Re: [RBW] Re: Rivendell chicas

2011-04-05 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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Re: [RBW] Re: Soma/Riv Bike

2011-04-05 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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Re: [RBW] Which retro derailleur for a Bombadil?

2011-04-05 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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Re: [RBW] Re: VO Wingnuts

2011-04-05 Thread PATRICK MOORE
. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com

Re: [RBW] Re: Soma/Riv Bike

2011-04-05 Thread PATRICK MOORE
buy a bike built with it. Mental block on my part. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Apr 5, 3:46 pm, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know how much it will cost? And, second, what current or recent Rivendell model will this most closely approximate? Tange Prestige: I

Re: [RBW] Re: Soma/Riv Bike

2011-04-05 Thread PATRICK MOORE
, not too slow and, in particular, the front end seemed easier to keep straight over soft surfaces than some other mtbs I have owned. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 8:51 PM, bfd bfd...@gmail.com wrote: On Apr 5, 6:38 pm, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. Do you know if the new Prestige

Re: [RBW] Re: VO Wingnuts

2011-04-06 Thread PATRICK MOORE
, 6:28 pm, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Wingnuts of various designs were the standard race and upscale attachment device until Tulio had his epiphany on the alps and, as they lasted so long they must have worked. I think they were used with chain tugs, though. I wanted to try some

Re: [RBW] Re: Retro Rear Der

2011-04-06 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Crane GS.  At the time, however, SunTour probably had the best functional design with their VGT. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[RBW] Beausage and Beaunction

2011-04-06 Thread PATRICK MOORE
. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com

Re: [RBW] Re: Beausage and Beaunction

2011-04-06 Thread PATRICK MOORE
) and several immediate family members still suffer from it. Thank God (I am serious: maxime gratias ago tibi Domine) I now usually sleep like a drunk baby. Patrick Moore, who at least rarely washes his high end, custom-rack'd, exotic-old-stock-Lamufa-panniered Riv custom (too busy fixing goathead flats

Re: [RBW] Re: Beausage and Beaunction

2011-04-07 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Just for the record: my interest in the text and my reason for referring to it was not the writing style but the message: don't obsess over the looks of your bikes, they are meant for riding, though riding has no quarrel with looks. I am surprised by the many photos I see of bikes that are

Re: [RBW] Re: VO Wingnuts

2011-04-07 Thread PATRICK MOORE
me down enough to miss them completely.  Probably just as well. On Apr 6, 10:05 am, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: What I really want is a QR on the rear but my two hubs (each for its own reason) does not work with a QR, and I thought that wingnuts might just be easier to use than

Re: [RBW] Re: VO Wingnuts

2011-04-07 Thread PATRICK MOORE
intended to be stepped on if necessary to break loose or tighten the nut.   I've never found it necessary. On Apr 7, 2011, at 11:11 AM, PATRICK MOORE wrote: That would make a very good option, but my experience from those wrenches as a boy back in the early '70s led me to think they will break

Re: [RBW] Re: Beausage and Beaunction

2011-04-07 Thread PATRICK MOORE
. Ens et bonum et unum et pulchritudinem sunt unum in re. On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:54 AM, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: What if something is both beautiful and kludgy?  Is it beauludgy? Barf On Apr 7, 10:34 am, CycloFiend cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote: on 4/7/11 8:53 AM, PATRICK MOORE

Re: [RBW] Re: Beausage and Beaunction

2011-04-07 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Patrick Moore

Re: [RBW] Re: Retro Rear Der

2011-04-07 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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[RBW] Free for SASE

2011-04-08 Thread PATRICK MOORE
. No warranties implied or given. Questions: send me $25 per question via paypal. Email me to claim one; I will alert the list when all are claimed. Claim as many as you want, but please don't be greedy. Address: 3512 Nolina Court NW, Albuquerque NM 87120. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional

[RBW] All pullovers have been claimed.

