[RBW] ISO: ThumbShifter Mount handlebar clamp for Silver shifter

Hey gang Upgrading to a Silver2 *X* shifter and the mount is currently out of stock. Hoping someone has an *X* style mount they'd be willing to part with. Off list responses please, thanks! Jared 93401 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners B

[RBW] Re: What made you a bikey?

Good thread, Joe. For me, bikes were a key part of my life from the moment I learned to ride a bike (which was age 6, so much later than typical especially these days). I lived directly adjacent to a huge forest with an impressive trail network, and my family would often vacation at various fi

[RBW] Re: What made you a bikey?

I love these stories! They're bringing back stuff I probably haven't thought of since the days when they happened, the welder one was wa back there in the recesses. Your "going over the guardrail" reminds me of the time my uncle - about 5 years older, we were both still kids - took me to S

Re: [RBW] Re: sticky thing for keeping headbadge on bike

Every Schwann head badge I’ve removed or installed used little tapered screws , the taper allowed them to get nice and snug in the thick steel head tubes. I just located a head badge and I’m willing to bet the the screws are somewhere in the same drawer of the toolbox where I put them over 35 y

[RBW] Re: What made you a bikey?

There has never been a lag for me, it started on S.O.S Drive in Walnut Creek, less than a mile from where Rivendell currently resides At under 3 years old I would push my tricycle up the hill and put my knee on the seat to race down (tricycles are fixed gear😉) One day I came racing into the driv

[RBW] Re: What made you a bikey?

Several entries have reminded me that there actually wasn't a huge gulf between my 'kid on a bike' days and 'being a bikey' but in those days I didn't understand there was a thing called cycling, we just rode our bikes. Leah's story reminded me of the welder guy on our block, which is where all

Re: [RBW] What made you a bikey?

Love this thread. I always loved bikes, I remember pedaling my own hand-me-down banana seat bike shirtless around the neighborhood at age 6 or so. Age 12 I started babysitting for a family that had a used FRENCH ROAD RACING BIKE sitting on their porch—that no one rode! I’d discovered that bike

[RBW] Re: What made you a bikey?

My re-immersion in cycling followed a fairly rapid progression of graduation, commission, service in the military and a month and a half at Walter Reed. I had a rough recovery and did lots of reading and talking to folks about mountain bikes and their riding in the kinds of places I risked wit

Re: [RBW] Need 700x45C recommendations, please

I hate to be that person who recommends the thing you *just* said you don't want, but as a not-small person I've had impressively good luck on Rene Herse's 700x44 Snoqualmie Pass with the Endurance casing. The combo of the tougher casing and wider width (which allowed lower tire pressures) let m

Re: [RBW] Bikes on eBay, CraigsLIst, and Other Sites

Quickbeam 61cm (listed as 24", verify with seller) $1250 Walnut Creek, CA https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/d/alamo-rivendell-quickbeam-24/7375332438.html Atlantis 64cm $2600 Reno, NV https://reno.craigslist.org/bik/d/reno-rivendell-atlantis-rohloff/7375321284.html -- You received this messa

Re: [RBW] What made you a bikey?

I was 18 and was a bit chubby. I decided I needed to find some exercise to keep me fit and knew I needed to settle on something I enjoyed so that I’d keep at it. I hated jogging but loved riding and rode all over town up until I got my license on my 16th birthday. So bicycles it was. The first

Re: [RBW] What made you a bikey?

I've been riding a bike since I was able to straddle our no-name shared spray painted green kids bike, with a gold striped banana seat. I still remember taking off down the driveway with training wheels yip ! It was like when a bird takes it's first flight . there's no going back n

Re: [RBW] Need 700x45C recommendations, please

If 700x43 is okay, Gravel King SS has a really useful mixed tread. On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 6:29 PM EricP wrote: > Looking to put the biggest tires I can on my early Sam Hillborne. With the > sidepulls, 45mm is supposedly max. So what's out there? I have the Kendas > from the Clem on there now. He

Re: [RBW] HUGE Rivendell archive update: Catalogs, flyers, brochures and more

Peace and love, everyone! EricP -- I don't have a Hillborne brochure or the other small folded article pamphlet thing! DM sent ;) On Friday, September 3, 2021 at 6:25:07 PM UTC-4 EricP wrote: > Thanks for doing this. That took a lot of work. > > Notice that you didn't include the Sam Hillborn

