Chain bits are the last word in "defensive parts hoarding", right up there with old cogs & short bits of cable.
dougP On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 4:52:53 AM UTC-8, Ron Mc wrote: > > > <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/700c/aP1070006.jpg> > > Don't remember what I was looking for, but I was shuffling through cigar > boxes just the other day. Came across all those little segments of chain > and wondering why I kept them. Now I know. > > > On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 12:00:16 AM UTC-6, Joe Bernard wrote: >> >> Actually, if you have to splice two chains together, it is, by >> definition, a biggie. I made a joke! >> >> Joe "tip your waiter" Bernard >> Vallejo, CA. >> >> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 9:18:46 PM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >>> Two bad jokes! I love it. That's a double raspberry! It's believable >>> that a normal length chain would work with a 40t big ring with the >>> long-a-stays. People that decide to go with a 48t big ring will most >>> likely have to splice something together. No biggie. >>> >>> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 9:06:30 PM UTC-8, grant wrote: >>>> >>>> We nailed it at 117 links! Bad joke. It's 116, as I recall. That's with >>>> a 28 x 24 double up front and an 11 x 26 rear. Another bad joke. >>>> I believe it really is 116. Mark was putting together the first one and >>>> called us around to see. But that is with a 40t big ring, which makes >>>> sense >>>> on a bike like this. >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 9:53:28 AM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>>>> >>>>> You mentioned the longer chainstays in the blug, Grant. You didn't >>>>> mention that only the two larger sizes were getting the longer stays >>>>> prior >>>>> to this post, but people noticed the difference with the build pics of >>>>> the >>>>> 50 came up on the BLUG. >>>>> >>>>> Will the long-a-stay sizes need a longer-than-standard chain? >>>>> 116links is the normal size, right? >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 9:32:17 AM UTC-8, grant wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Too many guys wanted the mixte but not the Betty, so we renamed the >>>>>> Betty, and then for the fun of it, lengthened the chainstays on the two >>>>>> larger models (part of the "longer chainstays are better" craze around >>>>>> here >>>>>> lately). The diaga-stay angle varies with the frame size because of the >>>>>> tricky lower seat tube intersection. The 60 has a diff lug than the 50, >>>>>> 55. >>>>>> >>>>>> On an anally faux-French level there would be no variation, but to me >>>>>> (whose vote counts, I can't help that part), 1/4 of the beauty--the deep >>>>>> inner secret beauty--of the Cheviot/Betty is something that is hard to >>>>>> describe in words without seeming to sound like---"that's not what I >>>>>> MEANT!" >>>>>> >>>>>> But some of the ingredients of the description are here: *It is as >>>>>> good a bike as I can design, it has crazy unnecessary flourishes (the >>>>>> seat >>>>>> lug in particular, and the fork crown), and the graphics are spectacular >>>>>> and unique, and yet it is (the hard part to describe) slightly rough >>>>>> around >>>>>> the edges in a way that would be unacceptable for a showstopper that >>>>>> costs >>>>>> 2.5x as much, but is not just ACceptable for a bike of this price, but >>>>>> actually adds to it in a humility kind of way.* >>>>>> >>>>>> A critic would call that a cop-out, but would be wrong. We're not out >>>>>> to appeal to the wannabe 1950's professor with a pipe. We want, and I >>>>>> want, the Cheviot to be under the butts of super normal people who are >>>>>> open >>>>>> to a new world of bikes and a way of looking at them. I am probably too >>>>>> involved in the bike to try to describe it at this emotional level, but >>>>>> it >>>>>> is something like that. I think it should be the most popular bike we've >>>>>> ever made, but I also know diagatube and stays represent a high hurdle >>>>>> to >>>>>> many, and that's OK, too. It's not like it's a high-volume bike. We're >>>>>> getting in about 2.2 per state, early March. I hope we can sell that >>>>>> many >>>>>> before August, and then the nexties might be in January. >>>>>> >>>>>> I can't believe I didn't mention the longer chainstays, but I'm glad >>>>>> it came up. It was a "can't see the forest for the trees" thing. >>>>>> >>>>>> G >>>>>> >>>>>> G >>>>>> >>>>>> On Saturday, January 18, 2014 9:50:33 PM UTC-8, Christopher Mungioli >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So what's the story with the new Cheviot? There still isn't a >>>>>>> description up on the site, and just from looking at pictures its hard >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> tell what makes it that much different from a betty foy, so why the >>>>>>> change? Anyone have the details? >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
