Re: [RBW] New tires, perhaps?

It looks like a really nice day. The last time I wore a tire down to the casing, I got a flat and I was on a 200K far from anywhere with weather in the mid-30s and drizzle. I had a spare LoupLoup Pass tire in my bag, but still, having to take off my lobster gloves to change it in the cold

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I promise I will...we're still in weird Feb semi-winter with freezing/melting salt, slush, etc. Can hardly wait for spring. I know I love looking at the bike. And I'm sure I'll love riding the bike On Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 11:18:03 AM UTC-6, LeahFoy wrote: > > Ryan! Have we gotten to

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Ryan! Have we gotten to see photos of your bike all built up? How dreamy - don't deny us this pleasure for long. Do let's hear all about it when you get riding. You said it's glorious and splendid - would love to hear more about what makes it so. Meanwhile, I'm going to let this idea of a

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Ummm..that was version 1.0 of my custom. Head tube was a tad shorter basis what I wanted. I wanted to allow for level bars and saddle for now with the option of raising the bars if I needed to later. I do feel bad that they had to discount this bike but I sure respect their attention to

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Hey guys, remember how we were talking about a dream custom Clementine (don't make me call it a Clem!) with more lugs? Did you see the photos of the blue custom mixte on Grant's Blahg today? It looks like someone almost made one! There's swoopy stays in back, and even though there's no

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Mark, I've experienced a vast difference between hand build wheels and "stock" (Velocity, in my case). I destroyed my rear rim at 30mph on a curvy descent, snapping several spokes. Since then, on hand built (including Rich's) I've hit worse with more weight or lighter rims (on the QB) and

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@Mark in Beacon Sometimes a pinched rim could be repaired using one of these http://t.harborfreight.com/6-inch-jaw-straight-sheet-metal-seamer-98728.html?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F and a sanding block afterwards. Do not try it with regular pliers; they got to have long

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Yes. And worse--my new Clementine's new wheel. I had been off the bike for a bit after some eye surgery. The first night coming home from work after my layoff, I hit a pothole that had a pothole in it. It was still rideable but after getting home and taking a look, it was clear the rim needed

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Leah if you are doing a custom just tell Grant what you envision and he'll work with you. I bet he would come up with something even better than the what you may have considered ☺☺ He *could* say no to certain details but he cannot eat you ! Ahahahahahahahaa As for wall colors ,

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On 02/18/2017 12:35 PM, Leah Peterson wrote: You guys are so bad for me. Enablers! Do you know, just yesterday I hired a painter to repaint the inside of our house, and now I wish I had plunked down that money for the dream Riv instead. Maybe I could live with the muddy brown paint put on

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I don't think the Glorious lugs would work on the C-tine frame design. Angles wouldn't work. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 18, 2017, at 1:04 PM, Leah Peterson wrote: > > Also, just a thought, and maybe a dumb one, but has anyone ever asked for a > Clementine frame with

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Also, swooptie-tube and swooptie-do = guffawing at the screen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

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Mark! Not your new Clementine! How soon before it is road-worthy once more?! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

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What about a pseudo or crypto or ersatz or faux or simulated or imitation Riv? What an opportunity for a beater-build! Then you could compare how a close copy really fares next to the real thing. You could use leftover house paint for the beater. On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 10:35 AM, Leah Peterson

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Also, just a thought, and maybe a dumb one, but has anyone ever asked for a Clementine frame with more and Glorius lugs? Sent from my iPad > On Feb 18, 2017, at 9:35 AM, Leah Peterson wrote: > > You guys are so bad for me. Enablers! Do you know, just yesterday I

Re: [RBW] New tires, perhaps?

You guys are so bad for me. Enablers! Do you know, just yesterday I hired a painter to repaint the inside of our house, and now I wish I had plunked down that money for the dream Riv instead. Maybe I could live with the muddy brown paint put on every wall but the bedrooms (ugh). Or maybe I

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On 02/17/2017 11:23 PM, Ray Varella wrote: Leah, Not to be devils advocate, but if you are using your bike for everyday transportation and or recreation, it makes good sense to have a second bike. I've ever been reliant on a shop for my repairs and maintenance but there have been

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Leah, Not to be devils advocate, but if you are using your bike for everyday transportation and or recreation, it makes good sense to have a second bike. I've ever been reliant on a shop for my repairs and maintenance but there have been many occasions where I was leaving for work and

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Patrick, the bike was purchased late 2012, and that wheel and tire were whatever Riv built the bike with. The tire was "Continental" because there were no Schwalbe tires in stock. John, I covet that baby Roscoe! You are correct: I totally deserve a Rich wheel, this is what we would tell my

