On 4 Juli, 19:42, CycloFiend wrote:
> on 7/4/09 5:39 AM, fenderbender at pedal_kr...@yahoo.se wrote:
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> > Sorry to hear about your accident! Worked I allways thought there's
> > not enough attention payed to these issues in the education of
> > drivers.
>
Sorry to hear about your accident! Worked I allways thought there's
not enough attention payed to these issues in the education of
drivers.
So have you had that cotton finger wrap shellac'd yet? ;)
On 1 Juli, 19:50, CycloFiend wrote:
> Got doored on my way home from work Monday evening. Caught i
with a
> Black Brooks. Maybe I'm too predictable. I love (spelled envious) your
> Vincitore. I'm trying to decide whether to buy a King of Mercia, Bombadil,
> or Waterford Adventure Cycle for my touring rig.
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> -Original Message-
> From: rbw-owners-bu
ill be in the leather.
>
> If you do not mind paying extra, and the minor weight saving is
> important to you, go with the Ti. For my money, I would go with the
> steel and spend some of the savings on leather conditioners and maybe
> a real nice saddle cover.
>
> On Jul 1, 4:24 a
Hi!
I'm very pleased with the Swift ti's I've fitted to my current fleet
of bikes. But due to the resent price hike I must question my reasons
for buying the titanium rail versions. As I now have two more builds
near compleation that need some seating but my funds are limited. One
is a resurrectio
Second that. Lovely bars but they disappeared for a reason. But I
guess these are mainly for custom builds anyway. I have a Peugeot MTB
c 85 with a slightly to short TT. The bars has very little height and
no forward extension to play with so it's now converted to grocery
getter.
On 1 Juli, 04:00
If you guy's have a evening or two to spare check out Jobst Brandt's
great photos from 40 years of touring the alps.
http://www.trentobike.org/Countries/Europe/Tour_Reports/Tour_of_the_Alps/Gallery/
It's a bit hard to tell but it seem his friend Bill Robertson has a
nifty diy bag stand off that co
On 1 Maj, 20:52, Dave Craig wrote:
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> You know what they say about men with bigger hands . . . they need
> bigger bars!
>
> Dave
Oh, tell me about it.
http://www.capabilityevents.co.uk/images/001Sept08/Big/KIF_7020.jpg
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On 1 Maj, 21:10, Bill Connell wrote:
> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:04 PM, fenderbender wrote:
> More layers will give you a slick finish, which may or may not be what
> you want. There are places to get cloth in colors - Rivendell,
> Hiawatha Cyclery, probably Harris. IIRC, yellow tap
Can only get white cloth tape and light amber shellac witch will
probably result in a too light brown/orange result. So I'd like like
to ask if anyone know of a good way to get a darker result to match my
old Ideal saddle. Should I dye the cloth, ad some color to the shellac
or just keep putting o
I've decided to fit cloth over some recycled comfy cork and then
shellac it. Shellac on cork tend to look like... a wiener sausage!
http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/images3/cc228-5.jpg
Shellac - The Myth Revealed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=channel&v=UiPcpnylK-4#
http://www.youtube.com/watch
Haven't tried them but posted a similar question in the CTC forum and
got some good info:
http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=158322
The other Exustar called 'Stelvio' seem a bit wider and more rugged
but has plastic covered leather:
http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=7081
http://www.bike
These larger kickstand mounts are a very good idea! I'm surprised that
neither the producer or bike manufacturers don't insist on them or
offer some bolt on type as extras. Most modern bike frames don't have
the required tube thickness to cope with the forces of a loaded bike
pushing down on that
http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140303596289&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:fr
Need special "Jeux de Grain" bolt sets and BB axle and some say they
they were prone to cracking around the BB hole. Still, nice piece of
bike history and not something one see every d
Swapping for smaller chainring is a good idea if your not riding in
the peloton. But you'll need some with a 135 mm BCD (bolt circle
diameter). I often come across 8 or 9 speed parts in good condition
and at low prices in the classifieds so it might be worth having a
look. Enjoy your build!
