We live in Fairfield and have friends who moved to the pocket area. There
is a standing arrangement that we can evacuate to their house in case of
fire and they can come to ours in case of flood. In the last few years we
are at Fire = 2 and Flood = 0, but we are keeping the guest room ready
; I'm thinking of doing a strip down to raw metal & lacquer over the winter
> as I love that look.
>
> On Monday, August 2, 2021 at 7:01:20 PM UTC-5 Rick Thompson wrote:
>
>> Yes, but Bromptons are for shopping!
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ricks_boats/5040933
Yes, but Bromptons are for shopping!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ricks_boats/50409330646/in/album-72157715050533447/lightbox/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ricks_boats/50597181768/in/album-72157715050533447/lightbox/
On Monday, August 2, 2021 at 10:45:59 AM UTC-7 Bill Gibson wrote:
> Look at
This is how I use my 2 bikes with wide/low. The commuter has the big ring
on a triple center with bashguard on outer, the rando is 9 x 2 but the
granny gets used only with the low 4 and only really for steep loaded hills.
On Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 8:06:54 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote:
> My
I put one of these Hafney bar end mirrors on a bike several years ago:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AVHQB22/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8=1
It has a good field of view, is sturdy and not expensive compared to some
like the Berthoud (which does look more elegant). I was not
Ha, very cool. I have a rowboat for the upper body work. It's much too big
to tow far by bike, but I can carry a bike on the boat. That works for the
kind of trip where a body of water is connected by a road or path, I can
row one way and bike back to my car.
I did one, on a hardtail mtn bike which is now my commuter. As Joe says,
the only special tools were to tighten those big locking nuts at the BB. I
thought mine were tight enough first try, but the motor came loose and
rotated down in under a thousand miles. I don't think you can overtighten.
I had the same problem after changing from Orange Seal to Panaracer
sealant, but found I could clear the clogged valve stem with a nail. Now I
fill until flow slows down, pull off the fill tube and push the bunch of
walnuts shells in with the nail, put back the tube and continue. I am not
sure
After decades of riding various drop bars I've realized that Jitensha type
bars with ergo grips just work better for me. The wrist angle with around
35 degree sweep is all day comfortable, and the shaped grips put less ulnar
pressure than holding a round tube. I first tried them on my old steel
Thanks Joe! The voice of experience.
I will look into getting a test ride.
On Monday, January 13, 2020 at 12:45:51 PM UTC-8, Joe Bernard wrote:
>
> Btw I have a lower-power Clem L now which is working well for me. You can
> see the story if you search "eClem again".
>
> On Monday, January 13,
Quick intro as this is my first original post. I've been a Riv fan for
years but not yet an owner - almost went with an Atlantis as a touring bike
a couple of years ago but chose custom instead. I do have Riv supplied
parts on several bikes, and live close enough to Walnut Creek that I've
These are not Albatross, but I added Origin8 bar ends to Milan bars so I
could stretch out a bit in a headwind. It works pretty well, my elbows land
on the flat of the ergo grips. I tried adding actual aero bars originally,
with elbows tucked, but that's just not a comfortable position for me.
I have been running tubeless on a road bike for a year and a half now, went
tubeless due to very frequent (most every ride in the Fall) goathead punctures.
There have been zero on-road flats since then, this is one piece of modern tech
I am truly impressed with. I check sealant level about
I'm in severe goathead country in N. CA. Only two approaches have worked
reliably for me:
1. My go fast rando bike has tubeless RH wide supple tires with sealant.
These did not work as well tubed with sealant, after many thorn punctures
the sealant leaked between tire and tube then
I did a route like that about this time last year. Most of Howell Mtn was,
and I think still is, closed to cars so that's great. Angwin stores are
closed on Saturday (Adventists, I think), but Pope Valley Market at the
bottom of Howell Mtn has cold drinks. Chiles Pope Valley is nice, not much
Probably not what you want, but I still have this:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ricks_boats/48523722897/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/
Free if someone sends me a ship label.
On Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 5:00:22 AM UTC-7, j.schwartz wrote:
>
> Looking for a budget, used but useable triple
I don't really like the pool noodle thing (it sticks out too far and makes
the bike too wide), but I found putting one of the big triangles on a
basket traffic side on my commuter bike seems to have improved the car
passing distance.
FWIW, I have an old bike with Ultegra triple converted to low/low just by
adjusting the FD stop and replacing the big ring with one of these
bashguards to act as chain guard: https://bbgbashguard.com/
The bashguard was around $14, seemed worth it compared to trying to cut and
file off the
Same type setup (on a Fitz). It has (top) tube shifters and centerpull
brakes. I frequently swap between drop bars and flat bars, which takes
about 5 minutes.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ricks_boats/40088504054/in/album-72157683793039854/
On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 8:34:02 AM UTC-7,
I use a blade grinder same as you, 20 seconds is perfect fine grind. I have
a manual burr grinder for backup and camping, but to get the same grind is
a fair level of elbow grease.
Fresh Peet's beans every week, no freezing.
I used to use fairly expensive electric burr grinders (I remember one
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