[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-17 Thread 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch
Nice! Bicycle Times is the only bike magazine I've found that is worth the paper it's printed on. I really should subscribe instead of just picking up the occasional issue when I see it on the stand. I had an interesting short e-mail exchange with Nicholas Carmen (also featured in this issu

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-17 Thread 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch
ice! Bicycle Times is the only bike magazine I've found that is worth the paper it's printed on. I really should subscribe instead of just picking up the occasional issue when I see it on the stand. I had an interesting short e-mail exchange with Nicholas Carmen (also featured in this issue

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-18 Thread blakcloud
I subscribe to Bicycle Times as mentioned and Momentum Magazine in digital format. I just started a subscription to BQ and have yet to read my first copy. It has sat on my end table for three weeks, I just can't read a paper magazine, I just don't find it enjoyable on so many levels. I will fini

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-18 Thread Deacon Patrick
Since the advent of quality screens that mimic print quality, I read digital only. I look forward to the day someone make a computer screen of color e-ink like in the Kindle Paperwhites. It really is amazing how much brain energy I lose to fiddling with pages, so I don't do it anymore. With aba

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-18 Thread shawn m.
I think I must be some kind of neo-luddite when it comes to reading, or maybe is just my eyes, but I struggle to read anything longer than a brief ride report online. I've tried to read on Kindles, Nooks, and their ilk, but I always find the experience frustrating for some reason; it doesn't fe

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-18 Thread RJM
I hear you about reading on a device. I don't mind reading a paper book, but paper magazines annoy me now; I would much rather it be digital. In fact, my wife and I have been contemplating moving out of the house into a travel trailer which would require getting rid of a bunch of stuff, much o

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-23 Thread Chris in Redding, Ca.
> > Hey All, > Anyone know anything about the build specs of the Mr. Gray's Hunq? I'm curious in general, but specifically about the bars. Thanks, Chris Redding, Ca. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-23 Thread Matthew J
Looks like a cool Euro trip set up, except no fenders?!? Been a rainy 2014 in much of Europe this year. On Thursday, July 17, 2014 5:33:40 PM UTC-5, blakcloud wrote: > > Received my digital version of the magazine and on the cover is a > Hunqapillar. > > > Check out the cover here

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-23 Thread Mike Schiller
That cover shot is from New Mexico. Nick Carmen, the author, spent last fall there and posted very similar pictures on his blog. That's what the BT website lists as the location. ~mike On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 2:04:35 PM UTC-7, Matthew J wrote: > > Looks like a cool Euro trip set up, except

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-23 Thread Mike Schiller
They are bullmoose bars. ~mike On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:52:36 AM UTC-7, Chris in Redding, Ca. wrote: > > Hey All, >> > Anyone know anything about the build specs of the Mr. Gray's Hunq? I'm > curious in general, but specifically about the bars. > Thanks, > Chris > Redding, Ca. > -- You r

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-23 Thread Chris in Redding, Ca.
The bend just doesn't look like Bullmoose to me. Maybe I'm wrong. Chris On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 4:01:26 PM UTC-7, Mike Schiller wrote: > > They are bullmoose bars. > > ~mike > > On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:52:36 AM UTC-7, Chris in Redding, Ca. wrote: >> >> Hey All, >>> >> Anyone know anythin

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-23 Thread Shoji Takahashi
I don't think they're bullmoose. Here's a pic from another angle: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cassgilbert/8645418341/in/set-72157633238653348 Maybe priest-like bars? http://boxdogbikes-3.myshopify.com/products/handlebar-atb-nitto-jitensha-b2522-26-1 BTW: I love that a Hunqapillar is on the cove

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-23 Thread Mike Schiller
I swear I've seen bullmooose bars on his bike. He did have Noodles at one point but those look like Jitensha bars. Definitely not Loop bars. ~mike On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 4:01:26 PM UTC-7, Mike Schiller wrote: > > They are bullmoose bars. > > ~mike > > On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:52:36

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-24 Thread 'Clayton' via RBW Owners Bunch
Jones bars. He is in Oregon and makes some very cool bikes. I run the bars on my Ibis HD. (Wood chippers on my Atlantis) The bars are very nice, although a little heavy but give lots or room for your hands to roam and a huge area to put lights, GPS, bells etc. Clay On Wednesday, July 23, 2014

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-24 Thread David Banzer
They sorta look like older Nitto-made Specialized bars. David On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 8:11:51 PM UTC-5, Shoji Takahashi wrote: > > I don't think they're bullmoose. Here's a pic from another angle: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/cassgilbert/8645418341/in/set-72157633238653348 > > Maybe pries