On 10
Lot of good info here! Were I live the temp change so frequently that
I usually ride on frozen and badly plowed bike path and roads in the
morning and in snow slush back. Like mentioned studded tires are a
must here so another vote for the Nokian Mount&Ground. They are heavy
and with the extra res
That's also a great op! Should also work with old Shimano DX 7-sp
thumbies. My set work great with 8-sp cassette's and the stamped clamp
can be opened enough to fit drops. But then stem shifters would work
just as well. Was tinkering with some last night. Swapped the right
shifter (Positron!) for
A set of original Suntour Sprint friction shifters for sale at 'bay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150324026371&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123
On 29 Jan, 01:42, chris love wrote:
> Hi all. I'm deciding which shifters to put on my new ride (silver bar
> ends - friction only
do not
> come in bright silver.
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> On 1/29/09, fenderbender wrote:
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> > I'm hung up on the same quandary my self ! Just about to mount a set
> > of Jagwire barcon mounts to a Mercian:
> >http://www.jagwireusa.com/index.php/products/
I'm hung up on the same quandary my self ! Just about to mount a set
of Jagwire barcon mounts to a Mercian:
http://www.jagwireusa.com/index.php/products/road/477
Think I'll transplant the shifters from a set of 9sp Shiman DA rather
than use a set of DT 7sp shifters in friction mode. Better for g
My RB-1 measures ST: 59cm C-T and TT: 59cm C-C. So I think the larger
Bridgestone's had a bit lower frames than most other frames at that
time.
I usually ride a 56-57cm road frames and 120mm stems. But with a 100mm
the RB-1 fit like a glove. The shorter stem also reduce the the wheel
flop effect f
Hi Chris, I've sent you a reply!
On 26 Jan, 03:25, Chris Halasz wrote:
> Mark's Nitto Rack, missing the shorter struts, as shown
> $60http://www.rivbike.com/products/list/bags_and_racks?a=1&page=all#prod...
>
> Brooks B.17 Special w/ Copper rails and rivets
> $75http://www.rivbike.com/products
>From what I hear it is common in the pro peloton to use a fork with
longer axle to crown measurement and/or a longer rake for races with a
lot of pavé sections. Hincapie for instance used a low end Bontrager
OCLV carbon fork that fatal day in the 2006 Paris-Roubaix.
On 23 Jan, 20:40, Gino Zahnd
If you have some extra thread showing or use a ahead set type fork
steer tube you could slow the steering down a bit by fitting a spacer/
upside down race below the crown headset race. It would at least be a
way of trying out a different steer geometry before you re-rake.
On 23 Jan, 20:40, Gino Z
The original Roval wheels were the first with aero spokes and hidden
nipples and also had a for that time revolutionary 18 front, 24 rear
spoke count.
Consequently these wheels were quite expensive but sold well as they
were popular amongst the pro's in the late 80's.
I received a front wheel in
Hey Brad, wish you worked at my LBS! ;)
On 22 Jan, 18:29, jinxed wrote:
> John,
>
> I wouldn't sweat it. The information you received is an unfortunate
> side of the bike industry. Many of the bike shops (employees) out
> there seem to operate on the belief that if it's not in the Quality
> Bicy
Not sure how you mount your bag currently. But if you have it mounted
to a bracket on the handlebars it might better to reposition the bag
instead. The key is to get the weight centered over or slightly behind
the hub. With a small front rack you should be able to position it
closer to the steer t
There's a 58cm Q-beam on fleabay for those who can't wait (not mine):
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190282006140&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123
The discussion on the SunRace blog have been going on for a while now.
Any idea when the S3X will be in the stores?
On 23 Jan, 08:
Alex Wetmore has some good info:
http://blogs.phred.org/blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2007/04/25/reraking.aspx
On 21 Jan, 07:19, rcnute wrote:
> I know David Rowe had his Atlantis re-raked. Curious if anyone else
> has tried this with their Riv and whether you noticed a result.
> Thanks.
>
> Ryan
Thanks for the great pictures! Good idea to extend the rack mounts.
http://www.cord.edu/faculty/sprunger/bikes/bombadil/rackextension.JPG
But how do you keep it in place with only one bolt?
I'm currently working on a adapter to fit a too tall Nitto R-33F front
rack to my 'ol Serotta MTB-tourer "At
I've winterized the freehub on a set of wheels with lighter weight oil
after it kept seizing up. A friend told me his Rohloff hub
instructions recommend a lighter weight oil for the cold. Rohloff seem
to have changed this now with new all season oil. Wouldn't it be
possible to winterize Alfine/Nex
I'd like to thank you and everyone that contributes! Visit regularly
and look forward to every new update. Think it should be considered as
a cultural accomplishment and it's importance can't be over estimate!
