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> Ted: Photography question: Did someone else take your photos or is there some
> magical way for one to take his own photos?
There’s a reason both photos were taken on bridges. In both cases there are
railings mounted inside of vertical p
r Natsuko. Fabulous form and style!
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ith a mangled
part. My headset locknuts are bit scuffed but I only have myself to blame
:-)
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> Huckleberry covered ground becomes a brilliant red!!!
Interesting - we saw blueberry fields in Nova Scotia doing the same thing.
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When you say you "attacked that stem with a towel and fresh lube", does
that mean you cleaned the stem, wedge, and expander bolt fully and then
greased it all, reassembled, and put back in the bike? Did you also put
some grease under the expander bolt at the top of the stem? Did you wipe
out th
On Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 12:52:54 PM UTC-3 ericf3 wrote:
Any tips for removing these splotches without fading the paint?
Purell hand sanitizer
Or WD40, as others have mentioned
Then put some good auto wax on it.
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physical skills very quickly with a bit of repetition and a few mistakes, er,
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hard once to learn to be careful of that one, and at the speed he was going the
consequences were
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I've been using the CX-70s for a few weeks now.
We need to see more pictures of that bike!
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the Woom are easily managed by tiny hands.
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Then run the cable through the round thingie down the plastic tube to the
arm with the cable clamp.
I took a look at CX50s on Great Lakes Sam and realized the "round thingie"
is more like a "triangle thingi
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Thoughts? Love them or hate them? I had them on my Atlantis. Took them
off. Couldn't get the straddle cable set up. Suggestions on setup? Thanks
Best canti's ever, though TRP Revos were close. The key features are
the cornfields,
and the last 10km of those 40km were on a gravel path. She showed no sign
of effort at that speed.
In 3 months she rode the equivalent of what I would consider 3 good years
worth of biking. Maybe my favorite stat ... 630,000 feet of climbing.
Mind-boggling.
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ery good rider and was (like me) grabbing a photo. He (and the guy next to
him) took Amtrak downstate and rode around 200km with her to the finish and
they were super respectful of both her and all the other riders.
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shine. The XO-1 was conceived and built for it. Sounds like you took full
advantage of it!
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all smiling the whole way. On her daily podcast, which she dutifully
records every night after she's done riding, she (almost) always says "I
had a great day".
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big, heavy touring bike.
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right size to do a burrito wrap around one of them.
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s just so enthralling you miss everything else in the shot.
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Klickfix on one bike and I had to make the retaining wire very, very
tight in order to curb the bouncing. I really prefer the F-15 over the Klickfix.
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kms of my ride today was on gravel and I would definitely drop the pressure
if that was most of the ride. On pavement, though, I really don’t like the
cornering feel at the pressures you ride, and I don’t like pinch flats.
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> On Jul 26, 2024, at 3:25 PM, maxcr wrote:
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> Quick question, are you using cable interrupters? If so, which and why?
Sharp eyes, Max. They are DaVinci. I had them on my BreadWinner to facilitate
removal of handlebars for packing for travel. I’ll prob
> On Jul 26, 2024, at 10:59 AM, Ted Durant wrote:
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> Greetings from sunny SE Wisconsin, and welcome to Wisconsin Sam. He was going
> to be Midwest Sam, to go with West Coast Sam and East Coast Sam, but East
> Coast Sam is moving to Minnesota next year. Maybe we'll h
much better the larger frame felt to me.
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Hot Blue and Hot Red were both PPG colors.
The same colors were used to accent the white bikes. The white is just
standard white.
All of Waterford's paint has gone to Adam Blumenthal, Now You're Finished,
www.nyfpaint.com. Richard can still provide decals, as can Rivendell, of
co
ground, to avoid banging on rocks on the trails. If I needed more capacity
than that, I'd try a saddlebag (you have a lot more room for that than I do
with my 51cm Sam / 70cm saddle height). Or possibly a basket on the front.
Beautiful handlebar wrap !!
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Very helpful - thanks!Ted DurantMilwaukee, WIOn Jul 10, 2024, at 6:46 PM, Brian Watts wrote:Riv built mine a VBC cranks as well and they used 60x122.5, my white industr bracket wasn’t enough either. On Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at 10:28:11 AM UTC-7 Ted Durant wrote:I'd like to hear from othe
tened. It's
going to need a lot more chainline to work.
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g bike companies started selling “endurance” road bikes with the
sloping top tube and extended head tube to have a higher bar height.
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> 26” wheels will have a longer head tube, plus I think the Riv mtb frame did
> have a bit of top tube slope.
The top tube slope on mine (18” C-T) was 7 degrees.
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Stamped into the bottom bracket is the serial number K96087.
It was built in Waterford in 1996. The "K" indicates which builder at
Waterford wielded the torch.
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this year, 100 miles without a flat is pretty good. And, no experience with
patching, yet.
