick Moore
nd 559 X 60 Big Apples at 15 psi. But handling and rolling resistance ...? Sorry. On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 11:21 AM Ted W wrote: > For what it's worth, RE: Shikoros, I was going off what Riv carries on the > site: > https://www.rivbike.com/products/soma-shikoro-tires?variant=317998

Re: [RBW] What shoes does your Riv wear?

2023-10-02 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] What shoes does your Riv wear?

2023-10-02 Thread Patrick Moore
at are currently available up > to 700x48. Have you ever ridden these for comparison? They were originally > on my list but I'd written them off due to the lack of tread (and in my > mind, the associated puncture resistance). > > On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 12:20 PM Patrick Moore wrote:

Re: [RBW] What shoes does your Riv wear?

2023-10-02 Thread Patrick Moore
Sheesh, forgot a main point, which is that the Somas have a nice rounded profile. See again downside in sand compared to squarer, also 50 mm, Furious Freds. On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 10:14 AM Patrick Moore wrote: > I recently installed 48 mm Soma Supple Vitesse SL 48s on my Matthews "roa

Re: [RBW] What shoes does your Riv wear?

2023-10-02 Thread Patrick Moore
lt;https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CANCvShpuLg6sNR2_6dZVVGm%2BVa9WfG_5Ec6rE%3DLpSu9%2B5JGXPw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- - Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -

Re: [RBW] Re: Best mitten design for very cold weather

2023-09-30 Thread Patrick Moore
The Gander Thinsulate finger flap design would be perfect. Long ago I had something like that, though not as warm as I need: basically a gauntlet cycling glove with leather padded palm and half fingers with flip up finger covers. I'd very much like to get something similar but with more insulation

[RBW] Re: Best mitten design for very cold weather

2023-09-29 Thread Patrick Moore
raft link. The price is good, but I think I'll look first for mittens that are less cumbersome than the OR set I had. But link noted for future reference. Patrick Moore, who will probably have a late-ish model pair of PI lobsters for sale before too long. On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 2:15 PM Patric

[RBW] Best mitten design for very cold weather

2023-09-28 Thread Patrick Moore
put on and take off. Thanks. -- --------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ---

Re: [RBW] Re: Style on the bike

2023-09-27 Thread Patrick Moore
But please consider button front breast pockets. For light things -- snack, phone, keys, wallet, they work wonderfully. I had just one jersey with them -- a retro-copy -- and I wish I'd kept it. Me, I miss pockets (rear as well as front) when my top doesn't have them. On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 9:27

Re: [RBW] FS: Assorted stuff; Nitto, VO, Baggins, Brooks, etc!

2023-09-26 Thread Patrick Moore
Old times! I remember the Baggins era; nice bags but not as well designed as the Sackvilles and descendants. I owned a Hoss and an Adam. I'd have bought the bigger bar bag beausage and all for the Monocog but I just bought a cheap bar bag so it would be surplus to requirements. But interesting bit

Re: [RBW] Shiny front derailleur for 42/28 Silver crankset

2023-09-24 Thread Patrick Moore
Oh, forgot to mention that I'm shifting the 44/28 combo with the very same 7400, 7401, 7402 whatever fd and it still works just fine. I had to raise the fd 2 or 3 mm to clear the 44 but -- said it before -- it all works fine. On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 6:02 PM Patrick Moore wrote: > Kurt:

Re: [RBW] Shiny front derailleur for 42/28 Silver crankset

2023-09-24 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Re: Single Speed (QB/SO/RU..) Questions

2023-09-23 Thread Patrick Moore
The Vernon Blake article is worth a read: https://www.flickr.com/photos/epicyclo/albums/72157626583588000 30 lb, 6 speeds with 46/38/24 chainrings welded to the crank spider, 16 and 18 cogs on either side of the hub, and no "change-gear" or chain slack takeup, instead a roller to keep the chain on

Re: [RBW] Re: Single Speed (QB/SO/RU..) Questions

2023-09-22 Thread Patrick Moore
want. I'm running three cogs on a short Capper cassette on one of my 120mm >>> rear end bikes, but I don't think your Monocog is a 120mm bike. I imagine >>> there are a number of ways you could run two cogs on your Monocog. You >>> would just need to decide t