Please do continue adding more articles, RR and others. I'll join my
modest steel bike-h
I would guess they are brass plated not sollid. I also guess they have
been treáted with some sort of clearcoat. If anyone give SOMA a call
could you ask and get back to us?
On 14 Jan, 03:50, JoelMatthews wrote:
> Probably not for the weight conscious. But if well made, and
> carefully matched
Not sure what you would gain, but you could keep the parts as is and
just convert the leavers. The Ergo brake/shifters are completely
rebuildable, and may be converted from 8-speed to 9-speed or 10-speed
simply by changing a small notched ring.
http://www.campyonly.com/howto/cam_change.html
http:/
Thanks, guess I was running on fumes. But the google forum lack of
edit functions paired with a tired 'ol Win98 do ad to the fun. :)
On 11 Jan, 18:19, "David Faller" wrote:
> Did you finally get some coffee?
>
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: fend
To answer the question I don't replace unless I can see a crack, dent
or deep mark. The only bars I've broken has been in crashes prior to
that and neither were hi end parts. When I think of it they probably
were 6 or 7000 series too! In RR39/Summer-03 issue there was a very
interesting interview
The only bars I've broken has been in crashes prior to that and
neither were hi end parts. When I think of it they probably were 6 or
7000 series too as most were on my mtb! In RR39/Summer-03 issue there
was a very interesting interview with the president and designer of
Nitto Mr. Akira Yoshikawa
The only bars I've broken has been in crashes prior to that and
neither
were hi end parts. When I think of it they probably were 6 or 7000
series too!
In RR39/Summer-03 issue there was a very interesting interview with
the president and designer of Nitto Mr. Akira Yoshikawa by Grant:
"Q: For a 2
The only bars I've broken has been crashes prior to this and neither
were hi end parts. When I think of it they probably were 6 or 7000
series alu too!
In RR39/Summer-03 issue Grant had a very interesting interview with
the president and designer of Nitto Mr. Akira Yoshikawa:
"Q: For a 200lb (91
an, 04:01, mok wrote:
> Thanks. I asked Rivendell. That was the only size that rack comes
> in, so I was going to have a SS piece machined by one of my customers,
> but I think I will give that a try. Take care,
>
> Mok
>
> On Jan 10, 6:43 am, fenderbender wrote:
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&g
Well it's back to "Rivlike Bike" now but how on earth could this
happen?
On 11 Jan, 13:06, Esteban wrote:
> I'm sure that was a mistake
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> On Jan 11, 3:57 am, fenderbender wrote:
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> > Why has this thread suddenly been renamed from "Ri
Why has this thread suddenly been renamed from "Rivlike Bikes"to "2
shellac methods"? Are there net-terrorists amongst us? Will the
president inter wen and punish the evil-doers? Should I listen to my
doctor and start taking those pills he prescribed? A!
On 11 Jan, 08:04, James Warren wrote
Welcome Mok!
I'm a newbie here too but been tinkering with bikes as long I can
remember. My guess is that you have the wrong size of the rack. Only
solution I can see is raise it a bit by using a "Tubus Lower Rack
Mounting Kit" or similar. But the kit rely on two mounting holes so
you may have to
Not tried either but I did check both a few years ago. Remember
stumbling on a well regarded frame builders site and reading his
report of having to re-braze quite a few Break-Away frames. There were
some pictures too and he described it as causing the lower clamp
breaking. Anyone know more about
VO also sell some practical and quite good looking duch bags:
http://www.velo-orange.com/baka2pa.html
On 5 Jan, 17:39, JoelMatthews wrote:
> > There are a number of small operations around the country sewing handmade
> > messenger bags and
> > cycling caps that seem to do good business in that
VO also sell some practical and quite good looking duch bags:
http://www.velo-orange.com/baka2pa.html]VeloOrange
On 5 Jan, 17:39, JoelMatthews wrote:
> > There are a number of small operations around the country sewing handmade
> > messenger bags and
> > cycling caps that seem to do good busine
[url=http://www.basil.nl/gb/assortment/]Basil[/url] has some practical
and quite good looking [url=http://www.basil.nl/assortiment_detail.asp?
titel_var=2&lang=3&id=1663]rear panniers[/url]. Sold by [url=http://
www.velo-orange.com/baka2pa.html]VeloOrange[/url] and not cheep but
seem like good val
But then I guess it's done in the US by Joe Bell?