Re: [RBW] Re: sticky thing for keeping headbadge on bike

Thanks, Laing. That is what I expected to be the case. On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 1:38 PM lconley wrote: > Varsity headbadges were attached with screws as were other Schwinns, > including the Paramount. I used one of the screw holes to route my internal > light wiring on my Paramount. > > Laing > >

[RBW] Need 700x45C recommendations, please

Looking to put the biggest tires I can on my early Sam Hillborne. With the sidepulls, 45mm is supposedly max. So what's out there? I have the Kendas from the Clem on there now. Heavy and slow, but very reliable. As I am very heavy don't want to try the Rene Herse (Grand Bois) again. Had a set o

Re: [RBW] What made you a bikey?

I was an avid cyclist as a small child -- recall an early family photo of myself and friend, age about 8, posing proudly with our cruisers -- interesting: his was a very ancient 28" wheel, but American wheels, cruiser; mine a 24" wheel JC Higgins -- but started self-consciously identifying with bic

[RBW] Re: FS: three sets of 700c tires

the gravelkings and somas are spoken for. i'm open to any reasonable offer on the schwalbes. (shipping will cost me $15.50, so consider that the base price, plus whatever the tires are worth to you). thanks again for helping me clean out my garage! paul takoma park, md. -- You received thi

Re: [RBW] HUGE Rivendell archive update: Catalogs, flyers, brochures and more

Thanks for doing this. That took a lot of work. Notice that you didn't include the Sam Hillborne brochure or the small folded piece that has a couple of short articles (the shoes ruse) and then the other side has the bikes available. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Friday, September 3, 2021 at 3:21

[RBW] Re: New Wheels for Clem; need advice

Good luck with whatever you choose. For my weight, the stock wheels on the Clem Jr. L are fine. But the tires had to go. They're now on my Hillborne and am seriously searching for something else in 700x45. That bike is now slower than the Clem, which shouldn't be the case. Eric Platt St. Paul,

[RBW] Re: What made you a bikey?

All the neighborhood kids had bikes. Pretty sure mine was a Sears model with solid rubber tires. So I could always lay down a skid on the hill and not worry about blowing out. Then by the time I was in high school, Breaking Away was big. So I got more serious. Bought a 10 speed and over the nex

[RBW] Re: What made you a bikey?

My parents were mot rich, they got me a Columbia fat tired bike from S&W green stamps when I was 13 or so and I was in heaven. The bike got put away when in HS but in my Sr. year of college I bought a Giro D’Italia. I was in heaven. It took me 2 more years to really ride it, why, well I quit

[RBW] Re: What made you a bikey?

Oh, this'll be a fun one! I was 'made' a bikey by a combination of things. It was mostly my time as an undergrad at UC Davis in a town that appreciated and supported bicycles as a major mode of transportation that showed it was possible to live a car free life. The other was dating a girl on t

[RBW] Re: What made you a bikey?

Being newly unemployed and poor, newly single and heartbroken during the great recession. Set up a freecycled, cheap aluminum rear rack on my Surly Cross Check, bungee corded a car camping sleeping bag, pad, and tent to it, and rode up to a spot I knew in Tilden where I figured nobody would bot

Re: [RBW] What made you a bikey?

Being newly unemployed and poor, newly single and heartbroken during the great recession. Set up a free cycled, cheap aluminum rear rack on my Surly Cross Check, bungee corded a car camping sleeping bag, pad, and tent to it, and rode up to a spot I knew in Tilden where I figured nobody would bot

Re: [RBW] What made you a bikey?

After I had to stop coaching Soccer after my fifth knee surgery. I started with a Colnago C40 road bike, it was fast and light. I then had a Heart Attack out of nowhere...and used cycling as a means to recover and started to enjoy my old steel bike. I found a Rivendell Rambo and fitted with Jack

[RBW] Re: What made you a bikey?

I got the Cycling Merit Badge when I was in the Boy Scouts. Had to do 6 @ 25 mile rides and 1 @ 50 mile ride. Did them on a Schwinn Stingray with 20" wheels and a 2 speed kickback Bendix hub in 1969 (13 years old). Then I bought a 10 speed Schwinn Suburban (upright handlebars, kind of albatross

Re: [RBW] What made you a bikey?

