I prefer to watch cycling groups such as RBW and others to
see who is offering goods for sale. We share a common
interest here and when a group member offers an item for
sale, I feel a greater degree of certainty that the item is
as described. I choose a high water mark as an opening
bid and neve
Thanks for the great ride David! ... I stayed dry the whole time!!!
Great to go on the adventure and not spend all the time getting
dressed! I really enjoyed it and would love to see more.
Keith
On Mar 10, 3:51 pm, "David T." wrote:
> If you have 6 1/2 minutes with nothing better to do, this
Rene,
I did two cross country trips ... 1978 and 1979 ... at the age of 19
and 20.
I am sure you will get all the assistance you need "gear wise" from
others on the board. I used the Grand Tour Kirkland rear panniers and
a Kirkland handlebar bag. If I had the chance to do the trip again, I
would
I had a set of 40h Phil Wood/Super Champion 58s back in the early 80s
built up at Braxton's Bicycle Shop. The spokes were 14 gauge non-
butted DT. Never got over that two of the spokes broke at the
threaded
end on the non-freewheel side. I would guess it was a manufacturing
error when the thread
I would be willing to bet that there are several in this group who
have ridden road and/or mountain race bikes who were quite good
at the sport. I have had a great deal of satisfaction on steel,
titanium
and carbon/ti road racing bikes. I can tell you one of my favorite
bikes was a Holdsworth 531
I had several Ideale 90A (?) saddles back in the 1980s. Had
them mounted on a Merz custom tourer and a Santana tandem.
Sadly, my best buddy and neighbor did not care for the Ideale
and placed his Brooks on the stoker's seat post.
Loved the saddle, but the break-in to break-down period was
much to
I feel compelled to express my gratitude to the
Rivendell bicycle group. I've been on bikes
seemingly for ever (like most of you). I have
almost exclusively owned road bikes with 700C,
18mm to 25mm cross section tires. A few
mountain bikes and a custom tourer did
find their way into the mix, but
Da Bomb. Very similar to my 1981 Santana tandem... er ... the 1981
Santana
tandem ... the only frame design made by Santana at the time. Of
course for
those of you who remember, the single lateral tube ran from the head
tube to
the rear seat tube and then split and connected to the seat stays,