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This. Yes. This is why I have two bikes. I varied them on the Riv spectrum, so a road centric Quickbeam joined my all-road but trail centric Hunqapillar. I highly recommend this "spread" of focus in a second best bike in the world -- which isn't nearly as antithetical as it seems. Grin. With

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What is BBITW? Must be a new bikethese kids with their texting...I am not sure a person can have too many Rivendells..lol On Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 7:20:10 PM UTC-6, LeahFoy wrote: > > Well, the shop called and said good news(!) your chain's got life left and > we trimmed your

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Leah: what make and model of tire did you wear out? On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 8:30 AM, Surlyprof wrote: > Wow, you wore out the entire rear wheel. Now that's impressive! (And, > dare I say, totally daredevil?) You should treat yourself to one of Rich's > handbuilt wheels.

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Wow, you wore out the entire rear wheel. Now that's impressive! (And, dare I say, totally daredevil?) You should treat yourself to one of Rich's handbuilt wheels. Sounds like you've earned it. Regarding replacement tires, Schwalbe's with puncture protection are great for durability.

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Well, the shop called and said good news(!) your chain's got life left and we trimmed your fender and reattached your mudflap. Bad news(!) the spokes are pulling away from the rim (or something) and the rear wheel should be replaced. Fine, whatever, just restore her to her former glory, I said.

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You were likely still some way from a blow out - you can get the tire down to the puncture strip (often blue in color) and run on that for some time - it works like a boot. When that wears out, the resultant flatting of the tire is not always too dramatic, as the hole that forms in the tire is

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Try that with a 19-20 mm tire pumped to 120 psi and an almost instantaneous blowout. Good times! I was lucky; I had slowed enough that I was able to catch it. On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 3:14 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote: > ... I've had several HOLY MOLY!! moments when I made a 90

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On 02/15/2017 04:52 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote: The reason Saint Sheldon recommends that is that a flat rear tire almost never is dangerous. Whereas a front flat can easily cause a crash, and can auger you right into the ground. It happened to me once. And I've had several HOLY MOLY!!

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You are enjoying BORROWED TIME. You are a DAREDEVIL, laughing in the face of DANGER! HA! On Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 2:05:31 PM UTC-8, LeahFoy wrote: > > But Bill, it was so much more thrilling when I was on the brink of > disaster. Can't we say it was at least a medium risk? --

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But Bill, it was so much more thrilling when I was on the brink of disaster. Can't we say it was at least a medium risk? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send

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The reason Saint Sheldon recommends that is that a flat rear tire almost never is dangerous. If we took a poll and counted up the total number of rear flats we have cumulatively experienced, it would be a big number. Let's put that in the denominator. Now, of those rear flats, let's take

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Regarding index shifting for the Clem, Microshift makes thumb shifters, or he could use Shimano MTB trigger shifters. On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Patrick Moore wrote: > Decent children's bikes last forever. The problem is that the dimestore > bikes (my current

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Decent children's bikes last forever. The problem is that the dimestore bikes (my current contemptuous name for the big box store ersatz bicycle things) have gotten cheaper and cheaper and are junk. My father bought me a JC Higgins with cantilever frame, coaster brake, white rims, and 24" wheels

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I don't know whether to feel proud or embarrassed about that tire! On the one hand, I wrung out every last drop. On the other hand, geez, I'd rather pay for new tires than hospital bills! I was doing my make-up this morning and imagining how I might look missing half my teeth. That tire never

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Sheldon recommends exactly what Patrick Moore described. /Well-meaning cyclists, even some mechanics who don't know any better, sometimes try to deal with this by swapping tires, putting the less worn front tire on the back wheel, and moving the worn-but-usable rear tire to the

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The great Sheldon Brown recommends rotating tires when the rear tire is replaced: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-rotation.html --Eric N campyonly...@me.com www.CampyOnly.com Campyonlyguy.blogspot.com @Campyonlyguy > On Feb 15, 2017, at 8:59

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Time for a new one! One recommended practice is to rotate the relatively fresh front tire to the rear, and put the new one on the front, thus ensuring that the tire whose condition is most important to safety is always at the front. But good for you for getting in all those miles! On Tue, Feb

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"Good to the very last drop" On 02/14/2017 07:00 PM, LeahFoy wrote: I am no bike mechanic, as the following photos will prove. But I do check things out and (mostly) notice when things are wrong, honest! I bought my bike in late 2012 from RBW headquarters, and I don't get to ride as much as

[RBW] New tires, perhaps?

Well, you got your fair use out of this tire! In a pinch a tire boot made out of a folded dollar bill may be enough to take you home so you avoid the walking. When you replace the tire consider cutting off a 4" long section, minus the beads, to carry in your repair pack as a tire boot for