After 3-4 years of statewide "extreme" drought, NM has pretty much recovered over the last 2 years, and this winter in particular has been wet, at least by the standards of a city with average citywide rainfall of 9" per annum (it ranges from 5" on the west mesa to 14" at the foothills). Last Saturday saw a good 3 to 4 inches in my area, probably 6" at the far east near the mountains, and "state emergency" (predicted tens of thousands of dead cattle; people stranded for 24 hours in drifts; real snow) amounts in the south -- we got snow, TX got rain. I had a great time on Sunday morning riding in the fresh 4", but came home with a grapefruit-sized ball of ice on my bb. This hack is a cheap and slovenly remedy (my Fargo replacement will have real fenders).
I'm very pleased with the RL. I've still got some tweaking, but it's 85/100 just right. On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 6:02 PM, iamkeith <keithhar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Awesome. That is a true "hack." Does that mean that you've actually > been getting rain and snow in the desert this winter? I've been meaning to > tell you how impressed I am with the way you've figured out and dialed-in > that bike already. I've been riding one or more bontragers continuously > since 1994. For 8 years, my Race was my only functioning bike. Then it > had a baby seat mounted to it. Had a Race Lite briefly, but decided I'm > too heavy. Now on a Ti lite, but working on a non-suspension-corrected OR > at the moment. Thing is, it took me decades to figure out some of the > things you already did - like how much better it rides with a shorter > stem, more seat setback and higher bars. > > On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 5:38:07 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> That looks like a design or a production flaw, to me. If I were you, I'd >> hack a wedge-shaped spacer, and then complain to Rivendell. >> >> I've had my own, self-imposed fender hassles, but nothing like this! >> >> I append for comic relief the fender arrangement (I am going to market >> this system under the trade name, HalfAssed Fenders) I hacked today for my >> Race Lite, which has no fender bosses, no hole in the fork crown, and brake >> boosters that clear the new, larger tires by about 1/4". >> >> >> -- > 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 to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://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 ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* Carthusian motto -- 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 to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