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-24 Thread RayO
I just can't get into reading on a "device". It is so much better to slop my breakfast on on paper. On Friday, July 18, 2014 10:39:05 AM UTC-7, blakcloud wrote: > > I subscribe to Bicycle Times as mentioned and Momentum Magazine in digital > format. I just started a subscription to BQ and have y

[RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-27 Thread Johan Larsson
On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 4:52:36 PM UTC+2, Chris in Redding, Ca. wrote: > > Hey All, >> > Anyone know anything about the build specs of the Mr. Gray's Hunq? I'm > curious in general, but specifically about the bars. > Thanks, > Chris > Redding, Ca. > Looks like mtb-bars with about 15 degrees

Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-17 Thread Bill Gibson
While I like Bicycle Times, too, and subscribe to it electronically, if you're looking for a magazine worthy of it's paper, and your time, and one that repays additional study, I recommend Bicycle Quarterly, in case you haven't seen it or haven't read it lately! BQ has ads, too, but little ones, no

Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-17 Thread 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch
I had forgotten BQ!!! Probably because they come out less often than other periodicals. I've got a small stack of back-issues that I've ordered for specific articles but definately one I would subscribe to before Bicycle Times. On Thursday, July 17, 2014 6:56:23 PM UTC-5, Bill Gibson wrote

Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-17 Thread bo richardson
i let my subscription to BQ lapse because i got tired of photographs of Jan first thing i learned in 8th grade journalism is the writer does not put himself in the photos. one highly experienced bicycle industry professional referred to BQ as Jan's paper blog. diversifying the writer pool and top

Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-18 Thread Tony DeFilippo
I'm another BQ fan... And I agree with Bill about is arrival being more of an 'event' for me than magazines. The pictures don't bother me nor does the thought of it being 'Jan's paper blog'. Cool shot on the bicycle times cover, I had seen it before and not realized it was a Hunq! Speaking of

Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-18 Thread Tony DeFilippo
I'm another BQ fan... And I agree with Bill about is arrival being more of an 'event' for me than magazines. The pictures don't bother me nor does the thought of it being 'Jan's paper blog'. Cool shot on the bicycle times cover, I had seen it before and not realized it was a Hunq! Speaking of

Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-18 Thread Deacon Patrick
If Bicycle Quarterly were a news magazine, I would agree with you that the writer/reporter should not insert themselves into the story (and it is far too common an issue in today's reporting). However, that's not the genre of BQ, which is a scientific log of bicycle exploration. Documenting exp

Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-18 Thread Steve Palincsar
On 07/18/2014 01:39 PM, blakcloud wrote: I subscribe to Bicycle Times as mentioned and Momentum Magazine in digital format. I just started a subscription to BQ and have yet to read my first copy. It has sat on my end table for three weeks, I just can't read a paper magazine, I just don't find i

Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-18 Thread blakcloud
It actually isn't Steve. I do quite well and when I add something to this board in any comment, I always do so in adding information or helping people instead attacking people with snide comments. Your disrespect certainly doesn't go unnoticed. > > > > -- You received this message because

Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-18 Thread Bill Gibson
Reading different kinds of things in different ways is easy enough for me, sort of like I write differently with pencils, ballpoints, fountain pens, and keyboards. Hyperlinks add a lot to the experience of reading. But I'm also concerned about two odd twins: loss of data and knowledge, and loss of

Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-19 Thread Philip Williamson
Digital information is like broadsheets or posters, more than like a library of knowledge. Here today, gone tomorrow. Philip www.biketinker.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receivi

Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-23 Thread Matthew J
> While I like Bicycle Times, too, and subscribe to it electronically, if you're looking for a magazine worthy of it's paper, and your time, and one that repays additional study, I recommend Bicycle Quarterly, in case you > haven't seen it or haven't read it lately! I will not subscribe to BQ a

Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-23 Thread Steve Palincsar
Right, you'll just save it to floppy disk. Oh, no, wait... - Original Message - From: "Matthew J" To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 5:02:31 PM Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine I will not subscribe to BQ as it

Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-23 Thread Eric Daume
I think it's a Jones Loop bar: http://www.jonesbikes.com/h-bar/ Eric Daume Dublin, OH On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Chris in Redding, Ca. < campredd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey All, >> > Anyone know anything about the build specs of the Mr. Gray's Hunq? I'm > curious in general, but specifi

Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-23 Thread Ginz
I agree. It looks like an upside down jones loop bar. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post

Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine

2014-07-24 Thread Matthew J
nesday, July 23, 2014 5:02:31 PM > Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Cover of Bicycle Times Magazine > > > > I will not subscribe to BQ as it has no digital option. It is just as easy > (actually easier, IMO) to save a digital copy as it is to save hard. > > -- You received th