I'm happy enough that I've ordered a bunch more. Jenson USA had the
622-30-38 ones for $15.99, which seems like a steal compared to TPU. I also
ordered directl
If your bike has downtube shifter mounts you can mount them there.
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much less
than ideal. In case you're thinking you want to run 700c on your
650B-sized-Sam.
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> On Jun 21, 2024, at 5:16 PM, Michael Connors
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> Mine also had a bottom bracket installed
Good point - I should have clarified that I removed the bottom bracket that
came with it, so the weight I gave is without the BB.
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on my ST-22, and only 23 grams heavier than the fork on my Riv Road.
I'm sure most of that extra weight is in the kickstand plate ;-)
Oh, and internet pictures don't do justice to the Periwinkle color. It's
magnificent.
T
ts. On the hawk incident the helmet
likely spared me some damage, and on the one dog incident a helmet likely
would have spared me the concussion and cuts. All the others, including all
three of the car incidents, two of which involved flipping over the hoods
of the cars, the helmet didn't
it gave itself up to
reduce the damage to my brain. It left its mark, though ... I still have a
scar on my cheek where the helmet buckle tore the skin. Fair trade, I say.
As my friend who was a bank CFO and is a cyclist said, "Huh, that wasn't on
my risk inventory." Mine either
it should say
something that my new Sam is replacing my G-Road. A bit more springy,
mostly because of the fork, I think, and a bit better fit.
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On Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 10:22:18 AM UTC-5 Justin Kennedy wrote:
I recently took my 60cm Platy from NYC to Philly via Amtrak and it fit with
plenty of clearance both length-wise and tire wise.
And maximal credit for extensive use of Irish straps!
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to some friends, and she, an
art teacher, immediately went to yellow for cable housing and bar tape.
It's quite sharp, though here in Wisconsin it's a bit too reminiscent of
Minnesota Vikings colors.
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My Quickbeam and I have been to so many places together, but even a short
ride like this is still fun.
For storage reasons I have had to keep my herd thinned, but if that wasn't
the case the Quickbeam might be the first bik
ignificant than the distance,
at this point. We aren't too persnickety about it happening right on the
birthday.
In the back of my mind I wonder about doing a 1200k in my age (in hours).
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The 63cm Romulus received a mild rebuild over the winter, and since I had
the tripod handy I decided to photograph and visually compare the two.
Both bikes in their smallest gears. Like!
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, Joe. Apple News was very sure I wanted to read that
article. Haven't, yet, but I will now!
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> My new fave riding clothes, merino t-shirt, Amundsen shorts and the good old
> Eric Marth designed kerchief.
A picture-perfect example of harmonizing with your surroundings.
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> Fact: I did have the shoes first. 🫣
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>> On May 26, 2024, at 11:44 AM, Ted Durant wrote:
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>> On Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 7:41:36 AM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote:
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es to match the bike?
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On Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 9:08:28 PM UTC-5 Zac wrote:
Using a little pressure to pry open the seat tube worked — 27.2mm post is
in.
Excellent! I'm really glad that worked for you.
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for. I found it available for $50 at Track Supermarket, who are located in
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cost was $15.50.
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era.
The "ears" on the Heron seat clusters will bend inward if the seat post
bolt is over-tightened, which it has to be if you have one of the 27.4
frames. I ended up breaking a seat post bolt because of that.
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> On May 22, 2024, at 7:36 PM, P W wrote:
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> Here’s the triple:
Thanks! I hope to give it a go next time I’m in LA.
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somewhat competitive. In 9th grade my knees started to hurt. I stopped
running, started riding, and have never looked back. I'd tell my father
about riding 600km and he'd ask, incredulously, "Don't your knees hurt?"
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okay, not sure. The one that Riv built up
for photos seems to be straight up gray-silver-black, and IMO it looks very
nice.
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Wow, I had no idea there were trails connecting Mt Wilson and Glendora. That
looks like an amazing (ly difficult) ride!
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your last priority, you'll have no
problem selling the ones you don't want on this list :-)
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> WLS — Connecticut has it goin' on!
Yeah, between the Nutmeg rides and the Cub House rides, I’m a bit envious. I
need to time my LA and New England visits a little better.
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order the tubes as you’d expect for “ride feel” -
RH TPU
Schwalbe extra light
Foss
Schwalbe standard
I don’t think there’s much difference in feel between Foss and Schwalbe
standard tubes, and the difference between RH TPU and Schwalbe extra light is
pretty small.
All just one man’s opinion.
Final update from me. Rene Herse has been very good about it and is
refunding me for the tubes that had the valve stem attachments fail.
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were 300mm.
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Done. 51cm Periwinkle for my 3rd Sam. If people think I'm being piggy I'll
consider letting it go.
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> We are almost to 3:00 PM PST. Who is watching the clock and ready to buy a
> Sam Hillborne?
This almost has the feel of a Bring A Trailer auction ….