For me it was seeing road cyclists out training on Whitney Ave. in Hamden and New Haven, Ct. Most or all were on the Yale cycling team, and they would wave to me when I was riding my Humber Clipper Grand Prix that I got in 1964. Steve On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 4:48 PM Joe Bernard wrote: > Will has

[RBW] What made you a bikey?

Will has an interesting post in the the recent Riv Newsletter about how he and some friends first noticed bikes and got into them. After your initial foray as a kid with a bike, what was the thing that made you notice them later and turn you into an adult-person-cyclist? Mine is similar to Wil

[RBW] Re: i pinched seat tube putting on problem solvers brand front derailleur clamp

I don't know what you used for a torque wrench, but I find the click-type often need to be used a click or two after being set, before it will click over at the set torque. Internal sticktion or something like that. I like to set the torque wrench, and then test it on some bolt that I know is t

[RBW] Re: sticky thing for keeping headbadge on bike

I've never had much long term success with silicone adhesives on metal. 3M's whole business is making things to stick this to that. Their auto trim tape is made to stick metal do-dads to paint. It's the perfect product for reattaching a headbadge to a bike. A $5 roll is easily available and a l

Re: [RBW] HUGE Rivendell archive update: Catalogs, flyers, brochures and more

Eric, Just another list member who's sending you heaps of thanks for taking this project on and sharing with the community. Thank you Thank You THANK YOU!! Cheers, ~Mark Raleigh, NC > On Sep 3, 2021, at 15:59, Olivier Chételat wrote: > > Much much impressive archiving work. Superthanks!

Re: [RBW] HUGE Rivendell archive update: Catalogs, flyers, brochures and more

Much much impressive archiving work. Superthanks! -Oli in SF On Friday, September 3, 2021 at 11:31:26 AM UTC-7 Benjamin Kelley wrote: > Even got a shoutout on the newsletter this week. > Excellent work!. > > --ben in KC > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 6:53 PM Eric Marth wrote: > >> I hope you all enj

Re: [RBW] Re: sticky thing for keeping headbadge on bike

Varsity headbadges were attached with screws as were other Schwinns, including the Paramount. I used one of the screw holes to route my internal light wiring on my Paramount. Laing On Friday, September 3, 2021 at 11:31:42 AM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > I made a head badge, etched with an ung

Re: [RBW] Re: sticky thing for keeping headbadge on bike

I made a head badge, etched with an ungrammatical Latin tag, for my second comprehensive bike build/rebuild circa 1972 (complete strip, repaint, and rebuild of Alvit Varsity), and am quite clear that I didn't drill and tap holes for mounting screws (I was 16 or so and had never heard of such a proc

Re: [RBW] Re: sticky thing for keeping headbadge on bike

GoPro uses the 3M VHB tape for their mounts so it should be plenty strong for most uses. I bought some of these for another project and they have held up well: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HLYCBRI?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title Robert Tilley San Diego, CA Sent from my iPhone > On Sep

Re: [RBW] Re: WTB short extension, tall stack 31.8 quill stem

I have a nitto crust bj stem 31.8, feel free to reach out if interested. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 3, 2021, at 10:41 AM, Coal Bee Rye Anne > wrote: > > Hi Kevin, > > Not 100% what you seek, and this is not immediately available... however, IF > the following scenarios align it is possibl

[RBW] Re: WTB short extension, tall stack 31.8 quill stem

Hi Kevin, Not 100% what you seek, and this is not immediately available... however, IF the following scenarios align it is possible I may have an alternative: Velo Orange quill-to-threadless adapter and 60mm Dimension riser threadless 31.8, 4 bolt stem (both silver.) I'm 90% sure it's 60mm eff

[RBW] Re: WTB short extension, tall stack 31.8 quill stem

You may be better off for now using a Genetic brand quill stem adapter and and the threadless stem extension you need. If you must have that certain road stem look, then of course forget about this ! Something like this for example https://www.nashbar.com/genetic-stem-quill-adapter-1-to

Re: [RBW] Re: i pinched seat tube putting on problem solvers brand front derailleur clamp

Thanks again all - so far i've had very positive experiences taking apart and redoing this bike (i wanted lower gearing and changing the crank and BB magically did that) I feel like while a bike that comes new from Riv is built up much more cleanly and proficiently than I would do - there become

[RBW] WTB short extension, tall stack 31.8 quill stem

Hi all, I know these are hard to find these days but I'm looking for. 60-70mm, 31.8 quill stem with a good amount of stack. The Nitto ones sold by Riv would be great. Something like the Crust UI would as well. I'm using the 80mm VO one now and it's workable, but just a touch longer than ideal