2011-04-08 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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Re: [RBW] Re: New bicycling shoes from Timberland

2011-04-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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Re: [RBW] Re: Source for nice cycling posters (was: hiawatha posters)

2011-04-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at patrickmo

Re: [RBW] Re: Source for nice cycling posters (was: hiawatha posters)

2011-04-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Sorry, that should have gone directly to Bridgestone (Name?). On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 8:59 AM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks; I'd be grateful. If you can give me their website or phone number I can contact them directly. -- You received this message because you

[RBW] Wind! (Again)

2011-04-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
that, in a calm, will let you coast at 20 mph, I was in the 36X26 at 8-10 mph directly into the wind. Anyway, rather fun with the option of gears but I am glad that even for ABQ, this sort of wind is rather rare. Patrick spitting out the sand Moore -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes

Re: [RBW] MKS sylvan bearings

2011-04-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post

Re: [RBW] Re: New bicycling shoes from Timberland

2011-04-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
brother (from a thrift store) has that hard finish leather that shines up so nicely. Patrick Moore, who just last week found a nice Joseph Aboud wool/cotton zip-top, faux-turtle pullover in his size at GW for $5. On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 4:40 PM, RonaTD teddur...@gmail.com wrote: The Timberland

Re: [RBW] Re: building wheels

2011-04-11 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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Re: [RBW] Dang-- My 64cm Atlantis Was Stolen

2011-04-11 Thread PATRICK MOORE
options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW

Re: [RBW] Re: Source for nice cycling posters (was: hiawatha posters)

2011-04-11 Thread PATRICK MOORE
=en. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstands

2010-04-05 Thread PATRICK MOORE
. But I agree that a rear-triangle-mount stand seems to be best unless you really want to keep your bike upright when you remove a wheel (which I do). Patrick Moore, grimly bottom-trimming. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group

Fwd: [RBW] Re: Riddle me this.

2010-04-05 Thread PATRICK MOORE
). But, as I was telling my brother just this morning, I drive a 20 year old van (2K miles since the beginning of November) and dammit, if i want to spend $$ on ego-bolstering bike stuff, I will! Dammit! Patrick Moore, in ABQ, NM, where the winds are forecast to gust to 50 over the next few days

Re: [RBW] Re: Spring 2010 VBQ on the way

2010-04-05 Thread PATRICK MOORE
=en. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstands

2010-04-06 Thread PATRICK MOORE
rub on the 700x37 tire on her bike, but it works great to keep the bike stable when the Burley's attached. --dlloyd On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 16:43, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Note: large, heavy, clunky and, since the legs don't retract as fully as the Pletscher's, your chain

Re: [RBW] Re: Bombadils and short stems

2010-04-06 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:38 PM, newenglandbike matthiasbe...@gmail.comwrote: I have a 56cm bombadil and I agree with Dave; it seems to be designed for a dirt-drop stem if you're using drop bars. I will add that with a 10 cm DD stem and 46 cm Noodles, my former Diamond Back Axis Team off road

Re: [RBW] Re: Spring 2010 VBQ on the way

2010-04-06 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Beth H periwinkle...@yahoo.com wrote: Another vote for the paper version. If BQ ever went to pdf and/or online exclusively I would probably cancel my subscription.It's a guilty pleasure to sit on the sofa in stocking feet with a mug of coffee and the latest BQ,

[RBW] Only apparently off topic: from The Bicycle Runner by G. Franco Romagnoli

2010-04-06 Thread PATRICK MOORE
into a pocket], the benediction from those long, hard, bony fingers hurt like hell. and the next day was Confession. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstands

2010-04-07 Thread PATRICK MOORE
greenfield. On Apr 6, 5:30 pm, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: The Hebie looks even stouter than the VO but from a very quick and cursory Google search it's not available in the US and, overseas, it's priced like the Pletscher. Is that right? But it looks wider and more

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstands

2010-04-07 Thread PATRICK MOORE
) From: PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstands On a related note: someone ought to develop a brake lever with a built in ratchet to act as a parking brake. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstands

