[RBW] Re: Any other front racks for sidepulls besides VO Rando/Mark's/Berthoud?

2014-10-24 Thread Thomas Skean
I think this one available through Soma Fabrications, the Champs Élysée, is distinct from any of the ones you mentioned... http://store.somafab.com/sochlmifrra.html Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Thursday, October 23, 2014 11:06:51 PM UTC-5, lungimsam wrote: > > Production that is... Not custom...

[RBW] Re: I ordered a Sam!

2014-08-12 Thread Thomas Skean
I loved my 2010 (solid) orange Hillborne so much I bought a 2012 (solid) green Hillborne, I built them up very very nearly identically and ride both regularly. Fantastic bikes! Congratulations! Enjoy! Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl

[RBW] Re: Chain Length - Cheviot

2014-08-12 Thread Thomas Skean
I find the specification of the 114-link chain being 8 links too short with a 26-40-tooth crankset and a 36-tooth max cog in the rear comforting. If I were to build up a Cheviot (currently considered in the 2016 or 2017 plan) a 114-link chain should be fine; I'd have a 35-or-36-tooth single chai

[RBW] Re: Paul's brakes on your Riv. Experience between models?

2014-08-05 Thread Thomas Skean
I've used Tektro drop-bar linear-pull-compatible levers with my Motolites with no problem. I've been led to believe that my levers are actually just sort of "generic" Cane Creek Drop-V levers. That could be wrong. But in any case the Tektro levers worked fine. (There's nothing like a Paul Love L

[RBW] Re: Get them while they're hot

2014-08-03 Thread Thomas Skean
Yeah, products that support only quantities this small don't seem to have the "economic inertia" necessary to survive various external forces. Or perhaps Grant simply wants to play with a new head badge design (running the show should have some perks). Well, I'm glad I have two virtually identi

[RBW] Re: Albatross bars

2012-04-11 Thread Thomas Skean
+1 for the Albatross bar. I have both the CrMo and the Al. On mine, the widths are different (they are from a different era, perhaps not even (gasp!) from RBW). Al is either 54cm or 55cm and CrMo is 56cm. Switching directly from one to the other, I can tell the width difference. But I can't tel

[RBW] Re: Odd New Bike (HS)

2011-12-07 Thread Thomas Skean
I tried Shimano IGHs a few years ago. Went through three of them in <2,000 miles. At first I thought it was my weight; that they simply weren't made to operate under the torques induced by a 275lb (at the time) person. It might also have been the gritty nature of the paths I rode. But the last h

[RBW] Re: Odd New Bike (HS)

2011-12-06 Thread Thomas Skean
Goodness gracious I love my 2TT Hillborne. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/NLj5-9hVGpYJ. To post to this g