Re: [RBW] Re: Single Speed (QB/SO/RU..) Questions

2023-09-22 Thread Patrick Moore
g. Given > that you've been looking to replace the Monocog with a custom, maybe your > gearing solution should be integrated with your frame choice. > > BL in EC > > On Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 4:50:02 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Too bad that the DOS

Re: [RBW] Re: Single Speed (QB/SO/RU..) Questions

2023-09-21 Thread Patrick Moore
currently and readily available? Did Shimano ever make one? And: are any of these big enough to squeeze 2 3/32 cogs onto? Does anyone make 2-speed freehubs/fh bodies? I did not find any. Patrick Moore, tempted to put a 17/19 Dingle onto his SA ASC threaded driver -- but not worthwhile since the

Re: [RBW] Sunrace 11 speed cassette

2023-09-17 Thread Patrick Moore
Man, I'd be interested -- to use it as a 12-28 10-speed -- but even with 11 cogs they leave out the all-important 16 t. Very odd. I was exerting a great deal of anguish about that gap back in the 7-speed days. On Sat, Sep 16, 2023 at 5:51 PM Kushan wrote: > Looking to part ways with an 11-speed

Re: [RBW] Re: Tire advice for my Toyo homer/max tire size

2023-09-17 Thread Patrick Moore
+1. Nice and different. On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 5:54 PM Paul Richardson wrote: > i've gotta join the chorus--that bicycle is really, really nice, and a > markedly different build than i've seen on a homer. thanks for posting. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goog

Re: [RBW] Re: Sweepback bars, Clems, frame design, and efficient pedaling [upright bars: how does shorter or longer stem affect steering?]

2023-09-11 Thread Patrick Moore
Thanks, Joe. This information keeps the Clem on my "Someday" list. On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 12:26 PM Joe Bernard wrote: > Patrick: > > You are correct, the very long effective toptubes of Clems makes it > possible to run a sweepback bar without sitting bolt upright. Leah (Bicycle > Belle Ding Din

[RBW] Sweepback bars, Clems, frame design, and efficient pedaling [upright bars: how does shorter or longer stem affect steering?]

2023-09-11 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] First ride report from Western PA

2023-09-10 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Re: Style on the bike

2023-09-10 Thread Patrick Moore
Someone should start a RBW-rider fashion plate collection. I'm about to comment on bike clothing/fashion, and that makes me chuckle because my 22-year-old daughter often jokes about"Dad fashions" -- I still have baggy pleated khakis from the late 1980s or early '90s. OTOH, one of my daughter's cur

Re: [RBW] Re: New Build Day! Two Speed Road Bike

2023-09-10 Thread Patrick Moore
is a modified XT rapid rise. There's no return >>>>> spring inside, from a desmodromic exploration. I was able to adjust one >>>>> limit screw so it hits the 16T cog. The other limit screw was too short, >>>>> so I replaced it with a long sock

Re: [RBW] Re: Return of the GOAT

2023-09-10 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Re: Style on the bike

2023-09-09 Thread Patrick Moore
+1. This is also the easiest way to tuck pants into socks. I have some neoprene "Leg Shield" cycling gaiters that cover the pants legs up to about an 11" height and close with velcro. I daresay too warm for summer but perhaps there are lightweight ones available? Leg Shield suggests wearing their

Re: [RBW] Paul Racer Brake Noise/Vibration

2023-09-08 Thread Patrick Moore
Are the rims and pads clean? Are the rims new? I've found that a hundred miles or so of not-too-clean riding surfaces can do a lot to "match" pads to rims. I had horrible squeal and front judder with Tektro CR 720s on my then-new 2020 Matthews (26" wheels on largish frame, so very long steerer).

Re: [RBW] Re: Stuck shifter cable head

2023-09-05 Thread Patrick Moore
Perhaps enlarge the hole in the shifter a wee bit? On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 6:31 PM Russell Duncan wrote: > I use current era Campagnolo shift cables for both Campagnolo and Shimano > derailleur shifters, including on my bicycles equipped with Simplex > retro-friction down tube shifters. > > Russe

[RBW] Re: Multispeeding single speeds: a Rivendellianesque if not quite Rivendellian 3 speed road bike.