2010-04-07 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:49 PM, JoelMatthews joelmatth...@mac.com wrote: I do not use my Click Stand for around town riding. I use when I am on tour with heavier loads. My tour bike does have fenders. Click Stand seems to work fine. Not sure why fenders would hinder it. Am I

Re: [RBW] Re: Trade: pristine B17 for a classic Flite or Turbo or San Marco Concours

2010-04-07 Thread PATRICK MOORE
email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comrbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW

[RBW] B 17 trade

2010-04-07 Thread PATRICK MOORE
, I rather prefer the slightly wider Turbo for higher bars, as on the Monocog and, I presume, on the Sam Hill. Thanks to all the benighted folk out there who want B 17s. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227

Re: [RBW] Re: B 17 trade

2010-04-08 Thread PATRICK MOORE
:45 pm, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: I just discovered about a dozen replies. Thanks to all. I have an email to an early respondent with a pristine Turbo; if he does not respond, I will respond individually as appropriate. In any event, I will let all know what happens

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-08 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Apr 7, 9:19 pm, happyriding happyrid...@yahoo.com wrote: Mirrors: for or against? Handlebar or helmet mounted? Thanks. Not against, but don't want, so in *that* sense against. That is part of my desire over the years to divest myself of cycling encumbrances (except multiple bikes):

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-08 Thread PATRICK MOORE
greatly about the safety and quality and anxiety-free quality of their very urban traffic riding choose to use mirrors; not quarreling, just pointing out the fact. (Beside, not wearing glasses or helmet, and finding bar mount mirrors useless ...) Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:21 AM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: Some might point out the contrast between cares about their safety and not wearing glasses or helmet... Not the elite. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch

Re: [RBW] WAS: Touring Advice NOW: Mirror Poll

2010-04-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: Answering my own question, the first ever World Naked Bike Ride in the Albuquerque/Santa Fe NM area will take place at noon, June 12, 2010 at a yet to be determined location in Santa Fe.

[RBW] Kickstand: the definitive opinion.

2010-04-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
was rock-steady. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand: the definitive opinion.

2010-04-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand: the definitive opinion.

2010-04-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 8:14 PM, JoelMatthews joelmatth...@mac.com wrote: My Bruce Gordon Rock n' Road has Paul Motolites fore and aft. First ride I was looking down fooling with the shifters when Mr. Squirrel darted in front of me. My left was the only hand free and I pulled the grip a

[RBW] FS: Avenir Metro panniers, new, $60 shipped OBO

2010-04-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
frame, foldable (snap up), reflective stripe, hold a full paper grocery sack; nice, padded shoulder straps; easy on-and-off. There is nothing wrong with them, I just like the Dutch type Axioms better even tho' these are not QR. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact

[RBW] Re: FS: Avenir Metro panniers, new, $60 shipped OBO

2010-04-09 Thread PATRICK MOORE
The description on the page whose URL follows says that they attach via velcro. Not mine. Mine attach with rubber coated hooks and bungee-attached bottom hooks. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 8:46 PM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http

Re: [RBW] Tire Pressure Spreadsheet Upload

2010-04-10 Thread PATRICK MOORE
, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comrbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW

Re: [RBW] Re: Tire Pressure Spreadsheet Upload

2010-04-11 Thread PATRICK MOORE
on my '89 Falcon: 125/155 (a *lot* higher than I could ever get with my Silca Imperio, even with Campy head). All of these calculations use 170 lb plus 30 lb bike and kit which ranges from a bit high for the 23s to way low for the Motobecane loaded with groceries. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque

Re: [RBW] Re: Tire Pressure Spreadsheet Upload

2010-04-11 Thread PATRICK MOORE
I take gear to include the bike. On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Rob Harrison robha...@gmail.com wrote: On Apr 11, 7:22 am, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: All of these calculations use 170 lb plus 30 lb bike and kit... Does one include the weight of the bike? Seems logical

Re: [RBW] Re: Copper wire handlebar twine

2010-04-12 Thread PATRICK MOORE
needed. Patrick Moore, who built a crystal receiver from a kit received for Christmas, 1968, age 13 -- and still remembers the Top 10, Nairobi, Kenya, from that era (Mr. Walker, anyone?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pgX3NjCJgQ -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes

[RBW] Trade? Tubus Fly. Sale? Avenir market panniers, lower price.