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to replace my custom BreadWinner
G-Road, which replaced my Bleriot because I wanted room for bigger tires and it
has a bit steeper head angle and lower trail. It also has a 3rd bottle mount
under the downtube, which the Sam is lacking. I have 16 1/2 hours to decide on
this one.
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or going tubeless and I didn't know how hard it would be to
get the beads off the shelves (and back on again). I'm going to experiment
with superlight tubes on my Riv Road, where I think I'll benefit from them.
Not sure I'll use them elsewhere.
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get one (it would be my third Sam) I'd be moving
over the components from my BreadWinner G-Road, which include SRAM brifters.
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protecting it from bumps and scratches. I’ve thought about getting an Olympus
PEN E body, which would be even more compact, but it hasn’t seemed worth it.
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when riding.
No word from RH on whether they're going to refund/replace the tubes I
returned to them.
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of cameras for a guy who rides a Quickbeam with those cranks
and 3-speed hub :-)
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to hear more about your experience using sealant in butyl tubes. I
tried that briefly. It seemed to make the tubes use-once-and-throw-away, as
once it deflated the sealant stuck together so much that the tube wouldn’t
inflate again.
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successful. Even if it is, though, I think the "TPU tubes are less prone to
flats" argument seems to be debunked. Which is too bad. I really want to
like these, but the rationale is dwindling in my experience.
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This will be a fun weekend put on by the Cub House bicycle/plant shop in
Pasadena, CA.
I really wish I was going to be there. Take and post photos!
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others pulled up behind me; it regarded us for a bit then
slithered away at a leisurely pace.
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on the stem, right at the junction with the tube. I left it there.
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ve over 50 years of wrenching experience, including 2 summers in a
bike shop, so if these are beyond my skill level, it's pretty hard to see
how these would be useful to anyone but a competitive rider with a budget
(or product sponsorship) and highly skilled support.
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On Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 3:23:58 PM UTC-5 aeroperf wrote:
So I picked up an ’82 Team Fuji. Got it for $150.
OMG those gold UKAI rims are worth $150 apiece. Yes, LOVELY bike! (Full
disclosure, I worked in a bike shop selling Fuji's in the late 70's, so I
have a bias.)
you'll be going to either a derailer
dropper or a newfangled, ugly derailer with a big max cog clearance. If
you're willing to go that route you can build a gearing setup with a
massive range and perfectly even steps out of a 2x7.
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>> At 22t of required chain wrap, take your pick of any rear derailer
Bad Sunday morning math. 13 teeth of chain wrap. Even better
On Apr 28, 2024, at 9:36 AM, Bill Lindsay wrote:
> The thing that keeps coming to mi
take your pick of any rear
derailer. I would expect much crisper shifting with that setup than a
wide-range triple up front. Combine it with a compatible index shifter and
you'll have a nice 3-speed externally geared hub.
If you were so inclined.
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st and comfy they are.
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> Him: I know how this ends. It ends with the Annual Bike Purchase of the Last
> Bike I’ll Ever Need.
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Doesn’t he know about the n+1 theory of bicycles?
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, kept your head down, set the internal metronome, and
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you.
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In the site instructions it says 10psi at a time. On the box it says 20.
I was nowhere near 10psi when they failed.
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warning. I
> always use my floor pump anyway, because that's the gauge I trust. I only
> use my compressor to seat tubeless tires.
>
Silca floor pump. Started leaking on the 3rd or 4th stroke. And they don’t say
to pump it up slowly, they say to inflate it 20psi at a time. I
Yeah, I was going to call it that but thought people would consider me weird.
;-)
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> On Apr 22, 2024, at 1:31 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote:
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> That little ring on mine is not glued down. It reminds me of a "Shakespeare
> collar", properly cal
looked at their tubes - is that collar
attached or flapping around?
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little harder to justify. It also makes carrying a new one as a spare a bit
of Russian roulette.
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d it reduces
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I saw the Periwinkle sample and am stupidly tempted to get a third Sam.
But I also understand the curiosity about a true road bike. My Heron and Riv
Road and Waterford ST-22 have around 33,000 kms on them since 20
ride quality, my first impression is quite
positive. TBD on the durability and flat-resistance.
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Milwaukee, WI USA
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l look good on most of my bikes. I'm
concerned about the fragility of the valve stem interface. No data or
anecdotes, yet, on durability and ease of repair.
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taking it easy and
need the high and near positions.
I won't opine much on "which bike", because once you figure out your fit
criteria, any bike that allows you to have that position will work fine. I
have my Sam Hillbornes set up almost identically to my custom Waterford ST
a
ss cable.
Bottom line ... you have to match your friction levers to your derailer and
cog count combo if you want a system that works without a lot of fiddling.
Not that fiddling is bad, necessarily. But you also should feel free to
decide that indexing is better for your style of riding.
Ted Du
o, and that the opposite was
true, that downtube shifters could be mounted on Shimano bar-end pods. And
thus were born the Silver 1 bar-end shifters.
Ted Durant
Milwaukee WI USA
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