2023-09-05 Thread Patrick Moore
r an ideal climbing range. But probably better to use my second AM hub. Anyway, I might be persuaded ... On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 10:46 AM Patrick Moore wrote: > Talk about multispeeding RoadUnos and Quickbeams has me chucking smugly to > myself as I ride my 2020 Matthews clone of the Riv Cu

[RBW] How well does color anodizing stand up on off road bikes? VO Noir 622X63 mm fenders?

2023-09-05 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Babies on bikes

2023-09-03 Thread Patrick Moore
s, and a bicycle upset negotiating a ADA sidewalk ramp with resulting howling and snickers from passers-by. A Strider would have worked much better. Over and out. --------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexic

Re: [RBW] Re: Babies on bikes

2023-09-02 Thread Patrick Moore
ners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > h

Re: [RBW] A Trek Inspired Build of a Vintage Trek

2023-09-01 Thread Patrick Moore
There's no need to flood the list with multiple posts for a single thread. You can consolidate your photos in a single post to make it easier on viewers. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: [RBW] Re: Alternatives to Snoqualmie Pass?

2023-08-26 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] 26” MTB Tire Advice

2023-08-25 Thread Patrick Moore
+1. I've used the 60s in both 26" and 29er sizes, in both regular and "extralite" -- saves 100 grams, 800 gr versus 900 gr for 700C -- and for their price and their weight they are very good; they roll well (for their bulk and thickness). But not much sand traction, tho' I liked them for all-round

Re: [RBW] Re: Single Speed (QB/SO/RU..) Questions

2023-08-25 Thread Patrick Moore
I'm curious why an IGH with single ring and single cog is more antithetical to the Quickbeam idea than multiple rings and multiple cogs. My 1999 Joe Starck gofast fixed gear 26" wheel road bike has several wheelsets, of which 2 are (1) the "main" wheelset: Phil QR fixed/fixed hub with 17/19t Dingl

Re: [RBW] Re: Single Speed (QB/SO/RU..) Questions

2023-08-25 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Single Speed (QB/SO/RU..) Questions

2023-08-25 Thread Patrick Moore
Yes, interesting -- *different!* -- site. It was this site that prompted me to try off road fixed and then off road ss. One of my favorite articles was the one describing the conversion of a KHS track bike to fat tire fixed gear off road use. On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 5:45 AM maxcr wrote: > ...

Re: [RBW] Single Speed (QB/SO/RU..) Questions

2023-08-24 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Re: FS: Craigslist, etc 2023

2023-08-24 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Re: FS: QuickBeam 58 cm

2023-08-24 Thread Patrick Moore
Thanks, Jason. I looked them up on the Wolf Tooth site and as far as I can tell they are made only for mountain bike bars; are yours a road bike bar model, or did you just force them on to the bigger bar? About that Quickbeam: I know from experience that you can list and relist a very nice bike an

Re: [RBW] Re: FS: QuickBeam 58 cm

2023-08-24 Thread Patrick Moore
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Re: [RBW] Ride Report // Île d'Oléron

2023-08-22 Thread Patrick Moore
Thanks for re-posting; lovely photos. On Monday, August 21, 2023 at 7:18:05 AM UTC-7 John Johnson wrote: >> >>> Hmmm, okay, I warned you that I'm new at this! Let me try again... Do >>> these show up? >>> [image: 20230811_203434.jpg] >>> [image: 20230811_173157.jpg][image: 20230811_153741.jpg][ima

Re: [RBW] Me rummaging through YOUR parts box: single speed freewheels

2023-08-22 Thread Patrick Moore
Just mailed priority. Tracking # 9505 5131 2186 3234 2571 96 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. T

Re: [RBW] Riv Rider Recipes

2023-08-22 Thread Patrick Moore
much.” (“Food” here is understood to be something that might have been > recognizable to one’s great-grandparents, which is to say not synthesized > in a lab somewhere.) > --

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