2010-04-12 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Fly for something heavier, like a Logo or Cargo or equivalent. Avenirs for $50 shipped. They have been used for just about exactly 25 miles. Aluminum folding frames and inner zip pockets. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt

[RBW] Re: [BOB] Commuting makes me angry...(might be a little ranty!)

2010-04-13 Thread PATRICK MOORE
not that dangerous. It comes down to the inevitable, though not necessary (in the ontological sense), existence of error, evil, conflict, part of life. But -- this is important! -- I don't believe it is always worse for cycling than for life generally. Patrick Moore, sad and depressed because he

Re: [RBW] Re: racks vs. paint

2010-04-13 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:34 AM, soapscum smula...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for all the feedback, gang. I've learned a thing or two to help with the decision. For now, I'll probably just live with it until I have the scratch for a Nitto. Or maybe I'm just too cheap and lazy and I'll just

Re: [RBW] Re: Commuting makes me angry...(might be a little ranty!)

2010-04-14 Thread PATRICK MOORE
this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners

Re: [RBW] Rivendell Weekend #1

2010-04-16 Thread PATRICK MOORE
. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [RBW] Rivendell Weekend #1

2010-04-16 Thread PATRICK MOORE
is off. I'm very happy with mine, and the 6-mo wait was not so bad. But I wish I got a 57cm rather than a 55cm. Cheers! On Apr 16, 2010, at 9:22 AM, PATRICK MOORE wrote: Is that your Hammered Honjo'd Riv in the pickup bed? My 2003 custom is the same color and has the same fenders; I did

Re: [RBW] Cantilever Brake issue on Hillborne

2010-04-17 Thread PATRICK MOORE
%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because

Re: [RBW] Re: Lower d'bars

2010-04-17 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:55 PM, charlie charles_v...@hotmail.com wrote: I think it all depends on how long your arms and torso are relative to your height not forgetting your age, weight and flexibility. I've got my bars 2 cm below saddle on all my bikes except the Sam Hill and the Monocog

Re: [RBW] Re: Lower d'bars

2010-04-17 Thread PATRICK MOORE
I mean, Two Inches below saddle, about 5 cm. On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 7:28 PM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:55 PM, charlie charles_v...@hotmail.comwrote: I think it all depends on how long your arms and torso are relative to your height not forgetting

Re: [RBW] Re: Bombadil @ Tierra Bella 35 mile ride - shellaced bars and creaky sounds...

2010-04-18 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Now, now, Rivendell has certainly made its share of style statements. There is nothing at all wrong with that, as long as one recognizes them for what they are. I have no idea if the second tt on the B is cosmetic or structural. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact

Re: [RBW] Bombadil @ Tierra Bella 35 mile ride - shellaced bars and creaky sounds...

2010-04-18 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 12:56 PM, CycloFiend cyclofi...@earthlink.netwrote: Bear in mind that there are a _lot_ of variables in the shimmy equation - fore/aft weight distribution, friction into the tires, tire pressure, load positioning, weight, etc - I would see if you can replicate it again

Re: [RBW] Re: Bombadil @ Tierra Bella 35 mile ride - shellaced bars and creaky sounds...

2010-04-18 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Eduardo Rosas ejro...@gmail.com wrote: Wish I would have seen you, I would have stopped by to talk for sure! I was so tired of seeing the same old spec/rek/avelos, The funny thing is that they all think their are so cool with the same bike, Mine stuck out for

Re: [RBW] The Insanity of our Times

2010-04-18 Thread PATRICK MOORE
this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch

[RBW] Lugged! Proper fork bend! 650B! Fenders! Fattish Tires! Riv-ish!