[RBW] Re: New Wheels for Clem; need advice

I'm a huge fan of the Pacenti wheelsets. Affordable, light and well built. On Friday, September 3, 2021 at 9:38:55 AM UTC-4 Ryan wrote: > Hi Joyce > > Lighter tires would be a good first start for the Clem , as Ray mentioned. > If you're interested in high-quality handbuilt wheels such as Joe >

[RBW] Re: 2020 Appaloosa Paint

*I think I remember a video of Mark or Grant (found it here) doing a repair like this: light blue frame that gets chips filled with blobs of red nail polish.* This is a "visible mending" repair which is awesome and becoming a style of sorts (more fo

[RBW] Re: 2020 Appaloosa Paint

I'm personally a fan of just doing clear nail polish to cover scratches as it keeps it rust free and lets you not worry so much about the next time it gets scratched. On Friday, September 3, 2021 at 8:46:57 AM UTC-7 David Hays wrote: > I foolishly forgot to set he limiting screws o the front de

[RBW] 2020 Appaloosa Paint

I foolishly forgot to set he limiting screws o the front derailleur of my orange 2020 Appaloosa before loaning it to my nephew to ride with me. He shifter beyond the small ring dropping the chain that wedged between the crank and the chain stay. My fault. Darn. Later at home I pulled the drive

Re: [RBW] Re: i pinched seat tube putting on problem solvers brand front derailleur clamp

Good comments. Another thing about torque wrenches - IIRC, the ones with the moving indicator-needle-along-a-scale (not the ones that "click" when target torque is achieved), need to be held in a specific way with one's index finger on the wrench arm as a nut or bolt is tightened or you'll get

Re: [RBW] Re: i pinched seat tube putting on problem solvers brand front derailleur clamp

This is maybe the biggest downside about torque specs is that it's easy to lose the natural "hey, I wonder if this is tight enough?" instinct and go straight to "well it says put it at 9Nm so *crack*!" Firstly, the published torque for clamps is not a "target number" to hit, but actually a maxi

Re: [RBW] Bikes on eBay, CraigsLIst, and Other Sites

57cm Roadeo frameset on Ebay with minor damage: https://www.ebay.com/itm/294373021638 No relation to seller, but from the description of the damage this should be inconsequential. Bid is at $400 + $100 shipping from Auburn, CA as of writing. On Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 10:57:48 AM UTC-7

[RBW] Re: sticky thing for keeping headbadge on bike

It was mentioned before, and I'll put my vote in for VHB tape (very high bond). Not a pro, so I can't make a pro tip, but as an enthusiastic amateur, let me recommend that you first stick it to the badge, carefully trim it back from the edge, and stick it, hopefully not upside down, because- ve

[RBW] Re: New Wheels for Clem; need advice

Hi Joyce Lighter tires would be a good first start for the Clem , as Ray mentioned. If you're interested in high-quality handbuilt wheels such as Joe mentioned...very nice BTW; I had some built for my Riv mixte...I'd use those wheels on your Platy..which is your "fun" bike, whereas the Clem is

[RBW] Re: New Wheels for Clem; need advice

I had started with a stock complete Clem (65cm 'H' style.) I've since swapped out saddle/bars/stem/grips/tires and added/removed/added different racks. Saddle is now a vintage B-72(scavenged from a Raleigh Sports) with Breezer double rail adapter on the stock seat-post. - I've also since picked

Re: [RBW] Re: i pinched seat tube putting on problem solvers brand front derailleur clamp

Dunno about 4Nm being quite a lot. Just earlier this week I installed a new, early 21st century Campagnolo front derailleur. And the multi-language instruction sheet put 5Nm as the target torque for the clamp. Dave, who prefers Nm over the other torque metrics because hey Isaac Newton + + + Hudson

[RBW] Front Derailleur Clamp Size for 64 cm Clem L

Anyone know what front derailleur clamp size I would need to get for a 64cm Clem L? Thanks- -- 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-bunc

[RBW] Re: i pinched seat tube putting on problem solvers brand front derailleur clamp

That surprises me. I've been fitting band-on front derailleurs for about half a century, and can't recall ever even damaging paintwork, let alone denting a seat tube. Mind you, 4Nm is quite a lot - I'm rather surprised that the marked setting would be that high. I've never used a torque wrench