[RBW] Re: Albatross bars
+1 on wrapping the curved part of the bars to give another hand position. I also installed some interrupter brakes. http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2008/cc181r2-clivestandley0808.html On Mar 8, 12:02 am, "Bill M." wrote: > I wrapped the area forward of the brake levers on mine. That's a nice > alternate hand position. > > Bill > > Angus wrote: > > This weekend I changed to Albatross handlebars on my All-Rounder. If > > anyone has any suggestions/hints/advice I would welcome the input. > > Many thanks to Keven & Grant at RBW for the quick answers to my e-mail > > questions. > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/16951...@n08/3336687848/ > > > I made the change to give myself a bike with a much more upright > > riding position; I was delt a back that sometimes behaves and feels > > great and other times is painful and stiff. These bars sure seem > > comfy so far! > > > Angus --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Albatross bars
Its interesting to read that you have never felt slower on your bike. I had the opposite experience on a street converted mountain bike using albatross bars and cork grips. I have not ridden a bike as fast and as good on hills as this combo and I never had sore hands or a sore backside. I use a B66 and my tires are 1.5 inch wide pumped to 80 psi. I like the combo so much I am seriously considering changing my drop bar Atlantis clone bike to Albatross bars or maybe mustache bars. I'd have to get a wider saddle for that so I can't do it now but I'm liking the idea. I want to be able to ride 50 miles with no @$$ pain or numb hands and so far this conversion bike is really better than anything I have been riding and I've tried every Riv trick in the book. On Mar 8, 8:29 am, Dead Mike wrote: > I do the same thing with angling the bars slightly downward to give > myself a more natural wrist position. I've never felt slower on my > upright, but I also haven't felt more comfortable, either. > > On Mar 8, 10:14 am, beth h wrote: > > > You don't say what you switched from (I'll assume drops). When I > > converted back to uprights from drops on my LongLow I took a friend's > > advice to swap in a longer stem. Albatross and NorthRoad style bars > > put the hand position farther back than expected so this turned out to > > be good advice. My LongLow -- and my Xtracycle, which also uses a > > North Road bar -- both ride VERY comfortably. > > > I angle the ends down slightly, if that helps. > > > Cheers--Beth > > > On Mar 7, 3:42 pm, Angus wrote: > > > > This weekend I changed to Albatross handlebars on my All-Rounder. If > > > anyone has any suggestions/hints/advice I would welcome the input. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Albatross bars
Maybe its because the albatross bars allow me to look around a little bit more when I'm fully upright. With so much more to see, why hurry? On Mar 21, 10:53 am, charlie wrote: > Its interesting to read that you have never felt slower on your bike. > I had the opposite experience on a street converted mountain bike > using albatross bars and cork grips. I have not ridden a bike as fast > and as good on hills as this combo and I never had sore hands or a > sore backside. I use a B66 and my tires are 1.5 inch wide pumped to 80 > psi. I like the combo so much I am seriously considering changing my > drop bar Atlantis clone bike to Albatross bars or maybe mustache bars. > I'd have to get a wider saddle for that so I can't do it now but I'm > liking the idea. I want to be able to ride 50 miles with no @$$ pain > or numb hands and so far this conversion bike is really better than > anything I have been riding and I've tried every Riv trick in the > book. > > On Mar 8, 8:29 am, Dead Mike wrote: > > > I do the same thing with angling the bars slightly downward to give > > myself a more natural wrist position. I've never felt slower on my > > upright, but I also haven't felt more comfortable, either. > > > On Mar 8, 10:14 am, beth h wrote: > > > > You don't say what you switched from (I'll assume drops). When I > > > converted back to uprights from drops on my LongLow I took a friend's > > > advice to swap in a longer stem. Albatross and NorthRoad style bars > > > put the hand position farther back than expected so this turned out to > > > be good advice. My LongLow -- and my Xtracycle, which also uses a > > > North Road bar -- both ride VERY comfortably. > > > > I angle the ends down slightly, if that helps. > > > > Cheers--Beth > > > > On Mar 7, 3:42 pm, Angus wrote: > > > > > This weekend I changed to Albatross handlebars on my All-Rounder. If > > > > anyone has any suggestions/hints/advice I would welcome the input. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Connecting ROB'ers
I get a general sense of where a lot of the frequent contributors are based on stories and pictures, but I'm wondering if there is another way that we can essentially map out where members are? It might be a little easier than asking, "Hey, anyone in or near Iowa?" Has there ever been discussion related to creating regional chapters or regional events for members? I love riding, don't have a lot of folks around here that like "non-racing" rides and have wondered how many other ROB'ers might be in my neck of the woods. (I'm prefacing this with..."I'm not a fast rider, but I like creative long rides and love talkin' shop.") I know Forrest is in Iowa City. I've seen a Bleriot in the East Village of Des Moines. I think there might be a few other folks in Iowa, but may be spread out a bit. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Connecting ROB'ers
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Mike Irwin wrote: > > I get a general sense of where a lot of the frequent contributors are > based on stories and pictures, but I'm wondering if there is another > way that we can essentially map out where members are? It might be a > little easier than asking, "Hey, anyone in or near Iowa?" > > Has there ever been discussion related to creating regional chapters > or regional events for members? I love riding, don't have a lot of > folks around here that like "non-racing" rides and have wondered how > many other ROB'ers might be in my neck of the woods. (I'm prefacing > this with..."I'm not a fast rider, but I like creative long rides and > love talkin' shop.") > > I know Forrest is in Iowa City. > I've seen a Bleriot in the East Village of Des Moines. > I think there might be a few other folks in Iowa, but may be spread > out a bit. > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ > ONe thing is we can put location in our sig. line. That was suggested a while ago, and I like that as a start. Although gmail possibly cuts that off... DE -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Connecting ROB'ers
