Always hate to hear about bike crashes and injuries. No bike is free of
risks. It's a piece of equipment that must be operated with competence.
Many consequences of falling short of that are just a poor experience to
the rider like using too tall a gear on a hill. A majority of the negative
I'm glad that no one was badly injured. I've had my share of falls,
fortunately, fewer than might have been, but I've had some quasi miraculous
saves, one in particular when I was bombing along a dirt path racing a guy
on a dirt bike (motorbike) in the distance (I was much younger then) and
My wife went over the bars with the cheapy v brakes and cheapy levers on her
Raleigh Detour. She did not get hurt.
But upon me test riding right after the rear derailer got wrapped up in the
spokes.
Once she was passing over perpendicular to an 8 inch wide x 20 foot fissure in
the road about
The only time I've been over the bars was using Tektro R539s. Still got the
bone chip in my elbow as a memento. Still got those brakes bolted up, too.
Jeff Hagedorn
Los Angeles, CA USA
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My daughter bought a commuter bike with a Nexus hub and noticed the same
problem. She found a youtube video & from that was able to sort it out in
a few minutes. It was something like lining up two yellow markers. Not
intuitive but easy once she knew what to do.
dougP
On Friday, November
Maybe your friend was trying to shift his gears with a stick when they
crashed, or their fender jammed, or their overloaded Wald basket/nitto rack
failed into their front wheel? ;-)
My point is, any bike rider can wipe out. V-brakes can have the same type
of on/off problems with modulation
Daniel, not poor form at all.
The Breezer Uptown is a great bike for someone who is starting to look into
bicycling. Who knows, they may get into bicycling and happen upon "Just
Ride" and find it good reading. Next thing you know they may grab a
Rivendell or two. :)
On Friday, November 2,
Hi Daniel,
This is my story! I decided that I wanted to ride a bike from my apartment
to the T station ~April 2008. Public transport wasn't so reliable, and I
wanted to sell my car.
My friend recommended Breezer Uptown 8 without missing a beat, and I
happened to see it at the LBS. To be
Agree, one thing I've learn is you can't "force" bikes onto people. They
have to figure it out for themselves. Now, if they are interested in your
bike, then go for it.
Once, I had just built up an old litespeed ti frameset that I got cheap. It
had 25mm tires and fenders and a bunch of mix
So, this may be really poor form on a forum dedicated to a bike company we all
hold dear, but when I am asked to recommend a practical town bike, my answer is
always the same: Breezer Uptown 8. Upright riding position with slightly swept
bars, aluminum frame available in standard or low-step
The designed with input from Grant Peterson 'Brooklyn Bicycles" are
excellent commuters.
I added a cheap dyno hub, and my son had a double top tubed, shallow
angled, 3 speed, which is one of the nicest commuters i've ridden on (when
we had a hiatus in a flat city). And now that we've moved
I've done quite a few rebuild/conversions of 80s-early 90s era mtn bikes
(before the term "hardtail" was in common usage) to city/commuters, often
with solid, dependable 36 spoke 650b wheels and rim brakes, comfy
street/gravel tires, Brooks B67/68 saddles, upright bars, etc. Usually I
convert
I did talk my wife into a Public mixte with Nexus hub. She loves it and the
bright orange bike with match racks makes the neighbors smile when she rides
it. What I have found is that the cheaper parts are a bit more difficult to
adjust and keep adjusted. I’ll probably upgrade the brakes when
I'm a bicycle advocate here in the suburbs outside Washington DC. I field
questions about bike commuting all of the time. I'm always pointing folks
toward more stable bikes with fatter tires. Most of the local bike shops
are on board with this idea as well and stock bikes that are more useful.
No crash but maybe it is coming. A coworker asked my opinion on a touring bike
for his senior HS son, for an organized trip in the Alps summer 2019. I steered
him towards a number of late 80s through early 00s touring bikes. (There are
quite a few here in SLO/Santa Barbara late summer.) Any his
Agreed, don't be "that guy" pushing your bike opinions (particularly bikes
expensive) on other riders (particularly new riders). I can tell you mean
well and have his interests at heart, it's just not a good way to welcome
people to the sport.
Rivendells are great bikes but they are not the
Really sorry to hear about the crash & subsequent treatment. Your coworker
may be re-thinking bicycle commuting, which would be too bad, given the
initial enthusiasm.
Ash, you may be onto something with your thoughts on wheelbase. Moving the
rear wheel back seems to have no downside &
Sounds like a terrible idea, don't be "that guy". There are plenty of
good bikes out there besides riv. Doesn't matter the bike, new riders are
going to crash sometimes...
On Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 12:10:38 PM UTC-7, Ash wrote:
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I'd have no qualms whatsoever pointing a friend at a Public Bike, if they
needed to spend way less than a Clem. There's a Public 1-speed for $399
that looks great to me. I have no doubts I could rock that bike. I don't
know what service items would come up first, but I think it might be fun
umm think it's a reach to blame the bike. Can remember being a new rider happy
tootling around flat golden gate park in San Francisco on a some generic mtb
w/cantilever brakes. Suddenly I was on the ground in front of couple of
ladies. That's the day I learned to respect the front brakes...
I have experienced a similar frustration with some of my bike-curious
friends who are shy and cite all the normal ailments of getting into
utilitarian cycling (riding in traffic is dangerous, i am not coordinated,
bikes are expensive, etcetc whatever).
I always explain Rivendell's
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