I am hopeful I will be able to get a Hebie that fits my new IGH. Chicago certainly does not get the snow and cold as bad as Minneapolis, but the city really goes nuts with the salt.
Crazy as it sounds, it is arguably better to bike in Alaska or somewhere at higher elevation where lower temps keep the snow frozen. The snow slush salt mix in Chicago is just miserable. El Nino winters tend to bring less snow to Chicago. I am keeping my fingers crossed. On Nov 24, 8:53 am, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: > The reviews I have read of the Hebie are that it works very well > indeed. The downside is that it only fits a few specific gear > combinations. > > On Nov 23, 2009, at 8:43 PM, jim_OLP wrote: > > > > > That Hebie think is the most interesting gadget I've seen in a long > > time! Not cheap, but if it really, really, really works, it could be > > great. On the other hand many a "protective" cover turns out to be > > merely a hard-to clean accumulator of whatever it was supposed to keep > > out. > > > I ride during the winter, on the Neptunian streets of Minneapolis, and > > chains are just eaten alive here. > > > On Nov 23, 2:40 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > >>> Who's making these chain covers? > > >> Jim: > > >> There was a discussion on same over in the Peter White Bike group. > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle/browse_thread/ > >> thread/... > > >> Consensus is the best were by the linked German company. The chain > >> rubs against the guard, yes. But it remains relatively free of > >> winter > >> road gunk. > > >> On Nov 20, 4:47 pm, jim_OLP <j...@landoloons.com> wrote: > > >>> Who's making these chain covers? > > >>> On Nov 20, 5:03 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > >>>> In snowy salty conditions having no derailer to jam up with gunk > >>>> while > >>>> riding and less to clean (in fact there are German companies making > >>>> swell plastic chain devices that snap over IGH drivetrains) hen you > >>>> come home from an enjoyable ride enhances the fun. > > >>>> Depending on what your riding circumstances are, an IGH can be a > >>>> good > >>>> choice. > > >>>> On Nov 19, 11:27 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Tim McNamara > >>>>> <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: > > >>>>>> On Nov 19, 2009, at 5:16 PM, CycloFiend wrote: > > >>>>>>> on 11/19/09 5:39 AM, Mark at mclbicy...@gmail.com wrote: > > >>>>>>>> Efficiency is a funny word to those who ride a bike for fun! > >>>>>>>> I agree > >>>>>>>> it may be important if you are in competition, but when I > >>>>>>>> ride and I > >>>>>>>> am out looking at the birds and the beautiful scenery, > >>>>>>>> effeciency? > > >>>>> Would you find a very poorly maintained bike fun to ride, even > >>>>> slowly? --one > >>>>> with inefficient brakes, sluggish tires, excessively tight > >>>>> bearings, badly > >>>>> lubed chain, handlebar awry, saddle badly placed, left pedal > >>>>> broken, > >>>>> derailleur mis-adjusted, and so forth? That's extreme, of > >>>>> course, but the > >>>>> extremes define the middle. All things being equal, of course > >>>>> an efficient > >>>>> bike is more fun, even if you are not trying to go particularly > >>>>> fast, since > >>>>> it does what you want it to do better than one that is not > >>>>> efficient. And > >>>>> the coincidence of "what you want" and "what you get" makes for > >>>>> fun! > > >>>>> Patrick "efficient cyclist and epistemologist" Moore > > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Patrick Moore > >>>>> Albuquerque, NM > >>>>> For professional resumes, contact > >>>>> Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com > >>>>> (505) 227-0523- Hide quoted text - > > >>> - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > > 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 from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch > > +unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/ > > group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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 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.