We can also set up a Frappr map. Someone among us must be techie enough to do that. Bruce in Prattville AL From: David Estes To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 12:36:17 PM Subject: [RBW] Re: Connecting ROB'ers On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Mike Irwin wrote: I get a general sense of where a lot of the frequent contributors are based on stories and pictures, but I'm wondering if there is another way that we can essentially map out where members are? It might be a little easier than asking, "Hey, anyone in or near Iowa?" Has there ever been discussion related to creating regional chapters or regional events for members? I love riding, don't have a lot of folks around here that like "non-racing" rides and have wondered how many other ROB'ers might be in my neck of the woods. (I'm prefacing this with..."I'm not a fast rider, but I like creative long rides and love talkin' shop.") I know Forrest is in Iowa City. I've seen a Bleriot in the East Village of Des Moines. I think there might be a few other folks in Iowa, but may be spread out a bit. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Connecting ROB'ers
on 3/21/09 9:16 AM, Mike Irwin at rivendellbrownbom...@gmail.com wrote: > I get a general sense of where a lot of the frequent contributors are > based on stories and pictures, but I'm wondering if there is another > way that we can essentially map out where members are? It might be a > little easier than asking, "Hey, anyone in or near Iowa?" > > Has there ever been discussion related to creating regional chapters > or regional events for members? I love riding, don't have a lot of > folks around here that like "non-racing" rides and have wondered how > many other ROB'ers might be in my neck of the woods. (I'm prefacing > this with..."I'm not a fast rider, but I like creative long rides and > love talkin' shop.") > > I know Forrest is in Iowa City. > I've seen a Bleriot in the East Village of Des Moines. > I think there might be a few other folks in Iowa, but may be spread > out a bit. There's been some discussion of that. I think the SoCal Folks have been the most effective at it so far. "SoCal Social Rides" look great! I did create a Rivendell Owner's Bunch on Facebook, which can help find folks if they have joined "Geographic" groups. I'm not really pushing FB, as I have some reservations about it, and I don't really think it lends itself well to the kind of more thoughtful discussions we tend to have on this group. (I will also remind folks that posts to this list are publically readable via the RBW Google Groups page, so any disclosure of private locational info should be done with that in mind.) That being said, I think group rides require only two people to make it a group. (Although it does need three people to be a movement...) Put on the best show you can for whoever shows up. Set a date far enough out, have a good route planned and have fun! It also seems like folks are happy to show vistors around on their local routes. So, the odd "Hey, I'm heading to Barstow this weekend - any good rides?" post would probably drum up a response. - Jim GeoLoc - Earth/USA/CA/SFBayArea/NorthBay -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Your Photos are needed! - Send them here - http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines "I threw one leg over my battle-scarred all-terrain stump-jumper and rode several miles to work. I'd sprayed it with some cheap gold paint so it wouldn't look nice. Locked my bike to a radiator, because you never knew, and went in." -- Neal Stephenson, "Zodiac" --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Connecting ROB'ers
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, CycloFiend wrote: > -snip- > > It also seems like folks are happy to show vistors around on their local > routes. So, the odd "Hey, I'm heading to Barstow this weekend - any good > rides?" post would probably drum up a response. > > - Jim > > GeoLoc - Earth/USA/CA/SFBayArea/NorthBay > -- > > Sorry Jim, I won't be able to meet you for the Barstow ride. A little more notice and maybe next time. DE -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Gauging interest - anyone want to buy my 51cm Bleriot ?
I like the color choice. If it were a 59cm and I had money I would buy it. On Mar 20, 10:25 am, Len Grossman wrote: > hi all - thinking of selling my Bleriot to finance a Hillborne. sale > would be > frame/fork/headset. excellent lightly used condition. pics here > (looks even better in > person): > > http://www.assenmachers.com/Picture%20Gallery%20Rivendell%20Bleriot.htm > > note that the correct headbadge was later installed, and that the > headtube lug > window fill (which was on top of the clearcoat) was removed (looks > better without it). > > price would be 695 plus shipping. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Connecting ROB'ers
On Mar 21, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Bruce wrote: > We can also set up a Frappr map. Someone among us must be techie > enough to do that. ISTR that has already been done, but maybe it was the iBOB list. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Connecting ROB'ers
yes, the Bobs From: Tim McNamara To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 4:50:23 PM Subject: [RBW] Re: Connecting ROB'ers On Mar 21, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Bruce wrote: > We can also set up a Frappr map. Someone among us must be techie > enough to do that. ISTR that has already been done, but maybe it was the iBOB list. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Connecting ROB'ers
on 3/21/09 1:50 PM, Tim McNamara at tim...@bitstream.net wrote: > On Mar 21, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Bruce wrote: > >> We can also set up a Frappr map. Someone among us must be techie >> enough to do that. > > ISTR that has already been done, but maybe it was the iBOB list. That was the iBob list - http://www.frappr.com/boblist I must say, when it got setup, there was not so much visual noise on the Frappr page. And I don't remember the interface being quite so klunky. Plus, it seems to have dumped my photos at some point, so I had to add them again. - Jim -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes The Gallery needs your photos! Send 'em in - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines "She edged in to get a better look at the bike, how it was made, the intricacy of its brakes and shifters pulling her straight in. Beauty." -- William Gibson, "Virtual Light" --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
