Thanks for the reports, particularly to Johann and Tom who have saved me $120 and shipping. Too bad, though.
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Johan Larsson <[email protected]> wrote: > I must say that Poncho have been a big disappointment. I'm 6'2"/188 cm, > and I can only use it on one bike I have that I sit completely straight up > on, that have a short top tube, and have a narrow porteur-type handlebar > that sweeps back. It's dangerous to use on my other bikes, because it's so > tight around the handlebars that it locks the steering. I can't even use it > on my old mountain bike that I also sit upright on, because the handlebars > are too wide. Since it's basically unusable, I have been thinking of > cutting it up and try widening it, gluing in some pieces, because it would > be really great if it would be a little bit wider. Well, unusable is not > correct actually - in fact I must admit it works extremely well on that one > bike mentioned, but that makes it the more frustrating not being able to > use it on the bikes I ride the most. The circumference around the hips and > handlebars would need to be maybe 15-20 cm/6-8 inches longer for it to work > for me on "normal" bikes. > > Johan Larsson, > Sweden > > On Sunday, October 5, 2014 10:03:22 PM UTC+2, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/ar1.htm >> >> Is it capacious enough for a 6 footer who rides on hoods or hooks, and >> who likes bars that are relatively distant from saddle nose? I gave up on >> the Carradice nylon poncho because it fit only "sit up and beg". (Duxback >> too hot. Use Campmor now, but that's flimsy.) >> >> Inviting comments only from those who have used the Grunden. >> >> Patrick Moore, "fastboy" in a very aspirational sense only, in ABQ, NM, >> where it rains in an aspirational sense only.* >> >> *(Akshually, we've had good 'monsoons' in '14 and '13. Ponchos are nice >> even if one uses them only 2X/year.) >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> >> ************************************* >> * "Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to >> never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from >> it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* >> * "Nothing outside you can give you any place," he said. "You needn't to >> look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind >> it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into >> somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your >> daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is >> all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was >> any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, >> because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where >> in your time and your body can they be?* >> * "Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you?" he cried. >> "Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where >> Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of >> you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * >> > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* * "Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * "Nothing outside you can give you any place," he said. "You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * "Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you?" he cried. "Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