2010-04-18 Thread PATRICK MOORE
claimed 21 lb for the bike as pictured. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group

Re: [RBW] Re: The Insanity of our Times

2010-04-18 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Tim McNamara tim...@bitstream.net wrote: On Apr 18, 2010, at 4:37 PM, Shaun Meehan wrote: It's interesting. I've seen a couple of shows about people who got so large that they were literally disabled. I've known a number of them professionally, in their

Re: [RBW] Re: The Insanity of our Times

2010-04-18 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Will wpm...@gmail.com wrote: Yup. We know so much more now about nutrition now than we did before, and I appreciate Grant's occasional nod in this direction in the Reader. Personally, I wish every American would read Dr. Joel Fuhrman's Fasting and Eating for

Re: [RBW] Re: The Insanity of our Times

2010-04-18 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 7:30 PM, happyriding happyrid...@yahoo.com wrote: On Apr 18, 5:51 pm, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: And yet the carnal sins are less bad than the spiritual sins of which we need look no further than to our great and good to see represented

Re: [RBW] fatter tires for 26 wheels

2010-04-19 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Y'all haven't lived until you've ridden 559X1 (22 mm actual on 19 mm Sun M14A rims, no E) Specialized Turbos: 200 grams of pure powder puff comfort at 90/100; much better than 1.25 Paselas -- and more flat proof, too, here in goathead land. Now if someone would just make them in a 559X28. -- You

Re: [RBW] fatter tires for 26 wheels

2010-04-19 Thread PATRICK MOORE
And 1,500 miles on the rear of a fixed gear with loads, the tire changed before flats multiplied. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:06 PM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Y'all haven't lived until you've ridden 559X1 (22 mm actual on 19 mm Sun M14A rims, no E) Specialized Turbos: 200 grams

Re: [RBW] fatter tires for 26 wheels

2010-04-20 Thread PATRICK MOORE
extends roughly from 38mm wide to about 48mm. Well, well, stable but nimble is going to depend on the frame. On my Riv Roads, the 22mm Turbos and 23 mm Conti GPs are perfectly stable -- much more so than a 1.25 Pasela on a typical, early '90s unsuspended mountain bike. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque

Re: [RBW] RBW Saddle Height question

2010-04-20 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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[RBW] Wind!

2010-04-21 Thread PATRICK MOORE
when I get the attachments for my new Canon. Probably not up to touring, but better than my Ortleib Packers for shopping. Oh, and big bar bags act like wind rudders in gusty sidewinds; keep a firm grip on your bar! -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore

Re: [RBW] OT: Respect you wheel builder, Rich to be exact

2010-04-21 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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Re: [RBW] Schmidt/BM Bulbs for Sale

2010-04-21 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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Re: [RBW] Wind!

2010-04-21 Thread PATRICK MOORE
. Jim D. Massachusetts --- On *Wed, 4/21/10, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com* wrote: From: PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com Subject: [RBW] Wind! To: rbw-owners-bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 5:35 PM A Sam Hill with big, boxy Axiom Panniers

Re: [RBW] New Bleriot Owner; Mushing thru turns

2010-04-23 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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Re: [RBW] New Bleriot Owner; Mushing thru turns

2010-04-23 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Rock hard? 60 psi??? On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 13:36 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: 45 seems to this particular 170-lb rider rather low for a 32 mm tire. The CdlV is not a 32mm tire. Nominally it's a 38, actual measurement

Re: [RBW] Re: unclaimed custom/Grant

2010-04-23 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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Re: [RBW] Re: unclaimed custom/Grant

2010-04-23 Thread PATRICK MOORE
. (The decoration -- I mean mostly the crown and the paint -- is indeed well done; just fancier than my own taste prefers.) -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because

Re: [RBW] What the H*#L is Squishy? Was New Bleriot Owner; Mushing thru turns

2010-04-23 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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Re: [RBW] Voyager in the Gallery

2010-04-23 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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Re: [RBW] Re: New Bleriot Owner; Mushing thru turns

