The Pugsley suffers from a lot of misconceptions. It works pretty well
on hard-packed snow, such as the groomed snowmobile/ski trails where a
lot of winter bike races are held. But in rutted ice and pie-dough
street snow, it can get pushed around like any other bike. Forget
about notions of floati
Thanks for the replies.
I can understand where tapping a headtube could be tedious and
possibly invite the big "Uh-Oh!"
If the badge wasn't so purty, I doubt I would be inclined to inspect
it so well. Most of my concern was about the integrity of the bond
and the possibility of noticing the bad
on 2/1/09 3:25 PM, Marty at mgie...@mac.com wrote:
> You should be able to visit the Rivendell bikes pages on Flickr and
> search on Bombadil. The photos for mine are under the name wild629.
> I've received comments on one or two, so I think everyone can see
> them. I have not set anything to a mo
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Patrick in VT wrote:
>
> anything over 6-8 inches and it doesn't much matter unless you have a
> Pugsley.
>
How does a Pugsley work for different snowy conditions? Do people find
it to be a good snow bike? How about ice?
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-- Anne Paulson
My hovercraft is fu
Hi,
This will be my first time building up an atlantis and I was
wondering if anyone had any special suggestions or hints on things I
should do differently for this bike than any other.
Thanks,
-sv
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Take a peek at these photos showing my Atlantis w/ a combo of
Nanoraptors and Exiwolfs mounted on 44mm wide SnowCat rims:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28720...@n02/
You can order 700c (aka 29'er) SnowCats from http://paramountcyclesak.com/.
More SnowCat info from the original source:
http://ww
Lots of good advice here. I have an opinion to add, from my own
extensive experience riding on snow and ice: Prepare to crash. I am a
confident & able bike handler, but have at least one embarrassing eat
per winter. It happens.
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"Enjoy the ride & don't sweat the small stuff."
Well said Doug!
On Feb 1, 6:32 pm, "Doug Peterson" wrote:
> My Atlantis headbadge is glued on. Had the bike 6 years & never noticed.
> Uh, oh, shows how thoroughly I clean! In the past, I've had other bikes
> with glued headbadges, back when bi
err, when I say "put up" I mean folded up, as in folded in half, for the summer.
clearly there is no danger of freezing temperatures anywhere in Texas
in the summertime, except maybe at the 8700' peak of Mt. Guadalupe.
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Jim Bronson wrote:
> We have signs like that
We have signs like that in Texas. They fold in the middle and are put
up around March or April for obvious reasons. Here's one example.
http://k43.pbase.com/o4/89/475089/1/52753505.WatchforIceonBridgeTerellTX.jpg
They are all over the state, of course, Texas is a huge state and they
are far m
"b" Gulf of Mexico
Angus
On Feb 1, 6:13 pm, "Doug Peterson" wrote:
> Not be outdone by anyone from LA, the posted photo was taken within a short
> bike ride from what major water body? (and it's not the Great Lakes!). Is
> this near:
> a) Atlantic Ocean
> b) Gulf of Mexico
> c: Pacific Ocean
My Atlantis headbadge is glued on. Had the bike 6 years & never noticed.
Uh, oh, shows how thoroughly I clean! In the past, I've had other bikes
with glued headbadges, back when bikes had headbadges. Don't forget, lots
of parts of an airplane are glued together. It's not necessarily a skimp.
E
FWIW: Have never used STI. It's beyond my technical envelope & budget.
-Original Message-
From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
[mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of James Warren
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 9:31 AM
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: [
Uh, oh, you've got one those living in your head too? That's actually a
relief to know I'm not alone on that.
Bike works fine; just that annoying, nagging,...
_
From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
[mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of PATRICK MOORE
Sent: Sunday, Fe
Not be outdone by anyone from LA, the posted photo was taken within a short
bike ride from what major water body? (and it's not the Great Lakes!). Is
this near:
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Gulf of Mexico
c: Pacific Ocean
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33786...@n03/3245976476/
No prizes will be awarded,
I think about 9.5 years ago I got to witness a part of the evolution of the
headbadge attachment method.