On 7 Jan, 18:17, CycloFiend wrote:
> on 1/7/09 8:29 AM, fenderbender at pedal_kr...@yahoo.se wrote:
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> > It is confusing and I probably miss the point. But I'm not sure it's a
> > good to introduce yet
It is confusing and I probably miss the point. But I'm not sure it's a
good to introduce yet another term and at the same time claim to bring
cycling back to normal people.
I guess it's a bit to do with the fact that expanded as well as
compact frame's are design to fit a bigger range of body size
gt; frame, you can usually just spread the chainstays ok. If you do need to
> > respace, I would suggest just getting thinner spacers. You may have to get
> > a shorter axle though depending on the frame you have.
>
> > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:33 AM, fenderbender wrote
First like to wish you all a happy new year!
Recently found this nos early 90's 8sp XTR M900 32h 135 mm hub in a
shop parts bin. More info here:
http://www.bikepro.com/products/hubs/hubs_shimano.html
Thought I might build it up with some new 650B rims and a dynamo hub
up front. As I have both mtb
My apologies Sara!
Didn't want my response to cause the thread to be hijacked this way.
Had no idea there was tech glitch that caused this.
Great stuff, hope you sell it all and have a good Christmas!
//Peter
On 17 Dec, 15:49, Sarah Gibson wrote:
> actually did that
>
> put numerous lines betwee
Very nice, but the price hike will put it out of reach for many.
Especially for those of us not living in the US.
On 17 Dec, 09:40, CycloFiend wrote:
> Just about to shut things down tonight when I wandered over to the RBW site
> and noticed that they had added photos and deposit/order info on t
modate. Since stay and chain stays are not part of the pivot
> > points for the rear suspension of this particular bike (Trek Fuel
> > 90), I drilled more fender holes where it meets the seat and chain
> > stay bridges and used zip ties to attach. It works perfectly. If I
>
Thanks for that info! Never occurred to me it could be the same
distance.
Checked with the collected wisdom of Sheldon and sure enough!
I'll try it out and see what happens as it's a nice set of french made
Roval wheels. Very aero in the 80's witch I guess is why Specialized
had to go and buy the
If you had used punktuation, new line, big letter and so on I might be
able to read it! ;)
On 16 Dec, 17:31, Sarah Gibson wrote:
> appreciate yr patiencewith all my commercial posts latelytrying to clear a
> few items outand pay some bills. all items as beforeprice includes
> shipping in
There's a Atlantis owner in my club that successfully converted to
650B using the Tektro Oryx canti brakes. You probably have to spend a
lot more to get noticeable better braking.
On 15 Dec, 03:27, Angus wrote:
> Forrest,
>
> I've had a 26" wheeled Rivendell All-Rounder for 10 years. It has
> s
Same thing nearly happend to me while out training.
If there's any room for P-clamps, hose-clamps, bolts 'n nuts with big
washers to spread the load then do use'm. Strips of metal from
buildingsurply stores can be bent if you cant find the right clamps.
If your riding in snow or uneven ground it m
Sorry, but with all you experts assembled could I just ask what to do
with these early aero wheels given to me?
They are virtualy new and have tubular rims with 7sp (?) freewheel
hubs. I'd like to fit them to a 90's italian roadbike that have 8sp
Campa Ergopower shifters.
Could I find or build a f
the bike up stairs, etc.
>
> dougP
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
>
> [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of fenderbender
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 11:07 AM
> To: RBW Owners Bunch
> Subject: [
Yep, love my 2,25 WTB's for trail riding in powder snow!
But the temperature usually fluctuate to much here so it's never long
before I need my trusty 'ol Nokian Hakkapeliitta W240.
I found 4 rows of studs are needed to stay safe while out training.
Friends using cheaper two row studded tires ofte
Just sent in a order for these. Used Tubus for many years so I'd like
to ask how they work with the hangers on my Ortlieb Roller front and
rear bags?
The tail light mount leave the lamp a bit exposed. Plan to mount a
lamp with a built in reflector underneath between the rear stayes
using P-clamps
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