If I get another bike I'm hoping it will be a super light low trail bike like
Boulder sells.
I carry small front loads.
I have two Rivendell bikes that I love. But I'm also interested to see what
skinny tube low trail bikes ride like.
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Anybody on this Rivendell list a low trail convert? Traveled to that land
of Pacific Northwest forest service roads where Grant just don't go?
Muahahaha.
Daniel in the Great Northeastern Forest
On Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 1:25:11 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote:
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I keep seeing this and thinking "There's a calculator for single track?
Why?" Sardonic grin.
Oh. THAT kind of trail. Shrug. Grin.
With abandon,
Patrick
On Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 4:09:30 PM UTC-7, Les Lammers wrote:
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Yes Les! Thanks for posting!
Jock Dewey / Athens, GA
On Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 6:09:30 PM UTC-5, Les Lammers wrote:
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> of how the steering will be. Out of curiosity, I compared a 55 Sam to a 55
> Chevoit using
Good to post, Les. FWIW, it's been around a hot minute. I don't recall if
Jim or Sheldon came up with it, as it was a further back than my memory can
handle.
Use the "compare bikes" link at the bottom to view your current rides to
others.
Very handy tool to have!
Cheers,
Bill in Roswell who
Brian
Good write up. A tabular listing of key parameters (trail, STA, HTA) would
have been hepful along with the main tubing specs.
Do you find 1 more livelier than the other???
John Hawrylak
Woodstown NJ
On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 2:13:09 AM UTC-5, stonehog wrote:
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Thanks for that write up. I found it well reasoned and helpful. I'm not
an expert by any means and in fact have no experience with very low trail
bikes, but have read Jan's material and wondered about them. One question,
which you didn't address directly but perhaps implied, is how each bike
We were thinking of doing that- but Seaview is wicked steep at the
very beginning- probably'd have to walk our bikes. Once one the ridge
it's nice- short.
http://g.co/maps/nbgdy
I love this multi-trail thing: what a great way to get out of traffic,
into nature, but still feel fast and smooth onc
When I lived in Berkeley, my favorite mixed-terrain route was to take
the seaview trail from Inspiration Point up to Grizzly Peak. The
on-road parts of the ride varied, but it was typical to go up Spruce
and come down Claremont or Tunnel. No Rivendells back then, so I did
it on a 700c hybrid Miyata
That might work- use searchable terms in the body of the post, and
something descriptive and easy to sort in the Subject line:
Subject: Trail Database: [location, state, approx mileage]
e.g.,
Subject: Trail Database: Berkeley, CA, 12 miles
Then a fuller description and links in the body.
BTW,
I like that by posting links here, we can use any mapping site we
like, which seems 5x as inclusive.
A short description of length, difficulty, and location, along with
the link is probably useful for long-term searchability. City, County/
Parish, state, length, road surface ('mixed terrain'), and
Strava is tied to GPS recording, and seems a little too oriented to
"look how fast I did this climb" for my taste. The home page says
"Track your progress and compete against friends". Not really the
attitude I expect prevails around this list. I don't need to share my
watt output with the world
Yes, I've never figured out how to save routes the way one could in
Yahoo Maps.
But this is quite cool: you use its smartphone app or a GPS, and it
maps your route, which you can post, share, etc.
http://www.strava.com/rides/my-revenge-x2-at-montezuma-grade-2856587
Notice that you can get avg sp
Yes- my first 'country bike' ride. It started out pretty downhill,
then rolling hills. Must do again, or try variants; head further
east, or the Marin headlands, etc. It's nice to be cruising along in
the wilderness, no car traffic.
Tse-Sung
On Jan 2, 5:07 pm, René Sterental wrote:
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I made a map, added the phrase "Rivendell Friendly" to it, and tried
to find it, both in GMaps, and in GGoogle. There doesn't seem to be
any searchability in personal maps, even if they're public. Ideally, I
could zoom in on Orange County, type "Rivendell Ride" in the maps
search and find five or s
I too am on the hunt for new places to ride but I've found more locally
oriented sources to be the most helpful. This list is too geographically
spread out. I'd suggest you get a local map and dive into google. I've
found lots of great ride reports and useful info this way. Now all I gotta
do i
I used Bikely a few years ago, but now I've mostly plotted things out
in Google Maps, usually after the ride. My MO is to set out, get lost,
get found, and have a good time.
I just tagged a Google map I made yesterday (in 97128 zip) as
"Rivendell friendly," but I can't see how to search public map
I have something called 511 bike mapper in my links list:
http://511contracosta.org/bike/#
I've used it to find rides but never set them up.
Regards,
Ray
On Jan 2, 10:54 am, TSW wrote:
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> Sorry if this has been discussed already- is there a place where
> people have posted or can post
Do you need to believe that zip ties and Wald baskets are "cool" on a $4,000
handmade bike, in order to be saved?
:)
Which hopefully frees us up to talk about less contentious topics,
like religion or politics.
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On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:05 AM, JimD wrote:
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> On Nov 20, 2010, at 9:46 AM, cyclotourist wrote:
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Oh, and I thought it was the topic of planing.
-JimD
On Nov 20, 2010, at 9:46 AM, cyclotourist wrote:
I believe this discussion is what lead to the fall of the Ottoman
Empire.
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Noel wrote:
I'm an admirer of both Grant and Jan, but...
DougP and I traded bi
This will be somewhat tangential but related.
Now that the 'winter' has begun here in N. Calif. I've started riding
my fendered Saluki.
The rest of the year I'm pretty much on my Riv custom as I'm quite
fond of it.
The Saluki has more wheel flop than the custom and I don't know (or
really
I believe this discussion is what lead to the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Noel wrote:
> I'm an admirer of both Grant and Jan, but...
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> DougP and I traded bikes during a ride a few months back. His high-
> trail Riv and my French style rando with super low trai
I'm an admirer of both Grant and Jan, but...
DougP and I traded bikes during a ride a few months back. His high-
trail Riv and my French style rando with super low trail. Both, IIRC,
with loaded front bags. The short version is that, while there were
differences, they were pretty minor, and both b
On Nov 15, 2010, at 6:34 AM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On Sun, 2010-11-14 at 22:05 -0800, doug peterson wrote:
Kelly:
+1 for Jim's suggestions. It's one of those topics that can make for
endless hours of esoteric discussion, but don't let yourself get
wrapped around the axle over it. Two of th
On Sun, 2010-11-14 at 22:05 -0800, doug peterson wrote:
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> +1 for Jim's suggestions. It's one of those topics that can make for
> endless hours of esoteric discussion, but don't let yourself get
> wrapped around the axle over it. Two of the most intelligent &
> qualified people to have
Kelly:
+1 for Jim's suggestions. It's one of those topics that can make for
endless hours of esoteric discussion, but don't let yourself get
wrapped around the axle over it. Two of the most intelligent &
qualified people to have opinions on bicycle design, Grant Petersen &
Jan Heine, are at pola
What Ryan said.
Chris
On Feb 8, 9:01 pm, Earl Grey wrote:
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> All else being equal, should a bike with more trail have wider bars to
> harmonize with the handling of a bike with less trail? (In terms of
> switching back and forth between two bikes.)
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> Here is my si
I like my bars a touch wider on my higher trail bikes.
Ryan
On Feb 8, 7:01 pm, Earl Grey wrote:
> Bear with me for a moment:
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> All else being equal, should a bike with more trail have wider bars to
> harmonize with the handling of a bike with less trail? (In terms of
> switching back and forth
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