When I had a Heron Touring back in 1999, it was when they came directly from
Rivendell. At that time, Rivendell offered two bikes: The fancy Rivendell with
its screwed-on headbadge and the
You should be able to visit the Rivendell bikes pages on Flickr and
search on Bombadil. The photos for mine are under the name wild629.
I've received comments on one or two, so I think everyone can see
them. I have not set anything to a more private mode. Let me know if
you still can't see them an
I've owned early Paramounts and early Treks - both with screwed on
badges. Very fussy and delicate work to get the head tube tapped
right, and it seemed one screw or the other was always working loose.
Once those microscopic screws hit the floor, well, you get the
picture. Not sure about all the R
on 1/30/09 5:28 PM, Jock Scott at ebko...@gmail.com wrote:
> While giving my AHH some post-ride love, I looked closely at the
> headbadge. Is there some [good] reason RBW wouldn't fasten the
> headbadge to the tube with screws or rivets as opposed to glue? It
> appears they used a sealant/adhesi
Well, I think you have to go with a squadron of Bleriots!
I found Rivendell by doing an net search for steel bikes... I had no
idea the word had anything to do with LOTR! Heck, I just figured out
Legolas was an elf or something like that...never was much of a LOTR
fan.
On Jan 31, 7:22 am, Tim M
The headbadge on my Bleriot is glued and, I agree that it would have
been much nicer to have it screwed or at least glued so there wasn't a
gap... But, if that's the only thing I can complain about
On Feb 1, 12:59 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
wrote:
> The Riv badges, at least on product
The Riv badges, at least on production bikes, have been glued for a
long time, maybe forever(?).
On Jan 30, 7:28 pm, Jock Scott wrote:
> While giving my AHH some post-ride love, I looked closely at the
> headbadge. Is there some [good] reason RBW wouldn't fasten the
> headbadge to the tube with
While giving my AHH some post-ride love, I looked closely at the
headbadge. Is there some [good] reason RBW wouldn't fasten the
headbadge to the tube with screws or rivets as opposed to glue? It
appears they used a sealant/adhesive such as Goop. There is a
definite gap between the headtube and
on 2/1/09 10:41 AM, MichaelH at mhech...@gmail.com wrote:
> Pardon my ineptness. There is something about Flicker that seems to
> baffle me. The link you provided takes me to the "home" page for
> Rivendell submissions, and a search on Bombadil does not lad me to any
> frames under the name of
I see that Avid has changed the design of their Shorty 6 and Shorty 4
brakes. I wonder if the new design helps eliminate the long
cantilever/narrow rim effect that the old style brakes (Avids, Oryxes,
etc.) seem to produce. I've had squeal problems with my old-style
Shorty 6s and I'm thinking of
Pardon my ineptness. There is something about Flicker that seems to
baffle me. The link you provided takes me to the "home" page for
Rivendell submissions, and a search on Bombadil does not lad me to any
frames under the name of Marty. Can you give more specific
directions?
thanks, michael
On
Since most of us have visited Sheldon's discussion of brake
installation I won't mention it, but if you haven't read it lately you
can get there via the above Koolstop Supra 2 link. (http://
sheldonbrown.com/harris/brakeshoes.html#supra2)
My experience has been good with these assymetrical plowti
The dark secret of STI. I don't know how it gets such a free ride on
this score: it is just terrible for triples in the front. I wish the
cycling world would acknowledge that in a bigger way.
So limiting, so many compromises. And I like STI for the rear shift,
but I won't use it, because of th
On Jan 30, 2:44 pm, Eric Norris wrote:
> Anybody have a recommendation or two for a great bike shop in SF near
> the USF medical center?
>
> --Eric
On a visit to SF, I discovered HeavyMetal BikeShop
"We have a small shop full of classic used bikes, frames and parts for
sale. We also carr
The affect on front shifting is negligible with friction shifting. In
our experience, it is almost impossible to get STI to work right on
the front of an Atlantis.
On Jan 31, 11:04 pm, "Doug Peterson" wrote:
> We had a thread a few days ago regarding correct BB length for an Atlantis.
> Riv's we
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Doug Peterson wrote:
> We had a thread a few days ago regarding correct BB length for an
> Atlantis. Riv's website says 107. Mine came with a 115. Standard build of
> Sugino XD crank w/24/36/46 rings, & 8 speed. There were several opinions
> regarding the re
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