2010-04-24 Thread PATRICK MOORE
That looks as good as some of the pavement I've ridden on (though ABQ's roads are actually pretty good). *This* is a dirt road: http://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/SAND061909#5349162579787366098 On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Fri, 2010-04-23 at

Re: [RBW] Re: What the H*#L is Squishy? Was New Bleriot Owner; Mushing thru turns

2010-04-24 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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Re: [RBW] Daughter's New Whip

2010-04-25 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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Re: [RBW] Daughter's New Whip

2010-04-25 Thread PATRICK MOORE
I meant to add: I find it uncomfortable -- not very much so, but certainly not as comfortable as cork or plastic. I don't wear gloves, so perhaps that is the reason; still, any advantages beside looks? On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 3:59 AM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: 450 miles a month

[RBW] Coth tape; was: Daughter's New Whip

2010-04-25 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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Re: [RBW] Sam goes Outside

2010-04-25 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Jon Grant jgr...@papagrant.com wrote: Jon ³Little Words² Grant, who jest larned thet a nerodia is sum kinda AHHH! SNAKE! in Austin, Texas The short words are the best words, and if the short words are old words, those are the best of all. Winston Churchill

Re: [RBW] Re: silvers v. dura-ace

2010-04-25 Thread PATRICK MOORE
The Silvers shift better than any friction shifter, bar end, trigger or down tube, that I have ever used, including Retrofriction downtubers. My only complaint with the long levers is that they end up exactly at the level of my top-tube-mounted pump, but that's not their fault. -- You received

Re: [RBW] Re: Hobbies that compliment your Rivendell lifestyle

2010-04-26 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:43 AM, rswat...@me.com wrote: Is eating a hobby? Only if you do it yourself. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe

Re: [RBW] Re: silvers v. dura-ace

2010-04-26 Thread PATRICK MOORE
The shifter knocks the pump off the frame. On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 6:24 AM, JoelMatthews joelmatth...@mac.com wrote: And why is that bad? Dings, dents, scratches. On Apr 26, 6:10 am, happyriding happyrid...@yahoo.com wrote: On Apr 25, 8:22 pm, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [RBW] Re: silvers v. dura-ace

2010-04-26 Thread PATRICK MOORE
, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: The Silvers shift better than any friction shifter, bar end, trigger or down tube, that I have ever used, including Retrofriction downtubers. My only complaint with the long levers is that they end up exactly at the level of my top-tube-mounted pump

Re: [RBW] Re: silvers v. dura-ace vrs Suntour

2010-04-27 Thread PATRICK MOORE
and how does everyone feel the Suntour bar ends are compared to the others? Do you mean the old power ratchets? I've not used the Dura Aces (or, at least, I've only used the circa 1976 Dura Aces, but not the more recent ones -- that's both true and a joke, folks, and you can apply for an

Re: [RBW] Re: Sam goes Outside

2010-04-27 Thread PATRICK MOORE
or road abuse, which will have your gears slipping and singing. Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group

Re: [RBW] Re: Speed Up My Sam

2010-04-27 Thread PATRICK MOORE
There is one more thing to say in favor of a racing position; though this term is really a false one, since it is used by riders who have no thought whatsoever of racing; and that is that it is in a sense more comfortable for putting out power if you like to push yourself. The butt-back, lower bar

Re: [RBW] Re: Speed Up My Sam

2010-04-27 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:32 PM, benzzoy benz...@yahoo.com wrote: I also have significant reservations about the heavy wheels comments. Anyone with a trainer can try this out: Rack each bike up on the trainer, disengage the drag mechanism, and pedal. Put on some load and then pedal again.

Re: [RBW] Re: Speed Up My Sam

2010-04-27 Thread PATRICK MOORE
as you please, you'd find the lighter wheel easier to get up the hill. On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Anne Paulson anne.paul...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:29 PM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Not when you are climbing; the difference between a heavy wheel

Re: [RBW] Re: Hobbies that compliment your Rivendell lifestyle

2010-04-27 Thread PATRICK MOORE
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